Rebel Status

• First an apology, to everyone who pre-ordered and to readers of this blog. This is my first book, and what I know about the publishing world could fit under my DVX100's lens cap.
• Specifically, what I failed to understand is the difference between the date the book ships from the printer to Peachpit's warehouse, and the date that a place like Amazon starts shipping a book.
• I'm not alone in this misunderstanding, as Amazon themselves had been posting an availability date that was a handful of days after the book shipped from the printer.
• Peachpit has been in touch with Amazon, and although there's more info yet to come, the one thing I can say is that the March ship dates are most assuredly bogus. Amazon has ordered the book (just now, aparently), and it is on its way to them. Give them a few days to futz them around in their warehouses and then they'll be on their way to you.
• As I myself need to be reminded from time to time, Amazon is not the entire world of books. You can order The Guide now from Peachpit (where it is, unfortunately, more expensive) and it will ship within 24 hours. There are also some folks selling The Guide on eBay.
  
• You might consider ordering the book from your local bookstore. This will give you mad karma points and will help spread the word about the book. The DV Rebel after you who walks in and buys a copy off the shelf will have you to thank.
  
• I feel bad about all this confusion, and I'm going to figure out a way to try to make it up to you guys!
  

Mini Review by a Real Rebel

Eric Escobar, a filmmaker who's living the DV Rebel spirit more than even I am, posted this mini-review of The Guide as a comment on the HD For Indies review:

I was lucky enough to get a copy of this from the back of Stu's van yesterday.

This book is worth it's weight in gold for indie/guerilla/no-budget big vision filmmakers. It is the most relevant how-to manual I've read for leveraging desktop-handheld tools to bring Hollywood production value to everyone else's projects.

The French New Wave filmmakers modified their film mags to increase shooting time and it shook the film world—they were technicians as well as artists. It's imperative for today's indies to be able to understand and manipulate pixels if they want to squeeze the most out of their images. The DV Rebels Guide is a comprehensive and straight forward guide from a true filmmaking rebel.

rebelsguide.com Updated

I made a few minor updates to The Guide's official site, including the entire table of contents. Thanks to all those who suggested I do something like that!

rebelsguide.com

I also noticed that there are a few copies of The Guide for sale on eBay, buy folks who claim to have them in stock now. Sketchy? Brilliant?

Happy Trip Around The Sun

Happy New Year ProLost peeps!

It's going to be an exciting one, I promise. Rebel's Guide events, cool new software for DV Rebels from Red Giant and others, and hopefully some reports from the trenches of my filmmaking endeavors.

I am thrilled and honored to link you to the first post of the year on HD For Indies. I've never felt the need to post about Mike Curtis's thorough and unique blog—becuase quite frankly the vast majority of my readers find thier way here from there—but in the off chance you don't know about it, HD For Indies is my daily source of the latest info on all things HD, including the Red camera. Mike's first post of double-oh-seven is a review of The Guide followed by a brief interview with yours truly.

Thanks for the kind words Mike—from you they mean a lot.

And to all my readers, Happy New Year and all the best from ProLost.