…The Ride: The Book: Etc.
The latest in the GameSpite Journal series has just body-checked the Blurb store with two available versions: Hardcover and paperback. As usual. Like The Anatomy of Castlevania Vol. I, this edition is the larger 10×8″ landscape format and isnât available in black and white, so the price is a little higher than the platonic ideal for GameSpite books — though the one gracious move Blurb has made lately (they now price books per page rather than per 20-page folio) means that this issue comes in a few bucks cheaper than the Castlevania book since itâs slightly shorter.
- Paperback Edition (70pp): $37
- Hardcover Edition (70pp): $58
Iâm still putting together a stripped-down, small-format, black-and-white edition for the budget-conscious, so please hold on if youâre interested in that particular book. Iâve also made the PDF version available (itâs attached to the hardcover book) if youâd like that in the short term — though please do remember that Iâll be setting up a separate PDF store sometime in the next few weeks.
The cover looks better in the flesh than in this image — you canât see it here, but Linkâs Shadow has a sort of rough-edge look meant to call back to the Ganon Wraiths in Wind Waker, and the painterly effect on the coloring looks as nice as it did on the Castlevania book. The pink looks a lot more garish on-screen. Look, I was just being true to the material.
Also, be sure to check out the inline previews on the bookstore to check out some of the great original art Philip “Loki” Armstrong provided for the book. Dude did a doodle for each and every write-up of both Zelda and Zelda II, because heâs insane. The back cover features Bill Mudronâs amazing Map of Hyrule, which you should buy at full size because itâs — whatâs the word? Oh yes: Amazeballs.
Also also, the thumbnail image for the hardcover book appears to have a graphical error (itâs missing the line separating “The Anatomy of” and “Zelda”) but the actual book will be fine. What youâre seeing is just a random visual artifact caused by their store system.
And finally, the coupon code MAY15OFF should net you $15 off a purchase, though Iâm not sure what the required spending threshold is for that. Poke around online for “blurb coupon code” and youâll probably find something else thatâll work, too. Anything to offset their hideous shipping prices…. Alright, try the code CROWNED15 and see what happens.
Edit: Iâve begun selling PDFs through Gumroad, per several peopleâs recommendations. The most recent two books are now up for $5 apiece, and Iâll be publishing back issues for a reduced price when I have time to get those up (i.e. after work).
Looks awesome! Itâll fit nicely on my coffee table with Hyrule Historia.
“Sorry, this promotion cannot be be applied to books you did not author.” Boooo!
Ah, itâs one of those? Lame. Iâll fish around for other promos.
The outrageous shipping prices have stopped me from ordering these books all the way to Mexico. Hopefully a friend of mine can receive them in the US and bring them later.
Yeah. Blurbâs shipping rates are surely destroying their business (and this one, as much as you can call it a business).
Thanks Parish! In for both pdfs.
The new code worked and Iâve got a copy on the way now, thanks!