Hi all!

We are delighted to share that after a long wait, we finally have ALL zines and merch pieces in our hands and are ready to start shipping! Here is a sneak peek:

Unfortunately, we also have some bad news to share. You may notice the journal looks a bit small. There appears to have been a mistake at some point in the ordering/production of the journals, and they were produced in A6 rather than A5 size. We are fairly puzzled and upset by this. From previous experience with the manufacturer, we also know correcting this will require to reorder and repay, which would result in significant extra delays and costs.

Our proposed solution is to offer anyone with a journal included in their pledge two options:

- Option A: You get the smaller A6 journal with your order. We will also include a free A5 print of the journal's front cover as compensation, as well as small refund of 5 USD to reflect the change. This refund will be processed sometime in July, once we are done shipping orders. If you added an extra journal to your order as an add-on, you will receive an additional 10 USD refund.

- Option B: You get the A5 journal with your order, which will be shipped at a later time. We will reorder the journal in the correct size for anyone who chooses this option. Your order won't be shipped until we receive the new journal, which may be about 3-8 weeks later, depending on how long the manufacturer takes. You will still receive an A5 print of the front cover of the journal as a small compensation gift.

If you are one of the backers whose order includes a journal, you will receive a form to fill out with your preferred option. You will need to include the email associated with your BackerKit account so we can correctly identify your order.

Otherwise, bundles are currently being packaged and shipping will start this week! We are using pirateship for fulfillment, and you should automatically receive tracking info from them once your order is dispatched. The digital version of the zine will be available through BackerKit as a digital download in a couple of weeks, to give those who ordered physical copies the chance to first experience the zine in that format.

As a last note, we have moved the placement of CW for visual pieces. They were initially going to be in the index of the digital version of the zines and are now in the index of the Alt-Text document. The physical edition's language still reflects the initial placement, so we apologize for any potential confusion. 

Despite all the last minute hurdles, we are incredibly happy with the results and cannot wait for all of you to finally have these amazing bundles in your hands! We will continue to provide shipping updates in the coming days and weeks.

Love,
The TDV Fanzine Mod Team