Quote:

 

[Project] Anniversary/Appreciation Fanbook
Happy 20th Anniversary •CLAMP• Appreciation Fanbook Project
In honor of CLAMP's upcoming 20th Anniversay, there was certainly enough enthusiasm about a fanbook to roll with the idea.



A. Content:
1. What - Letters, fanart, fanfics, doodles, cosplay photos, anything printable. Two works per person will be the max.

2. How - Digital files, scanned images (300dpi max), if you do not have a scanner, we will have a community scanner that will accept your original work to scan and then the original work will be mailed back to you. Hand-written letters or fics on nice stationary can also be accepted as a scanned image.

3. Language - Your own language is perfectly okay. The organization will be in English, but everyone will get a little blurb on their page with their name/nickname/country. I think CLAMP will enjoy the variety & global scale and who knows? maybe they know someone who can translate your language...or maybe they know a little themselves. Besides, they probably see Japanese fanwork all the time.

4. No-no's - Anything with extremely questionable content will be put aside (Boy-love, girl-love is okay, but you know where to draw the line, right?). Something made or written by someone other than yourself will be booted. No colored manga pictures and no half-arsed pencil drawing done in math class on notebook paper. Sorry, your epic 50 chapter Cardcaptor Sakura fanfic will probably not be accepted.

ETA: 5. I have chosen the 10×8 inches (25×20 centimeters) landscape book to focus this project around. So please consider that size & format when you create/choose your work. Each person is guaranteed at least one full page. (this is open to change)

B. Organization of the book:
Chapters will be divided by country/continent/language(?) depending on how many participants. I think it'll be pretty awesome to have an all Spanish section and all Russian section, etc. Language-specific editors will be chosen to review content. Again, there may also be a country-specific graphics person to help design their country's chapter. The editor and graphics person may be the same person...again, depends on the numbers.

C. How it will be made:
We will use an online book publisher. I have had great results with blurb.com (professional-looking, awesome colors, just a tad bit more expensive than the competitors), but I am open to any other companies. Just let me give me a web address and I will check them out. (I am in the US, so please recommend US-based companies)

D. Where will it go?
There have been a couple really great suggestions on how to get ahold of CLAMP's publishers' addresses. We will definitely send an explanatory letter with our book. If you know of a way to get ahold of their address and have not already contacted me, please msg me. (I will keep all addresses private if need be)

E. No talent in writing or drawing?
As the deadline comes near, I will also be accepting donations towards the professional binding costs and certified + insured mailing costs. (A very rough estimate of costs--For a 200 page hardcover landscape book with dustcover, it will be about $56.95 + 6.20 shipping from the book company + 40.00 shipping to Japan for a 3-5 lb package...I read that USPS shipping prices are going up in January, too...boo). If we wanted to send 4 copies for each member of CLAMP, I definitely will need donations.

A page of credits will be added to the book to include everyone who contributes anything.

F. The deadline?
I'm sure CLAMP will be celebrating all year. I want to give all participants plenty of time, so nothing is rushed. The deadline will be around May or June. It may seem late, but I do understand that many of you have finals around April/May. And I know procrastination is a part of everybody's lives. It'd would be great to get your best and most recent work.

Editor-poking will happen in a couple weeks, and even more specific details will be posted in a month or two, but don't slack off.

G. Random notes:
-I saw that in another fanbook project, fans made plushies and scarves. I am NOT considering these items until we get confirmation of an address.
-What's going on the cover? I'll get input from others about details like that later.
-I had some people msg me about this project. If you were one, please disable your msging privacy option, so I can msg you back or leave another message here.

H. What I need now? Just a solid confirmation of numbers, so if there is a huge number, I can poke some people to be editors. And so I can anticipate how big/costly the project will be...

So once again, I need comments:
1. What you'd like to do - fanart, letter, photo, etc? help with editing/graphics?
(Not important right now, but I will need a translator or two for the explanatory letter and for the introduction to the book when we get closer to the deadline.)

2. Where you are from and What language you will be writing in. (The book's organization depends on this)

3. Any suggestions/questions?

If you wish to contact me, please lj-msg me or email me at seichan80 at yahoo dawt com.

I. Feel free to spread the word about this project. It would be wonderful to have solid chapters for each country, so please get your friends involved. I was initially aiming for a 50 page book, but hey, 200+ pages sounds even better, right? So please take another moment for the part H questions, and start thinking about how you'd like to express your love of CLAMP to CLAMP themselves. I'll do my best to make sure the book turns out beautifully and that it gets sent to the right hands.

ETA: Participants do not have to be a lj member, so if you have friends who are CLAMP fans, just let me know.