{"id":17727,"date":"2020-10-28T12:20:32","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T12:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/?p=17727"},"modified":"2020-10-28T12:29:57","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T12:29:57","slug":"libra-shrugged-we-have-the-artwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2020\/10\/28\/libra-shrugged-we-have-the-artwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Libra Shrugged: we have the artwork!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have artwork, and it’s fantastic<\/em>. Punches out of your screen. The artist, Alli Kirkham, is confident that print will be just as good, even given that CMYK colour is the spawn of the devil.<\/p>\n

I was particularly impressed that the dumpster fire worked as a silhouette. Go and give Alli more work and money. [Punkpuns<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n

Here’s the paperback cover, back and front:<\/p>\n

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Here’s the ebook cover \u2014 slightly different dimensions, and done in RGB colour rather than hand-tuned CMYK:<\/p>\n

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Here’s what the Kindle paperback previewer made of it. Black dotted lines are the trim \u2014 where the cover is cut to fit, so you need a few millimetres’ leeway \u2014 and the red dotted lines are the limits for text on the page.<\/p>\n

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Today I’m doing the last edits, then wrangling with Calibre to get the ebook into shape, then fine-tuning the paperback layout.<\/p>\n

I was going to record the audiobook, but the loved one has offered!<\/p>\n

We may also have a French translation in the works. Of course, I just had to pick another untranslatable title …<\/p>\n

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