The Three Volume Set

You may know that the primary focus of IMS Publishing is currently on the project The Gnomes of New Hope. That being the case we are currently publishing the prototypes of Revision 300 of the Three Volume Set. As you may have seen on The Gnomes of New Hope blog, there are Seven Books in the boxed set, but also, those seven books comprise a Three Volume Set. So the Three Volume Set is the best way to register and market the entire collection, not so much for Retail Sales as much as within Industry Circles. Interestingly, having bound Volume Two, I'm starting to think that the Three Volume Set is more desirable than I originally thought. 

Now, I have created the Gnome-Sized and Big People Books for two reasons. The Gnome-Sized Books represent the least expensive way to purchase the books, being priced at $8.95 per book. But since the layout looks so good, The Big People Books offer a "coffee table/graphic novel" book. The Big People Books are priced at $29.95 each. I wish I could produce the books for less, but unless a receive orders amounting to tens of thousands (or more) books, there is no way to bring the price down. Even then, the MSRP will remain the same and any discounts will be up to the distributor/retailer. Books sold by IMS will only be Limited Editions, which are signed & numbered and are priced higher than the MSRP. The reason for this is that the Limited Editions are being used to finance the continuing illustration and animation work. I will address the Limited Editions in conjunction with investment in a separate post, probably in IMS Producing Partners. 

Rev 300 is primarily a set-up run and intended for Industry Review, but some of those books will be sold as Collectable Editions used to raise production funds. So if you may like to invest in the project, let me know. Send me an email Att; Arthur Greisiger at (image.of.the.mind.studios@gmail.com). Expect to see photographs of the Three Volume Set, which, by the way, consists of nearly 900 pages.

AG