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Ian W
Jul 22

Am I supposed to post something?

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GFDI

This damned thing ate my words

Not only did I have to reset my password this morning

 

Anyways

What do?

I have blog axesnorcs.blogspot.com

And I tweets @axesnorcs

 

My zine of 36 bullshit (wrongly done I suppose) Troika! backgrounds is part way through a layout and edit. I had a dumb idea to put together Traveller/SWN style sector map digest/a5-size notebooks on Lulu. I'm turning Candyland into a hyperspace map.

 

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Daniel Sell
Jul 22

Not supposed t to do anything really. Just trying to generate that chill g+ vibe of low commitment sharing. How are you finding setting up lulu? I tried it with zines before and it was a nightmare

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Ian W
Jul 22

Doing a physical book if you've never done layout and/or dont have a full cover is a thing that lulu does and in general it isn't as demanding on setup as drivethru. I've done a simple upload a picture and use the wizard to do the title and done my own full cover.

Conversely fuck drivethru, i dont think my first zone is up to it's standards or whatever still.

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Daniel Sell
Jul 22

I agree with fucking drivethru. Their pod demands are ludicrous.

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