Halfwood Press - The Story

One-hundred Premier Edition soft-cover books, written by artist and press-maker Bill Ritchie (as Harris Sweed), were printed. He describes the 108-page book as:

Cover of Halfwood Press - The Story

A mockumentary[i] dynastorybook[ii] telling how an artist designed and made etching presses out of wood and steel, then sold them to thirty people, and finally how their owners used them. He weaves into this story descriptions of a game he made up called Emeralda. You see the Halfwood Press becoming a key piece in its playing. The game’s payoff would be his long-held dream: Perfect Studios.

Price:USD $9.95 plus $4.05 for shipping and handling via USPS.
Washington Residents add .93 for state sales tax, total $14.98

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[i] Mockumentary is a genre that pretends to be rooted in actuality or memory, behaving like a documentary, history, or biography (or, in this instance, an autobiography) but it is largely fiction. Mockumentary writing subverts fact-based storytelling to illuminate and embellish.
[ii] Dynastorybook is a made up word referring to a hybrid, combining a printed book with an e-book to which readers and writers can make additions, such as adding pictures, giving it a dynamic character.