A Better Tomorrow Book
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- tank0
Mike & Rene, thanks for the effort. I think a lot people don't know how much time you spent on it. To bad it went wrong in the last yard.
- and Marko and Uncle and Timdigdre
- I put a lot of time into my entry and was really looking forward to this. I think a lot of people did. QBNers worked hard on this.monospaced
- this, not just the people compiling and trying to strike a deal with publishers. I still donated $monospaced
- you were not in it anyway.digdre
- I had emails stating the contrary, digdre. My name was also on the preliminary cover.monospaced
- we deleted you after some internal discussions. version3 aswell.digdre
- why? why didn't you let me know?monospaced
- we just didn't felt like itdigdre
- i'm fucking with you. nothing what I said was true.digdre
- lolok_not_ok
- invisiblechamber0
my contribution is exact the size of the current layout but i'm willing to rebuild it in another size if it helps. sure we want it.
- bod or pdf download all ok - just don't let it vanish totally.invisiblechamber
- digdre0
someone make a PDF out of it.
put it on the site, change the site a bit.
ask 15$ to donate before downloading but not necessary.how bout that.
no? ok. go fuck yourselves then.- there are only a couple of "someones" out there that have all the files and CAN do thismonospaced
- yea. I know.
Hold on. i KNOW THATdigdre - Sorry,I misunderstood. I thought maybe you were more involved than I thought.monospaced
- i was the brain behind this whole thing.
just kidding, mike and rene were.digdre
- bigtrickagain0
christ, do you know how easy it is to make a blurb book? it is *so* goddam easy - you can convert straight from pdf or from jpgs.
you can get this done in like 3 hours if you have all the files.
- format.
many pages -> price
=/= patrick o'briendigdre - not the best print quality eithermonospaced
- format.
- jaylarson0
what was the page count up to? blurb has a 8x10. there would be hardly any changing of format. could keep it really. this is better than nothing, but not ideal as the profit would be nil-ish. but i still want a book with all the cool shit in there.
- gramme0
Disappointed.
- nobody cares if you are disappointeddigdre
- dude, digdre, chillmonospaced
- i can't chill with you guys arounddigdre
- So why don't you leave instead, digdre?gramme
- bigtrickagain0
a blurb book costs *nothing* to put up there, and as jaylarson says, you barely have to change the format. or you can just import it into a larger size, white space be damned. print quality is decent.
something is better than nothing.
i've wanted to buy this book for some time, and it looks like i may not get the chance to...
- dude. seriously.digdre
- blurb = shite quality...sorry, but that isn't what I envisioned eithermonospaced
- acrossthesea0
The PDF idea sounds good.
- OSFA0
I think they're playing with demand here. You know, when Walmart keeps all their Elmos on Chirstmas eve to make it a hot item and have lines around the building waiting for it and wiling to pay whatever....
haha, jk. I would love to see this happen... anyway! Thanks to all that spent time and effort.!!
- gramme0
What if this became a Kickstarter project? Everyone involved could be compensated, proceeds could still go to Patrick's foundation, and there would be no need to dumb the book down into a Blurb-style publication. It could still be done the right way.
- By everyone involved, I mean everyone involved in designing and producing the book.gramme
- great find mattjaylarson
- that's good.invisiblechamber
- OSFA0
LET'S DO IT!!!!!!!
- bigtrickagain0
this reminds me of something that i'm going to bump
- ESKEMA0
DO IT!
- bigtrickagain0
i hope the irony here does not jinx the project, but:
http://www.qbn.com/topics/554393…
- gramme0
Guys, I say we try it. At the risk of sounding like an advertiser (I have nothing to do with Kickstarter, in fact I only recently heard of it from fellow QBNer identity), there's little risk involved. You post a project on the Kickstarter site for free. We simply calculate what the expenses will be. That's the fundraising goal. Could be promoted via our facebook pages, blogs, studio websites, whatever. If we meet the fundraising goal, all costs/fees are covered, and work on the book starts up again. If we don't make the goal, no money changes hands, and no work is done.
It would be super easy to take the work that's already been done and use images of the cover and spreads to promote the project on Kickstarter, even if things end up being updated later on. I know for myself, I'd love to take a crack at updating my own spreads. I think for whomever makes the cut in the book, it would be good for everyone to have the opportunity to be able to update their info and spreads.
Mike, Rene, whomever else was involved could even end up being compensated, that is if they want. The fundraising goal can be anything within reason, and there isn't a 100% cap. I'd be willing to take this on if someone wants to pass all the files my way. I assume it's already been fairly well curated for quality.
I have no idea how the warehousing and sales aspects would be handled, though. I guess it depends largely on how many books are printed. I don't think I could tackle the sales/fulfillment efforts alone.
- I will donate very, very generously to make this happen. Email me, gramme.monospaced
- i'd kick in a little $$ too.bigtrickagain
- i'll deffo donate.jaylarson
- You've got mail, monogramme
- Got it. I will respond later today/tomorrow and we can talk. I think this can be done.monospaced
- gramme0
For those who haven't read up on the Kickstarter model yet, let me highlight the fact that pledged funds are coming from the public. i.e., anyone who visits the Kickstarter site and wishes to donate.
Because of the nature of this project and where the proceeds would go, I'd be surprised if the fundraising goal was not met, or even well exceeded.
- whats the website?hektor911
- http://www.kickstart…
jaylarson - thankshektor911