Producing/Selling the Books

 

The Hand-Stitched Binding affects the appeal of the books at first glance.

Yes, the artwork is phenomenal as well and the fact that 

the books are based on

A Stage Musical

makes the project unique and, if we are lucky, enduring. 

Hand-stitched Books will be produced exclusively by

 Image of the Mind Studios

in our own shop, 

as oppose to being jobbed out to a third party printer/binder.

That means that inventory (of Hand-stitched Books) will be limited 

to whatever we decide to, or can,  keep on the shelf. 

Production time for Hand-Stitched Books is considerably longer 

than Machine Bound Books.

So availability of the Hand-Stitched Books 

will depend upon current inventory.

That being said, 

there may be a wait if inventory is depleted.

DIRECT SALES

Individual books can be ordered, at MSRP, directly from our sales office.

There will be an additional $15 charge for signed and numbered editions.

There will be no discount for books 

(not purchased under the wholesale terms for retailers).

The Story of 

spans a collection of Seven Books, also published as Three Volumes.

All Hand-Stitched Books, One thru Seven, have an MSRP of $34.95.

Some books have more pages than others.

The Three Volume Set is not being released at this time. 

WHOLESALE

For retailers, we have a wholesale structure. 

Minimum purchase for wholesale pricing is 36 books.

However, a full keystone on the Hand-Stitched Books will not be achieved 

on any less than 1k quantity purchases, per book.

The Wholesale pricing schedule for 

both Hand-Stitched and Machine Bound books,

 will be released after 

IMS Inventory of Hand-Stitched Books is built up

and after the first production run 

of Machine Bound Books takes place.

MSRP of Machine Bound books is likely to be $24.95.

Exclusive Distribution Rights of Machine Bound Books is available.

More Later... AG

Watercolors

    So, we have begun transferring the sketches over to watercolor paper. In the previous artwork, I would take the scanned B&W line drawings, which are enhanced sketches, and process them in Photoshop.  Once I cleaned the line drawings up, I would print them out on watercolor paper.  Well, this time around, I have concluded that it is more cost effective just to have the sketches transferred directly to watercolor paper via pencil. The time I had to spend preparing and printing the watercolor line drawings actually cost me more than paying Jency to redraw the artwork onto watercolor paper.  

   The other advantage of drawing, as opposed to printing, is that corrections and adjustments can be made before applying the watercolor.  I like the time to consider whether or not a drawing needs adjustment and having the pencil drawings rather than a printed blank makes corrections possible. At this stage,  corrections are a very good option to have.

   I'm inclined to proceed with animation using classic methods, simply because I can't see how CGI can maintain the aesthetics that we have achieved with these watercolors. I could be wrong, but I was trained in early techniques using 16mm and I find the early animation work to be enthralling. I do have sufficient computer technology and programs to pursue CGI, but I am not certain about the best way to proceed. I'm inclined to do some sample animations and to see how it all can be merged. We are looking at puppetry as an element and with the green-screen, we can do live action and convert that into animation using various techniques.

    I guess we'll see how it pans out. I'm always open to discussing this with other producers experienced in these arenas, as well as distribution.

AG