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  • Publication: 49: A Square of StoriesPublication Record # 425479
  • Author: Bruce Holland Rogers
  • Date: 2013-08-00
  • ISBN: 978-1-4904-8328-3 [1-4904-8328-4]
  • Publisher: Panisphere Books & Audio
  • Price:
    $25.00?$: US dollar
  • Pages: xxv+235
  • Format:
    tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
  • Type: COLLECTION
  • Notes:
    • No statement of edition or printing.
    • No stated date of publication, only a year of copyright. Printer's statement on the back page gives the printing date as "21 July 2013". Verified copy received 2013-08-14. Email sent by the author on 2013-08-08 stating that copies to Kickstarter supporters had been mailed.
    • No printed price. Price for this record based on the mininum Kickstarter level to qualify for receiving this signed and embossed edition.
    • Cover gives the title as Forty Nine: A Square of Stories. Title on spine and title page 49: A Square of Stories.
    • Kickstarter edition was signed by the author on the title page, and the first page (before the title page) embossed by a hand-stamp: "Bruce Holland Rogers" and "Kickstarter" surrounding a large "K".
    • According to the Kickstarter project page, there were 85 backers who qualified for copies of this edition.
    • Kickstarter edition contains three bonus stories (pages 219-233).
    • "Book design by Anne-Marie Lizet" (over) "Cover photo by Stephanie Jadzak" (for the author photograph on the back cover) stated on the copyright page.
    • ISBN appears only above the barcode on the back cover.
    • The collection is divided into seven sections, each containing seven stories, plus a section for three bonus stories:
      • ONE: pp. 1 - 34
      • TWO: pp. 35 - 58
      • THREE: THE SEVEN DEADLY HOTELS: pp. 59 - 102
      • FOUR: pp. 103 - 130
      • FIVE: STORY STORIES: pp. 131 - 152
      • SIX: pp. 153 - 184
      • SEVEN: pp. 185 - 216
      • BONUS STORIES: pp. 217 - 233
    • The three bonus stories were collaborations between Rogers and three Kickstarter contributors. The first co-author ("a dear friend, fellow writer, and serious patron of the arts" remained anonymous, using the name "Muse". The second collaborator, Carrolle Rushford, chose a subject for Rogers's story. Stephanie Barbé Hammer and Rogers co-wrote their story "by taking turns writing sentences."
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Collection Title: 49: A Square of Stories • (2013) • collection by Bruce Holland Rogers

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