Cemetery Dance discussion thread

[carlosdetweiller]

Just looked at mine, while the top edge is beveled a bit (i think it's made that way...) it does not have a wrinkle in it like the one above.

Does the bottom edge of the spine look the same on your copy? If not I would say that this is some sort of uniform production flaw of varying degree.

[Sir_Boomme]

Just looked at mine, while the top edge is beveled a bit (i think it's made that way...) it does not have a wrinkle in it like the one above.

Does the bottom edge of the spine look the same on your copy? If not I would say that this is some sort of uniform production flaw of varying degree.

bottom is not beveled, but what is a production "flaw" - not sure this counts as a flaw, but rather... it's the way it's made.

[carlosdetweiller]

Just looked at mine, while the top edge is beveled a bit (i think it's made that way...) it does not have a wrinkle in it like the one above.

Does the bottom edge of the spine look the same on your copy? If not I would say that this is some sort of uniform production flaw of varying degree.

bottom is not beveled, but what is a production "flaw" - not sure this counts as a flaw, but rather... it's the way it's made.

It isn't a big deal either way, I guess. I wouldn't even have noticed mine if another member of the forum hadn't brought it up. Still, I'm pretty sure the top and bottom of the spine were supposed to look alike. At least if I was designing a book that is how I would have it. When multiple (all?) copies of a book have a similar problem with the top of the spine you really can't say it isn't a flaw. Unless CD comes in and says "Yeah, we meant the top of the spines to look different from the bottom."

[Dolso]

Just looked at mine, while the top edge is beveled a bit (i think it's made that way...) it does not have a wrinkle in it like the one above.

Does the bottom edge of the spine look the same on your copy? If not I would say that this is some sort of uniform production flaw of varying degree.

bottom is not beveled, but what is a production "flaw" - not sure this counts as a flaw, but rather... it's the way it's made.

It isn't a big deal either way, I guess. I wouldn't even have noticed mine if another member of the forum hadn't brought it up. Still, I'm pretty sure the top and bottom of the spine were supposed to look alike. At least if I was designing a book that is how I would have it. When multiple (all?) copies of a book have a similar problem with the top of the spine you really can't say it isn't a flaw. Unless CD comes in and says "Yeah, we meant the top of the spines to look different from the bottom."

Quite honestly, it's not any sort of problem to me, but the top of mine is perfectly fine but the bottom of the spine is slightly wrinkled. Maybe this type of thing is the reason for the different grading system I understand they use for comics?

[Brian James Freeman]

My guess is that what I'm seeing in these photos is a result of the binding process, but I am asking around in case there's any additional information or explanation!

Best wishes,
Brian Freeman
brianfreeman@cemeterydance.com
http://www.CemeteryDance.com

[Randall Flagg]

There's no doubt it is an imperfection. How pervasive it is remains to be seen.

[Rahfa]

This is just part of the manufacturing process I think...when the leather (or whatever material) gets bound, it's going to stretch and form in slightly different ways, so I think "perfection" is not totally obtainable. My Skeleton Crew lettered edition has a part of the leather that was too tightly bound, so it's slightly bunched up. Not bad, but it could be considered a flaw - but if it's in the production process, then that's the book's original state, not damage.

[WeDealInLead]

Rahfa,

Is it bunched up on the spine just above King? That's where mine is.

[Rahfa]

I think it's on the other end of the spine (The "S" end)...I'll try to remember to look at some point...

[MLG]

The Legacies flaw photo's got me wondering if I had missed that on mine. When I got home from work I had to check and I must say that mine is indeed flawless. I will get photos posted soon.

[jhanic]

I just pulled out my copy of Legacies and it also is flawless.

John

[ELazansky]

My copy has no flaws as well

[Merlin1958]

This nifty little plug was in the recent CD newsletter:

We donated a very cool REMARQUED (by three artists!) copy of our Sold Out Gift Edition of Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King for the 2011 Fundraiser at TheDarkTower.org. The fundraiser benefits The Haven Foundation, which was first established with the help of Stephen King. Read more about this unique item on the eBay auction page.


Cool!!! Way to go CD and Mr. Freeman!!!!!

Now Bid!!!!

http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...iginal-Art-1-1


LOL

[nyy3723a]

My copy of Legacies has no flaw.

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

My copy is still flawed, but so am I, so we make a nice team.

I'm supposed to receive my UNFLAWED signed FDNS tomorrow!

[LostAlivE]

Are the flawed ones the ones that cost $400.00 or the $200.00 ones or is it pretty much equal?
It maybe a dumb question but I was just curious about it.

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

I bought mine aftermarket, so I do not know.

When is the S/N THE STRAIN supposed to be available?

[ELazansky]

Are the flawed ones the ones that cost $400.00 or the $200.00 ones or is it pretty much equal?
It maybe a dumb question but I was just curious about it.

Mine was one of the $400 copies and it is fine

[jhanic]

I don't think the "flawed" ones are really worth less than the perfect ones. The flaw is very small.

John

[LostAlivE]

For those who are interested in our other books, today we're announcing Picking the Bones by Brian Hodge:

http://www.cemeterydance.com/page/CDP/PROD/hodge02





Best wishes,
Brian Freeman
brianfreeman@cemeterydance.com
http://www.CemeteryDance.com

Brian how do you at CD decide which books get numbered and the one that do not get numbered like this one Picking the Bones? It would be nice if all of them got numbered. I was wondering just how that progress works.
Thank you Brian,
Lost

[Brian James Freeman]

Brian how do you at CD decide which books get numbered and the one that do not get numbered like this one Picking the Bones? It would be nice if all of them got numbered. I was wondering just how that progress works.
Thank you Brian,
Lost

Thanks for asking! It mostly depends on the print run and the expected audience for the book. For example, we usually hand number anything with print runs less than 750 because those are books that we expect will mostly sell to established collectors. (Some special projects above 750 also get hand numbered, such as Stephen King: The Non-Fiction, The Dark Tower Concordance, etc.) For the most part, we don't hand number the larger print runs where we expect a large percentage of the sales to be to distributors and libraries. I hope this information helps!

Best wishes,
Brian Freeman
brianfreeman@cemeterydance.com
http://www.CemeteryDance.com

[George at C-Springs]

Just got this from CD if anyone is interested, "Early Reader's Club" deal, 5 upcoming ARCs/proofs for $49 + shipping; one is an anthology w/King and one will be signed. Works out to $13/book after shipping, even if you don't like them you could make that back on eBay more than likely.

http://www.cemeterydance.com/page/CDP/PROD/X_CDERC03

[BigCoffinHunter]

I've got a question for Brian, and sorry if someone has already asked this one before in the past, but how many publisher's copies of the Lettered editions does Cemetery Dance produce? A few years back I purchased a PC copy of the Lettered edition of Cemetery Dance's From a Buick 8 from Barry at Gauntlet Press. Barry's a very nice guy, but man can he talk. I called to finalize the details of my purchase and he kept me on the phone for over an hour, during which time I maybe got five or ten words in. At least he's passionate about what he does! ;-)

Anyways, I remember that he mentioned that he had some sort of a reciprocal agreement with Cemetery Dance in which he sent them free copies of his Lettered editions and they sent him free copies of theirs. This makes me curious as to how many additional Lettered copies are produced beyond the stated 52. I realize that some are given to the author and artist, other publishers, and that some additional copies must be made for those that are damaged by UPS during shipping, so maybe Brian can shed some light on roughly how many additional copies are produced.

[Brian James Freeman]

I've got a question for Brian, and sorry if someone has already asked this one before in the past, but how many publisher's copies of the Lettered editions does Cemetery Dance produce? A few years back I purchased a PC copy of the Lettered edition of Cemetery Dance's From a Buick 8 from Barry at Gauntlet Press. Barry's a very nice guy, but man can he talk. I called to finalize the details of my purchase and he kept me on the phone for over an hour, during which time I maybe got five or ten words in. At least he's passionate about what he does! ;-)

Anyways, I remember that he mentioned that he had some sort of a reciprocal agreement with Cemetery Dance in which he sent them free copies of his Lettered editions and they sent him free copies of theirs. This makes me curious as to how many additional Lettered copies are produced beyond the stated 52. I realize that some are given to the author and artist, other publishers, and that some additional copies must be made for those that are damaged by UPS during shipping, so maybe Brian can shed some light on roughly how many additional copies are produced.

Barry definitely is passionate about publishing and collecting, isn't he?

There is no exact number of extras that are produced because each project is different, but we generally print 10 to 20 extra signature sheets for the Lettered Edition so that the author, artist, agent, Richard, etc, all get copies, and so that we have a few on hand in case UPS decides to back over a package with a truck -- like they just did this week with someone's copy of Legacies!

Not all of those sheets always get bound into actual books because sometimes we don't need that many extras, and sometimes the printer will mangle a sheet or two if they're machine tipping them. On the other hand, there could be a few more than that printed, of course, because some authors contractually require more copies.

Best wishes,
Brian Freeman
brianfreeman@cemeterydance.com
http://www.CemeteryDance.com

[SkippyD023]

Cemetery Dance is selling some Glenn Chadbourne art prints from SOD II - The Monkey that were part of a promotion. Did anyone receive any of these previously? I am wondering what the size of the prints are. Thanks.

http://www.cemeterydance.com/page/CDP/PROD/x_glnart14