Sunday, March 26, 2006

:: DOMAIN PROBLEMS!!! ::

Currently our domain host is having problems:

"Joker.com currently experiences massive distributed denial of service attacks against nameservers.
This affects DNS resolution of Joker.com itself, and also domains which make use of Joker.com nameservers.
We are very sorry for this issue, but we are working hard for a permanent solution.
Thank you for your understanding,"

Obviously this is a major blow to the SUMM advertising campaign and we are trying to remedy the sitution right now by changing our name servers over to a new server with the help of a very good friend of our's. I will keep you posted. Thanks for your support.

Until this gets worked out, please visit our forums:
http://www.digitalwebbing.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=24

Thursday, March 23, 2006

:: SUMM.net OUTAGE ::

Currently, www.joker.com is down. This is the site that we run out domain through. Catching Lucifer's Lunch came out yesterday in Diamond Previews and now no one can access my websites. This seems to always happen somehow around important events like shows, releases and signings. I am begining to think that a higher cyber power does not want SUMM Publications to thrive....

Should you be able to visit www.joker.com, please notify me immediatly so I can figure out what's going on.

Thank you for your support.

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

:: Catching Lucifer's Lunch Diamond Ordering Information ::

Today, SUMM Publications, received their order information from Diamond Distributers. You can order your copy of Catching Lucifer's Lunch through Diamond Distributers, April Previews at your local shop, or for your shop, using the information listed below.

We urge retailers to take advantage of the incentive program we have set up. You will be able to receive 1 FREE COPY of CLL when you purchase two. If you are a customer of a store and are ordering the book, please mention that deal to your stores owner and recommend carrying multiple copies for other customers to enjoy.

APRIL PREVIEWS 2006
Page 326

APR053349 CLL
APR053350 CLL
incentive
(this is for the retailer buy 2 get 1 free deal).
T.J. May and Jason May will be appearing at Larry's Comics in Lowell, MA on Free Comic Book Day--May 6th, 2006

We will be signing from 11am-3pm. You can purchase copies of all SUMM books at this appearance, Catching Lucifer's Lunch may actually debut that day, and Jason will be giving out Free Sketches.

Should be a lot of fun!
Howdy folks,

I have been asked to do a "lecture" series on comic book creation in my home town of Hudson, MA. It is part of a month long art festival to raise money for the public school libraries.

It is being put together by THE VAULT skateboard shop, THE BOOKWORM used book store, and THE HARVEST cafe. I'll be speaking with a group of teens on April 1st. They will have a few weeks to submit a small project for an art contest that I will judge on April 22nd. And then there will be a follow-up meeting on April 27th.

Details are still being hammered out so visit www.summ.net, this blog or stop into any of the stores mentioned above for more information.

My best
T.J. May
Writer in Residence

Friday, March 03, 2006

Howdy,

T.J. here again.... So, I'm learning new stuff everyday.

One of the biggest lesson we learned in the past was that nothing sells your book like your book itself. With that in mind we are over-printing Catching Lucifer's Lunch, in fact it's already at the printers, and Diamond is going to help us get a copy into the hands of 1000 retailer most likely to order a copy.

But, the dilemma was that I thought I was going to have all 5000 copies shipped to my house, and then repackage them and ship them out again myself. Anybody that has gone through the distribution process using Quebecor as a printer knows that the Diamond's pick-up service is invaluable. And I thought that I was going to have to go without. But Jay mentioned on a whim that maybe Quebecor offered storage. So I asked...

And they DO! For $50 a month they'll store our product, ship to me what I need as I need it, and Diamond will pick-up their copies as they go and bill me their fee (which is peanuts compared to the shipping and handling cost, plus time wasted I would have had to go through).

Happy day!

T