holy shit it's a chance press book by CAROL ES

[jordan]

not may details can be released at this juncture. suffice it to say that you WILL want this book when it is released, because it WILL be amazing, and it will make everything else we've ever published look like a piece of shit. a few pre-release copies will be available in october, and the full edition will probably come out sometime in 2011. yes, it's going to take THAT long to make this baby.

here's a teaser shot from some color tests i printed out today:

 

[Purple Stickpin]

Sign me up for that right now.

And Jordan, you have very effeminate hands. ;)

 

[mjp]

Jordan, you have very effeminate hands.

I think they're pretty.

 

[hoochmonkey9]

he has Broadway dancer hands.

very dramatic.

seriously,the book looks great.

 

[Gerard K H Love]

It looks great under those dirty fingernails.

 

[number6horse]

I have been wondering for a while now when a project from Carol would hit the Chance Press "TO-DO" list :)

Very glad that it did.

 

[jordan]

we really had to twist her arm... it got kinda awkward, but she finally relented and is throwing us a bone.

 

[Rekrab]

Great. Now the other books I've bought from Chance Press are going to look like pieces nof shit. More the reason to keep them in plastic bags!

Seriously, congrats.

 

[bospress.net]

Very few publishers in the small press GET IT. The idea is to WOW them with design and words; spare no expense to make it special. Graham McIntosh & Noel Young GOT IT, Jon & Lou Webb GOT IT, John & Barbara Martin GOT IT, Jordan & Justine Hurder GET IT. I'm honored to know them.

Bill

 

[esart]

twist my arm, eh? if that is what you would call my pathetic begging and pleading, stalking, whining, nudging, sobbing, screaming, and those middle of the night home invasions.

needless to say, i am beyond grateful! :)

 

[mjp]

Let that be a lesson to you kids out there who think just sending in some work is enough. Hone your home invasion skills if you want to see any success.

 

[Hosh]

J&J Book factory (U.S.),

Please reserve me a copy. It looks gorgeous so far...can't miss it.

H.

 

[jordan]

40" long archivally printed panorama anyone?

 

[Purple Stickpin]

Very cool. Keep those teasers coming.

 

[Rekrab]

Please tell me that panorama print will be folded, or are you guys attempting a 40 inch wide binding?

 

[mjp]

The binding is only 6 inches. But you're going to need a forty inch deep shelf. Start building the new bookcase now.




(I gues I should say, not really, so as not to blow any sales...)

 

[jordan]

we're accepting preorders for this book, even though it won't be ready for 6 months or so. anyone that preorders gets a very limited edition print in a handmade folder as a thank-you for your support - details here http://chancepress.com/2010/06/announcing-scribbles-in-a-sandstorm-by-carol-es/

also, for those that won't be able to afford this book - we won't be doing a trade edition per se, but we will think of something to offer in the under-$10 price range from Carol - we just haven't figured out what it is yet.

 

[Stavrogin]

Thanks, jordan, for the update. 6 months? At the rate I drink and drive I'll be lucky to last that long.:) Incentive to keep MADD happy and me alive.

 

[jordan]

i put a couple more teaser photos up on our picasa album. the final version will be purple - i'm using this cheaper starched stuff for the mockups. and it's nowhere near complete, but you can see where we're taking this thing...

 

[Gerard K H Love]

I like that egg shell and Batman.

 

[Rekrab]

I can't help but ask: is that a glue stick or a chapstick on the upper right? Acid free glue sticks are one of mankind's greatest inventions. They should not, however, be used on chapped lips.

 

[justine]

mint flavoured chapstick

 

[jordan]

that's my desk at work - we can't find the camera cable in our apartment, so i took the book to work, since i wanted to post pictures of it right away.

aren't you glad you asked?

 

[mjp]

mint flavoured chapstick

Huh. He was wearing Cotton Candy Lip Smackers last time I saw him.



Don't ask how I know.

 

[justine]

he's full of surprises!

 

[Rekrab]

Tasty, but not a very good glue. I bet it's acid free.

 

[jordan]

next iteration of the mockup - this is how the actual ones will look, but there will be a little more to them, so to speak.

 

[hoochmonkey9]

wow, they look fantastic!

 

[esart]

well I'll be! those look GOOD!!!!

 

[jordan]

so, for those of you who are curious how to bind a book like this, i posted a painstakingly long explanation of it on our blog. i now have 3 bound up, and i'm hoping as the technique becomes more familiar, i will get faster at it. i mentioned in the blog that i ripped this binding off of another small press, but they didn't exactly teach me how to do it, so it took a bunch of trial and error before i could make it really work for me.