The first release to the public will be a Hand-stitched version of the books.
Because the books must have the ISBN and pricing fixed, and those items need to be based on higher production methods, there will be little or no profit in those hand-stitched books. So they will be limited in number and used only to open the market. If I can discover production methods that allow for a reasonable profit, I may continue to offer the hand-stitched version. If there is enough demand and I can raise the price somewhat, I may assign that version a new ISBN. We'll see what happens.
There is also a Limited Edition of Signed & Numbered Books in both the Gnome-sized and Big People's Books. That series is priced significantly higher and is intended to fund additional artwork for the next book.
It is unlikely that the boxed-set will be hand-stitched, because the stitching interferes with the books fitting smoothly in the box, but we'll experiment with that and see what works best. I do think the special nature of the hand-stitching would make the boxed set extra special. Maybe I need to rethink the box to accommodate that.
More later, AG
