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Phase 1: Gather first submissions (~40 stories) - 4/20 to 5/24
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Phase 2: Get more submissions and v2 drafts from phase 1 (now we’ll have ~70 stories) - 5/25 to 7/13
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Phase 3: Curate to finalists (30-40 stories) + edit together + any last minute submissions (10 stories) - 7/13 to 9/1
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Launch Compendium as NFT along with 1st edition hardcovers (10/1) — updated to the Eye as a broader Lootverse strategy
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Launch Genesis Scrolls as a specialty book, in stores and online (12/1)
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Admin stuff
TODO:
- Final manuscript
- Done!
- Layout - 1 week of work
- Messages out to formatter
- Art - 2 week of work
- Leave image pages for each story
- Leave an image page for each section
- Get community (or Raul/Fabian) to make the art
- Cover - 1-2 weeks of work
- Reedsy or another cover design
- Website — 2 days of work
- Just use a single page template on Shopify or something
- Lulu / Blurb setup and admin — 1 day of work
- Book setup/logistics
- This assumes we are doing a normal hardcover book, not a fancy dragonskin custom coffee table book
- Marketing — 2 days of work to find contractor
- Beyond Discord/Twitter/etc, we could hire a marketing contractor who knows books and get some press + placements