/lit/ - Literature

>>5428798
Édition publice?

wtf

Why?

>>5428804
third one is past bump limit
second one is being poop-posted and too old to delete
first one is hopefully a middle-ground where people will talk about the book

Stop making threads

wheres the ebook?

OP you were asked to start a thread with one of the covers people would buy. What you've done here is start a new thread with the previous cover that was put up on totalitarian.info, do you really think we're that thick?
NO ONE LIKES YOUR COVERS.
The cover is completely unimportant, why are you being such a twat about it?

>>5428811
I believe the amazon release offers an ebook version

>>5428812
billionairemayor literally just dropped this off the other day and people in the thread were fairly interested

So /lit/ finally makes some OC, and you're charging for it? Some socialists..

>>5428818
No, people were telling him he's a cunt for shilling his cover too. In the very thread he posted it in.
Please, enlighten me because I'm struggling to understand why you're championing the shittiest covers that less than a handful of posters approved. There's no money to be made from this, it's all under a public license. So why the fuck are you being so deliberately obstructive? Are you stupid? Did your reading comprehension fail you? Are you hoping for some measure of personal acclaim for having designed the cover yourself? There's no reason you've given that anyone could sympathise with here.

>>5428798
how did it originally get its name? was it from that passage with emperor %# or whatever?

>>5428835
>was it from that passage with emperor %# or whatever?

no

title was determined randomly via dub rolls

that passage was written after

>>5428833
It isn't my cover, I guess I could've posted the revised french cover but it's a bit late for that

here's the revised french cover

>>5428850
it's shit

>>5428835
>was it from that passage with emperor %# or whatever?

The passage was ulterior.

>>5428854
well here's the tundra cover

literally nobody can complain about this one

>>5428850
original is better

>>5428854
this

>>5428854
well it hasn't sold any copies yet so I wouldn't be surprised

when I have grandchildren, I will tell them, I was there, The Great /lit/ Cover Wars 2014

>>5428889
I dunno, I think the tundra one is the favourite by far

>>5428889
/lit writing a book
>image of parliamentary fight
/lit/ planning a cover
>image of bloody massacre

>>5428798
please stop spamming this bullshit.

So some faggot is profiting off of this?

>>5428896
why do you think film adaptations are so divisive?

everyone has their own fucking retarded version of what they think a film version of a book should look like, and clearly not all visions are created equal

some people just have shit taste

>>5428863
I'll include that in the final non-profit version, but please stop bumping this thread and instead bump the non-profit one >>5428654

>>5428896
allow me to make this into a meme

>>5428798
wait you guys actually selling this? i thought you'd give this for free. who gets the money? someone with a big nose?

>>5428905
>>5428927
every single thread some dumbass will ask this

it's like clockwork

>>5428927
yeah, we can just print free books anon

posted from an older thread

Wait, so is it finally done or?

>>5428951
The totalitarian.info is the lulu work after a week of edits and changes

I don't know what's been put in and what's been taken out, but the formatting might be nicer

>>5428948
There's no reason why the ebook can't be free.

>>5428948
>print
Make ebooks fags.
>>5428943
>every single thread
explain it again

>>5428957
the website is constantly updating. It's version 2.42 now. Joseph knows what he's doing.

>>5428964
The totalitarian.info is non-profit.

>>5428959
My mistake, I thought you were referring to a paperback

The lulu pdf has been posted previously, here's the latest version anon

I remember a week ago OP posted that the base price of the book is 13 ausdollor or something. I'm not so sure why he's trying so hard to prove he's not making a profit

>>5428970
>it's totes non-profit that's why we're putting so much effort into making people buy our version it's VERY IMPORTANT

>>5428959

there is a free copy online dumbass

>>5428974
And here I forget to put the fucking link in
http://tempsend.com/A5E4AE9B6E

>>5428975
The current Australian price is about $20, I was surprised when I saw how much cheaper it was in the US but that's printers for you I guess.

I believe the current US price is $13.

sage this thread for trying to rip you off

holy shit

you guys are a bunch of fucking self-important faggots

"pls buy my version"

"no my version is official1!!"

"NO buy mine!!!!"

fuck off you probably didn't even write any of it

>>5428984
Wait, is it through one of those self-publishers?

>>5428993
Anononymous posting when there are sides leads to a lot of shilling, fake-shilling and mistakes. It's dirty.

>>5428994
I believe all versions are via self-publishing

This is going to be interesting when the ad starts running

So uh

nice book guys

>>5429040
I wish it was at least coherent. If you guys want to write a book in the future, do what this website did:
http://www.badhemingway.com/

Now this shit is classic!

>>5429055
too classy for /lit/

For the anon(s) who wanted a hardcover version

the page size is somewhat increased so it isn't as expensive as I thought, about an extra 5 bucks

http://www.lulu.com/shop/anonymous/the-legacy-of-totalitarianism-in-a-tundra-hardcover-edition/hardcover/product-21805411.html

This is the lowest price the lulu wizard has offered me

>>5428981
thx

>>5429159
IT'S HAPPENIG~!!!!!!!

literally the worst book ever written. i've always knew this board was pretty stupid, but reading this shit makes me wonder how you guys havnt died from pure inability to keep yourselves alive

>>5429206
That's the spirit! By jove, look at how he flawlessly engages in the language of the novel. Excellent synthesis, young man.

>>5429206
>died from pure inability to keep yourselves alive

dumbest fucking post I've seen all month

>hurr durr I'm surprised you haven't suffocated by stopping yourself from breathing

top kek

>>5429159
Its on /pol/ as well.

>>5429159
We'll get a pulitzer for sure now

>>5429206
it is bad on purpose XD

>>5428798
fuck off with this shit its not even funny

>>5428798
Why not a poetry collection instead

>>5429235
Start a file, open a thread.

>>5428798 What version are the files you used (which date) ?

>>5429531
7th of september

>yfw the only people to buy a copy were authors of the text

>>5429743
it's nice to see all the memes in a book.
some of the writers have potential.

I assume we're publishing six books a year>?

>>5429875
Hey man, we've got an ad campaign and shills!

easily ten a year

Has writing for Miami started yet?

>>5429989
the first book has been out for literally a week

>>5430007
But it's been finished for months.

Is our 15 minutes of fame over?

>>5430022
Yeah, and it died as soon as it came out

top kek

>>5430774
give people time to digest it. the true mark of good literature is how it stands the test of time

>>5430774
>100 years from now the book is recognised as being 'ahead of its time'

>>5429989
Whenever we end up writing it, The Legacy of Totalitarianism in Miami is gong to be good.
Now that we have a precedent for how everything is going to work, we can write something earnestly while still hitting the "ironicallly bad but not really" angle.

>>5428798
poop

>>5430787
ayy

I want to record the audiobook of Legacy of Totalitarianism in a Tundra. Is there any sort of audiobook recording program that ppl use? Or is it just a one-shot go sort of thing?

Perhaps another option is to have any many ppl as possible read from different parts of the novel and then splice em' all together. Just a thought.

>>5430804
just record off of your computer mic and make sure there's no intrusive background noise

I like the idea of having everyone reading individual passages but realistically it will never work

>>5430804
Or get that british text to speech to read it

>>5430831
>not arab

Would you believe that the book doesn't have a single reference to 'arse full of farts'?

>>5430854
LOTIATII:MIAMI
Chapter I: You had an arse full of farts that night, darling

http://www.litwritesabook.com/chap2
Now, I am not tasteless nor a hypocrite -- my standards of porn are very high: no filthy non-Caucasians; there must be art in the direction, choreography, the rhythm of the grunting and smacking flesh (one recalls Joyce's love letters to Norah as art of the highest calibre -- and again, I am not hypocritical, before you pounce on this, for Joyce's scatology is of more majestic artistic quality than anything you could ever make, you charlatan!)

http://www.litwritesabook.com/chap1
While watching from the mezzanine Joyce muses, listening to farts from the other room.

and theres a whole subplot about "an ode to nora's shitflap"

>tfw all those idiots on goodreads giving it 5 stars

sheesh

>>5430791
8/10

Fine concept, but I think it needs some clouds at the top or something.

>>5430831
This was done and it sucks. Another thread has chapter 1 but it sucks

>>5428798
>reach over to flick through my copy
>first fucking page I open is BOY PUSSY
I hope this doesn't happen in publiv

>>5431522
>BOY PUSSY
tomcat

>>5431522
those Krautchan spammers unintentionally left some great content behind.

Can this cover be part of the mix ?

Anyone got their copy?

>>5433502
I do

>>5432543
It's already over anon

It's already over

>>5433592

What is the quality?

>>5433592

Not the text, the binding?

I like both the french and the fasces covers, can't we get a dustjacket version where one cover is on the printing and the other on the jacker?

Where's the drunkard from the nazi cover? He said he was going to post the final version

>>5433784
I'm drunk again. I was busy during my sober moments of today, I haven't forgotten. I'll include >>5432543 too if someone responds to this post saying they'd like that.

>>5433793
No problem pal, just wanted to know if you were still around, let us know when you post the final version.

>>5433813
Hangover permitting I'll probably do it in the next 24 hours.

I wonder if monsieur wrote any of this

>>5433793
someone update me with the covers thing? I missed the clusterfuck

>>5433877
>some anons made a couple different covers besides the fascii
>another anon got angry at them
shitstorm ensued

there are about four different cover versions to pick from now, as long as whomever uploads the book to lulu makes them available

>>5433912
I thought we weren't using lulu?

>Finally, I'm so glad it's over, The Legacy of Totalitarianism in a Tundra

come the fuck on /lit/

>>5433915
when did that change, what are we using now then?

>>5433932
hahaha

>>5433932
>What's that?
>That, my dear Bilbo, is "The Legacy of Totalitarianism in a Tundra™"

/tv/ pleb here, this book is pretty good faggots

>>5433877
Anons spent ages creating covers and debating which was best. People start buying un-edited versions with the covers they like, but of unedited versions. Joseph Stallion creates his own "official" one which is ugly as fuck and tries to override all the others by saying his is official, one which just so happens to have a profit margin, which he claims he'll donate to some charity.
Some drunk asshole (me) says he'll put in the work to upload all the covers people did like with the final edits for no profit. I'll do it soon, if you have a cover you prefer or want it from somewhere other than lulu tell me now and I'll sort it. If you want to donate, that's your decision.

>>5433739
>>5433729
It feels like a regular book, cover feels slightly rough around the edges I guess

>>5433915
What's wrong with lulu? The guy on totalitarian.info is just mad that he's a day late and a dollar short

>>5433957
Were there any threads on /tv/?

>>5428798
>using my cover
oh you

>>5428802
my french was always shite, sorry

Stop viraling your shitty lolsorandom book. It's a bunch of NEETs copypasting the garbage they write here to troll /b/tards into a word document.

>muh postmodernism

Get fucked.

>>5434335
>have one thread on /lit/ discussing the book
>hurr durr stop viralling

>>5434350
One too many, retard.

>>5434282
that thread-cover bullshit led to three threads at once

Is there actually anyone out there who wants another cover? I only see people going for the fasces one

>>5434375
Some people love the French cover, at least, but I haven't seen anyone voicing approval for the so-called official one.

>>5434375
I'm going to buy a copy of the fasces version and a copy of the original french cover (the one in OP's pic, not the one some other guy made) once I finally decide where to actually purchase it.

>>5434398
>>5434394
I'll make sure to upload the french cover ASAP when the final gets posted then

>>5434411
The final has been posted...

This book is the perfect encapsulation of 4chan culture. It is 90% boring, unfunny trash crammed with memes and a few gems buried deep within its pages that nobody will ever read because the rest of the book is so terrible. And the entire project is cloaked in the mystique of irony or post-irony or whateverthefuck so nobody can criticize it without falling into some kind of trap where they are the stupid ones for not "getting" it, even though the whole joke is there's nothing to get because it's intentionally made as vacuous shit that's impervious to criticism.

It's the most frustrating thing I've ever read and possible the worst piece of writing in existence.

>>5434551
The final in the OP has not been posted in a cover format

>>5434553
pretty spot on m8

>>5434553
So it's the best piece of 2014 literature?

We should notify the press

>>5434553
>It is 90% boring, unfunny trash crammed with memes and a few gems buried deep within its pages that nobody will ever read because the rest of the book is so terrible.
It's great because clearly everyone is divided on which bits are the 10% worth reading.

>>5434553
This has to go on the dust cover ofthe hardcover

>>5434553
>>5434553
Please tell me this is actually included in the book.

>>5434689
I might put it in the lulu edition once I get the French cover

Buy on Amazon button still disabled

>>5434375
I want the cover in OP's pic.

Will the amazon release be paperback or just Kindle?

>>5435411
He'll be back eventually

>>5435425
both

>>5435516
lulu already has hardcover

ded book

ded dream

Is there an epub or mobi version?

>>5436522

I tried a conversion but it didn't go well.
Anyway, the .pdf reads fine on the Kindle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6VLTTTj5XI

>>5428798
>litwritesabook.com

Should be called House of Anons.

>>5434553
>It's the most frustrating thing I've ever read and possible the worst piece of writing in existence.
thats a cover quote right there

>>5437191
The voice is a surprisingly good match. Whoever uploaded it should do the rest of the book as well.

>>5437305
it's a software I think

>>5430791
>>5430787
>>5430881
>>5431104
You forgot the soundtrack for tLoTiaT2: Miami which I have expanded here

Track 1: The intro, 1987, in which our hero is introduced
http://youtu.be/i3MXiTeH_Pg

Track 2: In which the female lead leaves our hero for Miami, thus calling the hero to adventure
http://youtu.be/VML1u8KJjEo

Track 3: A shady Jamaican cabbie offers to be our hero's guide through the treacherous and unkown Miami that lies beyond the doors of the Miami Int'l Airport... but only for a fee.
http://youtu.be/qeMFqkcPYcg

Track 4: The hero is propositioned by many an enticing offer from prostitutes, drug dealers, and thugs but perseveres to find his love.
http://youtu.be/eSMeUPFjQHc

Track 5: The hero finds his female lead but she is in a compromising position and beholden to another. Hero be depress.
http://youtu.be/MKqenACEPa8

Track 6: Work out montage as hero gets ready for fight against the big baddie.
http://youtu.be/LatorN4P9aA

Track 7: Hero defeats big baddie. Obligatory sex scene.
http://youtu.be/lu3VTngm1F0

Track 8: Hero and female lead head back to airport to board plane back to former lives after tearful goodbye to cabbie, not to mention the ... uh... payment. The plane from Miami flys north into the sunset.
http://youtu.be/dQsjAbZDx-4

AMAZON HARDCOPY WHEN

MY CAR OF 9 ITEMS CANT WAIT

>>5437434
>forgetting the credits song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmz-o68Gvnk

Is the amazon edition out already?

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/78570.Postpostmetaironicshlomostmodernism_

>>5437886
bravo

>>5434553
i smell a hardcover quote

Ok, I'm back, was thinking perhaps we could have also a cover that incorporates both designs?
Also, added the quote on the back of the book.

>>5438233
The red doesn't work well with the dark grey.

And I've never liked the blurb on the back talking about it as a "4chan book". It's too self referential and the book should speak for itself.

>>5438233
What are the dimensions for a cover on lulu?
I'm trying to make the french cover since none of you faggots can actually fucking finish it.

Also I'm compiling the book based on the most recent edits, as of yesterday.

>>5438289
The dimensions are fucking listed in the details.

>>5438298
lulu.com won't let me see the dimensions for a cover until I upload a pdf. Am I being a faggot?

>>5438317

This is the Half Life of literature, with moot as Gaben.

>>5438289
I have no problem in finishing it, just waiting for more input and opinions from other anons. Whats the rush?

>>5438395
oi, you want the .psd of the OP (the right side) ?

>>5438401
I already have it, I'm the one that made the OP

This meme book is lame as shit

>>5438405
oh, didnt see that you remade mine, thought you just used the png I posted.

>>5438415
Would love to know what's the font you used though, couldn't quite nail it down.

>>5438401
I would like it!

>>5438395
No rush, but I want to be sure the French version I buy
1) looks like not shit
2) is the most up to date version of litwritesabook.com

>>5438420
Fenix

>>5438420
ge.
tt/4NMZoYw1/v/0

>>5428798

has the writing of part two started yet because if so how can I join?
I am a distinguished writer and my internet erotica gets much attention on the deep web

>>5428798
Put some more leading on that shit, cover type is too tight. Also the hierarchy is a bit too same same / inelegant. Try a thinner font for the subtitle.

>>5438469
Thanks mate!

>>5438461
So do I! That's why I'm waiting for more input on the design. There's not gonna be a single one though, I'll upload some variations so everyone can pick according to their preferences.

I'm gonna be leaving in a while and won't be back at my computer until late Wednesday though, so please have patience. I will log every now and then on my cellphone to check whatever suggestions might appear.

>>5438504
Ok, gonna try, gimme a couple of minits

>>5434553
>intentionally
>intentionality
>nothing to get
retard

Ok, now it's based on psd of the original french cover.
More ideas? Anyone wants to write something to replace the bullshit in french that's below the title?

Anyone would like me to try another colour scheme?

>>5438620
dammit, forgot to add the picture

The Amazon version is missing 3000 words

How come you faggots are already trying to sell the book when there are still people writing bits of it on litwritesabook? Is it over or not after all?

>>5438639
It is NEVER OVER

This is why I just said fuxk it and bought a lulu copy

>>5438639
it will never be over truly, but some are just too anxious to get it even before some edits are made

>>5438645
I'm concerned about
>>5438632

>>5438649
don't buy it, wait for another lulu version, we don't even know why anyone bothered to send it to amazon (and with the worst cover so far)

>>5438663
Another lulu version?

hardcover when?
how many people bought this shit? i need an update

>>5438676
yeah, wait for a couple of days until a new version with the updated text and covers is uploaded to lulu

>>5438678
There's already a hardcover

http://www.lulu.com/shop/anonymous/the-legacy-of-totalitarianism-in-a-tundra-hardcover-edition/hardcover/product-21805411.html

>>5438692
But the updated text is missing content

I can handle bad formatting as part of the experience, but I don't see what I gain from less content

>>5438694
but it's b&w

>>5438712
Do you realise how expensive a colour hardback would be? Literally around $100

There's a reason all the colour versions are value quality

>>5438705
oh didn't know that, hopefully whoever uploads the "final" version, will do so with a non-cut text

>>5438727
well u dont have to buy it if you're poor my friend

>>5438753
I have an up to date version as of this morning. Where should I upload it to?

>>5438753
Is that even possible? There are pretty much only two versions to my knowledge
-Final: edited, some new items, 3000 words less overall
-Lulu: much less editing, higher word count

I don't think there's any halfway unless we have a lot more saved versions than I think we do

>>5438761
>>5438775

No idea to be honest, I'm just the guy that's working on the covers, the one that compiles and puts them up in lulu is another person.
Welp, time to leave, catch you guys in a couple of days, keep throwing whatever ideas you've got for the design, I'll make sure to read them and take notes.

>>5438761
Is anyone waiting on the final version, i.e. lurking in this thread?

>>5438807
Yes, everyone. I want one but don't actually want to do any work.

>>5438761
Lulu anon stopping by

If you send it over via a filesharing site then I'll make it the copy for the French edition when we get the cover

>>5438843
In fact I may as well make a tundra one too

>>5438824
This basically.

You know I'm right.

>>5438875
Kek

>>5438807
I've watched the number of useful edits steadily decline over the course of this week. Some of the chapters had zero edits in the last three days and the edits that were made to the others were either pointless expletives inserted into completed pieces, letters hit at random or otherwise pointless. I don't think anything positive is going to be added at this point and I'm sick of looking at it.
Here's the pdf of all the cover followed by all chapters
http://www.firedrive.com/file/5549F9E54E85DC8D

>>5438888
Alright I'm accepting this as canon final

>>5438888
They seriously edited out the BOY PUSSY page?

seriously?

>>5438988
That's still there, page 82.

>>5438942
Quads confirm it.

>>5438996
Would I be able to get a word doc version of this? Just for nudging things in for final formatting.

Shit like page numbers

>>5439014
Yes, go to here http://www.litwritesabook.com/title wait for it to load then click File, Download as, Microsoft Word Document. Then click home, Chapter 1, repeat through to Chapter 10 pt2
I'd do it for you but I only have open office and for some reason it fucks up the fonts, I did try.

>>5439040
I'll see if it fits in A5, otherwise I'll piece together another PDF

>>5428798
>tfw I wrote one paragraph in chapter ten, and it hasn't been deleted.
My life is complete now.

>>5439052
>>5439040
>>5438888
Yeah I'm gonna have to make an A5 version

standy by for final edition

>>5439052
It might be a pain but keep in mind most of the work was written to fit on an A4 page. I've seen one of the pdfs someone scaled down to A5 and it looks pretty bad, the font size is ridiculous.
I admit this isn't very useful input.

>>5439084
I'm not sure anyone wants a book with A4 sized pages

I'll see what I can do

>>5439094
I didn't mean to suggest that. Good luck.

I don't know who formatted the final for columns, but it was a terrible thing for you to do

>>5438627
I like this cover, would like to see it on a hardcover.

Seems like the person running totalitarian.info is ded so I'll buy the lulu version.

lulu anon here

having trouble getting this from A4 to A5 without the original word doc but we'll see how it goes

>>5439688
I swear to god this is the most dogshit formatting, even worse than the original.

Changing the entire thing from A4 to A5 is too troublesome and the editors should have known better.

Just go with the current lulu version, you're not missing out on anything.

>>5437191
>hearing this thing say 'qt 3.14 gf'
lost it

When are we working on the companion novel "the death of monarchy in a Monsoon."?

>>5440230
never

it's over

everyone go home

I think we sold 40 copies all up

>>5440823
It's not over. I'm going to buy a copy as soon as the cover in OP's pic is up for sale as colored value paperback,

>>5440916
I mean the real bit is over

We might get 1-2 people buying a copy a week if we're lucky

>>5440942
Don't worry. This is definitely not the last book we are writing.

>>5437590
Never

>>5428798
>http://www.lulu.com/shop/anonymous/the-legacy-of-totalitarianism-in-a-tundra/paperback/product-21800960.html
can this be made in a black and white version?


or must the cover be black and white for that to be possible?

>>5428798

Stop spamming your worthless shit.

I've literally never seen a thread about this until now.

Fuck off.

>>5441448

Welcome, newfriend

>>5441441
It can be but you'll need to wait a day

>>5441448
Not our fault that you apparently haven't been to /lit/ in weeks.

>>5441448
How is it spamming if this is the only thread? That doesn't even begin to make sense.

>>5441441
It can, but then I'll have to do it later, and get a hold of the "final" ed.

>>5437191
>with some of his internet..."friends"

comedy gold!

>>5442137
Fellow lulu anon I've looked at the 'final' provided and getting it from A4 to A5 with the way it's formatted is a nightmare unlike the previous version. I advise against it.

>>5442150
The previous version wasn't formatted any differently.

>>5442170
Well it seems to react quite differently to the A5 template

Perhaps it's the PDF to word effect

>>5442175
So download the word files.

>>5442178
The latest word files are different and continue to change

Fuuuuuuuuck

When is it going to be done-done.

WHEN DO I ORDER MY COPY

I'm only good at pretentious lit posts, not buying things.
Halp.

>>5443714
It will always be changing, just like 4chan

The lulu version is as 'final' as any

I'm going to put a little saged comment in here for the archive

goodnight sweet prince, you were the first