A Darker Shade of Magic - Illustrated Deluxe Edition

Printing Update
about 1 year ago – Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 06:32:34 AM

Hey there everyone! 

As with our last update regarding this matter, apologies for the copy-and-paste nature of this one, also. Since this was a widespread issue that affected nearly all of our campaigns, we thought it best to just keep it uniform for consistency.

Update on our printer…

Following up on our previous update about our printing partner, CPi, we’ve gotten word from our that their systems are back online! Of course, as with any significant outage, that is only the first step. We expect it will take a little bit of time for them to get rolling again for all their clients, so while we still anticipate some delays on a few of our projects, they are not likely to be as significant as previously expected.

In fact, we have already been in communication with CPi regarding the next steps on a number of our upcoming projects. Even in the midst of this outage, they were able to get physical proofs for two of our upcoming campaigns shipped out to us for review (pictured below). So we're thankfully well on our way to being back on track.

What’s next…

While the outage was ongoing, we've continued working with our other production partners to produce other campaign rewards such as bookmarks, art prints, pins, etc. to ensure that we're as ready as we can be once the books are printed. We have also updated our project pipeline tracker to reflect any projects with anticipated delays and will update folks for those respective campaigns as we move forward with production. 

Finally, if you require assistance with your pledge, need to change your shipping info, or have another question, please send an email to [email protected]. We’re open Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm EST, and will be happy to help however we can (it usually takes 3 to 5 business days to get back to you, but we do answer all tickets in need of a response). 🙂

Thanks so much for your continued support, patience, and understanding!

Printing Update
about 1 year ago – Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 11:28:51 AM

Hey everyone! 

First, we apologize for the copy-and-paste nature of this update. You’ll understand why it didn’t make sense to modify it for every campaign we have going on after reading.

THE ISSUE

We wanted to touch base with you on a developing situation that will likely be affecting the production of all our projects for the next several months. In the last few weeks, our primary printer (CPi, based out of the UK) made us aware of a cyber attack that created a network outage and subsequently delayed a few of our campaigns that were just about to start the printing process. At the time, we notified backers of those campaigns, but as time has gone on, it has become clear that their entire production schedule has been impacted.

We don’t know the full scale of this outage from a technical perspective, but we do know that all of their clients are affected. Because of that, we can guess that each day this situation persists has the potential to delay their production schedules days or even weeks at a time.

You can read a bit more about the situation here:https://www.printweek.com/content/news/cpi-tackles-cyber-attack/

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THIS CAMPAIGN?

If this campaign is due to fulfill in the next 6-8 months, it’s very possible there may be some delay on that, ranging from a few weeks to a few months. If this campaign is due to fulfill 9-14 months from now, we are hoping there won’t be any delay at all. Unfortunately, it will all be difficult to predict, so we wanted to let you know regardless.

We have managed to get physical proofs for a couple of campaigns, but even with our approval, CPi will not be able to start the full print run until their systems are back online and they’ve gotten caught up. As we get news from them, we’ll update you all here when relevant.

IN SUMMATION…

There isn’t much Wraithmarked can do short of communicate with you all and be patient as CPi gets their systems back online. In the meantime, if we still have other products left to order for this campaign, such as bookmarks, prints, pins, etc. we’ll continue to get those from our other manufacturing partners as planned. 

Finally, if you require assistance with your pledge, need to change your shipping info, or have another question, please send an email to [email protected]. We’re open Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm EST and will be happy to help however we can (it usually takes 3 to 5 business days to get back to you, but we do answer all tickets in need of a response). 🙂

Thanks so much for your continued support! We’ll continue to keep y’all posted as this situation gets resolved.

Signature Pages Returned to Printer! Proofs expected soon!
about 1 year ago – Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 05:15:24 AM

Hey Everyone!

Toward the end of last month V.E. Schwab wrapped up with all of the signature pages and sent them back to our printer! Now that those are in-hand, we're expecting to get physical proofs of those books in soon! Once those have arrived, we'll be able to do a final inspection (and share some pictures) before giving our printer the go-ahead to start printing!

More exciting news to come, so stay tuned!

Production Update!
about 1 year ago – Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 07:08:28 AM

Hi everyone!

We wanted to check in to let y'all know the latest!

Signature Pages

We've gotten word from Victoria that the signature pages have arrived and that she's begun the process of signing each of them. There are a few thousand, so this may take a little time, but once those are done we'll get them shipped back to the printer.

Physical Proofs

We're expecting to get the physical proofs of these books, sans the signature pages, in a few weeks. When we have exact dates for that we'll let y'all know, and we'll be sure to post pictures of them once they arrive! 

Once both of these steps are completed, the full print run can get started! In our experience that takes a few weeks, but that can vary depending on the size of the order. We'll keep everyone posted as we get closer to fulfillment. 

This project is coming into the final stretch, so it won't be much longer now! 

Following up on our last update...
over 1 year ago – Fri, Jan 03, 2025 at 07:21:01 AM

Hi all!

Happy new year! In our last update, we shared a look at the jacket and case templates we got from our printer. Following up on that, we wanted to show y'all the finalized design for the jacket! It's separated into 4 files which are intended for different kinds of printing/preparation that will be taking place to make the final version of the dust jacket!

More news coming soon, so stay tuned here for the latest!