Ghost Brothers of Darkland County

[Bev Vincent]

My new FEARnet essay (Stephen King’s Enhanced eBooks) covers the iBooks version of Ghost Brothers (as well as Hard Listening).

[Dan]

Probably this has been asked and answered, I apoligize. Which version should imordermfrom Amazon? Has anyone received one and been happy with it?

[mae]

Got mine today. Looks very cool, and has a nice textured feel, the outside slipcase. The book itself is paperback.

[Bev Vincent]

It's also very big--about the same size as a vinyl record. The three disks are in pockets inside the back cover.

[mae]

That's what I also thought, that it looks like a vinyl record.

[you ever seen a ghost?]

i thought the libretto was supposed to be hardbound? the proof was trade paperback, but they told me the libretto was to be hardbound and i thought the website said that as well.

-justin

[Bev Vincent]

It says "hardcover" not "hardbound," which I suppose is splitting hairs. It is a hard slipcase but the book itself is an oversized paperback. I was surprised, too, when I got my copy.

[Merlin1958]

I have a feeling I am going to regret this!!!! LOL

[Bryant Burnette]

Well, the DVD is certainly a disappointment. A whopping eleven minutes. Eleven fairly good minutes, granted; but still...that's a YouTube video slapped onto a disc, is what that is.

[herbertwest]

Is that it??

[Ben Staad]

I have a feeling I am going to regret this!!!! LOL

Well, the DVD is certainly a disappointment. A whopping eleven minutes. Eleven fairly good minutes, granted; but still...that's a YouTube video slapped onto a disc, is what that is.

Is that it??

I think I will regret buying this as well. For some reason when I saw "DVD" I was expecting a lot more then 11 minutes. To be truthful I was expecting to watch the show and not just some production and back stage stuff.

[mae]

Well I only bought it for King's text.

[Bev Vincent]

They were pretty clear up front that the DVD would have a featurette and the digital libretto. "Featurette" is DVD speak for "very short behind the scenes video."

The iBooks version is probably the cheapest way to get everything except for a hardcopy of the libretto.

[Ben Staad]

They were pretty clear up front that the DVD would have a featurette and the digital libretto. "Featurette" is DVD speak for "very short behind the scenes video."

The iBooks version is probably the cheapest way to get everything except for a hardcopy of the libretto.

I went back and looked at the description. What I saw was this "DVD will feature interview footage with Stephen, John and T Bone plus footage of John recording the show-closing song "Truth."

I read that to mean that this was bonus material in addition to a recording of the show.

[Bryant Burnette]

DVD is lame; the book itself is a semi-flimsy paperback instead of a hardback; the discs are housed in paper pockets (which love to scratch discs)...the whole thing is kind of a bummer. I'd also love to know what genius had the idea to print the libretto on black paper, so that it immediately begins showing a ton of fingerprints.

I thought the music was pretty great, though.

[Dan]

Received from Amazon today. First of all, it was shipped perfectly. Completely wrapped in bubble wrap. Was in mint condition. It was free shipping and discounted to $30, so not a bad deal. I have same complaints as everyone else, but not completely upset with the product. I'll try to get around to reading it soon, hopefully.

[Merlin1958]

They were pretty clear up front that the DVD would have a featurette and the digital libretto. "Featurette" is DVD speak for "very short behind the scenes video."

The iBooks version is probably the cheapest way to get everything except for a hardcopy of the libretto.

Oh, I was pretty sure it was crap before I wated a "Father's Day" gift request on it. However, I collect King and well you guys know the rest!!!

Spoiler:

Still, I coulda had a "Yankee" item!!! LOL LOL

[cit74]

If you pop the DVD into your computer - there is a pdf version of the libretto - you can just save a duplicate copy to your desktop and then email it wherever you want to read - i just sent it to ipad and will read it there. Since whatever chemicals they used in the print are pretty noxious. the animation they use in the dvd is what is seen in ibooks (at least the sample i saw on ibooks) - although i doubt that i will purchase that - just to see what extras were added.

Has anyone seen the full ibooks version yet?

[Bev Vincent]

I have the full ibooks version on my ipad but I haven't compared it to what's in the hardcover edition yet.

[Ben Staad]

Does anyone now if they plan to release a DVD of the actual show? That was really all I was interested in.

[Bev Vincent]

There are no plans for that. At one time they discussed including a radio drama-like recording, but all we got were the dialog snippets on the full CD.

[TwistedNadine]

I like the overall packaging and how it was made to look reminiscent of a vinyl LP but very disappointed the DVD doesnt include the show. I also assumed (nope didnt read the whole description) that it would be a DVD of one of the performances

[cit74]

I am just glad that I did not pay full retail price for this -

[Ben Staad]

Based on the information provided about this item I just sent the seller a request to cancel my order. This sounds like something I do not want in my collection.

[jhanic]

As a completist, I'm getting it. That's the only reason.

John