Still Shipping & The Druid of Shannara
over 3 years ago
– Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 06:32:15 PM
Hi Everyone,
Thank you for your patience. Hunter and I are still shipping out pledges. Yes, we received books weeks ago but Terry still had to sign many of them. Then Daughter of Darkness published -- Terry's new book -- and we had to ship out those 600 books. And then I was gone to NYCC to soft-announce my forthcoming new book from Skybound Entertainment (more on that soon). Now that that's done, we are right back to the Kickstarter pledges. This week should see all of the remaining regular edition pledges shipped as well as the beginning of the S&N editions shipping. Lettered and Rare will come after that.
Meanwhile, artwork continues to go well for The Druid of Shannara Special Editions. Below is an iteration of the wrap-around cover for the book by Lixin Yin. Terry had a hand in its design decisions, especially the look of Quickening and Eldwist. We still have to tone back Walker's heritage a bit as it was said in the book that his Elf features weren't that pronounced. We are still thinking about launching this new Kickstarter in mid-November. But again, it depends on wrapping up The Scions of Shannara shipping and giving people enough time to look at their gorgeous volumes.
Is mid-November good or bad for people given the approaching holiday season? Would love feedback from all of you!
Meanwhile, Terry is about five chapters from finishing the sequel to Daughter of Darkness. Pretty exciting! If you haven't read Child of Light, I think it is pretty special and Daughter of Darkness is more so.
Hope you all are well. More soon!
Shawn
PS: Please try to refrain from writing me asking where your pledge is until after I've written an update sharing all packages are gone from me. Asking merely slows me down, I'm afraid. We are getting there. Hope to be done in the next two weeks.
Got Books Today! Here's a Shipping Timeline
over 3 years ago
– Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 01:48:26 AM
Hi Shannara Readers,
Today was the day! I received books. Finally. After all of this time. Here are some photos of the limited editions:
Here is our timeline. I have the books. Tomorrow and Friday, the shipping supplies will arrive. Then Hunter, Terry's grandson, is going to come over on Tuesday and we'll discuss how best to tackle this. We'll make boxes. We'll tear bubble-wrap. We'll get going on it.
That said, there is one part of this that will still take some time. The Trade Edition books are not yet signed. Terry is planning on signing them September 26th through September 28th. That means the pledges that contain those books won't ship until after that. I also hope to have him sign copies of Daughter of Darkness then. A lot of signing but Terry is super excited to do it.
Thank you so much for your patience. Hope to wow you!
With WebDruid Magic,
Shawn
PS: We are looking at a November Kickstarter period for The Druid of Shannara. More news on that soon.
Clamshells and Slipcases Shipping To Me
over 3 years ago
– Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 05:35:18 AM
Hi All,
A short update here. The company responsible for producing the clamshells and slipcases have finished their work and those items are speeding to my warehouse. Yay!
Still awaiting word about the finished books. They were supposed to be finished August 26th. But I do know they are close because on August 22nd they asked for approval on the foil stamping for the various editions. I'll post those photos below so you can see a part of the process. When I receive word the books have shipped on their pallets, I'll update again!
Shawn
PS: It looks like foil colors are different on one of the images below. That's just the lighting.
An Update That's Not An Update
over 3 years ago
– Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 07:13:38 PM
Hi Shannara Fans,
Someone asked for an update for the delivery of The Scions of Shannara and Indomitable.
There is nothing new to report though. This update is the same as the last one. I expect books to be finished at the bindery in late August and those books should arrive to my warehouse around September 10th or so. Then I'll begin shipping out all books and merch.
I can't wait for that. Meanwhile, Lixin Yin has turned the cover art for The Druid of Shannara. It's pretttteee. We will reveal it when the Kickstarter launches later this year.
With Shannara Magic,
Shawn
Bindery Sent Me An Estimate For Binding Schedule
almost 4 years ago
– Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 08:46:18 AM
Hi Shannara Backers,
I'll keep this short and sweet since it is an easy update!
The book blocks for Scions and Indomitable are printed, and they went to the bindery. And the bindery has received them and put us into their binding queue for August 29th. That means finished books should be shipping to us around that date and, within 10 days, I should have the books in the warehouse to start shipping. Finally, a real date!
Well, what does this do for The Druid of Shannara Kickstarter? Terry still feels pretty strongly about doing that Kickstarter once I've shipped out Scions and Indomitable. So I'm thinking October might be a good time to do that Kickstarter.
And on the Druid front of things, we've hired our artist. Lixin Yin will be completing the dust jacket and interior artwork. Terry and I are both stunned and excited that we managed to work with Lixin. He's done wonderful work for a long time and he's worked with many of the biggest names in pop culture art creation. He's already begun work to be wrapped up by the time the Kickstarter begins.
Terry also asked me to express his thanks for being so patient. Scions has taken a lot longer than we thought it would when we started planning this. So thank you ALL!
With Magic,
Shawn
PS: Some people ordered the Scions coin sets separately from their pledges. I have shipped those out. And I'm waiting on a big surprise to show up before I ship out the Simonetti portfolios. More on that very soon. Stay tuned!
