It is humbling to have strangers, strung out across the country, buy a book sight unseen. When we opened the pre-orders for the limited edition copy of Mouthful of Feathers, I was staggered by the reception. Thank you to everyone who reached into your pocket and paid for a limited edition copy of the book. Your faith in us is overwhelming. And, you enabled us to bring this project to life.
You made this possible.
I know many of you are waiting patiently for your hardcover. I am too. I am sorry for how long it is taking. It turns out that building a limited edition hardcover book is pretty hard.
But, the books are printed and we are expect them to arrive early next week. It will take a little time to package each book and print, label and mail them. It will take a little longer to journey to each of you. But you will get your book.in the coming weeks. And what’s inside is pretty damn good. And the print from Frederick Stivers is remarkable.
Since the inception of the blog, we hung the best stuff up for free. When we created the first ebook, we sold enough copies to pay overhead. As a I recall, contributors got paid enough to buy a bottle of blended scotch (Famous Grouse, most likely.) But, over the years, we made a lot of friends and found a lot of people who valued the same things as us and maybe we wrote a few lines that meant something to the select few.
This go round, we paid the contributors up front, (this time maybe enough for a good pair of hunting boots.) But the editors (Tom, Reid and myself) are just hoping we break even. Mostly, we hope that this book will mean something to each of you. We hope you will find some passage inside that lights up your heart like a young dog on a wild bird.
For us, bringing this book to life has been a privilege, bestowed on us by all of you. Thank you for trusting us. Thank you for reading. Thank you for investing in this book.
And if you’re waiting for a hardcover, know it’s coming. And know that it is going to be worth the wait.
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