| In this newsletter: - The Almanaq Online Store is Opening Tuesday
- Hint System update coming Tuesday
- Check out flatpak, an intriguing puzzle book that we think you'll like
The Almanaq Online Store is Opening Tuesday at 6PMAfter Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday, comes Almanaq Tuesday! We're opening the new Almanaq Online Store* on Tuesday at 6PM Pacific Time, just in time for the holidays with the remaining Limited Edition copies available for sale. As we promised, we're notifying our backers first, along with this preview, and we'll be holding off a bit before we post on social media. All of the Almanaqs and accessories make great holiday gifts, but the Limited Edition books are, of course, available only while supplies last. We will send you another email right before the store opens on Tuesday. The Limited Edition copies include all the accessory items, but we're also selling them separately for those with copies of the black-and-white paperback edition. The Conjurer's Warehouse Tour Map, which wasn't previously available separately, is now available. There are two items which we have in extremely limited quantities. We have a few maps and hardcover dust jackets which have not been folded. They're suitable for putting on your wall, if that's the sort of thing you like. We'll ship these in a mailing tube. | | Speaking of putting things on your wall, we've created a piece of artwork from each of the Almanaqs. The first is a stunning piece created from the cover of The Conjurer's Almanaq. It's printed on a 16" square aluminum sheet using dye sublimation. The colors are vibrant and the produce looks good enough to eat — because it's so reflective, the picture below doesn't do it justice. It comes ready to hang on your wall so your friends can solve it. | | The second piece shows the solution to the Opening Puzzle of The Librarian's Almanaq. Because our newsletters are spoiler free, we can't show you what it looks like. And you certainly won't want it on your wall if you haven't solved The Librarian's Almanaq yet. Once you have though, this can be a fun piece. It's also printed on aluminum, this time with a matte finish, and comes in 12"x18" and 20"x30" sizes. The Hint SystemWe'll also be updating the hint system on Tuesday to include The Conjurer's Almanaq. We're finalizing everything as we write this, and we've worked hard to try and make the hints not spoil anything for you unless you want to be spoiled. Note: when we say "finalizing," of course we don't mean that too literally. Three years after we put up hints for The Librarian's Almanaq, we still make updates as we learn things and as people bring up questions we hadn't thought of. If you're stuck, the hints should really help you get unstuck — and, if they don't, please send us email. | Check out flatpak We don't often recommend other people's products, but we came across something recently that we thought was really interesting. It's a Kickstarter for flatpak, an innocuous-looking Scandinavian furniture catalog. Very cool. Did we mention it's actually a puzzle book? It's from Stephen and Matt, the team behind UK-based puzzle publishers Escapages. Their premise is that once you start looking for puzzles in everyday life, you'll see them everywhere, and, of course, what's something in every home that already looks like a bunch of puzzles? Catalogs, of course, especially those from a certain Scandinavian company. flatpak is apparently not just a set of puzzles to put together, but there's a narrative woven in too. I've seen some preview pages and it looks fantastic and compelling. Their campaign is in the final stages — fully funded and working on stretch goals for more content. We recommend you check out their Kickstarter, but make sure you do it before Thursday, December 5 at 2PM PST! Here's a peek at some pages: | | |
Please Review Our Books
If you want to help Almanaq, the number one thing you can do is write 5-star reviews for The Conjurer's Almanaq and/or The Librarian's Almanaq on Amazon, where most of our online sales are made. They make a huge difference in how many people learn about our books, and that's especially important during the holiday season. Reviews on Barnes & Noble and Goodreads won't hurt either. If you're wondering why we specifically ask for 5-star reviews, it's because of the skewed nature of the rating system. While we know that not everybody will give us a 5-star review, there is an expectation that 5 stars is the baseline and anything else means something is wrong.Thank you for considering this! If you want to tell your friends about the Almanaqs, here are some easy to remember URLs: |
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