rpuchalsky on April 27, 2012 at 7:09 am said:
Woo, an actual printed book! I bought one.
Jenna on April 27, 2012 at 7:27 am said:
Yay!
Please let me know when you get it whether there’s any issues or whether I can safely start promoting the heck out of it. ^_^
(I assume there are no issues. I just worry because I can’t *know.*)
Best wishes,
Jenna
Hitherby Admin on April 28, 2012 at 2:37 pm said:
The Prince’s Rule is a very, very good story, in an awesome setting.
rpuchalsky on May 6, 2012 at 9:45 am said:
I got it! Actually, it arrived couple of days ago, but I haven’t had time to look at it yet. I still haven’t had time to read it, but as a physical object it looks fine, with the possible exception that when I flip through I see that some words and phrases are written with strike-through. This could make sense as a special effect in some cases — e.g. “She [will not last” on page 298, with “will not last” struck-through — but in most cases, it doesn’t seem to. I noticed it on pages 260, 276, 298, 322, and 334, although I haven’t searched through the whole thing.
It’s quite a large piece of text, put together like this. Do you want general comments on the format, in case you format another book? I never can figure out what would be helpful, but please take this as an attempt to be helpful. :) The book is of a slightly odd size, as is familiar to me from the one time I tried to self-publish something: a bit larger than a softcover, but not a hardcover. I know nothing about typography, unfortunately, but I prefer slightly thicker, easier-to-read typefaces — like what Tor books are generally printed in, for instance, whatever that is. There’s often a lot of white space at the end of time / place sections (i.e. what were once daily posts) that is emphasized by the longer than usual length of the pages: maybe the time / place entries could not have a page break between them, except whenever we go to a new main chapter (i.e. generally a new person)?
Thanks for putting it in a physical book!
Jenna on May 7, 2012 at 3:28 am said:
Yay! All those strikethroughs are correct; I used it stylistically when someone didn’t get a chance to finish a sentence.
Nyren on June 18, 2012 at 7:12 am said:
My print copy arrived a few days ago, and it’s great!
I tried to read it in the kindle format, but, not having a kindle, it was awkward. Ever try holding a full laptop like you would a book while lying in bed? Well, don’t. It looks silly! The print format is much easier to read that way :D