Cemetery Dance discussion thread

[DanHocker]

Just wonder when the first $50 will be deposited. They said December, but when?

I wondered that too. Not just about this December but about every month. When will the credit drop into our accounts? The first of the month? The 15th? The last day? The purchase of this plan doesn't even show up in my account.

If I remember correctly from when we've offered these things in the past. Brian has to apply the credit manually. So I would assume he will wait until we are no longer offering this before applying anyone's credit so he can do it all at once.

[amd013]

Hi Dan or Brian,

Is there a way to have our shipments put on hold if we are going to be away for an extended time?

Last time I asked the USPS to hold the mail they didn't, and UPS charges extra to reschedule delivery and if you ask to deliver to the back door they still deliver to front door.

Thanks,
Mike

[DanHocker]

Hi Dan or Brian,

Is there a way to have our shipments put on hold if we are going to be away for an extended time?

Last time I asked the USPS to hold the mail they didn't, and UPS charges extra to reschedule delivery and if you ask to deliver to the back door they still deliver to front door.

Thanks,
Mike

Sort of. If you email me your account info I can try and guess which orders will be shipping soon and put those on hold until a specific date. There's no way to put your entire account on hold that I know of.

[ladysai]

Any news on This Dark Chest of Wonders?

[Brian James Freeman]

Just wonder when the first $50 will be deposited. They said December, but when?

I'm working on a few things on the back-end for this and hope to credit everyone next week after Mindy helps a few people finalize their orders!

[Brian James Freeman]

Any news on This Dark Chest of Wonders?

Dan will have to confirm, but I believe we're waiting on the "final approval" copies from the printer on this one. What we call the "final approval" copies are basically the first two copies off the press, which they send to us to confirm they've started binding. This lets us figure out our warehouse situation, etc.

[Brian James Freeman]

Sorry if I've missed any posts here, I realized today I hadn't gotten a new post notification in a few days, probably my ISP being stupid!

[DanHocker]

Any news on This Dark Chest of Wonders?

Dan will have to confirm, but I believe we're waiting on the "final approval" copies from the printer on this one. What we call the "final approval" copies are basically the first two copies off the press, which they send to us to confirm they've started binding. This lets us figure out our warehouse situation, etc.

Correct. Still waiting on approvals. Currently (even if the books were done and in the warehouse) we're probably looking at January at the earliest. Given there's only 2 weeks left before the holidays and the shipping schedule is full to the brim at the moment.

[ladysai]

Thanks for the update, Brian & Dan!

[peripheral]

Hey CD, is there a confirmation on which authors will be signing the "Best Of Shivers" S/L? Is the list anywhere?
Gracias

[Brian James Freeman]

Hey CD, is there a confirmation on which authors will be signing the "Best Of Shivers" S/L? Is the list anywhere?
Gracias

The list isn't posted anywhere yet but I can put one together tomorrow at the office. I should have the shipping/tracking list near my desk, which will make it easy. Now... I just need to remember to put this on my To Do list... which I also left at the office.

Brian

[peripheral]

Hey CD, is there a confirmation on which authors will be signing the "Best Of Shivers" S/L? Is the list anywhere?
Gracias

The list isn't posted anywhere yet but I can put one together tomorrow at the office. I should have the shipping/tracking list near my desk, which will make it easy. Now... I just need to remember to put this on my To Do list... which I also left at the office.

Brian

Awesome. Thank you Brian! 👍

[Brian James Freeman]

Hey CD, is there a confirmation on which authors will be signing the "Best Of Shivers" S/L? Is the list anywhere?
Gracias

Here is the list so far in no particular order:

Kaaron Warren
Lisa Tuttle
Tim Lebbon
Graham Masterton
Sarah Pinborough
Simon Clark
Peter Crowther
Thomas Tessier
Brian Keene
Norman Prentiss
Richard Chizmar
Stephen Mark Rainey
Bev Vincent
Brian Hodge
Bentley Little
Glen Hirshberg
Robert Morrish
Norman Partridge
Ray Garton
Gary A. Braunbeck

There are more we're hoping will sign, but there's been a bit of a logistical issue with the sheets and we'll have to see what happens!

Brian

[Father Cody]

Hey CD, is there a confirmation on which authors will be signing the "Best Of Shivers" S/L? Is the list anywhere?
Gracias

Here is the list so far in no particular order:

Kaaron Warren
Lisa Tuttle
Tim Lebbon
Graham Masterton
Sarah Pinborough
Simon Clark
Peter Crowther
Thomas Tessier
Brian Keene
Norman Prentiss
Richard Chizmar
Stephen Mark Rainey
Bev Vincent
Brian Hodge
Bentley Little
Glen Hirshberg
Robert Morrish
Norman Partridge
Ray Garton
Gary A. Braunbeck

There are more we're hoping will sign, but there's been a bit of a logistical issue with the sheets and we'll have to see what happens!

Brian

I don’t know how it all works so this may be a stupid question. Does Masterton write exclusively for CD now? I mean if he writes any new stuff in the immediate future will it be published by you guys?

[Brian James Freeman]

I don’t know how it all works so this may be a stupid question. Does Masterton write exclusively for CD now? I mean if he writes any new stuff in the immediate future will it be published by you guys?

He sends us manuscripts to consider from time to time, but I'm sure he sends them elsewhere as well.

Brian

[firemonkey66]

I received my copy of Elevation today, but it is a 2nd printing Is there a chance I could get a first printing?

[Brian James Freeman]

I received my copy of Elevation today, but it is a 2nd printing Is there a chance I could get a first printing?

We were a little surprised to find out they were 2nd printings -- we didn't check when they arrived because we hadn't heard otherwise! We're now thinking all of our copies were 2nd printings. That could explain why S&S's shipping department took so long this time if they were waiting on the 2nd printing to arrive. But our sales rep didn't mention it because to the New York publishers, of course, it's all the same as long the ISBN and price doesn't change. They don't think about 1st vs 2nd, etc, when it comes to these books.

If you want to return your copy, please just send Mindy an email so she knows it is coming back and she can watch for it. Thanks and sorry for the inconvenience!

Brian

[Roseannebarr]

I received my copy of Elevation today, but it is a 2nd printing Is there a chance I could get a first printing?

We were a little surprised to find out they were 2nd printings -- we didn't check when they arrived because we hadn't heard otherwise! We're now thinking all of our copies were 2nd printings. That could explain why S&S's shipping department took so long this time if they were waiting on the 2nd printing to arrive. But our sales rep didn't mention it because to the New York publishers, of course, it's all the same as long the ISBN and price doesn't change. They don't think about 1st vs 2nd, etc, when it comes to these books.

If you want to return your copy, please just send Mindy an email so she knows it is coming back and she can watch for it. Thanks and sorry for the inconvenience!

Brian

Mindy stated no firsts! so I guess we cancel our orders?? Thanks! Glen

[DanHocker]

I received my copy of Elevation today, but it is a 2nd printing Is there a chance I could get a first printing?

We were a little surprised to find out they were 2nd printings -- we didn't check when they arrived because we hadn't heard otherwise! We're now thinking all of our copies were 2nd printings. That could explain why S&S's shipping department took so long this time if they were waiting on the 2nd printing to arrive. But our sales rep didn't mention it because to the New York publishers, of course, it's all the same as long the ISBN and price doesn't change. They don't think about 1st vs 2nd, etc, when it comes to these books.

If you want to return your copy, please just send Mindy an email so she knows it is coming back and she can watch for it. Thanks and sorry for the inconvenience!

Brian

Mindy stated no firsts! so I guess we cancel our orders?? Thanks! Glen

Correct. We do not have any firsts. Brian meant return your copy as in cancel your order.

[Roseannebarr]

Sorry for the confusion! I assumed incorrectly that you would be trying to get first editions in. Similar to another book you all had! Charlie the Choo Choo!

[Merlin1958]

I'm sorry to say that I'm a little disappointed in CD for the first time in a very, very long time regarding this whole "Elevation" thing. I order from CD, early for three reasons generally. One to insure a pristine 1/1 copy of the latest, King title. Two, to orer a cool slipcase for that aforementioned edition and third to show my support for them and the small press publishers in general. I don't know about others but I placed my order right around the time when CD first announced it. Now I find out, through this website and not thru CD that there will be no 1/1's to be had with my slip case.Then, the only recourse offered is return it. No, "We're sorry" discount/coupon. No notice. No attempt to try to rectify the situation what so ever.

Call me what you will, tell me I'm unreasonable whatever, but I for one am very disappointed in CD over this. You'd think someone would have had the foresight to insure that they were receiving 1/1's (as I recall this is not the first time S&S has fucked up) and when they didn't receive what they expected, had the decency to hold the shipments and let the customers know what was happening. They also could have offered some sort of alternative to satisfaction beside's "return it". From what I can see it even appears that they knew they were sending 2nd's and didn't bother to let anyone know in advance. Shoddy effort on this one guys I'm sorry to say.

[firemonkey66]

I'm sorry to say that I'm a little disappointed in CD for the first time in a very, very long time regarding this whole "Elevation" thing. I order from CD, early for three reasons generally. One to insure a pristine 1/1 copy of the latest, King title. Two, to orer a cool slipcase for that aforementioned edition and third to show my support for them and the small press publishers in general. I don't know about others but I placed my order right around the time when CD first announced it. Now I find out, through this website and not thru CD that there will be no 1/1's to be had with my slip case.Then, the only recourse offered is return it. No, "We're sorry" discount/coupon. No notice. No attempt to try to rectify the situation what so ever.

Call me what you will, tell me I'm unreasonable whatever, but I for one am very disappointed in CD over this. You'd think someone would have had the foresight to insure that they were receiving 1/1's (as I recall this is not the first time S&S has fucked up) and when they didn't receive what they expected, had the decency to hold the shipments and let the customers know what was happening. They also could have offered some sort of alternative to satisfaction beside's "return it". From what I can see it even appears that they knew they were sending 2nd's and didn't bother to let anyone know in advance. Shoddy effort on this one guys I'm sorry to say.

I agree with this. I hate hate hate returning shit, especially books, but I just can’t keep a 2nd printing, so screw it, I’ll pay to send it back and pay the PayPal fees for the refund (you know, since it’s past 6 months since the transaction took place). I’ll tell you what, though, I’ll never order another trade edition through CD. Why would I if it’s just a crapshoot whether I’ll get a 1st/1st in the mail or basically a notice that I’ve gotta go to the post office and pay to return something?

[Kingfan24]

It’s a really disappointing situation for collectors for sure, and it somewhat compounds the issues that have come up with the delay of Sleeping Beauties.

[Brian James Freeman]

HI guys,

As I noted above, we didn't realize the copies of ELEVATION were not 1sts until we heard from a few customers after the books had already headed out the door. And YEP, we should have checked when the books arrived, and YES it's our fault for not checking, and YES, that's totally on us. In our hurry to catch-up on shipping, we erred. We apologize for the disappointment and inconvenience.

And YES, we should have made some kind of alternate option available for those who didn't want to deal with the inconvenience of returning the book since this mistake was our fault. It's that time of year, everyone's in hectic-mode, and we didn't think our response through as clearly as we should have.

So, please email me directly for an alternate method for resolving this matter, which will hopefully be more convenient. My email address is: brianfreeman@cemeterydance.com

Thanks for the feedback!

best,
Brian

[Roseannebarr]

HI guys,

As I noted above, we didn't realize the copies of ELEVATION were not 1sts until we heard from a few customers after the books had already headed out the door. And YEP, we should have checked when the books arrived, and YES it's our fault for not checking, and YES, that's totally on us. In our hurry to catch-up on shipping, we erred. We apologize for the disappointment and inconvenience.

And YES, we should have made some kind of alternate option available for those who didn't want to deal with the inconvenience of returning the book since this mistake was our fault. It's that time of year, everyone's in hectic-mode, and we didn't think our response through as clearly as we should have.

So, please email me directly for an alternate method for resolving this matter, which will hopefully be more convenient. My email address is: brianfreeman@cemeterydance.com

Thanks for the feedback!

best,
Brian

My book order has already been cancelled and credited to my account! I hope you can return ALL those second printings for store credit or something! You can get me a signed first edition and I will be extremely happy!

Mistakes happen and 90% of the time you guys nail it! I was NOT worried about it! Now about that signed copy....