{"id":1498,"date":"2012-01-29T23:11:56","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T03:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/?p=1498"},"modified":"2012-01-29T23:11:56","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T03:11:56","slug":"now-on-kickstarter-the-lair-of-the-clockwork-book-limited-edition-hardcover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/wordpress\/2012\/01\/29\/now-on-kickstarter-the-lair-of-the-clockwork-book-limited-edition-hardcover\/","title":{"rendered":"Now on Kickstarter: The Lair of the Clockwork Book, limited edition hardcover"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width:450px;margin-left:25px;\">\n<div style=\"display:block;float:right;margin:6px;margin-left:12px;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"380px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/101187357\/the-lair-of-the-clockwork-book-limited-edition-har\/widget\/card.html\" width=\"220px\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"left\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thrilling-tales.webomator.com\/kickstarter\/clockwork_book\/Title_image.jpg\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\">The Lair of the Clockwork Book<\/em> will be reaching its conclusion in April. Like <em>Trapped in the Tower of the Brain Thieves<\/em>, the whole story will be available then as a paperback book (in full color!)<br>\n<br>\n<p>But I&#8217;m hoping to release a limited edition hardcover version of <em>The Lair of the Clockwork Book<\/em>, too.<\/p>\n<p>The hardcover edition will be printed on heavy weight archival paper.  It&#8217;ll be bound in linen-covered boards with foil stamping on the spine and front cover, a handsome dust jacket and &#8211; just like the paperback version &#8211; it&#8217;ll have 126 full color illustrations in its 130 or so pages.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kck.st\/zckrlA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/grafx2\/blog\/ks_bookguy.jpg\" width=\"120\" height=\"197\" border=\"0\" style=\"float:left;margin:4px;margin-left:-12px;margin-bottom:12px;margin-top:6px;\"><\/a><p>It&#8217;ll be pretty much the bees knees, with its retro bookbinding, a lot like a the kind of beautiful book that was an everyday thing a few decades ago &#8211; in those days when we were dreaming about The Future That Never Was.  The <em>first<\/em> time around, I mean.<\/p><p>\nBut this is a Kickstarter funded project:  if enough people don&#8217;t sign up for the book in advance, it simply won&#8217;t happen. We&#8217;ve got to raise the <em>whole<\/em> amount before anyone can get their limited edition copy.<\/p><p>\n<b>So I&#8217;m counting on you, your friends, and even that guy you always avoid at the laundromat to Tell Everybody, and I do mean Everybody, about this spectacular little book that won&#8217;t exist unless we make it happen.<\/b><\/p><p>\nI think that it would be just plain tragic if we fell short, and the limited edition hardcover <em>did not happen<\/em>.  If you&#8217;re inclined to agree then I hope you&#8217;ll rush on over to my <a href=\"http:\/\/kck.st\/zckrlA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kickstarter page<\/a> and think about reserving a copy of your very own.<\/p><hr \/><p><em>Once upon a time, some books were sold by subscription &#8211; in fact the Direct Market for comics works just about exactly that way now.  A book would be solicited, and interested readers could sign up to buy one in advance.<\/p><p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kck.st\/zckrlA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thrilling-tales.webomator.com\/projects\/common\/hp_cb_hardcover.jpg\" width=\"330\" height=\"248\" border=\"0\" style=\"float:right;margin:9px;margin-right:-16px;\"><\/a>Of course the way this differs from the Direct Market is that you&#8217;re not reserving a copy from a dealer.  Kickstarter&#8217;s fundraising engine has become the middleman &#8211; but that doesn&#8217;t really affect the outcome.  If enough of you reserve a copy, the edition will exist.  If you don&#8217;t, it&#8217;ll remain an imaginary, though beautiful, book.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lair of the Clockwork Book will be reaching its conclusion in April. Like Trapped in the Tower of the Brain Thieves, the whole story will be available then as a paperback book (in full color!) But I&#8217;m hoping to release a limited edition hardcover version of The Lair of the Clockwork Book, too. 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