This Is Fifty-Three, day 46
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This Is Fifty-three covers
Front covers for the two print editions of This Is Fifty-three:
The first one, with the huge, full-bleed photo, is for the full-color edition. The strip of grey/silver at the left is done on purpose. Since my artwork does not wrap around, there is no way to ensure that the edges of cover and spine line up properly every time. Therefore, I had the spine background spill over slightly to front and back covers, as if it were tape. The red strip along the right edge is there because I felt like putting it there. I may still get rid of it; for now, I will keep it there, at least through the first printed proof.
The more minimal, faux-constructivist one is for the stripped-down ‘Just the Words, Man’ edition, which will omit all of the images and graphic embellishments except for those marking the beginning and end of each section. I thought this would be a good way to differentiate between the two editions, as opposed to adding a subtitle or additional text to the same cover.
Also, I get to use two different covers. That’s always fun.
Here are the back covers:
(7 August 2016)
ART 53, days 44 & 45
ART 53, day 43
This Is Fifty-Three, day 43
Getting closer to a cover. Here is what I have narrowed the choices down to:
ART 53, day 42
This Is Fifty-Three, day 42
Discovering that my more elaborate manipulations of stroke width in InDesign are not surviving the export to PDF (from which they simply disappear)—or even to JPEG (in which they form partial blocks bearing no resemblance to what I had been seeing on my monitor)—I worked a bit more on the cover yesterday.
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ART 53, day 41, part 2
This Is Fifty-Three, day 41, part 2
Feeling slightly restless, I played around with the cover a bit more.
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ART 53, day 41
This Is Fifty-Three, day 41
More minor stuff. There were a couple of shorter poems I wanted to add, but did not want to delete anything to make room.
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The Smashwords Summer Sale: Final Weekend!
One more time…
The Smashwords Summer Sale has just three more days to go (including today). Through July 31st, you can get the e-book editions of Coffee Stains, Refusal to Remain Invisible, and Journalism for a buck apiece. Simply use the coupon code SSW75 at checkout.
Here are the links:
Coffee Stains
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/605573
Refusal to Remain Invisible
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/574838
Journalism
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/474249
Of course, the great thing about Smashwords is that you have your choice of format: ePub or Kindle.
And don’t forget to check out the month’s other offerings from indie authors:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/category/1/newest/1
In the scripted words of the late Alan Rickman, ‘by Grabthar’s hammer, what a savings!’
(29 July 2016)
ART 53, day 40
This Is Fifty-Three, day 40
Yesterday was focused on preparing a ‘just the words’ version of the book—in part because I know the full-color edition will necessarily be more expensive, so I want to have an alternative available, and in part as a backup in case I run into any problems producing the book the way I currently have it set up.
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The Smashwords Summer Sale: ends July 31st!
The Smashwords Summer Sale has just seven more days to go. Through July 31st, you can get the e-book editions of Coffee Stains, Refusal to Remain Invisible, and Journalism for a buck apiece. Simply use the coupon code SSW75 at checkout.
Here are the links:
Coffee Stains
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/605573
Refusal to Remain Invisible
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/574838
Journalism
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/474249
Of course, the great thing about Smashwords is that you have your choice of format: ePub or Kindle.
And don’t forget to check out the month’s other offerings from indie authors:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/category/1/newest/1
In the scripted words of the late Alan Rickman, ‘by Grabthar’s hammer, what a savings!’
(24 July 2016)
Ordinary Average Thoughts 