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      Marlon Brankovic on November 25, 2009

      Hi again

      I have someone in New York for the next two weeks who can pick up my book for me. Any chance of this being arranged? Please email me at m.fox@nma.gov.au to let me know. I would very much love to have my book. cheers marlon

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      Ryan Allen on October 6, 2009

      I was told I could have the book shipped to me and I haven't heard anything yet, so how do I go about getting it sent?

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      Marlon Brankovic on September 18, 2009

      Hi, my friend was unable to pick up my book so could you please let me know how I now be able to get it. I'm sorry to be a problem. marlon brankovic

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      Robert Taylor on August 16, 2009

      Ry, nice.

      Okay, who's going to this thing? I'm going to see if I can fly in from Vancouver and stay for a day or two. Why is NYC like in Sept? Last time I was there was over 20 years ago and it was bloody cold but I can't remember if it was Sept, Oct or Nov.

      So, who's there?

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      Ryan Allen on July 7, 2009

      This project inspired me to do the same thing, only mine got finished in a month. I don't know which of you slackers still hasn't submitted work. Anyway to pass the time you can see the one I did here:
      http://ryanallen.com/2009/06/new-art-book-finished-and-sent-off-to-print/

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      mattkenefick on July 4, 2009

      is this dead?

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      Joanne Miller on June 21, 2009

      Congrats ... very cool !!

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      Robert Taylor on June 13, 2009

      seconded what mattkenefick said.

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      mattkenefick on June 9, 2009

      so uh.. where are we at in terms of publishing and meeting up?

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      Adam Lawrence on June 1, 2009

      clicking on the following will bring one to my flickr posting of my "struggles" so far

      http://www.flickr.com/photos/adamlawrence/3585101349/

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      Adam Lawrence on June 1, 2009

      re: the submission requirements of a 8x10 jpeg at 300 dpi....
      the more i try to figure out (i.e googling) what this means and how to achieve it the more at a loss i become...
      does anyone have a retard proof way to achieve those specs by exporting from iphoto 7.1.5 on a mac running os 10.5.6?
      i'm sure i'm not the only one that's struggling with this.
      thanks in advance!

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      Mike Barash on May 29, 2009

      congrats on getting there, and best of luck collecting the pages from everyone!! as someone who's shepherded many projects here at blurb, i can vouch first-hand for the difficulty of collecting from folks, even when everyone's got the best intentions, as we all do here.

      second item of business - blurb's hosting a meet-up on june 10th at the red sky bar on 29th between park and madison. free drinks, awesome DJ, no agenda other than to hang out. you're all welcome. http://blurbredsky.eventbrite.com to rsvp. i'll have plenty of blurb books on-hand so you can see what the finished product will look like, and plenty of freebies too.

      hope to see you there, and congrats to yancey, perry and claudia.

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      Brian Starkey on May 27, 2009

      It's really a great thing here! I am looking forward to seeing everybody's stuff! Thanks for making this all come together!
      Peace,
      Brian

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      We Make a Book on May 14, 2009

      Hey Marlon,

      we are using Booksmart and it calls for jpegs only. sorry! please submit to our gmail account noted.
      not ideal saving text as a jpeg, i know..
      do you have photoshop? if you type directly in photoshop it will help a bit with the fuzzyness.
      thanks!

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      Marlon Brankovic on May 13, 2009

      Hi

      just wondering: since I'm doing a prose/poetry piece, can I enter it in directly onto blurb Booksmart - or would you rather it come as a jpeg. I have tried to convert a word document but it comes out a bit fuzzy.

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      Didier on May 13, 2009

      Just discovering today Kickstarter and so your project !

      Great idea, good luck with it.

      Why not create a website (wemakeabook.com) around it ?

      Have fun ...

      :-)

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      Ryan Allen on May 9, 2009

      My piece should be done today.

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      Marlon Brankovic on May 7, 2009

      Hey Ryan, I think you still have to turn up at the party - I'll be coming from Australia - and hopefully staying for a while, since I'm there...

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      Matt Swanston on May 7, 2009

      Can't even say how psyched I am to be a a part of this awesome idea! What a great Welcome to Kickstartr! Im def going art! page 97!

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      Perry Chen on May 7, 2009

      Actually 6 spots left. Remember backers isn't the number... look at the Pledge $30 or more section.

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      Seasick Mama on May 7, 2009

      Maybe a naked portrait?

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      Ryan Allen on May 7, 2009

      Alright I'm in. I won't be able to be at the party though so if I need to pay extra to have a book shipped to me let me know and I'll get more cash money sent.

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      JessicaMary on May 7, 2009

      It really happening! What is everyone planning on doing? Art, words? I'm curious to know!

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      Seasick Mama on May 7, 2009

      Only three spots left!.. Yahoo. I posted this amazing project on my blog?.. I wonder if it helped..

      http://www.seasickmama.blogspot.com

      :)

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      Seasick Mama on May 7, 2009

      I am so excited that the goal is almost reached holy moly!!

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      We Make a Book on May 7, 2009

      there are actually ten pages left. if you look at the numbers in parenthesis next to each tier, you'll see how many people have selected that option, and how many are remaining.

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      Stefanie Bassett on May 7, 2009

      This is awesome

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      mattkenefick on May 7, 2009

      Wow, only 5 left. Looks like this is actually happening. I should start working on a page.

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      Marlon Brankovic on May 7, 2009

      You don't have to live in New York to live in New York :}

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      Ryan Allen on May 6, 2009

      What if I don't live in NY :(

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      Vikas sapra on May 6, 2009

      Great idea guys. I'm currently brainstorming a potential page, spreading the word, and getting others involved!

      P.S. Thanks stacy lambe for telling me about this project

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      mattkenefick on May 5, 2009

      I'm gonna be sending this link around http://newyork.makesabook.com/ and spread it around the city a little with a few ideas I had. 25 backers in 11 days... let's make it happen.

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      stacy lambe on May 4, 2009

      looking forward to seeing everyone's pages soon enough. we'll definitely hit the goal if everyone promotes.

      i'm on twitter (@sllambe) and tumblr (sllambe.tumblr.com). be nice to connect with each since its a collabo effort.

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      mattkenefick on May 4, 2009

      @Josh
      Well, I suppose everyone should just cook up something assuming it's going to happen regardless and hope for the best !

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      Josh Van Praag on May 4, 2009

      I think the real challenge here is going to be collecting 100 pieces of art from 100 different people by June 1st!!! Best of luck!

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      Mike Barash on May 4, 2009

      think this is great - we're psyched you're using blurb to make this happen! hope to see you all at the bar afterwards to celebrate...

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      mattkenefick on May 4, 2009

      Great idea. Spreading the word.

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      stacy lambe on May 3, 2009

      looking forward to this project. now i just have to come up with a design - ack!

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      Christopher Reiger on April 30, 2009

      Thanks, Yancey! I look forward to catching up with you.

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      Yancey Strickler on April 30, 2009

      Hey Chris -- June 1 for submissions.

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      Christopher Reiger on April 30, 2009

      What's the deadline for the submission? I've got to put a little something together.

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      Andy Baio on April 29, 2009

      Wow, you hit the $1,000 mark.

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      Nopes on April 29, 2009

      You are on YesButNoButYes.com here:
      http://www.yesbutnobutyes.com/archives/2009/04/lets_make_a_boo.html

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      Perry Chen on April 28, 2009

      page 4!! woohoo

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      Marcus on April 28, 2009

      page SIX. yay

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We are Claudia Clyde, Yancey Strickler and Perry Chen. Three friends in New York who thought it'd be fun to make a book with some random simpaticos. Hope you'll join in, and hope to meet some of you soon!