Misery from Suntup editions:

[jeffingoff]

Hey, Jeff, I’m back from your Unboxing mania: Candle lit, my friend...one for both of us.

This addiction is terminal I'm afraid.

[RonClinton]

Hey, Jeff, I’m back from your Unboxing mania: Candle lit, my friend...one for both of us.

[Sock Monkey]

It is dangerous to go down the rabbit hole. Luckily, I've never been bit by the King bug so I appreciate the beauty in these books but be okay with not owning them. Also, congratulations to everyone who was able to snag a copy of Misery!

[jeffingoff]

Sorry, meant to say IT special editions. Not sure why I did that. And now that I think about it more one of the special editions I was thinking about is being produced by Paul Suntup. He is making a custom rebound edition of IT that sold out last year. They are probably referring to that one as it is supposed to be released this year.

Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any drool you get on you computer for when looking at this book.
Here is the website: http://dragonrebound.com/

Oh dear lord. I do not make enough money to be on these websites, subscribing to newsletters, and getting on waitlists. These are some gorgeous editions. I am so mad that I am only now learning about them.

[Martin]

Wait, hold up, "abundance" of The Stand special editions?? I know of one fantastic place that will be doing a special edition of The Stand, but please tell of the others . . .

Sorry, meant to say IT special editions. Not sure why I did that. And now that I think about it more one of the special editions I was thinking about is being produced by Paul Suntup. He is making a custom rebound edition of IT that sold out last year. They are probably referring to that one as it is supposed to be released this year.

Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any drool you get on you computer for when looking at this book.
Here is the website: http://dragonrebound.com/

[jeffingoff]

I have seen the same mentions but have no knowledge of plans. With the abundance of The Stand special editions I would think they may be talking about an art portfolio, but I am just making that up.

Wait, hold up, "abundance" of The Stand special editions?? I know of one fantastic place that will be doing a special edition of The Stand, but please tell of the others . . .

[Martin]

I've seen some mentions of Suntup and IT in some places. Anyone know if Paul plans on taking on IT? Because I could really use another edition of IT right about now. Or whenever.

I have seen the same mentions but have no knowledge of plans. With the abundance of The Stand special editions I would think they may be talking about an art portfolio, but I am just making that up.

[Dan Hocker]

I've seen some mentions of Suntup and IT in some places. Anyone know if Paul plans on taking on IT? Because I could really use another edition of IT right about now. Or whenever.

To my knowledge I don't think Paul has said what his plans are going forward. I do know he said he plans to do books he likes, not necessarily tied to King or even the horror genre.

[jeffingoff]

I've seen some mentions of Suntup and IT in some places. Anyone know if Paul plans on taking on IT? Because I could really use another edition of IT right about now. Or whenever.

[Martin]

So as the dust settles on Suntup Editions first book release I though I would recap what I know now about this release:

Misery:
The Signed Limited Edition of Misery is published in three oversized states:
Artist Gift Edition
Numbered Edition
Lettered Edition
All three editions measure 7.5” x 10.5”, and feature eight new full-color illustrations by Rick Berry.

The Artist Gift Edition:
* limitation amount is not yet known.
* Retail $110.00 (Initially sold for $115, refunds being issued.)
* Smyth-Sewn binding.
* Full Imperial cloth covering.
* Two-hits Stamping on Front and Spine.
* Silk head and tail bands.
* Beautiful full-color wrap around dust jacket art by Rick Berry, only available on the Artist Gift edition.
* Offset printed on Mohawk Superfine Eggshell paper.
* Housed in a custom printed slipcase.
* Signed by Rick Berry.

Numbered Edition:
* Retail $525.00
* Smyth-Sewn binding.
* Full Japanese cloth, featuring a blind stamped front cover, and a leather spine label stamped in 22K gold leaf.
* Printed letterpress on Crane's Lettra 100% cotton paper.
* Limited to 200 copies, of which the first 185 are for sale and numbered in black. The remaining 15 copies are numbered in red and reserved for private distribution.
* Housed in a custom clamshell box.
* Signed by Stephen King and Rick Berry.

Lettered Edition:
* Retail $3,950.00
* Handbound in full crimson goatskin leather.
* Sewn binding with hollow back designed to hold for 300 years.
* Marbled papers are made exclusively for this edition.
* Printed letterpress on moldmade Arches wove paper, deckled fore edge.
* Limited to 26 copies for sale lettered A-Z.
* Blind stamping on spine.
* Unique marbled paper wrapped endbands.
* The title is made using six original Royal glass typewriter keys which are inset into the front cover.
* The letter designation is a Royal key inset into the lower back cover.
* Includes an original frontispiece print, pulled from a wood engraving by famed illustrator and designer Barry Moser. The print is limited to 26 copies and is signed by Barry Moser.
* The book is housed in a handmade walnut wood box designed to resemble an original Royal Model 10 packing crate. The case is laser engraved, and features a black suede-lined book bed.
* Signed by Stephen King and Rick Berry.

A pre-sale was offered for persons who purchased The Eyes of the Dragon Art Portfolio from Suntup before this was offered to the general public.
After the pre-sale less the 100 Numbered editions remained available for the public sale The Lettered edition sold out in pre-sale and none were offered to the general public.

Additional items were offered for early sales:
LIMITED EDITION HAGEN-RENAKER EMPEROR PENGUIN
PenguinOriginal Hagen Renaker Misery.jpg
This beautiful ceramic emperor penguin is included free with all Lettered edition orders, as well as the first 75 orders for either the Artist Gift edition, or the Numbered edition. Made by world-famous Hagen-Renaker, manufacturer of collectible ceramic animal figurines for 70 years, this is the same brand of penguin that appeared in the screen adaptation of Misery.
(I am assuming these all went during the pre-sale but have no way of knowing.)

FREE SCHWAG WITH FIRST 50 ORDERS:
schwag Misery Suntup.jpg
I am again assuming these all went during the pre-sale.
Side note: I already have the penguin but would sure like to get the Schwag set!

Lastly a promotional photo of all editions:
MiseryAllEditionsBG.jpg

[Dave1442397]

Interesting to hear that there were issues with the Chrome browser, which is what I used, too. I clicked on the order button as soon as it went live, but it just kept opening another tab with the same page as before, or getting a database error. That 45 seconds I wasted before clicking on the STORE button lost me a Numbered Edition. I can live with the Gift Edition and the extra $400, though

[Dan Hocker]

Did this statement give anyone pause?

Media Mail: We offer Media Mail shipping, which is nice and cheap, but please be aware that this is not insured and we are not responsible for any loss caused by the carrier. Thank you!

I hate when they add disclaimers like that. Do they offer any other options at checkout?

Yea it's a Media Mail thing. We generally place that warning about Media Mail on the big expensive books as well, as for that stuff we strongly encourage people to select UPS or FedEx. Though I honestly can't think of an instance where something was lost or damaged that we didn't end up replacing it anyways (unless we had no copies to replace it with).

[Martin]

Okay, that's good to know, it kind of spooked me. Does anyone know from where Suntup ships?

Paul is based in Irvine California. I do not assume to know that they will ship from there though.

[RonClinton]

Okay, that's good to know, it kind of spooked me. Does anyone know from where Suntup ships?

Suntup Editions
6789 Quail Hill Parkway #521
Irvine, CA 92603

This assumes he doesn't have it direct shipped from the printer. My guess is, though, that they're shipped from his place of business after he's had a chance to look over the printer's work and check on quality control.

[RonClinton]

There were three options:

USPS Media Mail
USPS Priority Mail
Fed Ex

I chose Priority mail as I do with all high end books.

I probably should have done so as well, but I was ordering so quickly -- wasn't sure how fast the Artist's Edition was going to go, and I'd already missed out on the Numbered Edition (though as it turned out it's not a concern...I think Artist's copies still remain for sale) -- that I didn't give it any thought and just went w/ the default/cheapest option.

My hope and belief is, though, that Paul will package up all copies well against possible damage, so the only thing I figure I'm chancing is a slower delivery speed.