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      Creator Fred Hicks / Evil Hat Productions about 16 hours ago

      Beyond Dinocalypse has landed as an audiobook on Audible! http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1…

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      Creator Fred Hicks / Evil Hat Productions on June 5

      Go back through the updates and download the versions that were made available over the past year, Mad_Knight. That's how. :)

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      Creator Mad_Knight on June 5

      I guess I'm stupid but how do I get the new books without having to pay another $6? I enjoyed the first one very much and hope the rest are just as good.

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      Creator Paul Bendall on January 18

      Re. Mars on the horizon, I'm happy to wait until all formats are ready before getting the next book. I prefer to read ePub so will be waiting anyway :-)

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      Creator ET3D on July 26, 2012

      Congratulations on Race to Adventure getting funded.

      I did finish Dinocalypse Now after getting the print version and I'm looking forward to the next books. Haven't yet reviewed it on Amazon, hopefully I'll get to it soon.

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      Creator ET3D on June 25, 2012

      Finally got my copy yesterday, after its global tour. :) I was told it got to its US address at the last moment. It was cool seeing the print copy of Spirit of the Season. Reminded me of my good old roleplaying days.

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      Creator Simone Gonzalez Jr on June 11, 2012

      Just got my copy in the mail!
      Thank you guys, going to start reading soon!!!

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      Creator Fred Hicks / Evil Hat Productions on May 7, 2012

      Thanks! Review-inclined folks (and folks who want to share the kindle version with others) can find it here: http://www.amazon.com/Dinocalypse-Spirit-Century-Presents-ebook/dp/B007ZRSCHO/iagonet

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      Creator ET3D on May 6, 2012

      I'm loving the book so far, and I wish someone will make a movie out of it. I'll put a review on Amazon when I finish it. (I'd probably have finished it in a day if I didn't have too much "life" in my life.)

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      Creator Fred Hicks / Evil Hat Productions on May 5, 2012

      Hi Matt -- As far as the physical books go, that'll depend on available page count (print has certain cost-break induced restrictions). I'm sure (if I remember!) that getting the names into the e-book versions won't be any trouble. :)

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      Creator Matt Zitron on May 5, 2012

      @Fred Hicks Will the thanks be in every book we helped to fund?

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      Creator Sonia Koval on May 4, 2012

      Thanks, sorry for my confusion (been there a lot lately!) I either forgot to d/l them before or lost (track of) them.

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      Creator Fred Hicks / Evil Hat Productions on May 3, 2012

      Sonia -- the Spirit of the Century & Spirit of the Season PDFs were included in the download link on Update #12 -- http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/evilhat/spirit-of-the-century-presents-the-dinocalypse-tri/posts/213719

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      Creator Sonia Koval on May 2, 2012

      Thank you, I'll work on it -- may just do with the PDFs.

      Next question -- what about the SotC game -- or did I already get that & I've forgotten? or is it coming later, or from somewhere else or what.
      Yours in confusion....

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      Creator Fred Hicks / Evil Hat Productions on May 2, 2012

      Here's one way: http://www.youtube.com/watch…

      AFAIK, Kindle also comes with the ability to email the file to a special address and get it added to your device/bookshelf.

      With iTunes, I believe you can simply drag the file to iTunes and then sync it up to your device of choice.

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      Creator Sonia Koval on May 2, 2012

      OK I got the files, now what do I do?

      How do I get (whichever) version onto either Kindle or iTunes? I'm used to getting such books directly from Amazon or iTunes, don't have experience with this method.

      No problems opening the PDFs at least.
      thanks!

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      Creator Alisha Miller on May 2, 2012

      I just downloaded them all to be sure, heh.

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      Creator Fred Hicks / Evil Hat Productions on May 2, 2012

      .mobi = Kindle. The two .epubs are for the nook and iBooks respectively; you should be able to use the one that does NOT have the hyphen-author-name format without trouble. Content's identical, it's just different format "standards" at work for different devices.

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      Creator RevGra on May 2, 2012

      The file dates of all files inside the epubs (epubs are just ZIP files) are identical, except one additional file META-INF/calibre_bookmarks.txt which is newer on exists only in the one with Chucks name in the filename and the content.opf file, which is slightly changed.

      The Chuck content.opf has hrefs with spaces, the other one uses quoted encoding. This seems to be the only difference.

      All the technical blah skipped: the pure content seems to be the same.

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      Creator Petri Wessman on May 2, 2012

      The package (via DriveThru) contains two epub files (among other things): one named "Dinocalypse Now.epub" (size 1001327 bytes), another named "Dinocalypse Now - Chuck Wendig.epub" (size 1001629). Any idea which one is the latest one? Or are these for different devices or some such?

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      Creator Itamar Friedman on May 2, 2012

      Just finished reading the first book. What a fun ride! Can't wait for part two of the trilogy!

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      Creator Alisha Miller on May 1, 2012

      I got it and man, my heart is exploding seeing me name in a book. (Which tells me WTF am I doing? I need to actually try to publish something already.)

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      Creator Fred Hicks / Evil Hat Productions on May 1, 2012

      If it is not working at this point contact DriveThru customer service and they'll straighten you out.

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      Creator Alisha Miller on May 1, 2012

      *Waits... sort of patiently* Still not working for me, BUT I WILL WAIT. So worth it. Chuck Wendig is amazing. <3

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      Creator Fred Hicks / Evil Hat Productions on May 1, 2012

      Matt from DriveThru tells me they'll all be sent out in the next hour or so. If you run into a problem, contact DriveThru customer service and he'll get you squared away.

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      Creator Voror,Exiled Judge of the Obsidian Order on May 1, 2012

      Thank you, will do.

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      Creator Fred Hicks / Evil Hat Productions on May 1, 2012

      Yes, that's the error message folks are getting when they get an error message.

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      Creator Voror,Exiled Judge of the Obsidian Order on May 1, 2012

      Ah, it says I have an invalid discount URL.

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      Creator Fred Hicks / Evil Hat Productions on May 1, 2012

      Yep, it's a known problem (see my comment on the most recent update). If it's not cleared up for you on a reattempt, and stays mucked after the 48 hour window, contact DriveThru and they'll get it cleared up for you.

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      Creator Voror,Exiled Judge of the Obsidian Order on May 1, 2012

      Anyone having trouble with the DriveThruFiction link for the ebook? I click it but nothing happens but me being taken to the main site with no apparent change.

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      Creator Matt Zitron on May 1, 2012

      My Ebook email just arrived! Woop!

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      Creator Fred Hicks / Evil Hat Productions on April 26, 2012

      As the kickstarter evolved, we got some folks saying they wanted some of the "spin off" novels, but not the Dinocalypse trilogy ones, etc. That question is basically there to confirm your choice. If you want the default of Dinocalypse Now, say so!

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      Creator Marcos Bolton on April 26, 2012

      Fred, the survey asks me for which copy I would like to receive, however I paid for centurion level. Do I get the hardcover of dinocalypse now for sure. Is this what you're asking?

      Or do I get the hardcover and the softcover of any one of the titles I choose? For example, I could get the hardcover of Dinocalypse and the softcover of Beyond? In this case I have to state that the tier 1 book is Beyond?

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      Creator Michael Bentley on April 25, 2012

      And here I just figured you expected people to send emails through a time tunnel.

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      Creator Fred Hicks / Evil Hat Productions on April 25, 2012

      Yep, extreme goof on my part. Deadline April 29th. I looked at the right spot in the calendar, I just got the elevation off a tidge. :)

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      Creator Matt Zitron on April 25, 2012

      Hey I got the survey yesterday and i've noticed it says the deadline for the thanks is the 22nd April. Is that an error?

      Also will we all be thanked in the other books as well?

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      Creator Fred Hicks / Evil Hat Productions on April 25, 2012

      I'm not completely sure, but I THINK any email address will work.

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      Creator RevGra on April 25, 2012

      I.e.: will you be sending DriveThru coupons (any email will do), or will the books be placed directly into our DriveThru accounts? (Just to clarify my early morning confusion a bit)

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      Creator RevGra on April 25, 2012

      It's survey time! A quick question about the digital delivery email: Do you want just some email address, or would it be better to give you the email address that is connected to my DriveThru account (I already have)?

      BTW: My power supply died at the weekend, too :)

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      Creator Alisha Miller on April 24, 2012

      So happy. Best investment ever.

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      Creator Sonia Koval on April 24, 2012

      Wow, I hadn't thought of that - just did d/l to GR+ unzip & now have the files on my iPad a lot sooner than I might have gotten around to by transferring from PC! Thanks for the reminder about GR.

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      Creator Fred Hicks / Evil Hat Productions on April 24, 2012

      It's a ZIP file, so that makes sense, unless you have something on your iPad that knows how to parse ZIP files. You should be able to paste the download address into GoodReader's downloader tool, tho... and if you don't have GoodReader on your iPad yet, holy smokes, you should, it's fantastic for PDFs!

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      Creator Elizabeth B Handler on April 24, 2012

      Sadly, I cannot download these files on my iPad. All I get when I click is an error message, "Safari cannot download this file."

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      Creator Kristoffer Svensson on April 23, 2012

      did not get the mail but downloaded the zipfile in the #11 update, but anyway congatz for the success :)

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      Creator Patrick Kraft on April 23, 2012

      Got the update #11 via email but no message. It should be in the small letter icon reading "Inbox"?

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      Creator Fred Hicks / Evil Hat Productions on April 23, 2012

      My machine's power supply has been replaced. Hope to be getting back on the horse by this evening.

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      Creator ET3D on April 23, 2012

      Might have been the first if he had given mugs.

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      Creator Michael Bentley on April 23, 2012

      So how does it feel having the 2nd most successful fiction project on Kickstarter?

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      Creator Bo Saxon on April 23, 2012

      Boardgame?!? Take my money, please!

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      Creator Michael Bentley on April 23, 2012

      Congrats, Evil Hat!

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    ALLY: Two e-book novels for starters — and maybe more! Within days of the conclusion of this drive, you get the e-book (PDF, ePub, and Kindle formats) of Dinocalypse Now. That's a few weeks before it goes up for general sale. PLUS, you get Beyond Dinocalypse in e-book form when it becomes available (writing begins in September 2012), AND any other novels funded by this project. (See our stretch goals!)

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    EXQUISITE CORPSE: Get everything in the FIELD AGENT reward, PLUS, we'll kill you or a character with a name you devise in the pages of one of our as-yet unwritten novels -- maybe one of the Dinocalypse ones, maybe one of the stand-alone hero novels. Make your mark, and leave an exquisite corpse!

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    MILLENNIAL: Get everything from the GUEST STAR reward, plus Chuck will write an approximately 5000-word short story about the character you name when he’s next available to do so — we’ll make it part of the September 2012 Beyond Dinocalypse timeframe, if not sooner. Once it's done & edited, you'll be the first to read it, and then we’ll release the story to the public and credit you as the creator of the character. In addition, you'll get a second copy of Dinocalypse Now with a custom, "real" (fake) dinosaur-hide cover hand-crafted and rebound by Dan Cetorelli (work to commence at conclusion of the drive). And we'll ship you a limited edition hardcover of Beyond Dinocalypse when it becomes available.

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