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The IPRC is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of independent print publishing projects, and is staffed and used by typewriter fans, comic book artists, writers, zinesters, mimeograph nerds, letterpress people, and any number of folks you'd want to be friends with. I made a video about the IPRC in graduate school last winter and attended a weekend-long print camp there in 2009 which was a great experience (see this brief video of Silent Type co-producer Brandon learning how to use a mimeograph machine there).
As the IPRC is a nonprofit organization, it relies on donations to stay afloat. Here's how you can help.
1) First, view the
IPRC Typing Kitty video (featuring a lovely green-keyed Royal Quiet De Luxe).
2) Decide that you are moved to donate $10 or $25.
3) Realize that Strikethru is offering a free copy of Silent Type #2 to $10 donors, and a free copy of both issues 1 and 2, plus 1 sheet of beautiful Royal typewriter stickers* (one sheet of 4 stickers) to $25 donors. Holy cow!
4) Donate securely via the Willamette Week give guide (the Willamette Week is a weekly newspaper in Portland, OR): Go to their 2010 Give Guide, Click Donate Now, under Arts enter $10 or $25 next to Independent Publishing Resource Center, click Next, etc.
5) Send me an email or a letter (letters are great) to inform me of your donation and give me the address to send the prize to. Please be honest!
6) Enjoy your prize and the moral satisfaction of knowing that you helped an organization that supports independent print publishing, and is home to a number of happy and well-used typewriters.
I am hoping to raise $100 for the IPRC (and plan to donate $25 myself in addition to that). If enough people donate and we reach the $100 mark (or we reach January 31st, 2011, whichever comes first), I will end the offer (because I only have so many copies of Silent Type-- you do realize it is now officially out of print?! See left for PDF copies of the zine if you want to take a look).
*the typewriter stickers are made by the talented Sarah Golden. Visit her Etsy store craftyFOLK, based in my home town of Sactomato, for these and other awesome typewriter-related crafts.
Darn it, I am way overdue to post something actually typed. As it stands, my scanner is located in any of a dozen impassable piles of personal belongings due to recent home projects, and I have no idea which pile. Thus, no typecast today.
But, Silent Type #1, (of which there is a PDF at left) is now available again from Microcosm Publishing. (Update: the web site may say "out of stock" but try again in a few days-- the shipment of 30 new copies may still be in transit) If you'd like a copy, act now, because I may not be printing any more after this run, and they have about 30.
I am glad to announce that Microcosm will soon be offering Silent Type #2 as well (also available for free as a PDF at left)-- stand by for information about when. It should be within a few weeks.
From this point on, please purchase copies from Microcosm, as I will not be selling or giving them away directly. (If you have already asked, I will get in touch with you and/or may have already sent your copy).
For those who have asked, I am semi-officially retiring Silent Type, and don't plan to produce issue #3 or produce new print runs of existing issues after the remaining stock is gone. It's been very fun to put the zine out and my endless thanks go to those of you who have participated and/or shown interest in the project. Its surprising popularity is a testament to your talents-- I've had to print many more copies than I ever imagined due to everyone's enthusiasm, which goes to show you right there that neither typewriters nor print projects are on their deathbed at this time. There is definite interest in this kind of work in the zine community (and possibly beyond) and I encourage other typospherians to consider printing and publishing analog-themed or analog-created work-- your own, compilations, or whatever strikes your fancy. I'll be first in line to make a purchase.
If you live near Philadelphia, you know you're going to the first Philly type-in December 18th. Here are the details. Man, I wish I could go! It's a long way from Seattle, though...
