Monica, this is revolutionary for me and my community. I'm a forest who's been feeling overwhelmed. This system (a) helps me understand how to bring in more people without getting [too] overwhelmed and (b) gives me a brilliant tool for serving my author clients. Thank you!
(I backed your Kickstarter with Russell and got my copy of $8333. Curious about the paper and font decisions ...)
The paper is thick and glossy and the font is quite large, which makes the book fairly heavy. I'm always interested in how people decide on these things -- why such a hefty tome?
It's a little random, mostly because I loved the settings (pretty sure Russell hated it but that's okay, he got his way on other co-written books). I feel like at 500+ pages that book is meant to sit on a desk and be marked up and written on in the margins. The digital version could be read in bed or on a couch more leisurely. That was how at least some people seemed to use the books. As Russell noted though, I as a Grassland loved to assign homework and the settings were/are probably more appealing to people who loved to do homework.
That said we intended to put a light weight version on Ingram but it got blocked. There were a lot of challenges for us in co-writing together, and one was distribution and splitting royalties. Every solution we explored for retailers didn't ultimately work for us, and we tried 3-5 different setups and consistently got stymied.
I definitely feel the invitation to write in the margins!
I feel like $8333 needs a monograph, especially about the Taiga. I guess that's what you're doing with your Backerkit campaign, which 'm looking forward to!
I definitely feel the invitation to keep it on hand and write in the margins!
Monica, this is revolutionary for me and my community. I'm a forest who's been feeling overwhelmed. This system (a) helps me understand how to bring in more people without getting [too] overwhelmed and (b) gives me a brilliant tool for serving my author clients. Thank you!
(I backed your Kickstarter with Russell and got my copy of $8333. Curious about the paper and font decisions ...)
That's wonderful about the AE framework, Colleen!
What are you curious about regarding the paper and font decisions?
The paper is thick and glossy and the font is quite large, which makes the book fairly heavy. I'm always interested in how people decide on these things -- why such a hefty tome?
It's a little random, mostly because I loved the settings (pretty sure Russell hated it but that's okay, he got his way on other co-written books). I feel like at 500+ pages that book is meant to sit on a desk and be marked up and written on in the margins. The digital version could be read in bed or on a couch more leisurely. That was how at least some people seemed to use the books. As Russell noted though, I as a Grassland loved to assign homework and the settings were/are probably more appealing to people who loved to do homework.
That said we intended to put a light weight version on Ingram but it got blocked. There were a lot of challenges for us in co-writing together, and one was distribution and splitting royalties. Every solution we explored for retailers didn't ultimately work for us, and we tried 3-5 different setups and consistently got stymied.
I definitely feel the invitation to write in the margins!
I feel like $8333 needs a monograph, especially about the Taiga. I guess that's what you're doing with your Backerkit campaign, which 'm looking forward to!
https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/922a10b8-6749-4b0a-8a49-7f600d972d37/landing