Blossoms Preorders Update

[luke]

Ok, we're shipping Blossoms preorders now.

However, there's been a delay in t-shirt production. T-shirt orders will not go out until next Thursday.

-L

[Paul B]

Typical swinish excuses! Why do you hate fun so much?

Jazzed about Blossoms,

p.

[kruug]

Yeah, I hate you so much. Freaking indie bastards.

[luke]

1st batch went out last night.

2nd batch went out this afternoon.

3rd batch out tonight.

We're one quarter done!

Agh.

However, this is the easiest fulfillment cycle we've done to date. The new Paypal automated shipping tools are freaking amazing.

Only 150 more to go!
-L

[Yagathai]

I've heard that about the new Paypal tools. They're free, right?

[luke]

Free! But still, it looks like our top speed is about 16 an hour. Only 9.375 more hours of packing and shipping!

[Drozdal]

Majority of the time is spent on printing out labels (one at the time) and filling out customs forms. But as Luke said this is the easiest pre-order so far (and the biggest one!).

[Drozdal]

Some pics from last night: all of the pre-ordered books are numbered, stacked in order and ready to be signed.

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/8997/dscf0892resizejk3.th.jpg (http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf0892resizejk3.jpg)

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3931/dscf0894resizexu6.th.jpg (http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf0894resizexu6.jpg)

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2287/dscf0895resizehv7.th.jpg (http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf0895resizehv7.jpg)

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4172/dscf0898resizejp5.th.jpg (http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf0898resizejp5.jpg)

[zabieru]

This new system may be easier, but you forgot to take a picture of my book, like you did last time. (http://img233.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bepreorders011resizech4.jpg) Paypal has made you weak, Dro.

[Glendower]

I see my copy! It's right there, next to the water bottle! Right on!

[Drozdal]

This new system may be easier, but you forgot to take a picture of my book, like you did last time. (http://img233.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bepreorders011resizech4.jpg) Paypal has made you weak, Dro.

You can kinda see the book on the second pic, but if you want i'll take the one just like I did with BE.

[donbaloo]

Cool, can't wait to see it. Hope you guys packed mine with love. Not too much love mind you, nothing like that.

[luke]

Another batch out. #4. Our biggest yet!

[cathexis]

Rock on. My copy (#11) just dropped through the mail slot!

[Durgil]

Yes! I just received my birthday present to myself early today! Number 000009 is accounted for and residing happily in Indianapolis, IN. Friends & family are starting to arrive at my house now, so this is all I have time to write.

Thanks Luke, Rich, and the rest of the gang.

[cmoeller]

#000066, one more six and I'd have the mark of the beast...

Looks beautiful, guys. Can't wait curl up with it in bed tonight.

-Chris

[Kublai]

Perv.

[Drozdal]

Honestly, I'm amazed that everything seems to be working fine and people are actually getting their books (as the should). We were pretty much certain that using Paypal for printing out labels and automating the whole shipping process will end up with USPS returning all the books we shipped back to BWHQ (considering the "luck" that we had with dealing with USPS in the past, that'd be noting new).

Now when the domestic shiping seems to be working as it should, all I want is to hear that people outside of US are getting their books too.

Chris, I think your book went out in batch no #4 (sent out Friday afternoon) - that means it took USPS a day to deliver it to you! Hot!

[pseudoidiot]

I'm so jealous. Arkansas is too damn far from New York. Want my book now!

[Verrain]

Book 102 has arrived safely in TN.

[santovendetta]

Book 115 is in my grubby hands in RI, love the note.

[Paka]

I'm sure that I will get mine right after the last dude in Israel receives his.

[Paul B]

Israel? Imagine how long it's gonna take for my copy to get to Arizona! :mad:

p.

[Paka]

Israel? Imagine how long it's gonna take for my copy to get to Arizona! :mad:

p.

I'm goofin' on how long it took the postal service to get me my BW revised. For some reason, it took me forever and a day to get it.

I'm sure the BWHQ crew will get you your copy ASAP.

[coffeestain]

Book 113 in Madison, WI. It's beautiful.

Regards,
Daniel

[pema]

the sky is filled with
clouds which do not produce rain.
by the door a book,
hidden within a package,
brings light to this grey eve'ning.

#84

[Kudzu]

#1 landed gently in Fayetteville, Arkansas today, complete with a tanka inscription:

May your dreams prosper/
like the ever growing vines/
kudzu wild green leaves
May honor guide your hand to/
Deeds righteous and acts noble

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1375/1033058650_e7c920dd9e_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenjarvis/1033058650/)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1173/1032212215_cf0cd433b0_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenjarvis/1032212215/)

(Click on thumbnails for larger, hotter versions at my Flickr page)

Thanks, guys!

Steven

P.S. I added a "Burning by Numbers" entry for The Blossoms Are Falling in the BW Wiki (http://www.burningwheel.org/wiki/index.php?title=Burning_By_Numbers_%28The_Blossoms _Are_Falling%29) (I just copied the format for the BW Revised page). Go enter yours now!

[robotny]

No. 31's arrived in Stockholm, Sweden!
Off to read :)

/Fredrik

[modsr]

Holy crap the shipping is quick! It took only four days to reach Finland. Seven thumbs up!

Looks great, I'm off to read. I dislike books in PDF, so most of the stuff is new to me, yay!

[Paul B]

Christ on a crutch, they got to SCANDANAVIA before they got to AZ? :mad: :rolleyes:

p.

[Thor Olavsrud]

Christ on a crutch, they got to SCANDANAVIA before they got to AZ? :mad: :rolleyes:

p.


All Blossoms copies

Get number and signature

Each done in order

Early orders are shipped first.

But T-shirts aren’t ready yet.



:)

[Yokiboy]

No. 31's arrived in Stockholm, Sweden!
Off to read :)

/Fredrik

Hey #16 arrived today in Sodertalje, outside Stockholm!

Wanna play Fredrik? ;)

[zipht]

#000002 showed up late Saturday, in Northen VA.
Loving the book by the way.. the PDF doesnt do the print justice.

Thor's poem seems to tell me that I was second to order? wow, well, if Luke had put the up the order form earlier I would have gotten to bed earlier..


All Blossoms copies

Get number and signature

Each done in order

Early orders are shipped first.

But T-shirts aren’t ready yet.



:)

[luke]

BTW, if you ordered a t-shirt, we haven't shipped your order yet!

-L

[pseudoidiot]

Any idea how much longer on the t-shirts?

[luke]

Well, I just found out they were sent to the wrong address. So they won't even be here until Friday.

[pseudoidiot]

Ouch. No big. Just looking forward to getting my package in the mail. Thanks for the update.

[luke]

Ok, at this point, we have everything sorted -- domestic orders, international orders, domestic with t-shirt, international with t-shirt, google domestic, google international, google with t-shirt, local pick up orders, etc.

And everything's signed. 208 books signed! Aghh!

Dro and I are trying to get out the remainder of the non-t-shirt orders today.

-L

[Yagathai]

*cracks whip* Work harder!

[Drozdal]

*cracks whip* Work harder!

You just wait till you see my "dedication" in your book...

[johnstone]

Did you give his book a "mohawk," Dro?

[luke]

Ok 99% of non-t-shirt orders are out the door. There's 4 more to do. They were google orders. Unfortunately, Google Checkout is not nearly as robust as Paypal and getting the orders out of it has been much slower.

-L

[Drozdal]

Did you give his book a "mohawk," Dro?
Let's just say that Yag's "cat catastrophe" was nothing compared to what I did with his book...

[Yagathai]

Will it be sticky and smelling slightly of pickle juice?

[Thor Olavsrud]

Will it be sticky and smelling slightly of pickle juice?

Like a Polish birthday cake!

[luke]

T-shirts are in! OMG, they are sweet! Our best one's yet.

I'm glad we did red and black shirts, because both colors are awesome!

[pseudoidiot]

Hooray! Can't wait to get my goodies in the mail. It's like Christmas come early.

[Fourth Horseman]

T-shirts are in! OMG, they are sweet! Our best one's yet.

I'm glad we did red and black shirts, because both colors are awesome!

Taira sympathizer, bleh ...

[Taladel]

Book number 190 is safely in my grasp.

[luke]

packing and sorting t-shirts right now...

[luke]

We just sent out 43 t-shirts. 7 more to go.

-L

[Seji]

Hi folks!

I've got my book. As it was delivered to my parent's home I can't say how it survived the journey (and Polish postal workers) but my father says the package looks fine. I'll have some pics today to check by myself.

Update
The envelope came damaged - looks like some wise guy was looking for some bucks there but it seems the book is OK. Unfortunatley I'll get it after 20th of Aug. :/

[luke]

All orders have been shipped out. You should all have them before Gencon.

If you have a local order for pick up, what are you waiting for?

[pfischer]

#17 arrived well a safe in Edinburgh this morning. Cheers!

Per

[Yagathai]

#208 is here in Philly! As soon as I get my T-shirt, I will be all Blossom'd out!

[Paul B]

#61 just arrived in sunny AZ. A lovely note as well.

The t-shirts are in fact hot/hawt/haute.

p.

[Z-Dog]

0000029 arrived today w/ a kick ass black T in sunny SoCal

hot!

[khelek]

Thanks Luke, Rich, Thor, and Crew! Got mine today, both book and t-shirt look great.

[pseudoidiot]

#34 has arrived safely in Fayetteville Arkansas. Thanks guys! The book is even more awesome in person, and the t-shirt is indeed hawt.

[Dan K]

#30 is in my grubby little hands.

And it is, indeed, a great t-shirt.

[donbaloo]

41 has found its way home. Sweet shirt as well! Thanks guys.

[Aaron]

Numbers 87 and 88 have safely winged there way down to Melbourne Australia! Looks reaaaal nice :)

[Luke Fleeman]

I hope mine shows up tomorrow. Otherwise I won't have it before I leave for GC. Damn the snazzy shirt! I was going to wear it to impress the BW folks at the shirt. Now I have to go back to the mullet and tanktop to impress.

[Justin in Oz]

Does the .pdf come in the same package as the book?

If it does, is there any reason why mine did not?

How can I get the .pdf/map?

Looking forward to your reply.

[Thor Olavsrud]

Does the .pdf come in the same package as the book?

If it does, is there any reason why mine did not?

How can I get the .pdf/map?

Looking forward to your reply.

Justin, you should have received an email with a link to the download of the PDF back in July. You should check your spam folder to make sure it didn't get caught there. If you can't locate it, send Luke a PM or email and he'll sort you out.

[stormsweeper]

The red shirt is officially BAD ASS.

The book's pretty nice, too.

[Luke Fleeman]

Yay it came! My mailman slightly bent it, but it's good!

But some guy wrote inside mine. Weird. :rolleyes:

[Silas]

#207 and #208 are here.

7 is mine, but 8's is the Sir's. (That would be Jake Norwood for everyone else.)

I think Ill sell it to him for $25.00 bucks.

[ChrisG]

I can't believe people in Australia and Europia are getting their books before Canada! Freakin America's Hat! Get a postal system already!

[luke]

Yours was the last package we sent out. It was heavy and complicated!

-L

[Kintara]

I've got my copy (#96), yesterday. It made it to Hawaii. I will honor mine ancestors!

[johnstone]

I can't believe people in Australia and Europia are getting their books before Canada! Freakin America's Hat! Get a postal system already!

Yours was the last package we sent out. It was heavy and complicated!

-L

Does this mean I will officially be "the last to know"?

[Glendower]

I can't believe people in Australia and Europia are getting their books before Canada! Freakin America's Hat! Get a postal system already!

I hear you man. Anything I order from the States book wise takes forever. Some of my IPR and Key20 stuff has taken almost a month to arrive. Canada customs sucks more than I can articulate without screaming.

[cathexis]

My shirt showed up today, and a fine looking shirt it is! Totally going to be wearing it to work tomorrow :)

[Glendower]

I spoke too soon, Canada post delivered!

Though the package was horribly damaged...

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1276/1132279742_11b4020334_o.jpg

The Book is all right! Go bubble wrap!

And plus, Number 69! Rawr!
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1029/1132296436_c1b74411aa.jpg

[Justin in Oz]

How can I get the .pdf/map?

Looking forward to your reply.

Thanks for sorting everything out.

Very chuffed.

[Jye Nicolson]

#86 found its home here in Australia today. It looks *very* good.

[Merritt Baggett]

166

All good things to those that wait.

[ruusu]

Excellent- my copy (number 60) was waiting for me when I got home today. Looking good.

[Chris D]

Numbers 120 and 188 arrived here in Cardiff during the week. Thanks! T shirts are excellent!!

Number 188 will be winging its way to Canada on Monday. It will be a well travelled book!!

[Melmoth]

Number 187 arrived last Friday to the shores of Catalonia. Currently reading and enjoying.

[pauld]

And number 15 (wow, didn't realise I'd ordered it so quick off the bat!) has arrived in Hertfordshire, UK, today :-)

The tee is really cool too (black with red image) and was worn to my tai-chi class, that I've just arrived home from. nice.

Thanks to the BWHQ Blossoms are Falling team, great job!

[Salar]

...and number 16 + T-shirt have new pride of place in south London (they arrived last week) and I've been slowly digesting the books goodiness. I love the clan burner)
John

[lexifab]

Blossoms 125 and cool-arse Tengu T have arrived safely in Canberra. So. Very. Pretty. I love Feats of Valour!

Amusingly, the book is dedicated to my housemate, who ordered it for me for my birthday and didn't realise that a preorder would include a personal note from Luke! Well, at least I won't forget who got it for me :)

(And if I ever get to the States for a con - Luke, can I get another sig? ;) )

Dave

[Litpho]

72 and 73 arrived yesterday. Luckily only 72 was signed using my name, because I ordered one for a friend of mine so he got to have 73 (which he would have gotten anyway, being a higher number and all that).