An incident last weekend regarding the "Knot" pre-orders, along with a partnership we'll be announcing in a couple of weeks, finally spurred me into testing a new backend for the Namesake store I've had my eye on for awhile. We also finally secured the domain for Fairylogue Press as our own, as our catalog of books has expanded from a single issue of chapter 1 of Namesake to four books and a fifth on the way!

This one really has a lot of improvements over the old store, including auto-delivery of any digital products and the ability to have size and price variation within a single item. We had to use four separate entries in the old store to list four different versions of Namesake (ebook, softcover, hardcover, slightly loved). If it was confusing for me, it had to be confusing for you! Also, adding prints was very much a pain in the patooey, which is why I wasn't updating them as often as I should. We can also offer multiple shipping options for the first time.

While Storenvy was a great, free option, and it served us well. But, now it's time to go play with the big boys. Well, at least steal the merry-go-round and stake it out for ourselves.

Here's what you need to know about the new store and the old.

• We are not fully closing the Storenvy store: We are pulling everything off but the print books. We want them to still be on the Storenvy marketplace, but our main store is now being run through Shopify.


• If you ordered through the Storenvy store, don't worry: We are still shipping out your orders as normal. This includes any "Knot" and "Silver Button" pre-orders.


• Shipping prices have changed: If there's one thing shipping all these Kickstarters has done, it's gotten me very familiar with the postal service and the best way to get our items to readers intact. Most international orders will now be shipped via Priority Mail. In some cases, it was just a dollar difference. I'll most likely refine these down into the different tiers (First Class International, Priority Mail, Priority Mail Express) at some point, but for now it's just a flat rate. Domestic orders will have the option of slower media mail or the faster Priority Mail option. All our shipping prices are weight-based, which is key when you have multiple volumes of books!

If you have any requests for the store or suggestions based off what you've seen so far, please let me know!