Artesia – Volume One
First Edition “State Variants” & Collector’s Information
Recent notes: My latest changes to the book include a few spelling and grammar corrections throughout the book and on the copyright page, updated and bigger sized maps on the page, a slightly re-written wording of the copyright page for clarity of my intent and the maps descriptions were altered to provide more information and formatting. Nothing else was changed in the #4 State variant. Please note there is no marker on any of the variants to know what “state” version it is so i have posted the most up to date info i have here (from my own memory and records).
There are now 4 “state” variants of the first edition manuscript. The book was published in ebook, paperback, hardcover B&W and the special two color editions, The dust jacketed book collectors version and the more expensive (without dust jacket) Amazon version which is the most rare version currently (Only one has been bought by a customer so far and I have the other one. The original samples from amazon are the rarest. One hardcover and one color edition hardcover. I have both of those)
| 1st (A) – March 14th 2025 | The first variant (A) was the original submitted to the copyright office for approval with unreadable maps. and various spelling mistakes. First version of the copyright page. This State variant was never printed. Original PDF at copyright.gov are not able to be printed.. this was a mistake and new PDFs were created for submission. Introduction of the “by by” error on the copyright page. (Current digital versions of files at copyright office) |
| 2nd (B) – March 15th, 2025 | The second variant (B) is virtually identical to the first “state” variant (A). Correction of Print version PDF’s (not yet sent to copyright office.) I can’t remember if I corrected anything in the text for the manuscript or not. I don’t think i did. Still has the “by by” error. Still has unreadable maps. Still has some formatting issues.
This version was printed in the first batch of Amazon Proof books ever. Then I ordered author copies: Amazon – Printed 1 Special Edition Color hardcover (first ever), 3 B&W hardcover editions with printing errors or production issues & 5 miscut and misprinted paperback editions arrived. The entire order was credited as the quality on these books was terrible condition except that the color edition and two of the hardcovers were salvageable. Some were sent to friends and family the rest are in my possession. After that came the first IngramSpark printed books (March 27th Order date) 3 Hardcover Special Editions (with dust jackets), 3 B&W Hardcovers (with dust jackets) and 3 Paperbacks. All 3 paperbacks had a misprint cover (slightly off on the spine) this was do to needing a revision on the print files. I have a copy of all three versions and also some copies were sent to friends from this batch. Note: It was here I discovered that the paperback Ingram edition cover file was not correct and had Getcovers fix it and re-upload changes. One of these Hardcover B&W was a misprint and is now a collectors item and was reprinted and being sent to me as it is not sellable. One Hardcover special color edition, One paperback and One Hardcover B&W edition was sent to the Library and Archives Canada for preservation. |
| 3rd (C) – March 26th 2025 | This state variant I attempted to Correct the maps in the book. I also changed some wording around on the copyright page however the “by by” error was still present as i did not notice it. Labels on maps were enlarged from the original map, black and white map was altered to try to emboss edges more and tone was changed a bit for more easy readability. The update was better but wasn’t good enough. The printing DPI didn’t seem high enough and the map was distorted too much.
Ingram author copy order (not fully received yet) for (Order Date April 14th, 2024): 3 Hardcover Special Color Collector’s Editions, 5 Hardcover Black and White versions and 5 Paperback Versions exist. May 24th, 2025 – Thorold Public Library received one Special Hardcover. 5 paperback remain Amazon – first customer copies of the paperback were ordered during this time. One order in particular was the first paperback ever printed by Amazon. Spine issue on Paperback version for Ingram – fixed. |
| 4th (D) – May 1st 2025
Most updated Printed maps in the Print books! |
I edited the maps again and made them larger on the page. I also tried to restore more of the actual width
however not fully to make the text more legible. I lightened the War time map as it was too dark. I added a better description to the maps underneath. I corrected the “by by” error in the copyright page. I also corrected some spelling and grammar issues throughout the book and also corrected some minor formatting issues and raised the bottom margin slightly. May 22nd, 2025 – Uploaded Fixed Hardcover 1.0 inch Lamented case on 9781069294401 after spine error detected. As of October 4th, 2025 The 4th state is still the current version **The ebook however is still 1st state** Some libraries now have either 3rd or 4th state versions. |