The good news first: we got the copy for the back of the box and back cover of the book. We like it! They only had room for one quote, but they used a good one by Brian Williams. They described us as "collage artists, writers, and Tarot enthusiasts." That's accurate I think. I looked at a few book covers & they identify the authors as "tarot scholars." But we can't honestly call ourselves that. I don't understand the tarot any better than the people who we hope will buy the deck, and probably a lot less than many. I usually call myself a "student of the tarot," but maybe that wouldn't provide enough credibility on the book cover.
We only suggested one minor change: on the box cover they refer to "England's golden age," which we suggested they change to "Britain's golden age." Britain includes England, Scotland and Wales, and I wouldn't want to offend anyone by lumping them all together as "English." But anyway, other than that the copy looked great. What a thrill! I wonder if I'll see an actual box before next March?
Now the bad news: Hollie got the sample scans, and she's extremely concerned about how they will (or won't) print in the book. I had sent them a sample monkey-head before, and I thought they said it was OK. But maybe these aren't as good as the monkey head? I wonder if I did something wrong when I was scanning the second time.
In any case, Hollie asked me not to do any more on those chapter opening collages until she has a chance to talk to their book printer about it. We may end up not using any engravings in the book. That would be such a shame! Hey, I wonder what this means for the cards themselves? Don't tarot books usually have a picture of each card? How are they going to print the cards in the book?
Now that I think about it, the Nigel Jackson deck might not have had pictures of the cards in the book. I can't remember about Shining Tribe. I'll have to check when I get home.
Finally, to end on a more positive note, the proofs are in the mail and should arrive on Saturday. Yay! Most likely we'll take them with us to our vacation in Austin. We can work on them while our friend is working (she's taking a couple of days off, but we'll be on our own for a couple of days too).
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