okay, here's the deal: (and please keep in mind that nothing is set in stone at this stage)
it's going to be a hand-sewn (oh god i hope i don't fuck it up) chapbook, with a textured cardstock cover and tissue endpapers (if i can figure this out) in a kind of green colour. it will be signed by me (justine), jordan, and mjp. mr bill roberts, famous and infamous master printer (with shady connections to a subversive literary international t*rrorist organisation) has kindly agreed to letterpress the title paste-downs for the cover. there will be 50 of these, and since there's roughly 19 poets (on my shortlist) who'll be receiving one, that leaves 31 up for sale.
there will also be about 5 'tuxedo' copies: a special edition in black and white (do you see??), a little bit fancier, which will not be for sale but which will be going out as special gifts to certain people who we are indebted to for helping inspire our little press.
we haven't settled on a price yet, but a VERY ROUGH GUESSTIMATE (i don't want to get in trouble with jordan) is probably [strike]$6[/strike] (including shipping in the US - i have no idea on shipping rates overseas, and jordan's out mountain-biking right now so i can't ask him).
please keep in my mind that i have an awful awful job and would like to quit it and make books/sell books instead. so buy our stuff and make me happy. one day we might be super famous or some shit, and signed copies of our stuff could be priceless.
in other news: we're really excited about some of the poems we've received. there's some amazing writing going on behind the scenes at bukowskidotnet.
if you would like to reserve a copy, please email me (put BUKNET BK RESERVE in the subject line) at:
chance.press.books(AT)gmail.com