Where can I read Leif & Thorn online?
leifandthorn.com
Almost six years and counting!
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How did you make those awesome digital mockups?
I browsed a LOT of online template sites, and grabbed whatever looked good!
The book mockup used here is by DesignBolts: http://www.designbolts.com/2018/06/07/free-beautiful-paperback-book-title-with-spine-mockup-psd/
And the tablet screen shown in the rewards is from Freepik: https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/black-tablet-mockup_764893.htm
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How about that cool music in the video?
The main track is from the Youtube Audio Library, a great resource for royalty-free music: https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music
Video Link: https://youtu.be/fyebhdpHk68 Free Download: http://bit.ly/2jAdeHb Artist: Francis Preve Track: Plaidness
With a short interlude from the public-domain classical piece that is (in a different arrangement) the theme of Eurovision:
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbbWZPlQW_8 Artist: Marc-Antoine Charpentier Track: Te Deum - Prelude
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Kickstarter didn't ask for my address, how will you know where to ship Leif & Thorn Volume 4?
Kickstarter doesn’t ask about that until the campaign is over. (This is so I don’t get duplicate/contradicting information from people who change their pledges while it’s is live.)
After the funds are transferred, I’ll send surveys to all backers to collect the information I need, including shipping addresses for everyone who got a paperback.
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Can I recycle the envelope you send my book in?
Yes!
Instead of the plastic bubble mailers from past years, I’ve upgraded to using EcoEnclose padded mailers, which are 100% paper product. If you have something else to ship, please reuse them – but if not, they’re fully recyclable.
(If you get a multi-book order, it’ll be coming in a regular cardboard sleeve/box. Please recycle that too.)
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f I get the paperback with a sketch inside, do I get to choose who's in the sketch?
Afraid not. It takes a lot of extra organizational effort on my part – and when I used to offer the choice, most backers didn’t take it anyway. So I’m using the simpler, faster process of “you get what you get.”
Sketched versions of Volume 1 mostly got Leif; Volume 2 mostly got Thorn; Volume 3 mostly got Kale. Place your bets now on who I’ll be putting in Volume 4.
If your tier comes with custom digital art, that’s a separate thing from the physical sketch in the book, and is totally customizable!
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Can the books really be this cheap? A lot of Marvel and DC books will only have, like, 138 pages for the same price. And those are big-time publishers!
Okay, confession time: I do need to start charging more soon.
In fact, if you check the year-round Leif & Thorn store (https://app.gumroad.com/erinptah), you’ll see that the books there have already been raised to $25 each.
But I didn’t want to spring a price change on Kickstarter backers without warning! Not when you’ve been so loyal and supportive over the years.
So: this campaign will be the very last place you can get Leif & Thorn books for $20 each. Don’t miss your chance to stock up.
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Why is shipping outside the US so expensive?
Unfortunately, I’m not enough of a big deal to use a multinational fulfillment service (which would print hundreds of books in different regions, for cheaper shipping to countries all around the world).
No, this is just going to be me, in my living room, packing each volume by hand. So for now, this is the best I can do.
If you like Leif & Thorn, help share and promote it, so this job can get big enough to scale up!
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Are you sure you can ship Leif & Thorn Volume 4 to my non-US country at all? We keep having trade blocks, and new taxes, and quarantines, and, and, and...
Things are pretty miserable, huh?
Still, all the international backers on previous Leif & Thorn campaigns have gotten their books. And I have no intention of breaking that streak now.
I look up the postage prices to individual countries (using https://postcalc.usps.com/) before I start any Kickstarter campaign. On top of that, the budget includes an “emergency cushion” for any unplanned costs, in case we get Surprise New Shipping Fees.
If we get to the point when the books are ready to send, and shipping from my country to yours is just flat-out blocked for some reason – well, I’ll get in touch, and we’ll figure something out. (Hasn’t happened yet, though! (Knock wood.))
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