Lividian Publications

[Brian James Freeman]

If you emailed about proofreading, I replied today! If you didn't get a reply, it means I missed your email. (The entire household has been sick since last Wednesday, now it's my turn, so I think my brain is working at about 25% power.) Send it again, please, if I didn't reply!

For those who preordered the Limited Edition of The Chill by Scott Carson, the slipcases are shipping to us by the end of this week, so we can start shipping orders next week. In the meantime, I've shared a few photos of what we did this weekend: inspecting and numbering books! The authors and artist left a few surprises on a handful of signature sheets, and I included two examples:

https://lividian.com/preparing-the-c...carson-photos/

Best,
Brian

[Dave1442397]

For those who emailed, I'm not ignoring you! My inbox just got a wee bit full this week, and I'm working through all of that mail. I'll be in touch soon. Thank you!

Brian

I must have missed this, but I just emailed you after reading it.

I'm definitely one of those nitpicky people. Here are a few errors I couldn't resist posting on Facebook.

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[Brian James Freeman]

Hey, I might be looking for a few more proofreaders, if anyone here is interested in that sort of thing. You don't need copyediting experience for this stage of the job, you just need to be the picky kind of reader who finds typos and OCR errors when reading and then grumbles about it. Send me an email at [email protected] if you're interested!

Best,
Brian

For those who emailed, I'm not ignoring you! My inbox just got a wee bit full this week, and I'm working through all of that mail. I'll be in touch soon. Thank you!

Brian

[Brian James Freeman]

Anyone else following BJF on bookbub?

https://www.bookbub.com/home/overview.php

Not exactly sure what it is yet but what the heck.

Thanks! For a very, very long time now, I've ignored these things... and not promoted them at all... but writer friends keep nudging me about some of the opportunities I'm missing out on, so... I gave in. Ha...

https://www.bookbub.com/profile/bria...man?list=about

Brian

[Ben Staad]

Anyone else following BJF on bookbub?

https://www.bookbub.com/home/overview.php

Not exactly sure what it is yet but what the heck.

[Splync]

Hey, I might be looking for a few more proofreaders, if anyone here is interested in that sort of thing. You don't need copyediting experience for this stage of the job, you just need to be the picky kind of reader who finds typos and OCR errors when reading and then grumbles about it. Send me an email at [email protected] if you're interested!

Best,
Brian

I've been building up to this my whole life!

[Brian James Freeman]

Hey, I might be looking for a few more proofreaders, if anyone here is interested in that sort of thing. You don't need copyediting experience for this stage of the job, you just need to be the picky kind of reader who finds typos and OCR errors when reading and then grumbles about it. Send me an email at [email protected] if you're interested!

Best,
Brian

[Brian James Freeman]

I really like how many productions we are getting so close together. Does this mean we will be getting more options to preorder in the second half of the year? Hope so, this is becoming my favorite place to get books.

My goal is to publish four Limited Editions per year, approximately one per quarter. Thanks to all kinds of supply chain problems last year, some of last year's books and this year's books all got crammed together now. Fun! There is one other Limited Edition on the schedule for this year, I started it at the printer in January and there's still no locked in delivery date. I'm hoping it'll be here by September or October. These are strange times for this business!

Brian

[Dannyb]

I really like how many productions we are getting so close together. Does this mean we will be getting more options to preorder in the second half of the year? Hope so, this is becoming my favorite place to get books.

[Brian James Freeman]

Thanks for the update Brian! All kinds of cool stuff in there. A few random questions/observations below when you have a free moment...

1) Any eta yet for you to announce the "unannounced limited edition" that you have been teasing? Am stoked to see what's next but don't use facebook or other social media.

2) Love the Joe Hill Chapbook. Probably the nicest chapbook that I have ever seen! Congrats to everyone who received a copy!

3) Much like you mention, I thought the dummy book for the new McCammon was pretty cool looking. Made me want to ask you, "what do you or other small publishers do with the dummy books once you receive them back, (assuming that you do)? Can you reuse or repurpose them in any way? I hate the idea that these may end up in a landfill somewhere. They would make cool prizes (just saying )

1) If Heart-Shaped Box slides forward a month from April to March, the unannounced book will be announced and shipped in April. If Heart-Shaped Box stays in April, it'll probably be May.

2) Thank you!

3) I gift mine to the supporter who suggested I start my Patreon. I do think they'd make cool prizes!

Brian

[sholloman81]

Posted the February 2022 production update here:

https://lividian.com/february-2022-u...-publications/

Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!

Best,
Brian

Thanks for the update Brian! All kinds of cool stuff in there. A few random questions/observations below when you have a free moment...

1) Any eta yet for you to announce the "unannounced limited edition" that you have been teasing? Am stoked to see what's next but don't use facebook or other social media.

2) Love the Joe Hill Chapbook. Probably the nicest chapbook that I have ever seen! Congrats to everyone who received a copy!

3) Much like you mention, I thought the dummy book for the new McCammon was pretty cool looking. Made me want to ask you, "what do you or other small publishers do with the dummy books once you receive them back, (assuming that you do)? Can you reuse or repurpose them in any way? I hate the idea that these may end up in a landfill somewhere. They would make cool prizes (just saying )

[Brian James Freeman]

Posted the February 2022 production update here:

https://lividian.com/february-2022-u...-publications/

Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!

Best,
Brian

[TacomaDiver]

Most welcome!

You're always welcome!

[Brian861]

Thank you!

Most welcome!

[TacomaDiver]

I too got the email with no issues, but for whatever reason, the site won't let me pay via PayPal - keeps bouncing me back asking for my credit card. I emailed Brian so fingers crossed! Otherwise it's free, right?

Brian hooked me up!