After my post yesterday morning, a few people suggested I look into a PDF/file distribution service called Gumroad, and… it’s pretty great. I’ve managed to get the whole of the GameSpite library up there in just a few hours. And they only take a tiny cut of each sale, so I can price all the back issues at $3 apiece without giving everything away completely for free. So! If you’re interested, you can consider this page on Gumroad the official GameSpite digital content storefront.
So, here are the books:
- GameSpite Year One, Vol. 1
- GameSpite Year One, Vol. 2
- GameSpite Year Two
- GameSpite Journal 1: Game Boy
- GameSpite Journal 2: The Greatest* Games of All Time
- GameSpite Journal 3: Encyclopedia of 8-Bit Heroes
- GameSpite Journal 4: The Mechanics of Games
- GameSpite Journal 5: The NES
- GameSpite Journal 6: The Most Underappreciated Games of All Time
- GameSpite Journal 7: Encyclopedia of 8-Bit Villains
- GameSpite Journal 8: The PlayStation
- GameSpite Journal 9: Games and Death
- GameSpite Journal 10: The Super NES
- GameSpite Journal 11: Second Chances
- GameSpite Journal 12: Sega, Vol. I
- GameSpite Journal 13: The Anatomy of Castlevania, Vol. I
- GameSpite Journal 14: The Anatomy of Zelda, Vol. I
Please note that the first few books are reproduced in black-and-white, because at the time Blurb could only print the small format books in monochrome. Do not adjust your set; this is perfectly normal. Also, the prices are listed at “$3+” because the base price is $3 but you’re welcome to pay more if you’re feeling generous.
Any chance we could get the old Toastyfrog Zine up as pdfs as well?
Oh man, I’m not sure where the original files for those are. I’ll poke around this weekend and see what I can find, though.
Yes Sir Guinness,
Please tell Spock, Urkel, and I where we can enjoy delightful Thumbnail Theatres. :)
Finally I can buy the books without having blurb punishing me for living in Brazil. Thanks!
So glad to see these up as PDF. I’ll be checking some out shortly.
Bought as promised! Now to wait an agonizing number of minutes for it to show up in my email.
Oh wow, finally a reason to want a tablet! :D
I wonder how these would look on my B&W Kindle…
Probably like butt, unfortunately. You’ll want a high-res display.
I downloaded Second Chances to view on my Nook, and it’s a sofie’s choice between text that’s readable, and seeing the images. That’s more of an indictment of the device than it is of the book, however. I’ll see if I can find a good way to tweak the settings for epub conversion, as it currently turns the book into a Boschian nightmare of glyphs and halftoned images.
Exciting! I don’t have the space or money for physical books, but PDFs sound lovely. I’ll buy some!
This is certainly rockin’ news!