Reaching for the Finish Line
COVID-19 showed a nasty hand and tossed our production staff into a hard second wave, just to show we shouldn’t promise any dates without books in hand. We had to change printers when our first choice couldn’t keep up with the backlog, but we found an amazing company a little closer to home that should get us the books promptly.
We’re posting promos now with the print production underway, and with a projected arrival time of about one to two weeks for books to arrive. As soon as the books arrive, we will begin shipping them out in order of purchase, but if you’d like to wait and see just how gorgeous they look in person, we will be posting up some photos of our test copy in the middle of promos. Our design editor, @jackcloverway, worked incredibly hard on this volume, and we’re so excited to show off all the details that are sure to make this a keepsake.
The final print volume will measure 6.75x10.25″, perfect bound, with a glossy wraparound softcover, and 72 soft-gloss interior pages. We had 28 contributors on this volume producing some top-notch art and some really excellent fiction, poetry, and statements. Proceeds from the zine will go toward The Internet Archives, to assist them in their long legal battle for the outcome of the National Emergency Library and the future existence of the Internet Archives. Physical copies will be limited to 50 pieces for the Standard Edition and 50 pieces for the Deluxe Edition. The Deluxe Edition will also come with 4 pinback buttons, 2 vinyl stickers, and an exclusive cover art variant poster signed by the artist.
Right now, you can receive the PDF copy as fast as emails travel through our bigcartel storefront (themagnuscollection), and if you have any questions about any of the specifications, finalizations, countries we can ship to, updates on the timeline, or anything else, feel free to message us on tumblr or twitter, or shoot us an email at magnuscollectionzine@gmail.com.
