Dear All,
I do hope "Poultrymovies" has been giving you pleasure. I wish we could have made some money from the book so I could have sent contributors some of it (!) but we only sold 3 copies to the general public, so there are no profits to send out. Several booksellers are selling it for rock-bottom prices on amazon.co.uk and I don't know how they can break even, but perhaps they are part of the Amazon/Createspace family and can cut costs. Someone might be making money on it, but it isn't us. Anyway, good wishes all round, and I will certainly keep you posted if anything more interesting happens with the book!
@rowemag
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Update, 30 July 2011 :)
Dear All,
Thanks for all the great messages from everyone enjoying a copy of the book. Am still trying to convert the file for ebook format, which is tricky because it is not continuous text, it has 2 columns, and there are a lot of pictures.
I'll be away for 2 weeks in the U.K. without internet (no smartphone, one week at a family reunion at niece's yurt farm in Wales), but when I get back home mid-August I'll figure it out.
Still need addresses for the following people to send them their books & discount info: @Feisty_Onion, @justinbellinger, @NonchalantNurse, @sazrooi, @swannoir27, @TheAxeFalls and @thomastowell.
DM me at @rowemag if you can.
Good wishes all round!
Thanks for all the great messages from everyone enjoying a copy of the book. Am still trying to convert the file for ebook format, which is tricky because it is not continuous text, it has 2 columns, and there are a lot of pictures.
I'll be away for 2 weeks in the U.K. without internet (no smartphone, one week at a family reunion at niece's yurt farm in Wales), but when I get back home mid-August I'll figure it out.
Still need addresses for the following people to send them their books & discount info: @Feisty_Onion, @justinbellinger, @NonchalantNurse, @sazrooi, @swannoir27, @TheAxeFalls and @thomastowell.
DM me at @rowemag if you can.
Good wishes all round!
Friday, June 3, 2011
Book is available :)
Dear All,
It's finally sorted out, completely redone to make everyone happy, and I'm very pleased and relieved to let you know that "Poultrymovies, Dogsongs and Other Witty Tweet Jokes" is now available from Amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_51?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=poultrymovies.+dogsongs+and+other+witty+tweet+jokes&sprefix=poultrymovies.+dogsongs+and+other+witty+tweet+jokes, and from the printer, https://www.createspace.com/3485985. If you're in the book I will be contacting you over the next few days to give you a code as a contributor which will enable you to purchase it at cost. Unless you've told me you don't need one, or I don't have a mailing address for you (which I'll ask you to DM or email me), I will also be sending you a copy of the new book as soon as I get my teaching paycheck/que this month!
Contributors list:
@AlanRedux, @Art4TheMasseys, @bmerer, @chilibea, @chrismeredith, @DaisyCottageIRL, @DavidCrayford, @DawgBelly, @derrygriffin, @empressburger, @Feisty_Onion, @fekauffman, @GrahamBowes, @gullstory, @haentar, @hinge832, @jabalingit, @Jimjar, @julieankerson, @justinbellinger, @KevinBrettauer, @lavazzaatfrys, @lokimaros, @love_wednesday, @MockTurtlePower, @nicktheowl, @noelthewalrus, @NonchalantNurse, @PaulOckenden, @peterpastry, @philmscribe, @PublicBenjamin, @radeeboi, @RadWagon, @RainbowCloud9, @rgjohnson77, @RichHL, @roadiejon, @robsteadman, @Ron0202, @rowemag, @RussBass, @russl, @russwillis, @sad19, @sazrooi, @scotwriter, @sebastianflyte, @SparkleyTwinkle, @squeakattack, @sue_treanor, @swannoir27, @swbennett1503, @swertyd, @tattyheaded, @Tefisheep, @TheAxeFalls, @thomastowell, @Tiggythepiggy, @tomlennon1, @tonedebone, @travelmaus, @VenusDeMileage, @veraclaythorne, @williamgodfree, @williamstafford, @wormito.
*In case you were wondering about the previous version of the book, which had more people included but fewer jokes and pictures, even though you'd been able to look at it online since January it was on the market (purchaseable) for only a few days and raised $9.54, not enough profit for Amazon to send to me. I mailed free copies to anyone in the book who gave me contact information, and have plenty more of the first version here which I won't sell, so if you were in it and would like more copies let me know! (*please send shipping for these extras if I already sent you one copy of it.)
Happily yours, @rowemag
It's finally sorted out, completely redone to make everyone happy, and I'm very pleased and relieved to let you know that "Poultrymovies, Dogsongs and Other Witty Tweet Jokes" is now available from Amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_51?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=poultrymovies.+dogsongs+and+other+witty+tweet+jokes&sprefix=poultrymovies.+dogsongs+and+other+witty+tweet+jokes, and from the printer, https://www.createspace.com/3485985. If you're in the book I will be contacting you over the next few days to give you a code as a contributor which will enable you to purchase it at cost. Unless you've told me you don't need one, or I don't have a mailing address for you (which I'll ask you to DM or email me), I will also be sending you a copy of the new book as soon as I get my teaching paycheck/que this month!
Contributors list:
@AlanRedux, @Art4TheMasseys, @bmerer, @chilibea, @chrismeredith, @DaisyCottageIRL, @DavidCrayford, @DawgBelly, @derrygriffin, @empressburger, @Feisty_Onion, @fekauffman, @GrahamBowes, @gullstory, @haentar, @hinge832, @jabalingit, @Jimjar, @julieankerson, @justinbellinger, @KevinBrettauer, @lavazzaatfrys, @lokimaros, @love_wednesday, @MockTurtlePower, @nicktheowl, @noelthewalrus, @NonchalantNurse, @PaulOckenden, @peterpastry, @philmscribe, @PublicBenjamin, @radeeboi, @RadWagon, @RainbowCloud9, @rgjohnson77, @RichHL, @roadiejon, @robsteadman, @Ron0202, @rowemag, @RussBass, @russl, @russwillis, @sad19, @sazrooi, @scotwriter, @sebastianflyte, @SparkleyTwinkle, @squeakattack, @sue_treanor, @swannoir27, @swbennett1503, @swertyd, @tattyheaded, @Tefisheep, @TheAxeFalls, @thomastowell, @Tiggythepiggy, @tomlennon1, @tonedebone, @travelmaus, @VenusDeMileage, @veraclaythorne, @williamgodfree, @williamstafford, @wormito.
*In case you were wondering about the previous version of the book, which had more people included but fewer jokes and pictures, even though you'd been able to look at it online since January it was on the market (purchaseable) for only a few days and raised $9.54, not enough profit for Amazon to send to me. I mailed free copies to anyone in the book who gave me contact information, and have plenty more of the first version here which I won't sell, so if you were in it and would like more copies let me know! (*please send shipping for these extras if I already sent you one copy of it.)
Happily yours, @rowemag
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Web page update
Dear All,
I've been researching and editing further since Christmas, and @russwillis and @derrygriffin have produced some great artwork. As soon as I approve the proof copy from the printer we'll be ready for a relaunch of the book. I am very sorry that you have not been able to buy copies, but we think everyone will be much happier with the new version! Please check out the cover, and you can read the second page for contributor information: http://puffinsbeakpress.com/ (Aaack - link won't work. Can you select and paste?)
From the new introduction:
"I have credited ideas to the earliest posting I've found of them, and I apologize to other people who came up with the same idea later. No research engine is perfect; I used several, combined with written records, for determining first use, and have included here the best jokes of those people who gave me permission and contact addresses. There are lots more jokes and threads out there! Please send me a link to your dated tweet if you believe you came up with one of these jokes before the date listed in the book.If you were in the earlier version of the book but don't see your name now, please give me your permission and a contact address. There may be further rewrites :)"
Best wishes! @rowemag 5/10/11
I've been researching and editing further since Christmas, and @russwillis and @derrygriffin have produced some great artwork. As soon as I approve the proof copy from the printer we'll be ready for a relaunch of the book. I am very sorry that you have not been able to buy copies, but we think everyone will be much happier with the new version! Please check out the cover, and you can read the second page for contributor information: http://puffinsbeakpress.com/ (Aaack - link won't work. Can you select and paste?)
From the new introduction:
"I have credited ideas to the earliest posting I've found of them, and I apologize to other people who came up with the same idea later. No research engine is perfect; I used several, combined with written records, for determining first use, and have included here the best jokes of those people who gave me permission and contact addresses. There are lots more jokes and threads out there! Please send me a link to your dated tweet if you believe you came up with one of these jokes before the date listed in the book.If you were in the earlier version of the book but don't see your name now, please give me your permission and a contact address. There may be further rewrites :)"
Best wishes! @rowemag 5/10/11
Sunday, March 13, 2011
March update!
Dear all,
We're getting the next version of the book ready, with new art, a new layout and a lot of different jokes,so don't give up yet if you're trying to buy a copy of it. I'm redoing the formula for profit-sharing because of the lovely new art done by others, so that the cover art will be worth 20 "tweets" and the sectional art 8 (thread cartoons will still be 5).
Sorry for the delay! As you know, I've used several research engines combined with written records for determining first use, and am including the best jokes of those people who gave me permission and contact addresses. In the book's introduction I invite people to send me a link to their dated tweet if they came up with one of the jokes before the date listed, and if people were in the earlier version of the book but don't see their names in the new version they can give me permission and a contact address and will be reinstated in a future rewrite.
Researching was greatly slowed by the imperfection of search engines, which don't go back far enough, don't list chronologically, include only a tenth of a person's tweets, etc. If you've found a public domain search engine that goes back years and chronologically (and reliably) lists use of a joke, let me know. You'll make me very happy!
I invite you to send a Direct Message if you have any more witty and appropriate tweets you'd like to have considered that I may not have found, even if they were entered under different threads. I just need a link to the date you tweeted it, which you can get if you click on the blue "time" at the left of the bottom line under your tweet on the Twitter page. Please spread the word.
Love all round!
@rowemag
We're getting the next version of the book ready, with new art, a new layout and a lot of different jokes,so don't give up yet if you're trying to buy a copy of it. I'm redoing the formula for profit-sharing because of the lovely new art done by others, so that the cover art will be worth 20 "tweets" and the sectional art 8 (thread cartoons will still be 5).
Sorry for the delay! As you know, I've used several research engines combined with written records for determining first use, and am including the best jokes of those people who gave me permission and contact addresses. In the book's introduction I invite people to send me a link to their dated tweet if they came up with one of the jokes before the date listed, and if people were in the earlier version of the book but don't see their names in the new version they can give me permission and a contact address and will be reinstated in a future rewrite.
Researching was greatly slowed by the imperfection of search engines, which don't go back far enough, don't list chronologically, include only a tenth of a person's tweets, etc. If you've found a public domain search engine that goes back years and chronologically (and reliably) lists use of a joke, let me know. You'll make me very happy!
I invite you to send a Direct Message if you have any more witty and appropriate tweets you'd like to have considered that I may not have found, even if they were entered under different threads. I just need a link to the date you tweeted it, which you can get if you click on the blue "time" at the left of the bottom line under your tweet on the Twitter page. Please spread the word.
Love all round!
@rowemag
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
RETWEET WITH BENEFITS
Dear Twitter humorists,
If you've had a tweet from me asking if you want to be part of this book you may have had questions, wondered if it's some sort of invasive, blanket tweet, or been reluctant to reply to a stranger. I hope this blog will give me the chance to explain it in more than 140 characters.
This book has been my 2010 labour of love, which I've worked on since March. I know of many tweeters in this book who are going through hard times; some of them could really do with a boost, and this book is a concrete reminder that whatever we're dealing with, and whoever we have to be to deal with it, we are also creative and funny. Humour can save the world - or at least make it a better place to be in.
I've had no financial gain from this project, but if it does well every person will benefit from his or her share in it. The idea is that everyone involved benefits, although the printer and distributor, for the convenience they give us (which is helpful), take $5.61 of each $8.65 sale - almost 2/3rds.
I am doing a rewrite to take out anyone I haven't heard from by the end of January 2011 and give others a chance to be in it, but first want to make sure everyone has seen my messages and had the opportunity to get back to me. It's scary, being a shy person, and it keeps me up at night, trying to communicate with all the people I don't know yet, but what lovely people there are on Twitter! All but two I've heard back from so far have been enthusiastic about being included. Thank you for your happiness, good wishes and good humour! Every day I go to the post office with more books to send off, to the U.K., Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Mexico, New Zealand, the U.S., Poland and Canada. How wonderful is that?
BOOK DESCRIPTION
"This is a small, illustrated jokebook filled with puns (rated for everyone) on film and song titles. It is compiled from Twitter(tm) threads added to by credited contributors from around the world, and the only rule is that they can't be real titles. It's surprising how many people have the same dreadful sense of humour. Here are some examples: #bodypartfilms "Lobe, Actually." #kitchenhorrormovies "Village Of The Jammed." #furnituresongs "Sofa Away From Me." #catanddogfilms "Pup Fiction." #horsefilms "A Groom With A View." #poultrymovies "Buffy, The Vampire Layer." #combifusionfilms "Brief Interviews With Hideous Men In Tights." #tailortunes "You Are Sew Beautiful." #dogsongs "It Mastiff Been Love." #scaryclothingmovies "Invasion Of The Bodice-Snatchers." Threads can be added onto very quickly, but after a few days of neglect they disappear. The ones in this book have been preserved, like figs, the rotten ones discarded, and the good ones set up in jars with judiciously-added cartoons. If you like figs, or figgy pudding, you may find this book to your taste. Any profits from this book will be split between tweeters: let me know if you're in it and I have not been able to reach you!"
LETTER
This is the letter I'm sending out to everyone who has given me an address:
"Here is your copy of “Poultrymovies, Dogsongs And Other Witty Tweet Jokes,” which I hope you will enjoy! I think it's lovely to see all our jokes in a book. You retain copyright over your tweet(s) if that's possible - they may be too short. My plan for royalties is that after initial costs (including purchasing and mailing copies to contributors), and counting the front cover as 10 “tweets” and interior cartoons as 5 apiece, profits of $3.04 earned per book sold on Amazon will be split 831 ways, so that each tweet you are credited with will earn 1/831 of profits. We may not get rich, but I hope you'll appreciate my attempts to be fair and make us all smile.
With every good wish, Maggie Rowe
P.S. Please let me know by Jan. 31st via Twitter @rowemag if you want to stay in the book, If you don't, I will let someone else have your spot. I hope you do!"
THE NUMBER OF TWEETS
I counted 831 with illustrations factored in (see above). One tweet has since been removed, and one other is to be. If I haven't heard back from the rest of the tweeters by the end of January this number will change again, but I do have enough other wonderful punners to fill in spaces. One tweeter has declined a share in royalties, so an option is that I send your share to someone you designate, or to a charity of your choice, or roll it back into the general division pool.
I would like to thank @travelmaus, @RussWillis and @DerryGriffin for being first readers and encouragers, everyone who has said "yes," and also detractors who spurred me to figure out how to explain myself better. With regards to that, I apologize for explaining so badly when I started out. I knew I had to show the book to people so they could see what I was talking about, but was also worried about trying to contact everyone, so I put that part off. *Note to self: ask for more courage next lifetime.
One tweet alone doesn't last long, but collated, edited and illustrated we have something! Or at least something to keep in the bathroom and prove to family members that we are actually quite witty.
If you've had a tweet from me asking if you want to be part of this book you may have had questions, wondered if it's some sort of invasive, blanket tweet, or been reluctant to reply to a stranger. I hope this blog will give me the chance to explain it in more than 140 characters.
This book has been my 2010 labour of love, which I've worked on since March. I know of many tweeters in this book who are going through hard times; some of them could really do with a boost, and this book is a concrete reminder that whatever we're dealing with, and whoever we have to be to deal with it, we are also creative and funny. Humour can save the world - or at least make it a better place to be in.
I've had no financial gain from this project, but if it does well every person will benefit from his or her share in it. The idea is that everyone involved benefits, although the printer and distributor, for the convenience they give us (which is helpful), take $5.61 of each $8.65 sale - almost 2/3rds.
I am doing a rewrite to take out anyone I haven't heard from by the end of January 2011 and give others a chance to be in it, but first want to make sure everyone has seen my messages and had the opportunity to get back to me. It's scary, being a shy person, and it keeps me up at night, trying to communicate with all the people I don't know yet, but what lovely people there are on Twitter! All but two I've heard back from so far have been enthusiastic about being included. Thank you for your happiness, good wishes and good humour! Every day I go to the post office with more books to send off, to the U.K., Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Mexico, New Zealand, the U.S., Poland and Canada. How wonderful is that?
BOOK DESCRIPTION
"This is a small, illustrated jokebook filled with puns (rated for everyone) on film and song titles. It is compiled from Twitter(tm) threads added to by credited contributors from around the world, and the only rule is that they can't be real titles. It's surprising how many people have the same dreadful sense of humour. Here are some examples: #bodypartfilms "Lobe, Actually." #kitchenhorrormovies "Village Of The Jammed." #furnituresongs "Sofa Away From Me." #catanddogfilms "Pup Fiction." #horsefilms "A Groom With A View." #poultrymovies "Buffy, The Vampire Layer." #combifusionfilms "Brief Interviews With Hideous Men In Tights." #tailortunes "You Are Sew Beautiful." #dogsongs "It Mastiff Been Love." #scaryclothingmovies "Invasion Of The Bodice-Snatchers." Threads can be added onto very quickly, but after a few days of neglect they disappear. The ones in this book have been preserved, like figs, the rotten ones discarded, and the good ones set up in jars with judiciously-added cartoons. If you like figs, or figgy pudding, you may find this book to your taste. Any profits from this book will be split between tweeters: let me know if you're in it and I have not been able to reach you!"
LETTER
This is the letter I'm sending out to everyone who has given me an address:
"Here is your copy of “Poultrymovies, Dogsongs And Other Witty Tweet Jokes,” which I hope you will enjoy! I think it's lovely to see all our jokes in a book. You retain copyright over your tweet(s) if that's possible - they may be too short. My plan for royalties is that after initial costs (including purchasing and mailing copies to contributors), and counting the front cover as 10 “tweets” and interior cartoons as 5 apiece, profits of $3.04 earned per book sold on Amazon will be split 831 ways, so that each tweet you are credited with will earn 1/831 of profits. We may not get rich, but I hope you'll appreciate my attempts to be fair and make us all smile.
With every good wish, Maggie Rowe
P.S. Please let me know by Jan. 31st via Twitter @rowemag if you want to stay in the book, If you don't, I will let someone else have your spot. I hope you do!"
THE NUMBER OF TWEETS
I counted 831 with illustrations factored in (see above). One tweet has since been removed, and one other is to be. If I haven't heard back from the rest of the tweeters by the end of January this number will change again, but I do have enough other wonderful punners to fill in spaces. One tweeter has declined a share in royalties, so an option is that I send your share to someone you designate, or to a charity of your choice, or roll it back into the general division pool.
I would like to thank @travelmaus, @RussWillis and @DerryGriffin for being first readers and encouragers, everyone who has said "yes," and also detractors who spurred me to figure out how to explain myself better. With regards to that, I apologize for explaining so badly when I started out. I knew I had to show the book to people so they could see what I was talking about, but was also worried about trying to contact everyone, so I put that part off. *Note to self: ask for more courage next lifetime.
One tweet alone doesn't last long, but collated, edited and illustrated we have something! Or at least something to keep in the bathroom and prove to family members that we are actually quite witty.
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