Three big shop updates for Friday!
Candles:
I got the labels back from the local printer just in time, and the first batch of Beltane candles are going out today to ensure they arrive in time for the summer festivities!
The Book of Briars:
The hardcovers of The Book of Briars have been a fun challenge. I format the manuscripts and covers myself, and this is the first time working with hardcovers, case laminate books, AND dust jackets! The final proof has been accepted, and I should have a proof copy in my hands in the next 7-10 days!
You may not know this, but I designed the original Book of Briars site cover myself using about a thousand different elements, including cloth textures, borders, grit brushes, grunge, and even editing photos of antique doors to make the locks (I vaguely remember making my own screw heads in photoshop to match the lock bevels 
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I wanted to recreate that original design for the case laminate cover under the dust jacket and basically had to rebuild it from scratch (the original cover was pretty low-res and the dimensions WAY wider than the finished book, so I couldn’t just re-use it) and make sure it worked with the back, spine, and sides of a real-life three-dimensional cover. It took blood, sweat, and tears, but here’s the final unwrapped image!
I left just enough dirt from its journey from 1998 to your bookshelf!
The Book of Briars again!
For those of you asking about paperback versions of The Book of Briars…
Here you go! The proof for the paperback cover came back looking great, and it’s officially ready for order and shipping!
It will also be available on Amazon in a week or so, but when you buy physical books from the Ackerly Green, you get a digitally signed copy with a personalized message from someone cool (kidding, it’s from me.)
that’s perfect!
