All right. You guys have been with me since the beginning. You were the first people to read my press release, the first to follow my dev journals, the first to see the previews.
So I'm only announcing this here until next week.
I've put up the preorder page site on my store. I want you all to get to order first, partly because you are my best customers, partly because I trust you to be patient if we hit any bumps and have to alter orders, or fix mischarges, or revoke and redo orders and the like (this isn't RPGNow, so I can fix things the moment I know there's a problem.)
So, if you want print products, order now. Go to www.finalredoubt.com/store. Click on the Print PREORDERS. Charges to paypal go through immediately. The store doesn't have a way to delay payment.
So, here it is. Order away. The next weeks will be exciting, and may help determine the future course of the company.
I'll be online another three hours or so, then I'll check tonight and be on all tomorrow to troubleshoot problems. During the weekend I'll be spotty on customer service, but I'll be back on about half of Monday and then full on next week.
Here's how it's going to happen.
I've just placed an order with ICE to cover any international orders that might come in (although we may be close to offering Paperbacks on lulu, we'll know next week). The preorder page gives you an update on whether or not international orders can ship in time for Christmas. If we run out, I'll update that page.
On the first of December, I'll place an additional order with the printers to the tune of double our orders at that point. Barring a shipping or printing disaster or me getting hit by a comet or something, I'll begin shipping international orders ten business days before Christmas and domestic orders by the 13th (the day the post office told me was the last day for media mail to make it).
I'm confident that things are moving forward smoothly. The first test print went wonderfully. We made some changes, but other than an omission I made on the cover, I'd sell those copies and feel pretty good about them.
So there it is. Enjoy. Order soon and order often. Don't forget about other people. Let's open with a bang. The spice must flow. (Wait, no. That's Dune.)