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Title: The Diary of Nythrax (The Book of The Baldening) [NOW AVAILABLE] Post by: schild on August 11, 2009, 07:08:04 PM NOW AVAILABLE (http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/837736)
(http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/39720/f13/radicalthon/Nythrax%20-%20Vol.%201%20-%20Baldur%27s%20Gate/proof_00.png) (http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/39720/f13/radicalthon/Nythrax%20-%20Vol.%201%20-%20Baldur%27s%20Gate/proof_01.png) (http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/39720/f13/radicalthon/Nythrax%20-%20Vol.%201%20-%20Baldur%27s%20Gate/proof_02.png) Books are of excellent quality with perfect binding. The covers are crisp, the pages are heavy and the lettering and such is immaculate. Really, really impressed with the quality. Now if only companies like CafePress took as much pride in their work as Blurb. After I give a once through for errors, I will be opening up sales. Expect them to hit on September 1st. Also, going to make it available through Kindle. Edit: Oh, the hardback - Really, really, really nice. f13 will actually make more off the softback due to the way they do pricing, but the hardback is MUCH nicer. Also, the final cover will be slightly different, I threw this one together just for these particular copies. $12.95 Softback $27.95 Hardback I don't know how long I'll keep the hardback available. But it's totally worth it for the inside flaps, trust me. Total page count: 116 Total Awesomeness: Over 9,000 Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: WindupAtheist on August 12, 2009, 10:39:00 AM Don't everyone go crazy at once. :awesome_for_real:
So for the record, this'll be the BG1 section of the story edited into book form with all the 'forum thread' stuff removed. Any meager profits generated will go towards keeping f13 ticking. We're not planning to upgrade our Lamborghinis with money made selling interweb poast in hardcover form or anything. Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: Murgos on August 12, 2009, 10:42:30 AM Uh, good luck?
I guess if you call it a satire you can probably get away with using TSR and Biowares copyrighted IP. Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: schild on August 12, 2009, 10:43:57 AM Uh, good luck? From the copyright section:I guess if you call it a satire you can probably get away with using TSR and Biowares copyrighted IP. Quote Copyright 2009 The authors retain sole copyright for their contributions to this book. All names and places are Copyright 2009 their respective owners, which could be any number of companies at this point. Including, but not limited to Bioware/EA & Wizards of the Coast. Not that it really matters as this book is totally and completely parody. Should we have more? Should I just copy the copyright page from a Weird Al cd booklet? Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: Rendakor on August 12, 2009, 10:58:17 AM It took me until schild's latest post to realize that you guys were serious.
Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: schild on August 12, 2009, 11:03:19 AM It took me until schild's latest post to realize that you guys were serious. But I'm always serious :( Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: Brogarn on August 12, 2009, 11:31:28 AM But I'm always serious :( And don't call him Shirley. Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: Goreschach on August 12, 2009, 03:02:52 PM This is such an incredibly stupid idea.
Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: schild on August 12, 2009, 05:07:29 PM Care to elaborate?
Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: lamaros on August 12, 2009, 07:22:48 PM Who is going to want it?
Apart from those who think of it as a donation? Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: schild on August 12, 2009, 07:47:44 PM Who is going to want it? Who cares? I'm just doing it through blurb.com, it's not like it's costing us anything up front.Apart from those who think of it as a donation? What, did you think we were trying to get a book into B&N? Seriously now. Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: Goreschach on August 12, 2009, 07:53:21 PM You mean besides that you're always coming up with these kinds of ideas, and then dropping them after a couple weeks? Or that WUA is having trouble just finishing this thread, when books are generally assumed to be, lets say, somewhat long. Or that the meager number of people from these forums that would actually pay money for it would probably not even cover the costs of having this thing printed? Or that you'd get the everloving fuck lawyered out of you?
Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: schild on August 12, 2009, 07:56:49 PM You mean besides that you're always coming up with these kinds of ideas, and then dropping them after a couple weeks? Or that WUA is having trouble just finishing this thread, when books are generally assumed to be, lets say, somewhat long. Or that the meager number of people from these forums that would actually pay money for it would probably not even cover the costs of having this thing printed? Or that you'd get the everloving fuck lawyered out of you? What crawled up your ass, guy? Did I punch your mother in the dick or something?Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: Goreschach on August 12, 2009, 07:59:11 PM You mean besides that you're always coming up with these kinds of ideas, and then dropping them after a couple weeks? Or that WUA is having trouble just finishing this thread, when books are generally assumed to be, lets say, somewhat long. Or that the meager number of people from these forums that would actually pay money for it would probably not even cover the costs of having this thing printed? Or that you'd get the everloving fuck lawyered out of you? What crawled up your ass, guy? Did I punch your mother in the dick or something?You asked. Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: schild on August 12, 2009, 08:01:17 PM Yea, but you didn't read my responses.
I'm using blurb. it costs nothing. You didn't read what WUA wrote - it's just the first Baldur's Gate story. As for getting lawyered, I suppose we could. That can happen. But I don't think EA wants the fallout of suing an LLC (that has no money) for a piece of fanfiction they sold to fund servers. Particularly not one that can kick around as much dirt as this one. Especially when we flat out call it parody and it's about a decade+ old game. Even moreso when we're dedicating the fucking thing to BioWare. But seriously, you got all riled up because I asked? Fucking chillax, brosef. Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: Merusk on August 12, 2009, 08:01:56 PM I'll buy one, but I'm an incredible dork that way.
Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: schild on August 12, 2009, 08:02:47 PM Thanks dude. :drill:
Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: Goreschach on August 12, 2009, 08:04:16 PM As for getting lawyered, I suppose we could. That can happen. But I don't think EA wants the fallout of suing an LLC (that has no money) for a piece of fanfiction they sold to fund servers. Particularly not one that can kick around as much dirt as this one. Especially when we flat out call it parody and it's about a decade+ old game. Even moreso when we're dedicating the fucking thing to BioWare. But seriously, you got all riled up because I asked? Fucking chillax, brosef. Keep in mind we are talking about an industry that cackles in glee at C&D'ing free mods to 20 year old snes games. And how am I riled up? You're the one going around punching women in the dicks. Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: schild on August 12, 2009, 08:07:09 PM Dude, your mom has a dick? lol
I really don't see this becoming a legal issue. But I'll make some phone calls about it. Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: schild on August 12, 2009, 08:41:55 PM Quote In Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.[16] Supreme Court recognized parody as a fair use, even when done for profit. Roy Orbison's publisher, Acuff-Rose Music Inc., had sued 2 Live Crew in 1989 for their use of Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman" in a mocking rap version with altered lyrics. The Supreme Court viewed 2 Live Crew's version as a ridiculing commentary on the earlier work, and ruled that when the parody was itself the product rather than used for mere advertising, commercial sale did not bar the defense. The Campbell court also distinguished parodies from satire, which they described as a broader social critique not intrinsically tied to ridicule of a specific work, and so not deserving of the same use exceptions as parody because the satirist's ideas are capable of expression without the use of the other particular work. A number of appellate decisions have recognized parody as a protected fair use, including both the Second (Leibovitz v. Paramount Pictures Corp.) and Ninth Circuits (Mattel v. Walking Mountain Productions). Most recently, Suntrust v. Houghton Mifflin, a suit was brought unsuccessfully against the publication of The Wind Done Gone, which reused many of the characters and situations from Gone with the Wind, but told the events from the point of view of the slaves rather than the slaveholders. The Eleventh Circuit, applying Campbell, recognized that The Wind Done Gone was a protected parody, and vacated the district court's injunction against its publication. I'd say the bolded part is pretty goddamn good precedent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use#Fair_use_and_parody Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: UnSub on August 12, 2009, 09:02:18 PM Parody is considered fair use and protected. As linked, we can all thank 2 Live Crew for that.
Also, if anyone wants to sue for fan fic - good luck to them. First step would be to find another bit of fan fic based around the same game that has existed for longer than this one, untroubled by IP law suits. Doesn't matter if it makes money or not - if BioWare is going to sue over some BG fan fic, they have to go after everyone. Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: schild on August 12, 2009, 09:17:50 PM It would actually be Wizards of the Coast going after us if anyone, and honestly, if they did that, I could point them to countless Dragonlance fanfic that would make their balls shrink to the size of raisins that did much more damage than this would. In fact, I don't think this even has the ability to turn anyone anything but ONTO Baldur's Gate.
Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: Hindenburg on August 12, 2009, 09:21:54 PM You mean besides that you're always coming up with these kinds of ideas, and then dropping them after a couple weeks? I like this part. Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: CmdrSlack on August 12, 2009, 09:26:42 PM if BioWare is going to sue over some BG fan fic, they have to go after everyone. Technically untrue. That's for trademark, not copyright. Copyright is durable regardless of whether you go after each and every infringer. Someone else infringing doesn't end a cause of action against another infringer. But most likely parody, I guess . . . Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: schild on August 12, 2009, 09:27:15 PM You mean besides that you're always coming up with these kinds of ideas, and then dropping them after a couple weeks? I like this part. Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: Hindenburg on August 12, 2009, 09:32:39 PM You mean besides that you're always coming up with these kinds of ideas, and then dropping them after a couple weeks? I like this part. Should I reserve a room? Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: NowhereMan on August 12, 2009, 09:33:50 PM You guys are seriously compromising the awesomeness per post ratio in this thread.
Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: WindupAtheist on August 12, 2009, 11:19:08 PM You mean besides that you're always coming up with these kinds of ideas, and then dropping them after a couple weeks? Or that WUA is having trouble just finishing this thread, when books are generally assumed to be, lets say, somewhat long. Stripped down to nothing but story, the BG1 segment of this thread weighs in at something north of 30k words, but less than 35k words. So long enough to pass as a reasonably beefy novella, though short of a proper novel. Plenty enough for a ha-ha vanity press project. Which is what this is. Quote Or that the meager number of people from these forums that would actually pay money for it would probably not even cover the costs of having this thing printed? Or he could just have them made to order and pay nothing up front? Quote Or that you'd get the everloving fuck lawyered out of you? Just like that time (popular comedy) was sued into oblivion for that (popular movie) parody episode, right? Come on. Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: schild on August 13, 2009, 12:33:34 AM For the record, we're looking at 120 pages.
Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: Triforcer on August 13, 2009, 08:47:59 AM this thread is now the #1 Google result for the phrase "chillax, brosef."
Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: NowhereMan on August 13, 2009, 11:52:32 AM I am seriously considering buying that as a gift for someone. Sadly I'm guessing shipping charges would make it one of the more expenisve gifts I buy for a friend.
Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: schild on August 13, 2009, 12:21:27 PM I am seriously considering buying that as a gift for someone. Sadly I'm guessing shipping charges would make it one of the more expenisve gifts I buy for a friend. Assuming the coupon is still available, when I approve the book, I will post a free shipping coupon for any shipping under $10. Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: MrHat on August 13, 2009, 12:26:41 PM I am seriously considering buying that as a gift for someone. Sadly I'm guessing shipping charges would make it one of the more expenisve gifts I buy for a friend. Assuming the coupon is still available, when I approve the book, I will post a free shipping coupon for any shipping under $10. $12.95 Softback $27.95 Hardback :headscratch: Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: schild on August 13, 2009, 12:27:43 PM I am seriously considering buying that as a gift for someone. Sadly I'm guessing shipping charges would make it one of the more expenisve gifts I buy for a friend. Assuming the coupon is still available, when I approve the book, I will post a free shipping coupon for any shipping under $10. $12.95 Softback $27.95 Hardback :headscratch: For those wondering, the cost of shipping the hardback and the softback for me was $8.27. The coupon got rid of all that. Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: MrHat on August 13, 2009, 12:28:48 PM Thanks.
I get stupid sometimes. Title: The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: NiX on August 13, 2009, 01:34:35 PM We still love you! :heart:
Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: Soln on August 13, 2009, 03:48:35 PM let us know when we can fork over cash. Nice Summer stocking stuffer. :drill:
Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: Strazos on August 13, 2009, 07:04:04 PM How much of this goes towards server fees? Just wondering before i buy one.
Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: schild on August 13, 2009, 07:07:35 PM How much of this goes towards server fees? Just wondering before i buy one. ANY profit. Like, all of it.I'll be making probably $3-$4 a book after taxes. Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: Azazel on August 13, 2009, 09:14:42 PM As much as I'd like to want to buy this, I can only imagine how hard I'd get charged for shipping.
Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: schild on August 13, 2009, 09:22:30 PM As much as I'd like to want to buy this, I can only imagine how hard I'd get charged for shipping. Australia?$20 economy, $23 express. So it would be a $50 book. Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: Ragnoros on August 13, 2009, 10:39:18 PM Will there be pictures? And/Or bonus content?
Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: schild on August 13, 2009, 10:40:12 PM Will there be pictures? And/Or bonus content? The inside flaps on the hardcover are bonus content, imo. Also, it actually reads like a story. I'd say that's bonus content too. Pictures? lol. No. Maybe one day. I'd love to do a visual version. Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: schild on August 13, 2009, 10:46:18 PM I just spammed a shitload of you on facebook with the release date. I made it a fuckin' event! Fuck yea! With a typo on the fucking invite because they give you this huge fucking box but limit the invite to a goddamn scant 300 characters or something. Idiots. Anyway! Yea!
I'll be posting some of it over the next couple weeks there. Become fans, suckas. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eric-Schild/116403858819 Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: Trippy on August 13, 2009, 10:51:51 PM Why are you spamming an ENTP quiz on Facebook?
Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: schild on August 13, 2009, 10:55:45 PM Why are you spamming an ENTP quiz on Facebook? Because 50 other people in my feed did today and I was on facebook all day doing QQ stuff, so I thought why the fuck not? Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: schild on August 13, 2009, 11:07:20 PM Facebook cuts out indentations. And I'm trying to post book excerpts. They really are a bucket of assholes. I can't even space it out 7 times. /anger
Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: Sheepherder on August 13, 2009, 11:14:06 PM Can you blame them? Samy is still my hero.
Title: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: schild on August 13, 2009, 11:18:53 PM Can you blame them? Samy is still my hero. I don't know what this means. I'm sure it's something I should know, but hey, I don't.Title: Re: The Diary of Nythrax (The Book of The Baldening) Post by: Tebonas on August 14, 2009, 12:10:32 AM Any clue what the shipping to Austria would cost?
Title: Re: The Diary of Nythrax (The Book of The Baldening) Post by: schild on August 14, 2009, 12:16:25 AM Economy is ~$8, so you could probably use the free shipping coupon I'll put up, but you may never get the book(s).
Priority is ~$30+. Title: Re: Discussion on The Diary of Anthrax (The Book of the Thread of the Game) Post by: The Beef on August 14, 2009, 08:10:55 AM this thread is now the #1 Google result for the phrase "chillax, brosef." Success has been achieved.Title: Re: The Diary of Nythrax (The Book of The Baldening) Post by: Soln on August 14, 2009, 01:06:55 PM Quote Dream of becoming a Chef? the dominant ad around yr fandom and event. :why_so_serious: Title: Re: The Diary of Nythrax (The Book of The Baldening) Post by: squirrel on August 17, 2009, 08:43:09 PM Payday on this contract end of the month. I'll be buying a copy. Just to put it on the shelf for complete BG/II completeness. With the boxes. And the art.
Title: Re: The Diary of Nythrax (The Book of The Baldening) Post by: schild on August 25, 2009, 01:30:10 PM Check the top post.
Title: Re: The Diary of Nythrax (The Book of The Baldening) Post by: Slyfeind on August 26, 2009, 10:24:58 AM This is awesome if only to see a project come to fruition, which is rare imo.
Title: Re: The Diary of Nythrax (The Book of The Baldening) Post by: stu on August 26, 2009, 06:55:37 PM Sometimes it's tough being a broke college student. This is one of those times.
I can picture a fat little German kid walking into a rustic used bookstore in order to escape the rain and bullies and then finding this book sitting on a thick, wooden table. While the shopkeeper has his back turned, the kid steals the book so he has something to read during bully-avoidance hours in the school attic or boiler room. I don't know what that means, but grats on the project. Title: Re: The Diary of Nythrax (The Book of The Baldening) Post by: NiX on August 27, 2009, 03:09:40 PM You changed the beginning to Neverending Story.
Title: Re: The Diary of Nythrax (The Book of The Baldening) Post by: Hindenburg on August 28, 2009, 06:24:03 AM Shouldn't the text have been justified with both left and right alignments?
Title: Re: The Diary of Nythrax (The Book of The Baldening) Post by: schild on August 28, 2009, 09:44:05 AM Shouldn't the text have been justified with both left and right alignments? God no. Copy and paste yourself a few sentences into Word and do that. See what happens. Fixing it is a job for a publishing house. We are not a publishing house. And stop trolling, you already know what happens when you try and do that. Title: Re: The Diary of Nythrax (The Book of The Baldening) Post by: Hindenburg on August 28, 2009, 09:48:30 AM Stop being paranoid, I saw the pages and found it odd that it wasn't justified, nothing more than that.
Title: Re: The Diary of Nythrax (The Book of The Baldening) Post by: schild on August 28, 2009, 09:57:32 AM Stop being paranoid, I saw the pages and found it odd that it wasn't justified, nothing more than that. I'm not being paranoid, I'm calling a spade a spade.Title: Re: The Diary of Nythrax (The Book of The Baldening) Post by: Hindenburg on August 28, 2009, 10:04:08 AM And you're looking like an idiot while doing it. Gratz, I guess. Don't be a drama queen, schild.
Tell you what, send me a .doc/docx of the text and I'll justify the thing properly. Title: Re: The Diary of Nythrax (The Book of The Baldening) Post by: schild on August 28, 2009, 10:10:05 AM Quote Tell you what, send me a .doc/docx of the text and I'll justify the thing properly. Naeg, you'll buy the book like everyone else and not make offers you can't actually make good on. Title: Re: The Diary of Nythrax (The Book of The Baldening) Post by: NiX on August 28, 2009, 10:54:19 AM And you're looking like an idiot while doing it. Quite the contrary. For those of us who don't care, you look like a douche. Title: Re: The Diary of Nythrax (The Book of The Baldening) Post by: MrHat on August 28, 2009, 01:20:28 PM Wipe the damn fingerprints off the books and retake the picture.
Title: Re: The Diary of Nythrax (The Book of The Baldening) Post by: schild on August 28, 2009, 01:27:35 PM Wipe the damn fingerprints off the books and retake the picture. It's a book. What, are you going to read it with White Gloves? Title: Re: The Diary of Nythrax (The Book of The Baldening) Post by: schild on September 01, 2009, 04:11:03 AM Redid the cover and making about 200 edits. Then this thing will be available. Will hopefully be a few hours from now.
Title: Re: The Diary of Nythrax (The Book of The Baldening) Post by: schild on September 01, 2009, 07:03:27 AM http://www.f13.net/?itemid=835
Title: Re: The Diary of Nythrax (The Book of The Baldening) [NOW AVAILABLE] Post by: stu on September 01, 2009, 11:09:39 AM Atreyuuuuuu!
Title: Re: The Diary of Nythrax (The Book of The Baldening) [NOW AVAILABLE] Post by: Bunk on September 01, 2009, 11:15:57 AM Too bad this wasn't a little sooner. I'd have bought one to bring to PAX and tried to get someone at BioWare to sign it.
Title: Re: The Diary of Nythrax (The Book of The Baldening) [NOW AVAILABLE] Post by: Riggswolfe on September 01, 2009, 10:22:43 PM You know, I'm torn. I like WUA's write up, it's cool reading but the thread leads me to believe it won't ever be finished and I want to know how the complete story plays out eventually. I think if I got it right now it'd feel incomplete, like buying the first part of a pretty good trilogy, but the author dies before he finishes.
Title: Re: The Diary of Nythrax (The Book of The Baldening) Post by: Azazel on September 02, 2009, 05:23:17 AM And you're looking like an idiot while doing it. Quite the contrary. For those of us who don't care, you look like a douche. Not the first time. I'd bet not the last either. Title: Re: The Diary of Nythrax (The Book of The Baldening) [NOW AVAILABLE] Post by: Chazzy on March 22, 2011, 05:12:40 AM So... I read a forum post on the pennyarcade forum about BG2, played some BG, saw the WUA forumthread... saw this thread abit later (unsure why). Decided to buy the damn thing :)
Also to support the f13 forum, cheers fellas :) Title: Re: The Diary of Nythrax (The Book of The Baldening) [NOW AVAILABLE] Post by: WindupAtheist on March 22, 2011, 07:49:18 AM Given what Schild charges and what they cost to make, I estimate he'll have paid off the free copies he sent me by late 2017. :awesome_for_real:
But thanks man, nice to hear you enjoyed it. As silly a little project as this was, I'm always insufferably pleased that someone liked something I wrote, well enough to pay money for it. |