[INDEXED]Doctor Sleep: The Deluxe Special Edition by Stephen King

[Martin]

That is certainly why I placed my order!

I think it's because people know I bought one. You're welcome.

[bsaenz24]

I think it's because people know I bought one. You're welcome.

[Brian James Freeman]

Just a heads-up: The Gift Edition of Doctor Sleep WILL sell out this weekend, so this is your last chance to place an order:

http://www.cemeterydance.com/page/CDP/PROD/king07

I'm trying to remember if a Stephen King Gift Edition has ever sold out in less than a week after it was announced... We've had a couple sell out pre-publication (From a Buick 8 and Full Dark, No Stars), but never anywhere near this quickly.

Brian

[Patrick]

Just wanted to pop in and say that I am very excited about this limited edition and that CD is producing it! Looking forward to receiving the S/L and G/E.

Lettered is out of my league, but I sure love that cover! Kudos to the artist and designer!

[bsaenz24]

I've always felt that as long as you enjoy the books you have, more or less doesn't make a difference!

[frik51]

It looks like my hard-core collecting days are over. The last King-limited I bought was IT, including all three states. I LOVE those books.
Then came The Shining limited. I did not order any edition - and still don't regret this.
I was in London with some of my students and missed out on Doctor Sleep. So far, I feel fine about not having ordered the lettered nor the numbered editions.
I was about to order the gift, but shipping to the Netherlands will cost me more than half of the price of the book, so for now, that's a definite no.
Feels good to have lost (I think..) this have-to-buy-each-and-every-new-King-limited-that's-coming-out compulsion...

sk

[Brian James Freeman]

I would like to see an article on the whole process from the beginning to the finished product. So do you guys say lets approach an author about a certain book project or do the authors contact you? I am sure it is different depending on the author and there popularity. But it would be fun to have an inside look at the whole thing.

I've thought about writing an essay about the process from beginning to end. Maybe one of these days...

As to how projects get started, it does vary. Sometimes we have an idea for a Limited Edition and we contact the author, and sometimes the author contacts us.

Brian

[bookworm 1]

I would like to see an article on the whole process from the beginning to the finished product. So do you guys say lets approach an author about a certain book project or do the authors contact you? I am sure it is different depending on the author and there popularity. But it would be fun to have an inside look at the whole thing.

[theenormityofitall]

If you guys ever get an opportunity to interview King about the Small Press/Limited edition business I for one would be very interested in his thought process about who to allow to print his books, print runs etc. That would be a nice feature for CD Magazine!

I'd be very interested in that as well....

[Martin]

If you guys ever get an opportunity to interview King about the Small Press/Limited edition business I for one would be very interested in his thought process about who to allow to print his books, print runs etc. That would be a nice feature for CD Magazine!

[Dan Hocker]

That brings up a question I have. Who determined the print run for the Gift editions? To me it would make sense to have a lower print run for It since it is a re-print of an older story and it is more expensive, while Dr. Sleep is a new story and $30 dollars less. Yet It has 1,000 more copies printed.

Print run is determined by the contract with King and his agent. How it works is we get a contract for a certain number of copies, that minus the lettered edition and limited edition is the run for the gift edition. I don't really know much of anything beyond that on how the process works though.

[Martin]

That brings up a question I have. Who determined the print run for the Gift editions? To me it would make sense to have a lower print run for It since it is a re-print of an older story and it is more expensive, while Dr. Sleep is a new story and $30 dollars less. Yet It has 1,000 more copies printed.

Yea it is. It was a bit more expensive though due to it's size. I also think IT had a larger print run.

[Dan Hocker]

The gift edition of Doctor Sleep seems like it's moving ever faster than IT did.

Yea it is. It was a bit more expensive though due to it's size. I also think IT had a larger print run.

[bsaenz24]

The gift edition of Doctor Sleep seems like it's moving ever faster than IT did.

[theenormityofitall]

The DOCTOR SLEEP Slipcased Gift Edition now 90% sold out:


http://www.cemeterydance.com/extras/...n-90-sold-out/


Brian

Wow. There are not many Gift Editions that sell out so quickly, even King's. It looks like the limited will be worth a pretty penny.