Effin' Birds: A Guide to Field Identification
By Aaron Reynolds
A compact, comprehensive and very silly field guide, featuring more than 200 of the best, rudest, and most hilarious Effin' Birds!
Publication date: Autumn 2019
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About the book
'This book combines two of my favourite things: birds and vulgarity. Which is why this is probably the best thing ever' Chuck Wendig, New York Times bestselling author of Wanderers
Have you ever looked a bird dead in the eye and wondered what it was thinking? With Effin’ Birds, the most eagerly anticipated new volume in the noble avocation of bird identification, you can venture into nature with confidence.
This farcical field guide will help you identify over 200 birds, but more importantly, for the first time in history, it will also help you understand what these birds are thinking:
The vainglorious grebe is acutely aware of its own magnificence.
The hipster pelican thinks the world is a shitbarge.
The overbearing heron wishes you better luck next time, fucknuts.
The counsellor swallow wants you to maybe try not being a dickhead... and many, many more.
Alongside beautiful, scientifically accurate illustrations and a whole lot of swearing is incisive commentary on modern life and the world we, as humans, must navigate. Or maybe it’s just some pictures of effin’ birds, okay?
Hi there. I very happily purchased the Be In The Book level and was wondering how the process for finalizing the page will work?
Hi John! Thanks for your support. Step one will be to figure out what you want to say. As I approach the page that will contain your bird, I’ll send you an email to the address in your Unbound profile. If necessary we’ll talk about massaging it a bit, and I’ll present you with a few bird choices. Finally, my editor here will either commend us on how hilarious we both are or will tell us to go back and do it again. How’s that sound?
Why the fuck is the highest tier 2k?
When doing a custom, one-off design on a leather notebook we end up destroying a lot of notebooks with the laser. It sounds fun, but it’s really expensive.
Hi Aaron: Very excited to support and looking forward to receiving this book. I noticed that all supporters get their name printed in every edition of the book. Is the name printed the one from the Unbound Account? I was hoping it would be since my husband and I purchased the Two Birds option. Thanks so much!
Hi Michelle, You can choose which name you want including, as long as the list is still open, which is true for Effin' Birds. Please see here for more details on how you do this: http://help.unbound.com/unbound-for-readers/managing-your-subscriptions/changing-the-supporter-name-thats-printed-in-a-book. Best wishes, Unbound Support
Any updates on timeline / potential publishing and delivery date?
Yes! The manuscript is now in editing and I’m getting to have great conversations with DeAndra, my editor, about why I stubbornly resist using question marks. If you’ve ever tweeted at me about punctuation, you will know I am prepared to defend my choices. ;) So right now is text, next is layout — this book has got to be beautiful — then lots of people signing off on things, then printing and binding. We’re looking at next fall, which I know feels like a long way away, but it’s gonna be worth the wait.
The last update was months ago. What is the publishing/delivery timeline as of February 2019?
Hi there, The book is currently in the design and editorial stages and we're working towards a publication date in Autumn 2019. So if all goes to plan we should have books ready to send to subscribers in October 2019 latest. Unbound Support.
Any word on when mugs will ship?
All books should be dispatched this week Todd. Please look out for a dispatch email from Unbound. Best wishes, Unbound Support
Hello, is there a way we can buy more mugs? I unfortunately broke mine but I would be happy to pay for another one. Thanks x
Hi James, Please contact support@unbound.com with an picture of which mug you received and we'll see what we can do! Lena