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Poll: I found this product to be:

Poll ended at Tue Oct 18, 2011 12:39 pm
1. Excellent 50%       50%  [ 1 ]
2. Very Good 50%       50%  [ 1 ]
3. Good 0%       0%  [ 0 ]
4. Fair 0%       0%  [ 0 ]
5. Poor 0%       0%  [ 0 ]
6. Awful 0%       0%  [ 0 ]
Total votes : 2

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Post Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 9:44 pm 
 

Thork N Hammer, Esquire wrote: As these arrive, please go over them and make sure you got the proper # on the list, and that it is signed. I double check everything, but my brain is sometimes in a fog.

How this will appear. Each is in a vanilla colored folder*, with the cover sheet first, then the copy. Nothing is stapled, pinned, or held; it is as loose-leaf as it can be.(* I thought this would be enough interior protection from postal carriers folding it; perhaps I have underestimated the desire for postmen to abuse our mail!)

To those getting theirs first, if you would PM your response (positive or negative), first it would be appreciated.


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Post Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:47 pm 
 

I would assume from the information provided from the very start that this module was never in published form.
IIRC: You created it, used it, tweaked it and it was always a project/work in progress to the very end.


I like what I got. 8)

Postal care/abuse is not under your control.

The only thing that would have made me happier would be if my meager bid had won your original... :lol:

Or, if you decided at some point in the future to actually publish this I would like an opportunity to buy a copy of that as well.


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Post Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:45 am 
 

UPDATE...shipping information included
THE LIST...

1. Gnat-the-beggar confirmed...PAID(8-10) shipped 8-19 recieved 8-22
2. Mbassco.............confirmed...PAID(8-10) shipped 8-19 received 8-25
3. Lokiwookie.........confirmed...PAID (8-11)shipped 8-19 received 8-26
4. Carrejo..............confirmed...PAID(8-10) shipped 8-19 recieved 8-20ish
5. davidC...............confirmed...PAID (8-11)shipped 8-19*received 8-27ish
6. MisterSpock........confirmed...PAID(8-10) shipped 8-23+received8-22ish
7. Mars...................confirmed...PAID(8-10)shipped 8-19*received 8-27ish
8. FormCritic..........confirmed...PAID(8-11) shipped 8-23 received 8-27
9. Ligmancer..........confirmed....PAID(8-10)shipped 8-23 received 8-25

10. beasterbrook..confirmed...PAID(8-10) shipped 8-23+received8-22ish

11. GreyM........... confirmed...PAID(8-10) shipped 8-23 recieved 8-?
12. d&dgeek........ confirmed...PAID(8-10) shipped 8-26
13. Scathaigth......confirmed...PAID(8-10) shipped 8-26 received 9-1
14. Aia.................confirmed...PAID(8-12) shipped 8-26 received 9-1
15. Ak'Ptui............confirmed...PAID(8-11) shipped 8-26

Chuco68/auction winner.........PAID..........shipped 8-31 received 9-6

Print run concluded at 15.
* shipped together
+ shipped together

Note: if anyone is displeased with the shipping (rate) PM me.

3rd batch is on its way. THIS time, I made sure DO NO BEND was stamped on both sides of each; and cb inserts included as well. (I hope no one else in batch 1 suffers postal abuse! :oops: )


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Post Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 3:20 am 
 

ok; tough audience here...so it must be good stuff

[email protected] if really looking for a publisher. This sounds right up my alley.


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Post Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 3:26 am 
 

That's an offer you should explore, Thork. Their editing and presentation is the polish 4-9 needs as a supermodule. You won't find greater understanding of the actual art of presentation than the team Bill has put together. Even if you retain your IP and only a tiny %, it may be worth getting into print professionally.


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Post Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:53 am 
 

mbassoc2003 wrote:That's an offer you should explore, Thork. Their editing and presentation is the polish 4-9 needs as a supermodule. You won't find greater understanding of the actual art of presentation than the team Bill has put together. Even if you retain your IP and only a tiny %, it may be worth getting into print professionally.


I wouldn't  mind that at all. No, sir, I wouldn't.

:D

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Post Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 4:21 pm 
 

tsathogga wrote:ok; tough audience here...so it must be good stuff

[email protected] if really looking for a publisher. This sounds right up my alley.


Can you bring back Necromancer fan favourite Brian LeBlanc to illustrate the thing?!

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Post Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 4:49 pm 
 

Gnat the Beggar wrote:Entire set of papers have a fold along the center, which will eventually be removed by placing heavy books on top to weight the pages down.
Corners are bent at bottom and top as well, affecting the front half dozen pages or so and the back half dozen pages or so.


Reading this I feel for you as I've had to deal with this on a few occasions.  I don't know if this will help but what I have found in these cases is in a typical module with a thick cover it can be very hard but not impossible to restore the cover, depending on the severity of the bend.  But the good news is that in almost all but the most severe cases it is still possible to restore the normal pages underneath and remove the bend completely.  What I do is I lineup a straight edge (a ruler) along the fold and then carefully grab (all) the pages and gently fold back along that line.  Work it back a little at a time until the fold disappears.  Like I said in a normal module it might not do a lot of good since the cover will still be visibily knackered, but in this case with all loose leaf sheets the results could be quite nice.  For corners I do the same, except I use a folded business card as the straight, and you have to do a few pages at a time and not the whole thing.

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Post Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:38 am 
 

mbassoc2003 wrote:That's an offer you should explore, Thork. Their editing and presentation is the polish 4-9 needs as a supermodule. You won't find greater understanding of the actual art of presentation than the team Bill has put together. Even if you retain your IP and only a tiny %, it may be worth getting into print professionally.


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Post Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:06 pm 
 

tsathogga wrote:ok; tough audience here...so it must be good stuff

[email protected] if really looking for a publisher. This sounds right up my alley.


emailed you, Bill... :?


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Post Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:52 pm 
 

Cloth Bound £75 a pop + introductory spiel and signature of authenticity from a bloke down the pub

I'm in


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Post Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:56 pm 
 

obiter wrote:Cloth Bound £75 a pop + introductory spiel and signature of authenticity from a bloke down the pub

I'm in


Interesting.
THough I have no idea what you're referring to.  :?


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Post Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 12:59 pm 
 

My copy arrived in the UK just fine. The envelope and folder were bashed about, but the MS only incurred a ding to two corners, and at that, they'll flatten out in time or with pressing. Nothing permanently pressed into it.

For future postage, I'd consider placing them in a plastic bag, just in case of water damage. My postman tends to be fairly good about not folding stuff into my mail box, but he will walk around in pouring rain with armfulls of mail just getting soaked.

Just a little agvice from someone who buys and sells a lot of international stuff. My copy is just fine, has 58 pages incl. the cover, and I'll need to find some time to sit down and read some of it.

Thanks, Thork, for the chance to read the original MS, and I look forward to a professional press quality product you go into print.


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Post Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:23 pm 
 

mbassoc2003 wrote:My copy arrived in the UK just fine. The envelope and folder were bashed about, but the MS only incurred a ding to two corners, and at that, they'll flatten out in time or with pressing. Nothing permanently pressed into it.

For future postage, I'd consider placing them in a plastic bag, just in case of water damage. My postman tends to be fairly good about not folding stuff into my mail box, but he will walk around in pouring rain with armfulls of mail just getting soaked.

Just a little agvice from someone who buys and sells a lot of international stuff. My copy is just fine, has 58 pages incl. the cover, and I'll need to find some time to sit down and read some of it.

Thanks, Thork, for the chance to read the original MS, and I look forward to a professional press quality product you go into print.


Glad it arrived intact. I am especially worried about International mail service. The plastic wrap sounds like a good idea, thanks for the tip.

I contacted Bill Webb about a possible publication of the G4-9. We'll see what develops.

Again, thanks Ian, and everyone, for your continued support.


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Post Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 7:04 pm 
 

Received mine today. Hooray for quality post man, obeyed the stamps and did not bend. Folder is in perfect shape.  Thanks Thork!
  

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Post Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 8:11 pm 
 

Ligmancer wrote:Received mine today. Hooray for quality post man, obeyed the stamps and did not bend. Folder is in perfect shape.  Thanks Thork!


Yer welcome. Very relieved to hear of better receptions.


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Post Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 12:22 am 
 

Thork, I received mine several days ago, in perfect condition.

Thank you!!!!

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Post Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 1:00 am 
 

carrejo wrote:Thork, I received mine several days ago, in perfect condition.

Thank you!!!!

Jorge


Good to hear. The more like this the better.


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