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The Lair of the Clockwork Book… in hardcover?

Filed under Thrilling Tales of the Downright Unusual, Works in Progress

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So The Lair of the Clockwork Book is due to finish its run at Thrilling Tales of the Downright Unusual sometime in April, if I can do the math – which I’ve often shown I can’t – and so this week I’m thinking about its print version.

In fact, I’m working on the print version. I’ve got over 50 pages laid out more or less beautifully, so far.

This is a real joy, compared to the layout for Trapped in the Tower of the Brain Thieves. The interactive stories have a lot of constraints on page layouts so there’s very little room for the words to breathe. When its sequel is ready, I will probably do a second edition of Brain Thieves because I can see now how I can make some improvements.

But back to The Lair of the Clockwork Book. It is shaping up so very nicely that I’m thinking again about a Kickstarter promotion for a limited edition hardcover, in addition to the softcover book I’ve been planning all along. I think it’d make a very nice little book, with a foil stamped spine and front cover under its stylish dust jacket. The idea’s really growing on me. It would be quite expensive, which is why I mentioned Kickstarter just above.

One ingredient for a successful Kickstarter campaign is an attainable goal. Realistically I can’t be said to have a large, enthusiastic crowd of fans. (No, you’re not in Doctor Cyclops territory or anything, but… you know.) So what I’m thinking about is a very small limited edition hardcover – probably just 100 copies – with any excess funding going to a larger, unnumbered version of the same hardcover book.

There’s even more math involved in planning a Kickstarter campaign and its rewards… so who knows exactly how this would pan out. But that’s what I’m considering.

If I go forward with this it’ll need to start pretty soon. I don’t want to slow down the launch of the softcover book (in March?) if I can help it. Still, the Kickstarter campaign would need its own video, promotions, and a surprising amount of time and attention – judging by my last one.

Time? Attention? I’m not sure where I left those, come to think of it. But it would be so cool…..

 
 
2 responses to “The Lair of the Clockwork Book… in hardcover?
Keith Doyle says:
January 19th, 2012 at 12:30 pm

Hi Brad, put me on the list for the Lair in hardcover, if there is a list, or point me at the kickstarter link or whatever– sounds great…

Also, the captcha system you are using is getting ridiculous. *I* can’t even make them out for the most part…

Hope you are doing well. Not sure if I mentioned it before, I finally escaped LA as well, now live in the Central Valley (Modesto, near Stockton).

Keith Doyle

Bradley W. Schenck says:
January 19th, 2012 at 12:57 pm

Hey, Keith!

I’ve been working on the Kickstarter video for about a week, and I hope to launch the project there around the end of the month.

The Captcha’s been annoying me too even though I cheat and comment through the admin panel – but its CSS is making it wander off to the side, in Chrome at least, and that makes me scowl and go “hmmmmm.”.

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