send in those poetry submissions- the birth of chance press
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planahea
RIP
jordan,
Cross your fingers and say a prayer if you pray. I know from personal experience that HP, and most computer manufacturers, do not protect your data when warranty work is being done. Unless you backed up that data elsewhere, you better hang onto a horseshoe. The exception is you can pay extra for the manufacturer to backup your data before doing warranty work.
Good luck!
Cross your fingers and say a prayer if you pray. I know from personal experience that HP, and most computer manufacturers, do not protect your data when warranty work is being done. Unless you backed up that data elsewhere, you better hang onto a horseshoe. The exception is you can pay extra for the manufacturer to backup your data before doing warranty work.
Good luck!
justine
stop the penistry
just a reminder: submissions are CLOSED now, no exceptions (well, depends who you are, i'm pretty fickle).
i had a shortlist ready two weeks ago, but i was also unemployed two weeks ago, so i had plenty of time on my hands. in my opinion, we should just go with the poems i've chosen. i have inscrutable taste.
i had a shortlist ready two weeks ago, but i was also unemployed two weeks ago, so i had plenty of time on my hands. in my opinion, we should just go with the poems i've chosen. i have inscrutable taste.
number6horse
okyoutwopixiesoutyougo
If your shortlist includes me, I say go for it.
:p
:p
jordan
lothario speedwagon
i just found out that my computer will be held up for 4-6 weeks in an hp facility in texas that got wrecked by the hurricane... i'll be shocked if i ever get it back, to tell you the truth. so, it looks like this weekend i'll have to go back through poems, but i still plan to have my list ready this weekend so rubyred and i can go through early next week and have our list ready by mid-week.
I'm not so sure about that. I mean, we can be a pretty demanding bunch. as a matter of fact, I myself demand one...;)
Rekrab
Usually wrong.
Yeah, you're probably wise to just make 50. I get that. I'm the last person that should be calling 50 copies a too-small edition; many of my chapbooks were published in editions of 20, 10, even 5 copies. And for the same reason as you state: more copies means more time and expense, both of which are always in short supply.
bospress.net
www.bospress.net
... we sold 110 copies of the Father Luke book. This could not have been done without the folks on this board. Jordan & Rubyred, you may be surprised. Still, doin a second edition is very cool. So is taking the money and putting it into another project.
I suggest that anyone that wants one should let it be known to the publishers. If you wait too long, they may be all gone....
Bill
I suggest that anyone that wants one should let it be known to the publishers. If you wait too long, they may be all gone....
Bill
Gerard K H Love
Appreciate your friends
J & J I would like to pre order as well. Keep in mind there should be as much appeal for this as there was for Father Luke's book. I want to read the work of the people on this forum just like everyone else.
The extras will just cost some time paper and ink. Print set for 50 is the same as 150, isn't it? How much money per copy?
The second edition would be nice, but delivery early is nice too.
Maybe if everyone preorders you could have some idea of the volume.
...and Thank you for putting it together.
The extras will just cost some time paper and ink. Print set for 50 is the same as 150, isn't it? How much money per copy?
The second edition would be nice, but delivery early is nice too.
Maybe if everyone preorders you could have some idea of the volume.
...and Thank you for putting it together.
justine
stop the penistry
okay, here's the deal: (and please keep in mind that nothing is set in stone at this stage)
it's going to be a hand-sewn (oh god i hope i don't fuck it up) chapbook, with a textured cardstock cover and tissue endpapers (if i can figure this out) in a kind of green colour. it will be signed by me (justine), jordan, and mjp. mr bill roberts, famous and infamous master printer (with shady connections to a subversive literary international t*rrorist organisation) has kindly agreed to letterpress the title paste-downs for the cover. there will be 50 of these, and since there's roughly 19 poets (on my shortlist) who'll be receiving one, that leaves 31 up for sale.
there will also be about 5 'tuxedo' copies: a special edition in black and white (do you see??), a little bit fancier, which will not be for sale but which will be going out as special gifts to certain people who we are indebted to for helping inspire our little press.
we haven't settled on a price yet, but a VERY ROUGH GUESSTIMATE (i don't want to get in trouble with jordan) is probably [strike]$6[/strike] (including shipping in the US - i have no idea on shipping rates overseas, and jordan's out mountain-biking right now so i can't ask him).
please keep in my mind that i have an awful awful job and would like to quit it and make books/sell books instead. so buy our stuff and make me happy. one day we might be super famous or some shit, and signed copies of our stuff could be priceless.
in other news: we're really excited about some of the poems we've received. there's some amazing writing going on behind the scenes at bukowskidotnet.
if you would like to reserve a copy, please email me (put BUKNET BK RESERVE in the subject line) at:
chance.press.books(AT)gmail.com
it's going to be a hand-sewn (oh god i hope i don't fuck it up) chapbook, with a textured cardstock cover and tissue endpapers (if i can figure this out) in a kind of green colour. it will be signed by me (justine), jordan, and mjp. mr bill roberts, famous and infamous master printer (with shady connections to a subversive literary international t*rrorist organisation) has kindly agreed to letterpress the title paste-downs for the cover. there will be 50 of these, and since there's roughly 19 poets (on my shortlist) who'll be receiving one, that leaves 31 up for sale.
there will also be about 5 'tuxedo' copies: a special edition in black and white (do you see??), a little bit fancier, which will not be for sale but which will be going out as special gifts to certain people who we are indebted to for helping inspire our little press.
we haven't settled on a price yet, but a VERY ROUGH GUESSTIMATE (i don't want to get in trouble with jordan) is probably [strike]$6[/strike] (including shipping in the US - i have no idea on shipping rates overseas, and jordan's out mountain-biking right now so i can't ask him).
please keep in my mind that i have an awful awful job and would like to quit it and make books/sell books instead. so buy our stuff and make me happy. one day we might be super famous or some shit, and signed copies of our stuff could be priceless.
in other news: we're really excited about some of the poems we've received. there's some amazing writing going on behind the scenes at bukowskidotnet.
if you would like to reserve a copy, please email me (put BUKNET BK RESERVE in the subject line) at:
chance.press.books(AT)gmail.com
Gerard K H Love
Appreciate your friends
Ruby; You will do fine. My son did 50 books for a project and used a Japanese sewn binding technique that turned out nicely- withthe help of his girlfriend.;)
There are some greats in here. Priceless, someday.
is he accepting submissions? ;)
number6horse
okyoutwopixiesoutyougo
This is great news !
Ruby, I know you'll do just fine.
From the beginning the two of you have been committed to this project,
and we wait with baited breath and hand-sewn hearts for
some quality small-press miracles.
Hopefully, 100 of them.
Oh yeah
you've got mail.....
Ruby, I know you'll do just fine.
From the beginning the two of you have been committed to this project,
and we wait with baited breath and hand-sewn hearts for
some quality small-press miracles.
Hopefully, 100 of them.
Oh yeah
you've got mail.....
justine
stop the penistry
thanks for the words of support, and thanks everyone who has pre-ordered so far - we appreciate your faith in us (and the writings of your fellow buk.net members, of course). when everything is good to go, and photos of the finished product have been posted (maybe), we'll post the official price and the paypal address.
a few of you that have pre-ordered will be getting contributor's copies anyway, so after i've posted the list of poets featured in the anthology, please email me again if you want an extra copy.
also: jordan has had a wonderful idea to make this first edition extra special, but we can't reveal what it is till we've confirmed that it's possible... stay tuned.
a few of you that have pre-ordered will be getting contributor's copies anyway, so after i've posted the list of poets featured in the anthology, please email me again if you want an extra copy.
also: jordan has had a wonderful idea to make this first edition extra special, but we can't reveal what it is till we've confirmed that it's possible... stay tuned.
naked pics of jordan?
really? do you think that's appropriate?
I kid. I kid because I can't wait to see it. I mean the book, not naked pics of jordan. although I'm sure they're fine also.
one word: brazilian.
just putting that out there, not making any judgment calls.
just putting that out there, not making any judgment calls.
justine
stop the penistry
i will make a special edition for you, hooch....
in no particular order:
gerard love
strangegirl
number6horse
roni
hoochmonkey
buzzcat
purplestickpin
justin grimbol
father luke
johannes
digney in burnaby
hosho
cunningham
jordan
harryC13
slimedog
justin.barrett
rekrab
mjp
rjwink
all of the poets will each feature one or more poems in the buk.net anthology and each should have received an email tonight confirming this - if your name is on this list and you didn't receive the email PLEASE EMAIL ME.
more details to be posted soon.
in no particular order:
gerard love
strangegirl
number6horse
roni
hoochmonkey
buzzcat
purplestickpin
justin grimbol
father luke
johannes
digney in burnaby
hosho
cunningham
jordan
harryC13
slimedog
justin.barrett
rekrab
mjp
rjwink
all of the poets will each feature one or more poems in the buk.net anthology and each should have received an email tonight confirming this - if your name is on this list and you didn't receive the email PLEASE EMAIL ME.
more details to be posted soon.
