Progress Update

Hi everyone - here is the latest update on the book: I ended up getting sick and then ran into some unexpected color issues with the proof copy. I am currently working with Lulu to straighten them out. Hopefully it shouldn't be too much longer, thank you for your patience!

Proof Copy GET

I'm excited to say I have JUST received the proof copy of MP in the mail today! Grace and I are going to go over the book together tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon, but I can already see that there will definitely need to be a couple changes implemented. (nothing too major - don't worry I didn't leave anyone's artwork out!)

I am extremely happy with the print and paper quality, though. It's very professional and I can't wait to show you guys!

Book Progress

I want to thank everyone for your patience, we're still working on getting Midnight Phantasmagory published. Assembling each artists' pages and doing the layout took longer than I anticipated - I was also having some technical issues with Lulu.com, but I believe everything is fixed now; I'm just combing over the book one last time to make sure there are no spelling mistakes, etc.

Proof Copy

Another short progress update on the book - I'm in the process of uploading all the pages to Lulu. I'm aiming to order a proof copy by July 31st because Lulu's running a special until then where the first book is free for new authors. Grace & I will use this copy as a last, final check to make sure everything is correct before we send out the link to the published book for everyone.

(Deanne & Kasey, I've checked over both your pages twice, but since I haven't heard anything from either of you I'm just going ahead and uploading them).

~Rachael

Preview Pages

Hey guys - I am still looking for "ok's" or revisions on your preview pages from:

Autumn H.
Deanne S.
Kasey G.
Nicholas L.
Savannah B.

Please let me know!

Preview Pages

Everyone's preview pages have been sent out as .PDF's by now. If you did NOT receive yours, please let me know and I'll get them out to you ASAP.

Once I get everyone's "ok" on their pages, then we can move ahead and actually start uploading the book to Lulu. (exciting, yay!) Right now our plan is to upload the book to Lulu, then Grace and I will be ordering 1 proof copy for ourselves. This is so we can review it in print, and address any last minute changes (color levels, spelling errors, etc) if need be before sending out the final link to everyone.

~Rachael

Layout Progress

I am starting to send out preview .PDF's to each artist of their bio page and following artwork. Please look over your pages and email me if I've misspelled anything, got your email/URL wrong or anything else like that. Don't worry about the lower image quality; these are small size PDF's for review, not the final high-quality files.

Ideally I'd like this book to go to print by the end of July, so if everyone can review their pages and get back to me in a timely manner it will help a lot. And if your page looks perfect, please send an email anyway with an "ok" so I can check you off.

Thank you everyone for your patience while we compile the book!

mp.artbook2010@gmail.com

~Rachael