How close is this to being complete?
Zor's Journal is a collection of the best Robotech art and fiction from around the world. Our format will be a full color, hard copy publication approximately the dimensions of the Robotech art books such as "Robotech Art II" or "The Art of Robotech the Shadow Chronicles". The primary difference between our publication and these other books is the inclusion of fiction. We also include other material such as articles and poetry from time to time. Contributors may submit material for inclusion in the journal through this web site. Every six months, the best of those submissions are included in an anthology. If submission volume is sufficient, the anthology may transition to quarterly editions.
Zor's Journal is currently attempting to get a license to publish our first edition. A demo copy of our first edition has been presented for consideration by Harmony Gold USA, Inc. If all goes well, a license will be granted and the book will be available soon. However, keep in mind that this is only a proposal, and Harmony Gold has made no committment to this project, and even if they do, many aspects of this anthology could change before it ever makes it to a bookstore. This licensing process may take a long time, so please be patient. We cannot give an approximate date for our first issue to be available for purchase.
Until the license is granted, this publication is not available for sale. Once it is available, an online order form will be made available on this web site. Other retailers may also carry the Journal online and in their stores.
Zor's Journal is now accepting submissions. Please understand, we still do not have a license, so significant changes to the project, including cancellation of the entire project may still occur. However we would like to get ahead of the game and start accepting your original Robotech material so we will be ready to go to print as soon as possible once negotiations are complete.
How close is this to being complete?
There really isn't much that we can say about the progress we are making at this time. We would like to get official approval for this project from Harmony Gold, and are hopefull that this will be the case. However, there is no way to predict the final outcome of all of this. For now, this remains a fan project until Harmony Gold says otherwise.
As of January 2010 we have completed the first issue of the Journal. The cover of which can be seen on the front page of this web site. This issue is absolutely complete and stands ready to go to print as soon as we get approval. We are currently accepting submissions for our second issue.
We also plan to make a .pdf version of the sample issue available for download in the near future. This is the same sample issue that was submitted to Harmony Gold as part of our proposal.
What we need now is market research. We need to be
able to show Harmony Gold that this anthology will sell. To
that end, we have
set up a poll on this site.
Please participate in this poll. The results will be presented
to Harmony Gold in order to demonstrate that interest in
this product exists. This data will also
be used to determine how many copies of the Journal will
need to be printed for our first issue, hopefully available this
summer. While we appreciate your enthusiasm for this project,
please
only vote once. We wish the poll results to be as accurate as possible.
We do, however, encourage you to invite as many of your friends to take
the poll as possible.
Additionally,
we need a web designer to re-work this site.
We need to start putting together the functional site that will replace
this preview site. We need the members area and submission forms
completed. So
if you are fluent in HTML or PHP, please volunteer.
Unfortunately this is a fan project until it is approved by HG, so I can't promise you any money up
front, however if this does go pro, you will be compensated for your
efforts and very likely retained as an employee of the Journal.