Heya!
As promised here's the "shipping is already going" update.
Currently I have shipped 110 of 244 physical orders. These are all of the Europea...
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Asmo Grimae
13 days ago
Books arrived!
Greetings!
Way faster than was promised, but the books arrived! Two days ago in ...
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Asmo Grimae
23 days ago
Tentative arrival date, PDFs
Heya!
Little update because I know the next one will take a while again:
I just received word that the next load of books will leave the book binder to be shipped to me on t...
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Asmo Grimae
about 1 month ago
Final notice for locking orders
Heya!
Another update already so soon:
I sent out the final notices for locked orders. In 48 hours they should be locked, and I will charge cards for shipping costs then.
After...
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Asmo Grimae
about 1 month ago
Shipping materials, schedule stuff
Heya!
First of all, due to the unforeseen fact that we have to reprint the entire order of books, there's a few scheduling issues with my printer and it takes longer than we th...
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Asmo Grimae
2 months ago
Production error, delay + photos of books and prints
Heya!
Yesterday morning, I got the books.
I went to take pictures to show my friends immediately but I quickly noticed that literally every book was damaged in production. Of ...
Hi,
I received the book today. It looks fantastic, even on a grey November evening. The multi-coloured pages probably look even better on a clear sunny day. I'm just amazed at how good the finished book looks.
Best regards
As promised here's the "shipping is already going" update. Currently I have shipped 110 of 244 physical orders. These are all of the European ones (including Norway, UK and Switzerland) and a part of the North American ones. I should have all packages shipped by the end of the week. German people might have already gotten their orders.
Tracking numbers will arrive in the coming days as well, but if you really want yours right now, please inform me (Backersupport, Email (with the same email you used in Backerkit, I can't find you elseway!) or comment) and I will send it to you quick. I have to manually add this all in Backerkit myself which takes quite a lot of time that I have to structure into my working and uni hours, as well as the actual shipping task itself. Couldn't find a way to import the info DHL gave me, sadly. I'm doing this all on my own, so thank you for your understanding.
Way faster than was promised, but the books arrived! Two days ago in fact actually, but I was extremely busy due to uni and as I had today, Friday, free, I wanted to dedicate the day to them fully. Not sure what to say - they are amazing. I'm super happy. The binding is intact and has black thread too now, so it's completely invisible on the pitch black pages. Black inside and outside, it's exactly what I always wanted it to be.
Once again drowning in 500kg of books. I already wrote my printer about them and that I got the order, but he's currently sick with a fever so we will postpone a call until next week. Not much serious stuff to talk about anyway, just me giving some last input, and asking for the bill. Ngl, I'd really love to work with him again if I ever self-publish a book again in near or distant future. His company's support from day 1 on was amazing, and I'm really glad that the production error from September was handled well and with ease. Even though I was a bit frustrated at times, I never felt helpless.
But before I start rambling -
Love how the lighting makes the cover look completely black. The prints are in the big brown package on the left, btw.
I'm now going to check every single book by hand for quality, and sign it if it's in good quality. At the time I am writing this, I checked and signed 91 books of the 566 I was sent. Took me some time to find a flow for this, but tomorrow I should be faster, and hopefully all books will be signed by the end of the weekend. Once that is done shipping will start. I probably won't make a new update immediately once shipping starts, but some time later when the first orders have already been sent.
Thanks for sticking around! I'm super excited right now.
Little update because I know the next one will take a while again: I just received word that the next load of books will leave the book binder to be shipped to me on the 8th November, so in roughly two weeks. Shipping from them to me takes a few days and as the 11th November is a holiday, and German post offices don't work on Sundays, I'm expecting the books to come the week following to that.
Now, in my last update I mentioned I will charge shipping soon. I've done that by now, and following that, the PDFs should have been sent out to every backer (unless your card has been denied or you have not filled out the survey yet). If you have not received the PDF yet but you have been charged shipping, please let me know.
Big thanks to all the mails and comments I got on the PDF btw. It genuinely warmed my heart when I got people writing me how much they like the art, the writing, and the general atmosphere and feel of my book. I can't properly put into words just how much heart's blood is in this work and seeing people enjoy it is a special kind of honor.
As a last little organizational thing - originally I had planned this project with its schedule to be finished before university starts again for me, with a nice buffer just in case. My semester is now full in the going and I'm juggling this project (alongside all of these many many phone calls), uni classes, my (actual) full time work, and homework. I just wanna say, thank you for your understanding in case my response might be a bit slower than usual. I try to respond on the same day, even hour if I'm wake, I get mails and inquiries, but currently my plate is a bit fuller.
As always, if you have questions, let me know either in the comments or via Backersupport. Thank you very much.
Another update already so soon: I sent out the final notices for locked orders. In 48 hours they should be locked, and I will charge cards for shipping costs then. After that I'm able to distribute the PDF, so expect it coming into your inboxes in the next days!
As for the books, on Friday I confirmed with my printer that the books are getting reprinted after they had to get inspected by both him and the book binder again. I was told they should be done in roughly two weeks. Will keep you all update on that one, I really cannot wait to have them in my hands again. On the day the pallet of boxes was picked up again I actually felt kind of heart broken. I put so much energy, dedication and love in this book over the last years, the fact that I'm feeling so strong about it genuinely warms my heart now in hindsight. It just matters a lot to me.
Once again, feel free to write a comment or contact me via Backersupport if you have questions. Thank you for supporting me.
