Call for Beta Readers! Rhinegold, Chapter 1 - iBooks Edition


For anyone with an iPad who is interested, you can now download the opening chapter of my illustrated novel project The Curse of the Rhinegold in fixed layout format for iBooks. The file is available for free for a limited time, so get your copy now before it's gone.



Chapter 1 is 22 pages long, plus full jacket cover, title page, and an afterword addressed to beta readers. The file is 24.2 megabytes, optimized for the highest quality graphics, with images at 1788 x 1118 pixels (just under 2 million pixels each) to future proof them against increased screen resolution in the coming months. This project is an experiment in creating a full color, full bleed illustrated fantasy novel for a older audience (i.e. it is not a children's picture book, although young adults have read and enjoyed it so far). You can learn more about it on the Fantasy Castle Books website, or just download it and have a look. It won't cost you anything but time.



As with the initial PDF file, I'm extending the beta reader offer to this new iBooks edition. To anyone who sends in a review or critical comments on this chapter I will send a limited edition autographed chapbook of this section, as well as the next chapter in iBooks format as soon as it's complete. The second and subsequent chapters will not be made available online, and will only be free to those who have reviewed the earlier sections. For each chapter you critique you will receive the next one free. For those who send in comments or reviews on all five chapters of Book One, you will earn a signed print edition of the final published book, as well as the finished ebook in the format of your choice.



For more details see the final pages of the sample chapter download.
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Published on January 22, 2012 22:04
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