As the binding of Catch-22 – Mission Edition continues by the Amaranteam, the first copies have left the building. We’ll be sending them out at a steady pace, so keep an eye out for the address confirmation email followed by a tracking number from DHL.In the mean time, we made a video of the production...Continue Reading

As I’ve already mentioned in our latest newsletter, our Catch-22 is proving to be worthy of its theme and name, but we’re getting there. You can read more about it on the link above, but if you’re looking for a quick rundown, here it is:1. Catch-22 – Essential Edition covers are still giving us some...Continue Reading

“Slow and steady wins the spaghetti”—that’s what is usually mumbled in passing as someone from our team works on one of the books. While silly, it perfectly portrays my (and the Amaranteam’s) approach to our creations—to make them as perfect as humanly possible.As our production slowly, but steadily, moves more and more in-house, we can...Continue Reading

Last time I wrote about 2001: A Space Odyssey, I discussed the eponymous showdown that inspired the design for the HAL Edition. Now, it’s time to go a bit deeper and further. This time, we’re venturing (quite literally) into the Monolith found on Saturn’s moon Iapetus. Like the previous video, this one delves into the...Continue Reading

A few weeks ago, the last pallet containing letterpress printed copies of Catch-22 left our temporary office. It was pretty uneventful, as all transport should be, but it was exciting for us to see it go. With the second letterpress print run under our belts, we can finally speed things up with 2001: A Space...Continue Reading

We’ve already gone to the Moon with our Tycho Edition, but now it’s time to go a little bit further into space with our lettered edition of 2001: A Space Odyssey a.k.a. the HAL Edition. Like in the previous video, this one delves into the production details as well, further building on the idea that...Continue Reading

You can see our previous video for the Cave Edition on our YouTube channel, but now it’s time to go a little bit further into our take on 2001: A Space Odyssey. Like in the previous video, this one goes into the production details as well, further building on the idea that each edition is...Continue Reading

Although the video itself has been available for a while now on our YouTube channel, it’s nigh time it gets posted here as well. This video does not only go into production details of the Cave Edition, but also explains why the design for each edition was inspired by one of the story’s arcs, resulting...Continue Reading

As we’re chugging away with letterpress printing of Catch-22 we finally added the second tone of colour to some of the illustrations. The results are stunning to behold. The decision to print the illustrations letterpress proved to be a great one, and while it is tedious to print 22 illustrations in two tones (along with...Continue Reading

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of a Dozen Favourites is a title that brought us many firsts. Chiefly among them was our venture into letterpress with the purchase of Heidi. We also incorporated marbling into our own production. It was a great challenge, but the end result was oh, so worth it!The video below shows...Continue Reading