6/30

Continued to work on designs for six books to be made into Snow Dog hardcovers.

6/29

Three more books arrived to be made into Capitol Bindery hardcover volumes. Continued to work on designs for six books to be made into Snow Dog hardcovers.

6/28

Worked on designs for six books to be made into Snow Dog hardcovers.

6/27

First in a series of six books to be made into Snow Dog hardcovers.

Two books arrived to be made into Capitol Bindery hardcover volumes.

6/26

6/25

Photographed and packed 19 new soft cover volumes.

6/24

Picked up 19 finished soft cover volumes from Snow Dog and left off 8 books for Todd to work on.

Soft Cover Score Card - Snow Dog
4 books at Snow Dog to be bound.
4 books at my house waiting to go to the bindery.

Hardcover Score Card - Snow Dog
4 books at Snow Dog to be bound.
6 books at my house waiting to go to the bindery.

6/23

Heard from Todd at Snow Dog that 19 soft cover volumes will be ready for pickup on Wednesday. Continued to work on designs for 3 soft cover volumes.

6/22

Worked on designs for 3 Sub-Mariner volumes and worked on scans for 6 Snow Dog hardcovers.

6/21

From July 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009 Single Bound Studios will be accepting international orders on an experimental basis for Capitol Bindery made hardcover volumes, Snow Dog made soft cover volumes, Snow Dog made hardcover volumes and custom made dust jackets for both Capitol Bindery and Snow Dog hardcover volumes.

Over a year ago (March 2008) I wrote that I didn't accept international orders for several reasons.

1. In the case of soft covers I am concerned about the condition they will arrive in.
2. I have been unable to price either hard or soft covers projects and recover my costs, let alone make a profit.
3. Each international order means two trips to the post office to stand in line. One for the shipping estimate and one for the actual shipping after I have been paid.
4. I can't help everyone. Eliminating international orders helps me keep demand under control.

In a year when I leave my day job, I may change my mind.

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Well, it has been a year and things have changed.

1. I have figured out how to double box hard and soft cover books so they arrived in mint condition.

2. I have costs under control so that I can profit from international orders. Some of the ordering information such as order size will be different than domestic orders.

3. I have decided to set aside Saturdays to gather shipping price estimates and to ship international packages.

4. I have the various production ins-and-outs mastered for all four products so that I can now handle an increase volume of work.

And I will soon be leaving my day job.

Pricing .and ordering information for all four products will be posted on this site by July 1, 2009. If you have any questions between now and July 1, 2009 feel free to email me at dpbanks@gmail.com.

6/20

Had breakfast with Kevin at Capitol Bindery. Picked up 8 finished books and dropped off 11 books to be worked on. We discussed at length the decison to accept International orders for the next six months. The big hurdle for most International shippers will be shipping costs. Most want a cheap price even if it means risking damage to the finished book in transit.

Hardcover Score Card - Capitol
11 books at Capitol to be bound.
19 books at my house wating to go to the bindery.(9 put into storage since the customer seems to have disappeared, 10 being held back until July.)

6/19

Worked on layout sheets for 11 books that will go to Capitol Bindery on Saturday. I continue to receive postive feedback on the 3-volume set of ROM with custom dust jackets. I also continue to field many questions regarding the Miracleman Auctions.

6/18

Nope. Can't seem to let this one go without trying a new approach.

Ten books arrived to be made into Capitol Bindery hardcovers.

6/17

Another revison after being asked to tone down the special effects.

6/16

Six books arrived to be made into Snow Dog hardcovers. I talked to Todd. He is still working on the 19 soft cover volumes I dropped off to him on 5/28. He expects to be done in the next week. When he is done I will drop off 4 soft covers and four hardcovers for him to work on.

Another try based on customer suggestions.

6/15

I have always been a Steranko fan.

6/14

6/13

Had breakfast with Kevin at Capitol Bindery. We discussed at length all the things he had to do to make this 15 volume set of Captain America 100-454. Every week I am amazed at how Kevin turns comics in various levels of grade into a uniform quality library.

Got the books photographed, packed and shipped.

Hardcover Score Card - Capitol
8 books at Capitol to be bound.
20 books at my house wating to go to the bindery. (9 put into storage since the customer seems to have disappeared, 10 being held back until July.)

6/10-12

Away on business.

6/9

Worked on a couple of long term projects. Scanned elements for 4 soft cover volumes (Three volumes of the Sub-Mariner and one volume of Nick Fury Agent of Shield)

6/8

Picked up 2 finished dust jackets from Todd at Snow Dog.

One new book arrived today to be made into a Capitol hardcover volume.

6/7

Worked on details for two long term scan and bind projects.

Here is the art for 4 customer-designed Snow Dog hardcovers. I did scanning and photoshop manipulation for the customer.

6/6

Met with Kevin at Capitol Bindery and dropped off 23 books to be worked on and picked up four finished books.

Hardcover Score Card - Capitol
23 books at Capitol to be bound.
19 books at my house wating to go to the bindery. (9 still waiting on client feedback, 10 being held back until July.)

Four new books arrived to be made into soft cover volumes.

Soft Cover Score Card - Snow Dog
19 books at Snow Dog to be bound.
8 books at my house waiting to go to the bindery.

Hardcover Score Card - Snow Dog
0 books at Snow Dog to be bound.
4 books at my house waiting to go to the bindery.

Dust Jacket Score Card - Snow Dog
2 DJs at Snow Dog to be laminated

6/5

Worked on two scan and bind projects and did clean up of scans for four soft cover volumes.

6/4

Worked on designs for four Snow Dog hardcovers.

6/3

Worked on two scan and bind projects, designs for four Snow Dog hardcovers and scans for four soft cover volumes.

6/2

Picked up two finished dust jackets from Tilford and then dropped them off to Snow Dog for lamination. Picked up five finished dust jackets from Snow Dog. Got them photographed and shipped.

The ROM set was a priviledge to work on.

I have always enjoyed this run of Captain America.

I wonder why Marvel has never reprinted this series. We bind it all the time at Capitol.

6/1

Dropped off two dust jackets to Brad at Tilfords to output.