So, my wife put together a draft for the bookmark and I’m throwing it out here for opinions before we make 200 of them. Let us know what you think:
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Maybe put the URL for Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Otherwise looks great. – John
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Thanks for the feedback. Unfortunately, the URL is too long to fit on the bookmark.
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What about one of those smartphone scan thingies that I see on everything? Would that work?
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Now you have me. It should but maybe the printer can tell you (or someone who really knows)
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We’re going to put a QR code (and maybe my website link) on the back. I asked the printer, but it just sits there telling me to buy more Light Cyan ink. 😉
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hahaha Good one 😀
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That looks great. i like the contrast of the color scheme. I am now waiting for amazon to ship me this really cool book I found last night by some goober.
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Immortal Wars: The Summoning?
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Why yes I do believe so. 🙂
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I’m going to crawl under the couch. On the plus side, you’ll get a sneak peek of a character that becomes a major player in Windemere after her debut.
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So I should read that one first!
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Not really. For a few later series, I took some Immortal Wars characters and re-made them. It happened when I was struggling for a few secondary characters and villains. I just happened to find my old notebook and thought I should put them back to work.
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P.s. while your under the couch see if you can find my keys 😉
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Sure thing. I’m sure they’re buried under all these cheerios.
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Cheerios and Cheetos in this house
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The great and nutritious ‘Chee’ food group.
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So, I did notice one thing. Your middle initial runs into your first name and people might start calling you Charlese… I agree with John, URL would be good too.
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Thanks for the heads up. I really don’t know if we can fit the URL on there. It looks like this: http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Hero-Legends-Windemere-ebook/dp/B00BL9GBU2
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Wait! What about one of those smartphone scan thingies that I see on everything? Would that work?
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QR Codes I think they’re called. That is a really good idea! (I’m not too sure how to create one, I’ll look it up).
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My cover artist sent me a site to make one and I totally forgot about it. That could go just above the ‘Available’ part if we shrink the font and move it down.
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I agree, it looks like your name is Charlse. Yallowitz 😛
Have you tried it with the same colour scheme, putting it green writing on black background? The blue just seems a bit too different for my taste.
RE: The link – you could print it on the back, rotated 90 degrees? It should fit then and wouldn’t clutter up the face of it.
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Oh, the image is off centre too!
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Mentioned that one to her. We’re working strictly with Microsoft Word here, so it’s rather basic. Hopefully, we can fix it. Though, from the cursing and shouting I’m hearing from the basement, I’m not sure.
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I’m not sure I want to play with word coloring, but I’ll run it by my wife. I’m going with a small QRcode, but it might be best to put that on the back. The full link is just too huge no matter what we do.
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I wouldn’t fret about it too much to be honest. If you search your name on Amazon it’s the first hit. Most people would prefer to just do that then type out an awkward link, so it’s not a huge deal whatever you go with! 🙂
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True. The QRcode would be useful for any friends of the bookmark holder to use. Also, if it gets dropped on the ground and people random want to see where it leads.
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It’s probably the most unfriendly thing for getting images juuuust right… good luck!
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Thanks. Word is definitely proving to be a pain. Add in that the desktop works off of Microsoft Vista and the computer will be lucky to survive this project.
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Ooo, I love it! It is perfect, very mysterious and intriguing, the trees in the background are awesome and the color is perfect. (Hey, are you guys for hire?) 🙂
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You’ll need my wife more than me. She’s the visual artist here. 🙂
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Well, tell her she did an awesome job!
But I got to thinking, (sorry about the negativity) the font used for your name is kind of hard for me to read. 😦
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That’s becoming the big fix on this. Maybe there’s too much flash on there.
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Perhaps….husband, dear, what do you think?
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What do I think about what?
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Ah, nice to meet you, Mrs. Yallowitz! The bookmark looks fantastic! Also, I love your blog! (I’m a weekend scrap-booker myself!)
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So I’ve got one vote for a different background, and a couple for the current background. As for the code, I’m going to put it on the back because it looks tacky on the front, unless I make the bookmark white, which I’m not loving, personally.
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I was thinking the back too. I say keep the background, but we do have to fix my name.
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I don’t have the patience to read other people’s comments, so I’ll just tell you what I think, shall I? First of all, I like the old-fashioned box around your name – very cool. Definitely keep that. As for your name, it reads CHARLESE – I’d suggest cutting out the E entirely. The blurry forest background is cool, but I’d suggest sticking with the green/tan/brown colour scheme you have going on your cover. So … tan or green background, I’d suggest 🙂 Um … I like the cover placement, very eye-catching, but it looks a little off-center to me. And if the URL for Amazon/Barnes & Noble doesn’t fit, what about putting your personal website URL? Or … what else could you put on the bookmark … maybe put your elevator pitch (the 1 sentence description of the book that hooks readers in), because I think you could fill up that blank space at the bottom. Okay! That concludes my analysis 🙂 Pick out the useful advice as you see fit — looking forward to seeing the final version!
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Thanks for the feedback. We changed the font and spacing for my name to fix that problem. We’re going to put a QRcode on the back of the bookmarks, so maybe put the website on there too. The off-center is a problem because we’re using MS Word and it’s basically saying that wherever the cover lands is where it stays. So, that’s the battle for the night, but we’re going to try it on PowerPoint once the toddler is asleep.
With the elevator pitch and the space at the bottom, I’m just concerned about making the bookmark seem cluttered. My worry is that there will be too much on there and people will get turned off by that.
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Hmm … I think what you need is a better program. Have you tried Inkscape? (http://inkscape.org/index.php?lang=en) It’s basically a free version of Illustrator with fewer features. Oh, and it crashes sometimes, so make sure you save your work 🙂
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Thanks. My wife is going to try download it and use it tonight. Hopefully, Vista doesn’t give her trouble. We’re aiming to get these done by the end of the weekend, which means a full two weeks of having all the convention stuff done. 🙂
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I like it! Where do your order yours?
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This is a homemade Work in Progress. Currently on MS Word, but I hear my wife saying she’s going to try PowerPoint to see if she can get better results.
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Do you do your covers as well, or is this just a mockup of the cover into a bookmark format? You then print these on cardstock, I take it?
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My wife’s cousin (Jason Pedersen) is a professional artist in Arizona. He’s doing my cover art between tattoo design jobs. We’re using the cover of the published book for this and then printing it on, apparently, photo paper. This is our first time doing this, so it’s all experimental.
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Looks great – love the use of your cover picture, really captures the eye and therefore the imagination! 🙂
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Thanks. Hopefully the final product looks just as good.
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I think it looks great! I do have to agree about fixing your name. The QR code is a great idea…on the back 🙂 The bookmark is pleasing to the eye and intriguing. It makes me want to find out more about the book…
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Thanks. My wife (the self-proclaimed graphic designer because she couldn’t get into the major back in college) fixed up my name. The only issue that’s sticking around is the off-center cover and maybe using a better background. There’s a green one that she wants to attempt when she can get back to the project tonight. It’s the last bit of swag we need to create before the convention in 2 weeks.
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I think it’s great that you all are working on this together. I hope you will post if you tweak it so that we can all see it! You definitely have to have your swag for the convention!!! 🙂
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A post will definitely be in the future. We have the bookmarks and one scrapbook-style display to go.
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That sounds exciting! I look forward to seeing the updated bookmark 🙂
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Hmm, everything I could think of is already said…
But I wanted to let you know that I love the design! 🙂
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Thanks. My wife is beaming from all the praise right now.
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I like the bookmark very much, nice work. 🙂
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Agree with the name thing and QRcode. Pretty nifty bookmark ^_^
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Thanks. The new/final draft should be going up tomorrow after some fine-tuning. It’d be tonight, but my wife/graphic artist is sleepy and complaining that she’s cold. Probably best not to anger her.
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Wise decision 😛
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