I sent out the surveys to calculate shipping last week. So far around 80% filled them out, thank you! I most likely won't lock orders and charge cards until the books are here at my place, so if there are any problems or issues please just write me.
In that sense: I also haven't ordered stickers and prints yet. I got so many extra orders of both once the surveys were more filled out, I think if I had ordered them earlier I would have too few of each now. I'll wait a bit more with that and once I have more accurate numbers I'll order those. Both printers for those goods are also located in Germany, the one for my prints is also a local one btw. For those who have supported me in past by buying prints: it's the exact same one. Shipping time from them to me is usually just around 2-3 days so that is easily planned.
About the books: My printer is currently in vacation until Monday, 12th August. However I will have a phone call with him on that day and we will find a day on which I will drive to him and printing will start. This sadly means a delay, as I didn't know he would be in vacation. I hope that is okay. He told me earlier this year once printing starts, it would only take around 2-3 weeks until the books are finished, so I really hope the date we will find will still be in either August or the first half of September.
I'm spending the time waiting for my printer to come back productive though: I got the proofs back and they were absolutely perfect this time. The ones I had before were already good but there were spots that annoyed me. The paper I use, lovingly called "gourmet paper" by a friend of mine, soaks ink like a sponge. I touched up some spots in my art that were especially in danger of muddying up and now they print amazing.
I'm not even sure if it's visible in the photos, compared to the last one, but in real life it's a vast difference and I am so so happy with it now. Printing dark colours is always a struggle and I tend to be a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to that so this is a massive win for me. Really shows you that it's worth to take the time to improve your work.
As always, if there are any question, feel free to comment or contact me using Backersupport or send me an email. [email protected]
