At the end of 2017, I hope to hand Harlan Ellison not just 44 new books (35 reissues, five new volumes, plus the four UNCOLLECTED ELLISONs), but also a hard drive containing the totality of his life's work, ready to weather the ages.

..I’ll be able to take a holistic, big-picture approach to the work that will allow for more efficient and economized process than doing two to four books at a time, as I’ve done in the past.

Will backers at the $60, $100, or $150 level be able to choose which one, two, or three volumes of the Uncollected Ellison books the receive?
Yes. I’ll publish the contents of each book before you’re asked to decide which one(s) you want.

Will any of these books be available in hardback?
I hope so. By doing all the editorial heavy lifting ahead of time, I’m hoping a limited-edition publisher will snap up the rights to issue the Edgeworks Abbey Archive in hardback. That said, I am planning to do some R&D on hardcover printing over the course of 2017, so it’s entirely possible that there will be hardcovers directly from HarlanEllisonBooks.com.

Will any of these books be available as e-books?
That’s another distribution venue I am investigating. In fact, I issued my own WRITING THE X-FILES as an e-book earlier this year, just to familiarize myself with the pitfalls of the format.

Do you have a plan in place for executing the project when funding is secured?
Yes. I’ve done five years in Harlan’s files, so I know the general lay of the land, I have access to three detailed reference works that cover the entirety of Harlan’s written output, and I’ve developed a file-management system in my work for other publishers that will help me efficiently tackle the task at hand.

What else has been done to ensure the quality of the end product?
I’ve been learning the Adobe packages PhotoShop and InDesign to allow me greater control over the end presentation of the books.

When will the standard editions of THE LAST PERSON TO MARRY A DUCK LIVED 300 YEARS AGO and BRAIN MOVIES, Volume 7 be released?
The Kickstarter funds should be in hand by the 15th of December and I plan to spend the last weeks of the year purchasing the supplies to tackle the work and getting those two books back into print.