Once the type is set and the page is printed, the type block is then removed from the press bed and the type is distributed (each letter is put away). That means if that page is to be reprinted, it needs to be reset all over again.
Which is the reason that once it's done, it can not easily be changed.
The reason I share this with you is by way of explanation for what comes next.
When Mike first began typesetting Lost Tales Volume 2 (as it was called then), he designed the layout of the book to be a chapbook format just as Volume 1 had been.
But feedback from our customers indicated that people would very much be interested in a hard bound edition of the forthcoming book. And so the idea took shape to give people a choice between a hard binding and a chapbook format.
Since The Emperor's Crystal has already been printed and 92 possible copies exist, and since the page declaring that there are 92 copies had already been printed when this decision was made, we leave it to you ultimately to make the choice about how many of those 92 copies will be deluxe editions with a hard binding, and how many will be chapbook editions.
So for now this is where we're at:We have decided to set aside 20 copies to be bound in a hardback format, of which we have already bound approximately half of that number, leaving the other half to be bound as needed. This means that the people buying The Emperor's Crystal will be determining how many hardback editions exist by what they choose to purchase.
Should the deluxe edition prove to be more popular, I will continue to bind according to the demand, since they are being hand bound, one at a time here at Pegana Press anyway. (Note: This will hold true until I run out of my present stock of Binding Materials.)
Currently we have a stock of both Deluxe and Chapbook Editions in our inventory to choose from. But no matter which binding you choose, the contents of the book is exactly the same. We wish you Good Reading.
Please visit us at Pegana Press for details.
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