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Update #15 · Sep 15, 2012 · 17 comments

Finished:

All the art for V is. The text for V is. The cover and back cover and the rest, too.

All the text for Icarus. Copyedited. Done.

Every bit of the behemoth. The layout, the design, the type, the color, the words, the choices, the covers. It's at the printer.

All of the LP, which is stunning to behold.

The layout and design and cover for the abridged edition of the behemoth.

The sponsor list for the big book and the Icarus book. Edited and finalized.

A few of the secret additions we're building.

But not the cover for Icarus. Not yet. We've done more than a hundred. Thanks to all who chimed in, particularly Mary Louise for some great links.

The rollout strategy is still in the works, too.

It was a stunningly great eight weeks of churning and burning and writing and inventing. Thank you for letting me do this!

Within a week, I will be asking all of you for your shipping info. Watch for it!

PS here's a cover we won't be using.

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      Creator Sethgodin on September 24, 2012

      Thanks Lesa. The requests will be going out in batches this week.

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      Creator Lesa on September 24, 2012

      Seth et al, Just checking to see if request for addresses was sent out. I recently changed my email address and did not want to miss anything.

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      Creator Michael Plante on September 23, 2012

      Really looking forward to this Seth. I have read 7 of your other books and all were GREAT!

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      Creator Joel Wilson on September 17, 2012

      I like this cover. Seeing the sharpie with the print the way it is makes me wonder what it would look like as a "Newspaper Blackout" style in the vein of Austin Kleon's work.

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      Creator Ben Nesvig on September 17, 2012

      I kinda like that cover.

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      Creator Karen Mary Castranova on September 17, 2012

      I thought of a lit candle where the wax is very drippy (all aglow with orange and yellows) sitting on a simple mahogany table as the cover photography. Then a copy of the book with only plain title "The Icarus Deception" resting next to it with spectacles like Woodrow Wilson used to wear. *smile*

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      Creator Desiree Murphy-Palmer on September 16, 2012

      EXCITING!!!!

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      Creator Casey McCoy on September 16, 2012

      So excited for the release and just amazed that we can all be apart of such an exciting time!

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      Creator Gina on September 16, 2012

      You never cease to amaze me.

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      Creator Della Smith on September 15, 2012

      I like that cover.

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      Creator Darla Powell Phillips on September 15, 2012

      This is so exciting! I am glad for the opportunity to be a part of this. Can't wait to see What's Next?!

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      Creator Allison Adams on September 15, 2012

      Congrats!

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      Creator Nikki on September 15, 2012

      I am really looking forward to it!

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      Creator Francesca Gianaris on September 15, 2012

      Seth,
      Kudos to you and your creative muse. Can't wait for the unveiling...
      Blessings.

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      Creator Jef Kalil on September 15, 2012

      The LP sounds like a very cool idea. I'm hip.

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      Creator Sara Ponce on September 15, 2012

      Congratulations! Looking forward to a good read!

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      Creator Christine Hanson on September 15, 2012

      Fantastic news. Can't wait for it to ship.

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