Today I get to share five exciting things with you.
Production Progress:
Star Awakened has been proofread, and I ordered the first printed proofs! Production will take about a month before it ships to me, but after that I can place a bulk order for the books ^_^
eBooks/digital fulfillment has started!
I also finished formatting the eBooks! All digital tiers should have received an email with a link. Unfortunately, the digital delivery will only trigger once shipping has been paid (I made a mistake when I set up the digital delivery. I am trying to see if there is a way to change it, but only just got back from a 3 week camping/sailing trip, so it might take some time)
PS: If you happen to come accross any spelling mistakes or missing punctuation, please let me know since we are all human and sometimes things just get missed. It's not too late to fix it for the priunted versions. ^_^
Star Found Books arrived!
I received the full order for Star Found. There were a few damaged in shipping, but they are replacing them, and they should be here in time to avoid any delays since I haven't ordered all the Star Awakened ones yet. But they look so pretty! I will start signing them over the next two weeks ^_^ I never imagined a stack of my own books like this! It is such an amazing feeling!
NEW ART:
And last but certainly not least, here is the final bonus illustration I added to Star Awakened because of the delay as a way to say thank you for your patience as I navigate the rough seas! I think this is one of my favourite illustrations so far, so I am very happy I had the time to add it to the book.
This art will also be in the Deluxe edition eBook in full colour (depending on your eReader)
Kindle Paperwhite - black and white
KOBO Clara - colour
I am so happy with how this book has turned out. And while it has taken longer than I originally planned, I think all the delays simply meant that the book got even more beautiful with 3 bonus illustrations added that wouldn't have been a part of it otherwise.
Book boxes:
More exciting news. With tarriff shock settling, the company I originally planned to use to make my boxes are once more shipping to Canada!!! ✨✨✨😍✨✨✨ I ordered all 48 book boxes and whould be receiving them soon! This makes me super happy because I haven't found an alternative in the meantime.
Next steps:
✨Digital fulfillment will continue to be delivered ✨Once I receive the physical books I will both read through it for errors and make sure everything looks perfect before ordering the final large batch of books ✨Production will take about 6 weeks after I order the books ✨Once I receive the books I will charge shipping and lock addresses. I will also sign all the books during this time. Since there are so many to do, this part will take me 2-3 weeks depending on my other committments when I finally get the books in hand ✨Books will ship and you will get happy mail ^_^ (With a rough estimate around November/December)
Thank you for being a part of this project! It feels really good to finally have some forward momentum.
While you wait, I would love to invite you to check out my upcoming "D is for Derpies"artbook & pin campaign which will launch in September. But for this one I plan to do something special for early backers with an exclusive pin as an early bird reward! But I will share more information on that later.
In the meantime, come join the Derpy Shenanigans, where my Derpy Dragons take you on a journey of the trials of adulting and surviving this thing we call life!
