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Adding in Drop Caps

I am diligently working on the limited leather edition of John Wesley’s The Book of Common Prayer. The initial project was streamlined for digital use. That was a big job, and now that it’s done I can go back in and add some of the finesse of the original.

Drop caps aren’t practical for digital books (or web pages) so I compromised and opted for Bold cap initials. This still provided a visual cue for readers without changing the flow of text. For the leather edition it’s those Big letters that add those little touches that will bring out the classic flavour of the original publication.

Special Publication Vignette

Another special touch I’m working on is adding vignettes (border decorations and images). It is sad that we’ve sterilized our modern academic books. Those books that aren’t plain and have a more upbeat appeal end up looking like a magazine or a webpage.

More samples are to come as this project goes forward.

John Wesley’s Tracts on Prayer Preface

Recently 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.

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

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