I decided it’s time to start mailing out these books. I ambled down to the U bookstore and grabbed some mailers and some labels so I can get the first few out and get a real sense for what shipping’s gonna be (and then put the book up for sale online!), and ordered a pile of mailers from Uline. Hopefully they won’t be too delayed by Christmas gift stuff yet.
So far I’ve got 12 books drawn in, out of 65 books that need drawings in them. So you may be waiting for a little while if you’ve got a signed book!
Next time I also think I’m not gonna offer prints as a perk. I didn’t think about what a hassle it’s going to be to pack an 8.5×11 print with an 8.5×5.5 book, and I want to avoid it next time. Maybe some stickers. Or maybe postcard-sized prints. I dunno. Or I might just be super minimal and say “this much for the book, this much for it signed, this much for it drawn in, this much for your name/picture/bigger picture in the back of the book as a sponsor.”
Now to figure out how to efficiently generate labels from a CSV file of addresses. Probably InDesign.