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Regarding the Theater Hopper – Year Three pre-sale, I’ve gotten some feedback that the store is not working and people cannot complete their orders.
I guess if you live in the States, it asks for your zip code, but can’t figure out the shipping rates and won’t let you complete the order. However, at the same time, I have received ordered from people outside of the U.S. with no problem.
I’m attempting to troubleshoot the issue. I just need to know if I’m on the right track.
Has anyone else who has attempted to pre-order the book experienced this problem? Please let me know in the comments below.
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If you visited the site yesterday, you would have seen the blog entry where I was discussing problems I was having with the store and pre-order for Theater Hopper – Year Three. I was getting international orders, but orders within the United States were not being completed. There was some kind of error when the shopping cart tried to calculate shipping and the order could not be submitted.
I could go into all the boneheaded things I did that contributed to this problem, but it’s boring and it’s technical and you don’t want to hear it.
What’s important is that the problem is fixed. And, to celebrate (as well as make up for any potentially lost business), I am offering a 15% discount on everything in the store!
All you have to do is input the coupon code “dummy” into the Promotions and Discounts field at checkout and the discount will be applied.
The coupon will be effective from now until Friday, February 6 – one week. So if you want to take advantage of my stupidity, now is the time!
Thanks again for your support!
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Did you guys see the new page peel ad I have in the upper right hand corner of the site? What do you think?
Right now I’m going to use it to promote the Theater Hopper – Year Three pre-order. But in the future I might use it as a sponsorship location for other advertisers.
I really like it, but I’m curious to know how it’s working for you? Is it slowing down the site at all or making things display unusually in your browser? Let me know!
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Just a friendly reminder to pre-order Theater Hopper – Year Three.
Check out this 10-page preview of Year Three for a taste of what to expect from over 200 pages of Theater Hopper goodness!
Don’t forget that there is a 15% discount on EVERYTHING in the store from now until Friday. Just use the coupon code “dummy” at checkout to save big!
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This is extremely short notice, but if you have some free time tonight, swing by TalkShoe.com at 8PM CST and listen as I’m interviewed by the good folks at the appropriately titled Webcomic Reviews & Interviews.
As I understand it, they want to ask me a few questions about the autobiographical aspects of Theater Hopper versus the fictional ones as well as a few inquiries about the advantages and disadvantages of having a family while trying to produce a web comic. Should be a good time!
Of course, if you miss the live recording you can always go to their page on TalkShoe and download the show to listen to at your leisure. But, yeah… if you’re free in the next 15 minutes, swing by. TalkShoe has a pretty cool chat feature available during live shows. Maybe you can submit a question of your own!
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I just wanted to take this opportunity to remind everyone that today is the last day that you can get 15% off your purchases in the store.
As part of a coding screw up that prevented people from completing their orders, I offered a 15% discount for one week. To take advantage of it, simply type “dummy” into the promotions and coupon field at checkout. (I am the dummy in question).
I would especially like to encourage to pre-order Theater Hopper – Year Three. It was my hope to take copies of the book to the Emerald City Comic Con in April. But, unfortunately, the estimate I recently got back from the printer was much higher than the previous editions of the book I have published. I suppose, like everyone else, their costs have gone up. But it was still a bit of a shock.
We’re received some orders that put us closer to our goal, but if there is not an increase in orders soon, I might have to push the project back and wait for advertising revenue to back fill the cost. Worst case scenario, I might have to shelf the project completely and refund the pre-orders I’ve already received.
We’ll see what happens in the next few weeks. If it gets bad, I might promote a little “$X to Goal” sliding bar to help people visualize things and spur orders. But after today, I won’t be offering any more discounts. So if you want to catch a break, today is your last chance to do so.
Thanks again to all of you who have already placed your orders. It will be a great thrill for me personally to put Theater Hopper – Year Three in your hands. I think it’s the best of my books so far and a lot of work went into making the commentary in the book extra special.
I appreciate your support!
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I love checking my referral logs hourly from time to time because sometimes the results turn up some doozies.
For example, during my last exploration, I found the following phrases people used to find my site:
- gay wolf
- geriatric homicide
Should I be at all concerned that these search phrases were back to back?
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Let me take a moment to talk about something that has nothing to do with movies, web comics or Marlon Brando. This is a little pet peeve of mine and I’m going to use my site as a soapbox for a second.
When you are parking your car on the street near a parking meter, there is a right way and a wrong way to leave your vehicle.
EXHIBIT A
Think of the space between parking meters as a goal post in a football game. Park your car between the goal posts. Put your money in the meter in front of your car. This is the right way to park at a parking meter.
EXHIBIT B
When you park your car directly in front of a meter, you end up taking more space than you should from the spot in front of you. This complicates parking for other motorists, not to mention puts your car door at risk of dings and dents from opening the door into the meter you’ve parked directly in front of. This is the wrong way to park at a parking meter.
If you insist on parking like an effin’ moron, please do not be surprised when someone firebombs your car and you return to a smoldering husk of twisted metal on the street.
Thank you for your cooperation.
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Since I don’t have a lot to discuss regarding the comic, I thought I might take this opportunity to promote a feature of the site that may have gone otherwise unexplored.
Under the Links heading, I have a Link Exchange page. Nothing fancy. You link me, I link you. If you have a web site and you’d like a little more networking, let’s trade! Either leave a link to your web site in the comments or send me an e-mail where we can discuss things privately.
Incidentally, if you want to grab a banner for your site, I have a bunch of banners available now, too.
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Brian Carroll has a lot of stokes in the fire. Artist, writer, filmmaker, cartoonist. So it stands to reason that I sometimes forget about the excellent work he’s producing over at his comic Instant Classic while I’m not paying attention.
I recently friended Brian through Twitter and it’s been a great way to keep up with what he’s doing. Just recently I combed through his archives, reading his latest batch of comics and they’re excellent.
If you’re not familiar with Instant Classic, I don’t think I could summarize it for you. But if you’re a fan of Multiplex, I think you’ll like it. Brian’s strip isn’t about theater workers, but rather the people who make films and it is a rich treat that should be savored in one sitting.
Go check it out!
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