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Update #13: Executive Memo!
Attention, Foreshadows Backers and Valued Holiday Shoppers:
Be advised that any and all who pre-order a copy of Foreshadows: The Ghosts of Zero on or before this coming Friday, December 16, (or have done so already) will soon receive a special postcard by mail. This card shall bear secret instructions on how to freely obtain the Foreshadows Digital Gift Package, an exclusive download featuring three complete stories*, their accompanying illustrations by Talon Dunning, and three MP3s featuring advance mixes of music** from the forthcoming book+CD. In addition, this digital package contains a fourth bonus track, "Executive Memo," an exclusive and otherwise unreleased track created by the album’s co-producer, Bilian.
Be advised that this stylish postcard—as well as the advance materials to which it grants access—makes a great gift.
But do not delay! To ensure that this gift is received in time for the holidays, pre-orders must be place within the next four days.
Thank you for your kind attention.
—From the Executive Offices of the Very Us Artists + Blindsided Books at Foreshadows Headquarters
*Stories from Brian W. Matthews + Jeff LaSala, Keith Baker, and Don Bassingthwaite
**Music from Michelangelo, Joshua Wentz, and Bilian
Update #12: Foreshadows For Sale!
Dear Foreshadows Backers,
Tomorrow officially begins the pre-order for Foreshadows: The Ghosts of Zero!
But for you, the future is now. You’re one of our magnanimous backers, which means you can get a head-start. If you jump on over to veryusartists.com/store you can pre-order your copy right away. Tomorrow, we’ll be announcing pre-orders to the general public, so if you’re interested in purchasing a Limited Edition version of Foreshadows (one of the 100 copies autographed by all 29 authors/musicians that has some extra spit and polish), today would also be an excellent time to call first dibs on the limitation number of your choice!
The official release date of Foreshadows: The Ghosts of Zero is just over two months away (2/21/12)—and you helped us get it there. Your name has already been rolled into our Acknowledgements and queued up for the printers. And don’t think we’ve forgotten the various goodies we promised during our Kickstarter campaign. We’ll be in touch!
—The Foreshadows crew / VUA / BSBUpdate #11: Release Date!
Hello, Backers!
At long last, we have a release date on the horizon: February 21st, 2012.
Don’t believe us? Check out the updated website, teaser trailer and all: foreshadows.net
And starting in December, you'll be able to pre-order copies of Foreshadows: The Ghosts of Zero, both the regular and super-special Limited Editions. Just in time for the holidays. :)
Update #10: Autographs Aplenty!
Hello, Backers!
The
last time you’d heard from us, we’d begun the overly ambitious
project of sending all of the title/illustration pages that would be
signed within the Foreshadows Limited Edition booksall
over the world, to be dutifully signed and returned unscathed. All
manner of unforeseeable obstacles tried to thwart our plans. The
Canadian postal service even got in on the action, its workers going on
strike just to serve us comeuppance for flying too close to the sun.
Even we had doubts that this part of the project could be pulled off;
there were just so many things that could go wrong.
However. Despite this—despite our hubris—we
were victorious! And last week we finally got our hands on the last
batch of these signed pages. Want proof? We have proof. Photographic,
videographic, and even crayonographic proof!
See Foreshadowers being still.
See Foreshadowers in motion.
So yes, it’s official: the 100 Limited Edition copies of Foreshadows: The Ghosts of Zero will carry the signatures of every last author and musician who contributed to it. *high five*
And this brings us one big step closer to production. We're nearing the end now. So, a big thanks to all of our Foreshadowers who went to task and signed all these pages (especially to those whose multiple contributions meant multiple stacks of pages had to be signed!)
And a thanks to you, backers, for bearing with is while we reel this monstrous project in. Very soon we’ll have some nifty cover designs to show you. Stay tuned!
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David Wetzel on August 2, 2011
Woot! Congrats guys, I know it's taken a ton of work to take things this far! I'm very eager for the end result! :)
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Update #9: Let the printing begin!
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