Secret of the Stars

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Title: Secret of the Stars
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Date(s): 2022
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Medium: Print, PDF
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Fandom: Genshin Impact
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Language: English
External Links: Twitter, Carrd
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Secret of the Stars is a for-profit fanzine centered on the ship between Albedo and Aether, Albedo/Aether from Genshin Impact.

About

The interest check for this project opened March 15, 2021[1] and ran until April 10, 2021[2], garnering over 270 responses, some statistics from which were posted on the zine Twitter account. Mod applications ran from March 20, 2021 to April 7, 2021[3], while contributor applications opened April 25, 2021 and were scheduled to close May 25, 2021[4], but were later extended to June 4, 2021[5]. 160 page artist applications, 47 merch artist applications, and 37 writer application were receieved[6].

During the creation period of the zine, the zine account hosted a small Twitter-poll-based choose your own adventure[7] connected with a star-sign-based scenario generator game[8].

Preorders opened on November 8, 2021 with a scheduled end date of December 12, 2021[9], which later was extended to December 26, 2021[10]. The following pricing tiers were offered:

  • Snow Covered Path ($10 USD): PDF
  • Wyrmrest Valley ($25 USD): Physical Zine
  • Skyfrost Nail ($35 USD): Physical Zine + Prints + Stickers + Sticker Sheet
  • Entombed City ($45 USD): Prints + Stickers + Sticker Sheet + Button + Wooden Standee + Charms
  • Starglow Cavern ($60 USD): Physical Zine + PDF + Prints + Stickers + Sticker Sheet + Button + Wooden Standee + Charms

PDF add-ons were available for the Wyrmrest Valley, Skyfrost Nail, and Entombed City tiers for $5 USD.

Five stretch goals were included in the project: a sticker at 25 orders, a physical zine[11] giveaway at 50 orders, an additional button pin at 75 orders, a full bundle[12] giveaway at 100 orders, and an enamel pin at 125 orders[13]. The fourth stretch goal was unlocked by December 13, 2021[14].

All zine preorders were announced shipped as of May 1, 2022[15], and announced delivered as of July 1, 2022[16]. Leftovers sales ran from August 1, 2022 to August 26, 2022[17], and all packages among those were announced shipped as of September 11, 2022[18].

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References

  1. ^ https://twitter.com/AlbetherZine/status/1371491990446206976
  2. ^ https://twitter.com/AlbetherZine/status/1381098567792726016
  3. ^ https://twitter.com/AlbetherZine/status/1372589085152411650
  4. ^ https://twitter.com/AlbetherZine/status/1386288886624751617
  5. ^ https://twitter.com/AlbetherZine/status/1397307168190201857
  6. ^ https://twitter.com/AlbetherZine/status/1401835282979123201
  7. ^ https://twitter.com/AlbetherZine/status/1449389685181071369
  8. ^ https://twitter.com/AlbetherZine/status/1451707352353148931
  9. ^ https://twitter.com/AlbetherZine/status/1457724793797578757
  10. ^ https://twitter.com/AlbetherZine/status/1470026750851567618
  11. ^ https://twitter.com/AlbetherZine/status/1467873218379718658
  12. ^ https://twitter.com/AlbetherZine/status/1470407233397673991
  13. ^ https://twitter.com/AlbetherZine/status/1457725600576118784
  14. ^ https://twitter.com/AlbetherZine/status/1470406040101351434
  15. ^ https://twitter.com/AlbetherZine/status/1520682971929653248
  16. ^ https://twitter.com/AlbetherZine/status/1542871241970790401
  17. ^ https://twitter.com/AlbetherZine/status/1554104673837015041
  18. ^ https://twitter.com/AlbetherZine/status/1568906255707815937
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