AH Anthology

[Guest]

 

[impressive]

INCLUDING "intimates"...yet there STILL are no "intimates"

no panties, thongs, boxers even.

You want? You ask! (Maybe even grovel!) Imp may agree.

 

[Guest]

 

[impressive]

I don't DO grovel.

but I MIGHT send you a SEPCIFIC image for panties.

I put up basic intimates. Didn't mark up the price, though, 'cause they seemed rather pricey already. You want a different image ... just send it.

 

[Guest]

 

[Guest]

HEEHEEE you quoted my SEPTIC-image typo before i could correct it!

Ooh, yes. She's very fast.

(So sorry, imp. Did you wish to keep that a secret? )

 

[TheEarl]

I would change the last two paragraphs a little. We needn't assume they aren't free sexual beings; indeed, they have had the discernment to buy, ahem, our excellent book.

Like this:

Quote:
This book is here because we want to share what we have by the feelings that each story evokes. They are our gift to you and I sincerely hope that you enjoy them. They are only there because we feel free to express our inner sexuality. And I believe that we make the world and ourselves just that little bit better by doing it.

I did worry about coming off as a patronising git, but I was more worried about the little question that I had at the end, rather than the bit that you quoted. Don't suppose you can give me specific pointers as to where I went wrong?

Yours is much too long (excuse me being presumptuous ) for the blurb. If that's what yours is meant to be, you're gonna have to cut it down considerably, otherwise it won't fit on the back (in a font size big enough to be legible).

I thought the Doc was doing Gwen's bit.

Well, I'm confused as well. I make it that I have about 500 words to Gwen's 800. How have I got too much?

Rumple: Thanks. Will perform my first edit in a bit.

The Earl

 

[impressive]

Well, I'm confused as well. I make it that I have about 500 words to Gwen's 800. How have I got too much?

You're fine -- and can even go longer. Gwen wrote a SEPARATE blurb for the back cover.

As Doc has a book coming out, I thought he'd have the back cover note (with a link to his book).

 

[Guest]

Well, I'm confused as well. I make it that I have about 500 words to Gwen's 800. How have I got too much?


The Earl

Seems I was the only one in a state of confusion. I then passed it on.

You're fine -- and can even go longer. Gwen wrote a SEPARATE blurb for the back cover.

As Doc has a book coming out, I thought he'd have the back cover note (with a link to his book).

AHA! Now I geddit!! DOH!

(I'm so glad someone who knows what they are doing is running this gig. )

 

[TheEarl]

You're fine -- and can even go longer. Gwen wrote a SEPARATE blurb for the back cover.

As Doc has a book coming out, I thought he'd have the back cover note (with a link to his book).

Is the length I have okay, or do you want it to be longer? Also, do you want me to provide a cut down foreward for the back cover, or shall Dr M still do that bit?

The Earl

 

[impressive]

Is the length I have okay, or do you want it to be longer?

You know, I could put that in my sig. Seriously, though ... It's fine as is, but feel free to expand/expound.

Also, do you want me to provide a cut down foreward for the back cover, or shall Dr M still do that bit?

The Earl

Give that to Zoot. It's publicity for him.

 

[TheEarl]

You know, I could put that in my sig. Seriously, though ... It's fine as is, but feel free to expand/expound.

<sniggers> So you want it to be bigger than 14 inches and thicker than a coke can?

Feel free to use it in your sig.

The Earl

 

[Guest]

<sniggers> So you want it to be bigger than 14 inches and thicker than a coke can?

The Earl

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

<sniggers> So you want it to be bigger than 14 inches and thicker than a coke can?

Feel free to use it in your sig.

The Earl

Coke can, hell. Imp wants one of those "REALLY" thick cans of Foster's.

Rumple Foreskin

 

[impressive]

Coke can, hell. Imp wants one of those "REALLY" thick cans of Foster's.

Rumple Foreskin

Imp would really rather have someone(s) with skilled hands and tongue, if you're taking orders. A cock is not required at all, much less one of a particular size.

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Imp would really rather have someone(s) with skilled hands and tongue, if you're taking orders. A cock is not required at all, much less one of a particular size.

Uh, well yes, there's that, too.

Rumple "slow hands" Foreskin

 

[Guest]

Imp would really rather have someone(s) with skilled hands and tongue, if you're taking orders. A cock is not required at all, much less one of a particular size.

Ooooo OOOoooo!!!! Pick me! PICK MEEE!!!!!

I'm waving but you cant see me.

Debbie

 

[SlickTony]

Since they are posted, imp can link to them in her lists, so that they can be 'vetted'. In the meantime, you should reformat them, to the specs Imp has listed somewhere or other. 5 inch by eight inch pages with particular margins. The page size and margins are not so important, though, as the paragraphs.

They should be made "book style," with no white empty line between paragraphs, and beginning, each one, with a tab (or 'indent'). This is labor imp has said she will not do. She will size pages and margins, but not place tabs and remove white lines between.

While you are doing that reformat, be alert. Nitpick. Correct all run-ons and other mistakes. We will try to have someone go over them for grammar, punctuation and spelling, too, but do the very best you can.

Then (and I think this was all you were asking) you email them to Imp, as attachments. PM her for the email address. She is using MS Word format, I believe, but RTF will do, or even Adobe PDF, I think.

That ought to work. In MSWord, my stories naturally have indentations and no space between the paragraphs. There shouldn't be anything wrong with the grammar or punctuation--all my stories have been sedulously gone over before they ever get sent out. I have another question--should italics stay as they are in MSWord format, or should they be converted to html format, like I do when I submit them? I think that they might be that way since they're some of my earlier works.

 

[cantdog]

WHEEE!
I will scan book spread...both copies seem displaced (to me)...be interesting to see if 4degrees had same result...and others...or with on demand..perhaps there is shiftage.


I have been on MANY press checks...and generally there is some variation. THIS is consistant throughout the book...ALL pages appear UP.

There is the same amount of white space, top and bottom. On the bottom, however, is the page number. That is the difference, imp. The block of text is further from the bottom edge of the page than it is from the top, because the page numbers are within the margins instead of below the margin. It does give a raised appearance.

I suggest a tighter placement of the page number, tighter in to the body of the text, for the next volume's masters. Maybe there are settings in the footer function, or the page numbering function, in Word. If not, maybe we can place the number above instead? Would that be better, Rhino? 4 degrees?

 

[cantdog]

That ought to work. In MSWord, my stories naturally have indentations and no space between the paragraphs. There shouldn't be anything wrong with the grammar or punctuation--all my stories have been sedulously gone over before they ever get sent out. I have another question--should italics stay as they are in MSWord format, or should they be converted to html format, like I do when I submit them? I think that they might be that way since they're some of my earlier works.

Dump the html tags, dump all tags. Just make it a regular Word doc, as you would have it appear in the book itself, normally italicized.

 

[TheEarl]

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My copy's in production!

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The Earl

 

[SlickTony]

Dump the html tags, dump all tags. Just make it a regular Word doc, as you would have it appear in the book itself, normally italicized.

I really felt blonde after I'd posted that. Of course one wouldn't have to worry about tags. It's a print document! I'll be working on my opi this weekend.

 

[impressive]

Okay -- FINALLY got my copy. It's GORGEOUS.

However, mine has an extra page of someone else's material inserted between pages 96 and 97. It's not a big deal, as I can (and did) easily tear it out, but I did notify CafePress of the error and requested that they contact everyone who's already ordered with an offer of a replacement should their copy feature the same aberration. Let me know if you have any problems with your copies, please.

This morning, I'll be editing the copy & uploading the revisions -- especially the Sex & Candy illustration swap. I'm also going to increase the gutter margin slightly and the top margin by about 1 line of text -- just for aesthetic reasons. The replacement should be online by noon.

Well done, everyone!

 

[cantdog]

I have no such extra pages, and none missing. Weird. Was it bound in?

 

[impressive]

I have no such extra pages, and none missing. Weird. Was it bound in?

Yeah, it was. Glad to hear it might have just been an isolated fuck up.

Just finished uploading the revisions! Amazing what such small changes did to the formatting. The book went from 230 pages overall to 244 pages! That jumped the base price from $13.90 to $14.32 ... which just cuts into the proceeds, not the purchase price.

It looks nice. I've already ordered a copy of the updated version.