Yes Reiver will retail. Talking with them now. RRP not sure yet, all contingent on the production costs which we are awaiting now. The big question is the hardback issue. Clarence and I are nervous about hardback for one reason only:
We don't want the 'coming apart at the seams' problem which has beset several publications before such as Lasalle, Black Powder(to an extent I belieive but mine is ok, maybe because I don't open it much!) and even some soft copy stuff from FoW. We have not had that problem with R2E and to my knowledge, no feedback on BLB1. If we go for a compromise with most of the print run done in soft and a limited edition in hard the costs could go through the roof. I know the HARD COVER lobby have been very busy
(right Jim!) but I am unsure what the general market view is of hard v soft cover. Is it really a major issue?
Thoughts would be appreciated....
As for availability David... once I'm happy with the quotes the production time is pretty short.. a week to 10 days perhaps. I think Falkirk is a fair target. Wordtwister will take preorders the minute I have seen the printing proofs although I am currently on duty tour in the ME (again and yes, Beirut WAS interesting
) and not due back to Scotland until April 20..
A lot can be done via the web right enough as you all know!