Cemetery Dance discussion thread

[texgunslinger]

I had a nice surprise on my doorstep last night when I got home. My Lettered IT came and it is as awesome as the pictures make it look. It is big as hell and gorgeous. The materials on every part of it are first rate. The traycase may be one of best I've seen come out of CD.

All in all, I am very pleased with the product. I am planning to sit down with it tonight and review it more in depth.

Letter Y by the way.

I hope everyone else is enjoying theirs!

[Merlin1958]

I had a nice surprise on my doorstep last night when I got home. My Lettered IT came and it is as awesome as the pictures make it look. It is big as hell and gorgeous. The materials on every part of it are first rate. The traycase may be one of best I've seen come out of CD.

All in all, I am very pleased with the product. I am planning to sit down with it tonight and review it more in depth.

Letter Y by the way.

I hope everyone else is enjoying theirs!

I have the S/L and it is truly a "Masterpiece". I can only imagine how nice the Lettered copy is!!! Congrats!!!

[neosatus]

Hey guys @ CD (and Mindy of course): The UK S/L of The Twelve is seemingly not including a slipcase as the S/L of The Passage did. http://www.goldsborobooks.com/search...nin+the+twelve

I'd buy a slipcase or traycase for my copies for sure if you produced some!

[Merlin1958]

Hey guys @ CD (and Mindy of course): The UK S/L of The Twelve is seemingly not including a slipcase as the S/L of The Passage did. http://www.goldsborobooks.com/search...nin+the+twelve

I'd buy a slipcase or traycase for my copies for sure if you produced some!

Hint, hint!!! Nudge, nudge. Wink, wink!!! LOL LOL LOL

[Brian James Freeman]

Hey guys @ CD (and Mindy of course): The UK S/L of The Twelve is seemingly not including a slipcase as the S/L of The Passage did. http://www.goldsborobooks.com/search...nin+the+twelve

I'd buy a slipcase or traycase for my copies for sure if you produced some!

Hint, hint!!! Nudge, nudge. Wink, wink!!! LOL LOL LOL

That's a very subtle hint and nudge!

[Merlin1958]

Hey guys @ CD (and Mindy of course): The UK S/L of The Twelve is seemingly not including a slipcase as the S/L of The Passage did. http://www.goldsborobooks.com/search...nin+the+twelve

I'd buy a slipcase or traycase for my copies for sure if you produced some!

Hint, hint!!! Nudge, nudge. Wink, wink!!! LOL LOL LOL

That's a very subtle hint and nudge!

I'm nothing if, not discreet!!!! LOL LOL

[Joe315]

Hey guys @ CD (and Mindy of course): The UK S/L of The Twelve is seemingly not including a slipcase as the S/L of The Passage did. http://www.goldsborobooks.com/search...nin+the+twelve

I'd buy a slipcase or traycase for my copies for sure if you produced some!

I would love a case for this as well.

[neosatus]

Whoa 3 on board already? Nice.
500 books will be completely NAKED without your help Brian!

[sentinel]

Hey CD,
I got my lettered IT Saturday. Beautiful work and design but......
I spent an hour yesterday moving shelves up/down trying to fit it in without
losing a lot of space, I couldn't make it work so it went back in the box and got put in the closet with other
CD lettered books. For future reference----YOU DON"T NEED TO MAKE THEM SO BIG!

[carlosdetweiller]

Hey CD,
I got my lettered IT Saturday. Beautiful work and design but......
I spent an hour yesterday moving shelves up/down trying to fit it in without
losing a lot of space, I couldn't make it work so it went back in the box and got put in the closet with other
CD lettered books. For future reference----YOU DON"T NEED TO MAKE THEM SO BIG!

This has been one of my pet peeves for a while now. I've got many nice books hidden away in a closet because they are just too big to display. Centipede Press is just as guilty.

[Jimimck]

Sounds like a couple of people have the perfect excuse for a specific display case designed for a handful of awesome books....

[texgunslinger]

I've just been displaying these on a separate shelf with them laid on their sides and stacked one on the other. Am I making a mistake by keeping them this way?

[Jimimck]

Yes - from experience I did that with my Salem's Lot edition in the Collectors traycase, and then I realised there was a very slight indent in the case as the weight of the other books squashed it a little.
Just check to make sure you're not causing any damage...

[Randall Flagg]

It is a good idea to consider resizing the lettered editions.
I would suggest CD consider something like The Stand S/L (not copying it, but using the concept and keeping the size in that range). Leave off the DJ on the lettered and put the money into interesting/unique/gorgeous binding materials for the book cover.

[Brian James Freeman]

It is a good idea to consider resizing the lettered editions.
I would suggest CD consider something like The Stand S/L (not copying it, but using the concept and keeping the size in that range). Leave off the DJ on the lettered and put the money into interesting/unique/gorgeous binding materials for the book cover.

I thought this binding material was interesting/unique/gorgeous:



For those who don't own a copy of the book, that's cromwell Black Flanders Grain leather binding on the spine and imported Asahi Japanese Bookcloth, Turquoise Blue, for the front and back cover binding.

Brian

[Randall Flagg]

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It is a good idea to consider resizing the lettered editions.
I would suggest CD consider something like The Stand S/L (not copying it, but using the concept and keeping the size in that range). Leave off the DJ on the lettered and put the money into interesting/unique/gorgeous binding materials for the book cover.

I thought this binding material was interesting/unique/gorgeous:

I agree, one of the nicest I have seen from CD, I just meant shrinking the book Height x Width (obviously thicker) so that even in the box it is not larger than The Stand.

[DanHocker]

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It is a good idea to consider resizing the lettered editions.
I would suggest CD consider something like The Stand S/L (not copying it, but using the concept and keeping the size in that range). Leave off the DJ on the lettered and put the money into interesting/unique/gorgeous binding materials for the book cover.

I thought this binding material was interesting/unique/gorgeous:

I agree, one of the nicest I have seen from CD, I just meant shrinking the book Height x Width (obviously thicker) so that even in the box it is not larger than The Stand.

Brian will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that even at this thickness we where pretty much maxing out the thickness our printer could do. I believe it's the thickest book we have ever published.

[Brian James Freeman]

Brian will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that even at this thickness we where pretty much maxing out the thickness our printer could do. I believe it's the thickest book we have ever published.

Yep, with the weight of the paper stock, they couldn't cram more pages in there. (You could technically get a higher page count with a cheaper/thinner paper, but the binding thickness is a thick as they can go.)

Brian

[Randall Flagg]

I wasn't aware of your binding thickness capacity. Just food for thought and ideas to bounce around. What's the largest size book Charnel House has done; and did it come with a case?

[Brian James Freeman]

I wasn't aware of your binding thickness capacity. Just food for thought and ideas to bounce around. What's the largest size book Charnel House has done; and did it come with a case?

There was also the option of printing the book in two volumes, which I thought was an interesting concept, but that wasn't the preferred direction after getting feedback from everyone involved.

Feedback is always appreciated. You never know what ideas it might spark for the next project!

Brian

[Randall Flagg]

I wasn't aware of your binding thickness capacity. Just food for thought and ideas to bounce around. What's the largest size book Charnel House has done; and did it come with a case?

There was also the option of printing the book in two volumes, which I thought was an interesting concept, but that wasn't the preferred direction after getting feedback from everyone involved.

Feedback is always appreciated. You never know what ideas it might spark for the next project!

Brian

I see that Charnel House has a new offering, and they in fact had to make it two volumes each 7.5" x 10.5". Perhaps buyers have come to expect a case, but I love talking about making books.

[carlosdetweiller]

What's the largest size book Charnel House has done; and did it come with a case?

Charnel House's largest book so far is Harlan Ellison's THE GLASS TEAT. The tray case is about 13" tall. For reference that is about 1/2" taller than the lettered BLOCKADE BILLY. The Odd Thomas books by Koontz are about 12 and 1/2" tall, including the case.

[Brian James Freeman]

I see that Charnel House has a new offering, and they in fact had to make it two volumes each 7.5" x 10.5". Perhaps buyers have come to expect a case, but I love talking about making books.

That one is being printed on 80 lb. Mohawk Superfine -- one of my favorite paper stocks!

Brian

[carlosdetweiller]

I see that Charnel House has a new offering, and they in fact had to make it two volumes each 7.5" x 10.5". Perhaps buyers have come to expect a case, but I love talking about making books.

I'm not sure to what book you are referring. If you are talking about Power's HIDE ME AMONG THE GRAVES I think when he states "two unique handbound editions" he means there is a lettered and a numbered state....not two volumes per state. Or maybe I am misreading the listing.

[neosatus]

I like the size of the lettered editions. They're what a top shelf is for!