Apr26

johnwesleyprayer.com

by Jonathan on April 26, 2016 at 5:52 pm
Posted In: Publishing, Web Design

The production website for johnwesleyprayer.com has been up for a while now. There is a temporary link on the menu bar on this site for those who may have wandered here looking for the book. Of course the site looks very similar to this one…I want people to realize it’s all part of what I do here.

What book? For those who don’t know I’ve been studying prayer and liturgy as part of my ongoing ministerial training. One of the projects I took on was a comparative study between The Book of Common Prayer (1662 BCP) and John Wesley’s 1784 version of the BCP. Out of that study I have been working on republishing a full version of John Wesley’s book and bringing it into modern media. In the process I have also printed two companion books that really make the collection complete. To find out more feel free to check out the website.

Anyone interested? I would be willing to consider assisting with other book projects. If you have an old book you published ages ago and you want to bring it up to date, I can help with that. I’ve designed several printed books and fully indexed eBooks. Some of them can be found on my author page at lulu.com. One of the challenges of creating eBooks (especially 100 pages +) is making them so you can navigate through them quickly. John Wesley’s The Book of Common Prayer is 454 pages plus in the eBook there are an added 128 pages in bonus materials.

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Apr03

Large Print & Hardcover almost ready!

by Jonathan on April 3, 2016 at 8:06 pm
Posted In: Publishing

comp-sample hardcover proofRecently we received the proof for the hardcover edition of John Wesley’s the BCP.

What editions of this book will be made available?

John Wesley’s The Book of Common Prayer – HC – ISBN:978-1-329-99526-0 Initially there will be the hardcover edition available, which is intended to be used as a sturdy (6″x9″) textbook.

John Wesley’s The Book of Common Prayer – LG – ISBN: 978-1-329-95514-1 There will also be a large-print paperback which features a size 12 font on a larger page (6.14 x 9.21).

Both of these we hope to have available by the end of April 2016. These books will then be immediately available on lulu.com and then over time will be distributed through the regular channels. If all goes well perhaps a christian publisher will take over production.

John Wesley’s The Book of Common Prayer – Limited Edition After the first run of books we hope to release a (highly anticipated) limited leather bound edition for us, Wesley aficionados, who desire an actual prayer-book for their library. These we are hoping for by this Fall 2016. The reason this edition will come later is that it requires an upfront investment in order to be produced. Those sales will be run from this website so that we can quality inspect each volume.

Also later this year we plan on releasing the book as an eBook on Amazon Kindle, then hopefully everyone else over time. The eBook has always been the ultimate goal of this project making the book fully indexed and searchable for those doing research. The other advantages of this are on-screen comparisons and further integration into Bible Software.

Mar14

Testing eBooks!

by Jonathan on March 14, 2016 at 3:13 pm
Posted In: Art Images

The proof is on it’s way from the printers. We are almost finished with the digital version of John Wesley’s The Book of Common Prayer. Here is an image of it running on Nook and Kindle. For details about this project stop by the John Wesley’s BCP page.

dualing ebooks

Mar12

John Wesley’s Book of Common Prayer

by Jonathan on March 12, 2016 at 1:59 pm
Posted In: Publishing

The production crew has been working overtime to get our latest project out:

JW BCP cover

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’ll post an update when the book is finally released.

Mar04

Finite Perspectives – 2012 Artist Story

by Jonathan on March 4, 2016 at 11:41 am
Posted In: Art Images, Sculpture

“Artist Story” about artist, Jonathan Johnson of furocious studios™ and his 2012 exhibition of “Finite Perspectives” produced by journalist – Patrick Ross

Mr. Ross did an excellent job capturing the unofficial version of the artist’s statement.

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