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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeJun 30th 2009
     
    so, i'm sitting here staring at the Blurb website....i'd love to do a collaboration book as a fundraiser for Marissa's needs.

    ....and it's a little out of my area of expertise for me to make confident decisions. I've downloaded the Blurb's BookSmart app.

    will you good people advise me more, please?

    what i've envisioned:

    a book titled Gamer's Alphabet. not too big/not too small.

    a frontspiece (Fairfax in armour?) with a dedication faced by the Title Page.

    then.. 13 pages of alphabet; each letter getting half a page (short vertical/long horizontal is my first choice)

    the back... credits page and endpiece of ? another Fairfax, this time as a wizard/dragon or some such.

    all subject to change.

    am i making it too complicated?

    then... i'd really like to unify everything with a limited colour palette. when i "see" it, there's a brick red and a mustardy yellow, a teal-ish blue, a forest green, black and white. i'd be willing to go with any palette suggestions from people who know more about gaming. a "no-palette" faction could also prevail.

    after all, we'd want people to buy this at Christmastime. :D I'd want it all to go to the printer by the end of November.
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeJul 1st 2009
     
    jfyi, blurb do books from pdf now, and have a few different templates available.
    • CommentAuthorBiff
    • CommentTimeJul 1st 2009
     
    Nicko is seriously THE MAN on this.
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      CommentAuthornicko
    • CommentTimeJul 2nd 2009
     
    Wow, how did I miss this?

    I'll take a letter for sure and help out with the book production if you wish, mickles.

    Suggest we have the completed book upped to blurb by the beginning of November though.
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      CommentAuthornicko
    • CommentTimeJul 3rd 2009
     
    Isn't anyone else wanting to be in on this?
    • CommentAuthorBiff
    • CommentTimeJul 3rd 2009
     
    I think there's another thread too...
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      CommentAuthorflak
    • CommentTimeJul 3rd 2009 edited
     
    Yeah, I posted in the other thread.

    Edit: Apparently, I didn't post anything worthwhile. I'll probably jump in as things come together. :D

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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeJul 8th 2009
     
    oof. i didn't mean to disappear; i had to take the job, tho'.

    nicko's been very encouraging and helpful.

    i guess i'll make a signup thread tomorrow and hope many of you will participate. there's other fundraisers for Marissa and family, but i'm looking months ahead at the winter holiday time.

    i hope that people won't avoid signing up because it's me. i'm not a skilled layout pro, but Blurb seems pretty idiot-proof, and i am willing to take help and advice (humbly) from you good people.

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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeJul 10th 2009
     
    i'm really ill and can't think how to word the call for collaborators. i'll do it monday. it's not like there are many people around on the weekend.

    sorry.

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    • CommentAuthorjesse
    • CommentTimeJul 13th 2009
     
    I'd like to help out if i can.
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeJul 14th 2009
     
    oh yes. yes please, jesse. :)

    i'm improving flu-wise. maybe by tomorrow, i'll be more coherent.
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      CommentAuthorbaseisdead
    • CommentTimeAug 2nd 2009
     
    this one is cool, but it was all done by one guy so there is a unified style

    Illustrated alphabet book
    rabbit
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      CommentAuthornicko
    • CommentTimeAug 2nd 2009
     
    Noice!
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeAug 2nd 2009
     
    yep that's a cutie. :) OUR alphabet will be unified by awesomeness.

    update:

    after asking various people here for help editing the list of gamer terms (thank you flak, you're the only one who came through), i went to other sources. i've taken advice from a couple of longtime gamers, one of who also makes them for a living.

    the list of terms is still long, and i'll be happy to edit it further if someone has a different viewpoint. all errors are mine. :)

    i'll be posting a signup for the project tomorrow. i'm trying to word it as clearly as possible. (thank you, nicko and jesse for clarifying a couple of things for me.)
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      CommentAuthorflak
    • CommentTimeAug 2nd 2009
     
    Aww, sorry for not replying to the last email (I still have it marked as unread, just haven't had the time). It's a long list to go through, but I think that's part of the strength.

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