[dave]

Before I embarked upon the idea of self-publishing the Greatest Hits of PoopReport, I thought about my relationship with the publisher of <A HREF="http://www.poopthebook.com">Poop Culture</A> and how he would react. My conclusion was that I would sell this collection during the holidays, and focus on Poop Culture in 2007, since that's when PC was coming out. I didn't think it would hurt; in fact, I thought it would help raise excitement.

I forgot about one thing: the distributors.

I received a frantic call from the publisher this afternoon. The distributors are the third part in our holey (pun intended) trinity of this book. They're the ones getting the books into stores. And they work on commission -- which means they don't want any competition. So it would be really hard for them to do their job when the salespeople and their clients come to my site and see me pimping a rival publication.

And it is the next month or two when the distributors will really be working on Poop Culture -- right when I was planning on selling the collection.

So he asked me to put this on hold until well after Poop Culture comes out. So I will. Rest assured, though, it will come out eventually.

In the meantime, send in your <A HREF="http://www.poopreport.com/Captains/be_on_the_cover.html">Poop Power pictures</A>! As I was whining about cruel fate on the subway ride home, my wife pointed out that I could still make a cool poster and other great merchandise from this imagery. So take your plunger picture, because cool stuff can still be done with it.

[Double Flush]

I've got an idea, Dave! What if we use different walls instead of a bunch of plain white walls? that'd make a poster more spiffy/snazzy/awesome/etc in my opinion.

[dave]

The white walls are so I can photoshop the hand out of the background and insert it into a collage. A white background makes my job a lot easier.

[Double Flush]

Ah yes, the Chroma Key thing. I like to do that!

Seems I don't have a white wall, but I know how to fiddle with Photoshop, so i can easily add a very different color that's easy to use for color keying.