Title:
11/22/63 Signed Limited
Author: Stephen King
Artist: Jacket design by Rex Bonomelli, Book design by Erich Hobbing
Publisher: Scribner
ISBN:
13: 978-1-4516-2728-3
Year: November 8, 2011
State: Signed Limited 1/850 (1,000 actually signed by King with 850 for public sale) Issue Price $150.00
Comments: 849 pages. Printed boards with a "torn" dustjacket. Includes a bonus DVD. Copyright page states correct ISBN and has full numberline: 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2
On 11/08/11, Simon and Schuster opened up their website at 9:00 am EST to take orders (U.S. orders only) for the signed limited edition of 11/22/63. Unfortunately, heavy traffic made it nearly impossible to get an order placed. After nearly three hours of receiving complaints from frustrated customers, S&S shut down the site, claiming they would reopen it on 11/10/11, and that any orders that had actually gone through would be honored. However, the next day, S&S posted that instead of taking orders for the book on 11/10/11, they would be taking lottery submissions for the chance to buy the book. The lottery would be open for 30 hours, and the winners would be notified by 11/15/11. Simon and Schuster's inability to manage their website properly, coupled with a last minute process change became a great source of frustration for collectors. Many questioned the professionalism of the publisher, recalling the 2004 fiasco involving The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon limited edition.
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