I agree with Bob. Not to sound selfish or uppity, but anything that makes it easier for us (me) to buy a book that I want to buy without having to fight websites or other people is more than welcome. I don't feel badly for the rest of the world's reading populace ... if they care and are interested enough, with a little bit of homework they can find out about new publications the same way we do. It's when something is advertised greatly that Joe Schmoe jumps on board solely for the purpose of getting a King collectible, just knowing it'll be worth money. He couldn't care less about collecting King for King, or reading, or enjoying.think there has been some discussion earlier about this but I guess I am just slow because I am not understanding this concern about lack of publicity. Lack of publicity on the day (and prior to the day) the book went on sale worked to our advantage. We were all able to easily place our orders. Had there been worldwide print and media exposure and publicity the website would have surely crashed. As it was (IIRC) it went rather smoothly.
Publicity usually costs money and by not buying publicity Bill Schafer has a larger profit margin for Sub Press on this particular book. Again, that seems like a good thing to me.
I'm not saying people are wrong for feeling the way that they do I am just trying to understand why some feelings are hurt or why some people feel offended by all of this. It seems like Sub Press wins and the plugged in collectors (i.e. TDT.org members) have won too. And the book did eventually sell out.
My two cents.