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What’s rmack: bookmaker?
rmack: bookmaker is a
storytelling meets book-building feature where I share a story online while
also creating a handheld zine or book.
What to expect from this first edition?
An experiment. With my
contemporary but fantastical illustrated novel Night Flyer.
Why is this
experimental? In 2012, I independently published a YA novel (wildflowers), but now
I want to test out the quality, formatting, and other design elements of a new print-on-demand (POD) site. The
questions are: which design ideas will work? Which will need adjusting? And
which template best suits this manuscript and its art?
It’s going to be
exciting to find out.
What does this mean for you, the reader?
At first, you’ll do all
your reading online. I’ll share Night Flyer’s six parts one at a time, using my
blog and Patreon page in a cross-media collaboration. My blog will be home to
the manuscript’s chapters with sneak peeks at art. Posts will go up once a
week. My Patreon page will be home to weekly public reports on the development
of the art, design, and formatting.
Please note: patrons get
advanced viewings of Patreon posts and a few patron-only posts. All public
posts, whether on my blog or Patreon, will include links to their companion
post on the opposite site. In the end, you won’t miss a thing.
After all the online
sharing, the next step will be to publish each part of Night Flyer as a zine or
book. Or maybe both! I’ll do my tests and show you the results, and if I end up
with a good quality piece of work, I’ll sell each part, in a rotation, through
the online POD bookseller for limited time. The end goal is to find the best
POD site to self-publish Night Flyer as one book.
Episodes of rmack: bookmaker, the backstory
Wed Feb 21 - rmack: bookmaker, general announcement (click for link)
Sat Feb 24 - rmack: bookmaker, what to expect
& when
Mon Feb 26 - rmack: bookmaker, inspired by
Thurs March 1 - rmack: bookmaker, introducing Night Flyer
RMACK: BOOKMAKER INAUGURAL POST is MONDAY MARCH 5