That's perfectly clear, thanks again!
That's perfectly clear, thanks again!
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Thanks, Herbert. You're very patient. Nicky and I are just going through the order now . . . all five pages of it! Sheesh! Time for a cup of tea, methinks. (Nicky . . . ?)
Best wishes -- Pete
Pete the book sounds like it will be one great book. I would love to be able to afford it but unfortunately I am not.
Pete for all of the others that are like me will you be posting as many pictures of the book as possible so we will have a chance to at least be able to have a good look at it. I for would like to see what it looks like from the the book to the traycase.
If at all possible make some extra traycases so we could buy one if we wanted to. I really do like this traycase to me iot would be great just to be able to own just the traycase itself.
Thank you Pete
Hi LostAlive -- I'll bring it up at our next production meeting but I think it's a no-go, simply because the traycase is one of the major attractions of the entire package. Same goes for the original artwork in the envelope and, of course, the 60-page gallery which shows all of the remarries. Bu yes, we'll be putting a nice spread together to show folks the full package. Best wishes -- Pete
Yeah, maybe my posts have been somewhat over zealous lately, for which I apologize. Not least to those who I have 'burned' when I have disagreed with their opinion. You know, I have just returned from vacation in Tenerife and I didn't realise how much I needed a break! The stresses of everyday life eh?
We are all passionate about collecting books on this forum and although I may not agree with things people often say of these boards, I will try and keep my particular brand of 'passion' on an even keel. I certainly do not want my posts to detract from the sheer awesomeness of book collecting in general, which of course, is why we are all here in the first place...
Thank you webstar1000, for posting your thoughts on this. It has allowed me the chance to reflect on my posts and gain some clarity on the situation.
Hi Guys -- Yes, that's absolutely correct (well done, Randall: fancy a job?) More meetings with the printers, this time concerning a bespoke box for the set . . . possibly illustrated. Sheesh! And meanwhile, Steve has agreed to our suggestion that Pete Von Sholly do the colour artwork for the 22 stories in SKELETON CREW (Pete having storyboarded THE MIST along with many other movies). The first illustration is in and it's a doozy . . . as are the front endpapers (featuring 'The Mist'). See how we loves ya?! Best wishes -- Pete
Never a dull moment in Mid-World eh Pete? whats the expected timeline on Skeleton Crew?
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
Hi Stroppy -- yeah, no rest for the wicked, eh!
And yes, nice message, TDogz -- life's too short to go around ticked off all the time. Best -- Pete
And then, like an ijit, I forgot to answer your question, Stroppy: SKELETON CREW is scheduled for next spring. THINNER for this fall. I'm thinking of booking myself into a sanatorium.
Best, Pete (puff pant, puff pant . . .)
Hi Sky As I explained to Steve, I hit on the brainwave of having part of the artwork done by Les Edwards and the other half by Edward Miller . . . seeing that Les and Edward are one and the same man albeit with markedly different styles. And, of course, it could be argued that the story of THINNER is a similar collaboration. Well, it's always good to have an idea. Best -- Pete
Pete I was asking about the traycase only not all of the fantastic goodies that are going to be putting inside the traycase. But WOW all of that really does sound fantastic it makes you want to get a Lettered Edition all that much more. I know $5000.00 is a lot for a Lettered Edition but with everything that is going to be included with this edition makes it all most if not worth every penny. I am so glad you have raised the bar for the Lettered Editions to me they should be crammed full with all kinds of extra stuff besides just having a great looking traycase and a couple extra coloured art work pieces. I really do like what you are doing with this edition.
I just hope you saved some to put into the S/L edition and speaking about the S/Ls do you have any idea when they will begin shipping?
Once again thank you for raising the bar for the Lettered Editions,
LoStAlIvE
Pete, I don't think anyone's asked yet, so I will...and if you don't want to get into behind-the-curtains business talk, I certainly understand -- but I am curious: Why did you limit the lettered CARRIE to just 26 copies, when clearly there is enough demand for many, many times that? At $4295 each, that's $111,670. Why didn't you roman numeral (or go into multiple letters, e.g. AAAA) instead of single letter, and then price them at, say, $2K @ 100'ish copies (to make up for the increased costs of a larger printrun) and recoup the same amount (even perhaps more $$ when all is said and done)? I presume that figure would still pay for the bells and whistles in the books' production and still leave a comfortable profit for all involved...or whatever that break-even point ($2200? $2500? Less?) would be to recoup the same profit, while still producing an extremely limited edition (just not hyper limited) that would be more economically accessible to a larger group of folks. I guess I'm just curious what factors led you to conceive and limit to such an oddly minuscule number of 26?
I am almost positive that Stephen King would only agree to signing 26+ sheets. But Pete can answer for sure.
Isn't the print run of a lettered edition traditionally limited to 26 copies? Because, you know, there are 26 letters in the alphabet? I always felt that a higher number (i.e. 52 copies) is artificial and only serves the purpose of raking in extra money.
Let's assume that the cost of producing the book is $1,500, and that the cost wouldn't really go down if there were 100 copies instead of 26 being made. The "profit" on 26 books at $4,295 would be $72,670. The "profit" on 100 books at $2,000 would be $50,000. So there are certainly scenarios under which a 26 copy print run makes the most economic sense, and that's without the consideration of other factors like "how many books will SK sign?" and "would it be possible to sell 100 books at $2K each?".
Hey, RC (and Michael and Roseanne) -- I wanted to make the deluxe edition as special as possible, so I decided to go for the minimum quantity (which immediately made it lettered, and a strict A to Z . . . which I have to say I favour anyway). Steve and I have spoken from time to time about his signing and I wanted to make the chore -- if he were to agree to it -- as hassle-free and 'painless' as possible (you know . . . he has books to write, a family to spend time with, a life to live and so on). I could have asked him for 50 (plus comps and spares of course) but he might have said 'no' and I didn't then want to get into the old "Okay, fair enough Steve . . . so how about 40? No? Okay, 35? 30?" and so on. Best -- Pete