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[c1023]

Could you do the three rings in the style of a coffee mug stain?

I think it would go better with the parchment style.

[chichiri]

What's the writing say on each of those resonating rings?

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[zaeil]

Chichiri: They're planetary orbits, so they say, from inner to outer, Mercury, Venus, and Earth. Speaking of which:

Centipede: I'd put such a tagline on the fourth orbit, but I lost it when my computer crashed last night and forgot to put it back.

c1023: Shouldn't be too much of a hassle. I think I even have a "coffee mug stain" brush somewhere in my collection. (And if not, I'm more than willing to brew up a pot and make my own. )

[sledgecallier]

[Mikeyj]

It's real purty. Do we know the dimensions of the book? I'm imagining a lovely burnished matt cover with selectively gloss bits, definitely a coffee table number.

I agree that we definitely lower the tone as soon as you open the cover. Probably the best way to truly represent the collaborative story's input is to add an enormous furry phallus bookmark. Or perhaps a pop-up pair of fake boobs rising from the mid-atlantic ridge, with two purple rubik's cubes strategically preserving their modesty?

[Gibbet]

Or use some clever printing techniques to make it only show up in the red lights associated with places of similar taste.

(Wonders if PXC has such areas??)

[perplexed]

Here's my subission, I think we should definitely emboss a code into the front cover, just to draw the readers interest, but i sought a consensus on this before proceeding with the creation of the aforementioned.

[oliverkeers13]

I vote for wrapping it in black plastic like top-shelf magazines.

[Gibbet]

Up the crease-level and coffee stainage a bit and it will no doubt soon replace the PXC equivalent of the traditional brown paper bag favoured by the soberly challenged to store their bottles in. With added reading material suitable for their confused minds.

On a more sensible note including a code of some sort sounds like a good idea.

[oliverkeers13]

Hmm. Methinks we have stumbled across a method to get a message to the 3rd power regarding me

[zaeil]

Haven't heard anything about final size, but the full size of my pic is 8x10" (just in case). I assumed a smaller paperback size, though.

If y'all want some kind of a code on this thing, lemme know what exactly, and I'll do my best. I'm no good at making up things like that.

Here's the update--added coffee rings, faked a little embossing.

[perplexed]

I love the cover, but is there any possibility you could move the title, it just doesn't really fit in the middle like that. i think it would be nice to simply have the title on the binding.

[GasparLewis]

An enlargement is all it needs.
That, and "our little secret" for Ollie.

[Atrophied]

I also think the cover would be better without the title. Having it on the binding is, I think, a better option as it unclutters the front (and leaves more room for any code that is decided to be placed on the cover).

Speaking of which.. the cover is usually asingle piece... wouldn't an ideal cover image have the full cover, not just the front shown?

I was expecting to see something that shows the front, side and back of the cover. Plus that allows for any details to carry over around the edges instead of being cut off.

[Scott]

oi. let's not vote it to death, wot. It is sheer poetry, zaeil. absolutely love it. brilliantly done.