Pre-order at B&N
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/char...=9781534401235
Pre-order at B&N
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/char...=9781534401235
Wanted: Human skin edition of The Book of the Dead. Will accept PC copy.
If you would like a remarque, PM me and I'll see what I can do price and availability wise. Always here to assist my fellow TDT members when I can!!!
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The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
And there ya have it confirmed.
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Nice to see them being made available to the masses.
Order placed! I'm really glad to be getting a copy of this. It will be interesting to see if it is identical to the original books that were given out at ComicCon
"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
It will not be identical.Originally Posted by stroppygoblin
The cover has a Stephen King blurb, the artwork is going to be subtly changed, and King has written a brief introduction.
Look for an ISBN, a bar code, a true (although how can it be true if an actress "wrote it") CR page..and more
Even if it is slightly changed RF... you have to admit the absurd money spent so far was a total waste. DO you honestly feel the value is as you say? Where did you get the info on the changes?It will not be identical.
The cover has a Stephen King blurb, the artwork is going to be subtly changed, and King has written a brief introduction.
Look for an ISBN, a bar code, a true (although how can it be true if an actress "wrote it") CR page..and more
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Check post #148 for changes.
is it realistic for a $8.95 DJ on a copy of 'salem's Lot to fetch the money it does? it's the subtle differences and the rarity that makes it collectible and supply and demand do the rest. Had this more general release of the book been identical then your point would be valid Kris, but, as it stands, the real collectible book will always be the 1st edition given out at CC.Even if it is slightly changed RF... you have to admit the absurd money spent so far was a total waste. DO you honestly feel the value is as you say? Where did you get the info on the changes?It will not be identical.
The cover has a Stephen King blurb, the artwork is going to be subtly changed, and King has written a brief introduction.
Look for an ISBN, a bar code, a true (although how can it be true if an actress "wrote it") CR page..and more
"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
Perhaps... I just never felt this was a true collectable Simon. And I am CERTAINLY not alone in this. I also know there was was more than 150 printed. So, with those coupled with this... I think the monies we seen being spent... went out the window somewhat, which was more towards my point.is it realistic for a $8.95 DJ on a copy of 'salem's Lot to fetch the money it does? it's the subtle differences and the rarity that makes it collectible and supply and demand do the rest. Had this more general release of the book been identical then your point would be valid Kris, but, as it stands, the real collectible book will always be the 1st edition given out at CC.Even if it is slightly changed RF... you have to admit the absurd money spent so far was a total waste. DO you honestly feel the value is as you say? Where did you get the info on the changes?It will not be identical.
The cover has a Stephen King blurb, the artwork is going to be subtly changed, and King has written a brief introduction.
Look for an ISBN, a bar code, a true (although how can it be true if an actress "wrote it") CR page..and more
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Current value and impacted members aside, that SPANKY video is one of the funniest things I have ever seen.
Rest assured, we, as collectors, have felt this way a time or two!!!!
Hmmm, can't find any info on King writing a short intro for the rerelease...but it would make sense that the blurb from the cover comes from that
I would still pay $100 for a copy of the original one, so I do think that the SDCC has value as a collectible (just not in the $1,000 range).
100% agree with what you just said. Which is what I have been saying since the start of this...
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But Kris, that's the point... what you or Robert would be happy to pay for it does not measure its value. Alec put this more succinctly in a previous thread, but if there are more people that really want a book than there are copies of said book, then the books value will be whatever they will be willing to pay.
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Right. Everything is subjective. I would love to have one for $100, but no one has offered to sell me one at that price. Hence, I don't have one.
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So what your saying is that I can have no opinion now on what I think a book is worth Simon?
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And the value is dropping. That's what I said. I didn't say what the actual value is... Just that it's not the crazy numbers we have seen. Look at the start of the thread and you can see them fall. This release will only make them fall further. I never disagreed with what Alec said... In fact I totally agree. And we still see those people wiling to pay something... Paying less and less.
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Kris, you have a valued opinion, and you are encouraged to share it (but not ad nauseum) Many agree with you, and many don't. You are more than entitled to feel they are overpriced. I am also entitled to be thrilled with the price I paid for my Dameron (non-spoiled by a paid actress) remarqued copy. In fact, I wish I could have bought two as I'm sure there is someone out there willing to pay more than what I paid.
FYI, Cemetery Dance should have this book for sale. I suggest using CD gift certificates, discounts etc. I'd rather send my money to CD than to Amazon or Barnes and Noble.
I feel i was lucky enough to purchase a copy of Charlie the Choo Choo with Beryl Evans signature. I love it. I had to come to grips with an actresses signature on my book, but it is what it is. That is the way many were issued. I did not pay $1000 for the book ( i was lucky enough to get a copy at 1/2 the price). But in all the excitement of the issue, being on the phone with Tippy the day the actress walked out (not King as rumored) and actually getting a copy of the BOOK as distributed is pretty exciting. What some choose to spend VERY HARD earned money for and others don't is what makes collecting fun. Everyone has their own collecting goals/limits and expectations. I knew the copy was going to be released at Schribner, but still made my purchase. It is a first issue- with the other comic cons coming up, the price may go down or it might go up. But i do not collect in hopes of increased/decreased value in my collectables. I enjoy them for what they are.
I thought maybe this thread should be referenced here as well................
http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...17#post1023917
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
Not really what I said, but nevertheless.. of course you are entitled to an opinion and I respect it, however it is still a valuation of what the book is worth to you, others will decide differently.
"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
So what it really boils down to now is that both editions will be a must have.
You don't know my kind.....You don't my mind.....Dark necessities are part of my design.....
MUST HAVE?...I DON'T THINK SO!
But now you have to ask yourself.....Is the Comic Con. edition REALY a Stephen King book or just a one off?...Are any of the words written by King? Does his name appear anywhere in or on the book? At least the next book will have a King cover blurb & maybe an introduction? (That as of this point has not yet been determined.)
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