Book 6: Utterly Dwarfed (+2020 Calendar) now w/ reduced shipping to Europe + Canada

[Darth Paul]

I'll post more information when I have it, probably after I've yelled at a few more people.

Good on you, Giant. It's a shame that you have to yell at people to get them to do what they're paid to do, but sadly, such is life. I'll just look forward that much more keenly to my book and calendar.

[baf307]

No e-mail, no watermark; but the book looks great!

I am afraid that there might be something wrong with comic 991, side b, in the gumroad pdf. Specifically, the comic bubbles are still there, but the page is otherwise dark.

Try a different pdf reader. From what I can see, most readers render this page fine; but a few don't seem to handle the crayon-art jpeg well. This is what I get from the same file on Chrome (fine) & Sumatra (weird): i.imgur.com/7tyJSFL.png

[carborundum]

My update in case you're counting: card charged a few days ago but no mail about the (digital) book being ready. I checked here, then logged into my account and could download immedialtely. PDF looks great :-D

[Stabbey]

What about the ones who are getting the lower rate shipping to Canada and Europe? Anyone got one of those yet?

No shipping notification yet, but my order had a couple of extra books (which are supposed to be gifts) and the calendar. But if the calendar's aren't ready, that would explain why the order hasn't shipped.

[Alish]

No e-mail, no watermark; but the book looks great!



Try a different pdf reader. From what I can see, most readers render this page fine; but a few don't seem to handle the crayon-art jpeg well. This is what I get from the same file on Chrome (fine) & Sumatra (weird): i.imgur.com/7tyJSFL.png

yeah, I tried another reader and it worked. Which is weird because all the pastels from the other books show up fine in the original reader. But no biggie at this point.

[Peelee]

Aaaaand book arrived, along with my other order, the coloring book!

I assume on the last panel of bonus strip 1170c, the "shut up" is supposed to be white text on black speech balloon?

[Lissou]

I never got an email for the book. I downloaded it when I got the email for the calendar. As with others, I have no watermark on the book's front page. I still haven't received the book email, and checking on gumroad just now, the book still doesn't sport a watermark (although the preview for it does).

[Ruck]

There's a lot of gold in the commentary and bonus strips. I got a few good laughs, but in particular I was crying laughing at

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Elan's illusion of an airship.

[Lord Torath]

There's a lot of gold in the commentary and bonus strips. I got a few good laughs, but in particular I was crying laughing at

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Elan's illusion of an airship.

Thanks for putting that in Spoilers.

My book is still waiting for the calendars! <grumble grumble printers grumble grumble>

[Rogar Demonblud]

PDFs are easier to transport than dead tree. Just saying.

[Stabbey]

PDFs are easier to transport than dead tree. Just saying.

You buy the products you like, and others will buy the products they like.

[Elkins]

I also got an email with the download link for the calendar from Gumroad, but nothing for the book. However, I was able to download the book from my Library page, and when I did so, it did have the watermark. This was yesterday afternoon my time (so yesterday evening/night Eastern time).

[Ruck]

Another thing I really like about having the PDF is how well it scales, so we can finally see stuff like, for example, Durkon and Minrah's expressions in the last panel of 1134.

[Aeliren]

There's a lot of gold in the commentary and bonus strips. I got a few good laughs, but in particular I was crying laughing at

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Elan's illusion of an airship.

Oh man, that in particular was really good.

[NerdyKris]

Are the physical calendars arriving today?

[Darth Paul]

Are the physical calendars arriving today?

My fingers are crossed...

[Lissou]

Another thing I really like about having the PDF is how well it scales, so we can finally see stuff like, for example, Durkon and Minrah's expressions in the last panel of 1134.

I would like to add my thanks, too. My husband has been losing his vision over the past few years and it's reached the point where he can't read the paper books anymore, but the digital version scale well enough that he's still able to read them.

[CriticalFailure]

This is probably a stupid question, but are the little pictures at the beginning of the books visual dedications? I got that impression but wasn't sure.

[BrotherHanson]

I have an issue with the Gumroad purchase that I haven't seen mentioned yet. I got the email and link, and when I go to my library (via the website), I can *read* the book just fine. But when I try to download it's just an empty text file named `OOTS06_UtterlyDwarfed_DigitalEdition_v1.txt`. I bought via pre-order.

This isn't urgent for me; I also got the hardcopy book (which is great, of course!). But I thought I'd air it just in case others are having a problem.

[Peelee]

I have an issue with the Gumroad purchase that I haven't seen mentioned yet. I got the email and link, and when I go to my library (via the website), I can *read* the book just fine. But when I try to download it's just an empty text file named `OOTS06_UtterlyDwarfed_DigitalEdition_v1.txt`. I bought via pre-order.

This isn't urgent for me; I also got the hardcopy book (which is great, of course!). But I thought I'd air it just in case others are having a problem.

I've been getting that too ever since I got home from work on the 10th. Can't get it on any other computer or tablet.

[Rogar Demonblud]

It worked fine for me, using Firefox. What browsers are you using? Microsoft seems to have borked stuff with those updates they rolled out last weekend.

[Peelee]

It worked fine for me, using Firefox. What browsers are you using? Microsoft seems to have borked stuff with those updates they rolled out last weekend.

Vivaldi, and stock internet browser on my phone, as well as the official Gumroad app on my phone.

Vivaldi was also the browser I originally downloaded it on at work, so I don't it's a browser issue.

[BrotherHanson]

It worked fine for me, using Firefox. What browsers are you using? Microsoft seems to have borked stuff with those updates they rolled out last weekend.

I tried with both Chrome and Safari on a Mac. The only difference is the filename of the empty text file that gets downloaded. With Chrome it's `OOTS06_UtterlyDwarfed_DigitalEdition_v1.txt` and with Safari it's `OOTS06_UtterlyDwarfed_DigitalEdition_v1.pdf.txt`.

I have downloaded the other OOTS PDFs from Gumroad just fine in the past using the same computer.

jt

[JT]

You buy the products you like, and others will buy the products they like.

And some of us will buy all the products in all the formats, because... obsessive. ;)

[Rogar Demonblud]

It's called supporting the artist, thank you very much.

[Darth Paul]

PDFs are easier to transport than dead tree. Just saying.

Just you try reading one on your laptop, in the bathroom.

[Peelee]

Just you try reading one on your laptop, in the bathroom.

That's why the gods made tablets.

[NerdyKris]

I'm guessing the printer lied about them arriving on Thursday, huh?

[Thacker]

I'm guessing the printer lied about them arriving on Thursday, huh?

Hard to say, as he did say that there were a lot of orders and it would take a while to get out. After all, I didn't order the calendar (but did also order Book 1/2 which was still listed as in-stock; now sold out) and my physical copy of Utterly Dwarfed hasn't shipped yet.

[Emanick]

Just got my shipping notice! I’m guessing I’m one of the last to get it out of everyone who ordered the book by itself, since I thought I preordered but apparently forgot to do so (I was waiting on my main payday of the year before ordering, and it was late, so by the time it finally arrived I must have forgotten that I hadn’t ordered the book yet).

How long did everyone else have to wait between their shipping email and the book’s arrival? I’m having a hard time resisting the temptation to skip the wait and just buy the PDF.