Production Update Questions

[IMoveCar]

I will ask around if anyone else has a good estimation on time frame, but from what I can see we hit a pretty good stretch of Bentley Little books as every other or every third GYE for the next while, so they should be coming out 1-2 a year. I apologize for that enormous delay. Of the first 8 GYEs, only one is Little, but I believe they should all be done well before 30. 1 in 10 years is pretty alarmingly glacial, however and I understand the cause for concern. Please feel free to contact me here or via email for any updates on the GYE/Little stuff and I'll do whatever I can to keep you in the loop! (I'm not sure how much information regarding the GYE order I'm supposed to divulge)

Okay thanks for the reply! I have all the GYE books so far and love the design. I'll keep an eye out for any news on the future releases, including any Bentley Little ones. At this point I'll definitely collect them all, especially given when the Bentley Little ones finally ship I'll have already paid for them!

[sholloman81]

Safely arrived today. I got #61

Mine just arrived today! #89

[jeffingoff]

That made me remember something my Mom said to me once and laugh. Probably over 25 years ago my Mom came to me and said she spoke for me when she probably should not have. I cousin, whom I was childhood friends with when I lived in Southern California had moved up here and lived about 25 miles from me. She lives in the Columbia gorge and my Mom would sometimes ask me to drive her up to visit them. I guess she was in Portland for something and visited my Mom. My Mom was nearing 80 and getting frail. My Cousin asked her who would pull together the family when my Mom passed and specifically asked if it would be me. My Mom, who like me had a general rule of 'If you don't want the answer to a question, don't ask' told her without hesitation 'No, you will probably never hear from him again when I pass.' The cousin looked shocked at the response and my Mom thought 'should I have not said that'. I informed my Mom that if the Cousin was relying on me to pull together family gatherings what my Mom said was accurate and not to worry about it. A few years later my Mom passed. The cousin was at my house for the celebration of life I had for Mom and we have not spoken since.

Your statement reminded me of my Mom and put a smile on my face. Thank You!

Love that story. Truth is uncompromising.

[Martin]

But Moms know everything LOL!

That made me remember something my Mom said to me once and laugh. Probably over 25 years ago my Mom came to me and said she spoke for me when she probably should not have. I cousin, whom I was childhood friends with when I lived in Southern California had moved up here and lived about 25 miles from me. She lives in the Columbia gorge and my Mom would sometimes ask me to drive her up to visit them. I guess she was in Portland for something and visited my Mom. My Mom was nearing 80 and getting frail. My Cousin asked her who would pull together the family when my Mom passed and specifically asked if it would be me. My Mom, who like me had a general rule of 'If you don't want the answer to a question, don't ask' told her without hesitation 'No, you will probably never hear from him again when I pass.' The cousin looked shocked at the response and my Mom thought 'should I have not said that'. I informed my Mom that if the Cousin was relying on me to pull together family gatherings what my Mom said was accurate and not to worry about it. A few years later my Mom passed. The cousin was at my house for the celebration of life I had for Mom and we have not spoken since.

Your statement reminded me of my Mom and put a smile on my face. Thank You!

[Marmaduke Grigsby]

Yes. They are.

They are utterly ridiculous. I only own one and it was forced on me.

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[mhatchett]

I am very hard to tolerate. I just moved 10 hours away from the city I called home for 50 years and all my mother said was "Keep in touch." So I wouldn't even say I'm an acquired taste. But even I know Funkos are shelf pollution.

But Moms know everything LOL!

[goathunter]

But even I know Funkos are shelf pollution.

Yes. They are.

[jeffingoff]

Jeff, I suspect you are probably a bit of a pain in the ass, but who isn't LOL! I enjoyed your 2022 bookshelf tour. I share your feelings about funkos.

I am very hard to tolerate. I just moved 10 hours away from the city I called home for 50 years and all my mother said was "Keep in touch." So I wouldn't even say I'm an acquired taste. But even I know Funkos are shelf pollution.

[mhatchett]

Jeff, I suspect you are probably a bit of a pain in the ass, but who isn't LOL! I enjoyed your 2022 bookshelf tour. I share your feelings about funkos.

[saginawhorror]

Still no shipping notice at least for me.

Safely arrived today. I got #61

[Dannyb]

That's a thing that bothered me for a while, so asked around--apparently the printer we use for certain projects (particularly the really cool ones) has minimum numbers that they will allow for printing. We can print the artist and lettered together, but if we print them separately the printers will not then run the lettereds when we have the sig sheets completed, as that second run is too small for their press when it doesn't piggyback the artist/limited edition. It does lead to issues as in this case, and from what I understand it(along with traycase delays) is a large part why we've been hesitant to pursue lettered editions except in extremely high profile collectors editions.

Really appreciate you looking into this. Especially appreciate the reasonable response for this delay. As a business, it makes sense to do them at the same time. These sort of behind the scenes things make waiting easier for sure.
Now lets gets to hoping Mr. King picks up that pen. He's been signing enough over the years, time for some love for Cemetery Dance.
Thank you for all you do

[jeffingoff]

What part of not certain do you not get? Most likely it is. Frankly while I understand everyone’s frustration with how long it’s been taking for books to get done I don’t understand why people just don’t ask for a refund and stop complaining. This is one of the reasons I have been avoiding the forum for a while. That and the Jeff word slam Cemetery Dance YouTube channel. Just walk away and let those who are patiently waiting and understand that things have not been on track wait for the books. Yes the gods of Suntup have been getting things out but they also are using materials that not a lot of other publishers are. I have been seeing that there are delays from other publishers more and more the last few months. I’m just really sick of all the negativity everywhere. Rant over!!

I'm sorry these comments and "bashings" have gotten to you. I am. There are just some things that have been so jaw-droppingly tone-deaf--so totally indefensible--that I couldn't help it. Most of my explosive rants are theatrics--even if they're supplied by embers of frustration. But last night I spent some time applauding the letter on the production update page. It's EXACTLY what I've been dying to get all these years. I don't think making excuses or ignoring bad business practices benefit anyone. Not the fine people who work at CD and not the customers who have supported them all these years. Including me. I still have preorders and I still have faith I will get them. I like the direction CD is heading with Kevin and Dan engaged and I really do hope '23 will be a very successful year for everyone. I'd also add that I don't come here to talk trash about CD, that would be disrespectful--this is their Forum and they have been good hosts to all of us. I keep my fuming to my channel. And I'd hate to think that you won't join in the conversation, because I respect all opinions. I'd be happy to have a discussion. Regardless, my channel is easy to avoid--the number of views I get indicate as much.

[sholloman81]

Our software has been weird about printing up orders for Pleasant Brook! I think the folks who work on that have it figured out, I know they've been spending hours and hours resetting each one manually. I'll let you know as I have more information! The books are here, the orders are all logged, it's just printing them up that is weird atm. Sorry for the delay!

Just got my shipping notice. Thanks for handling this so quickly Dan!

[bookworm 1]

I hope you understand that posts like this are self-defeating. "I hate all this negativity! I'm going to express that by shouting an angry screed at another poster asking a fairly innocuous question!"

I actually do. Like I said I just feel that there is way too much bashing of Cemetery Dance. I get the frustration however Mindy is great and responses from the crew are fast and that's more then can be said for some other publishers I've dealt with.

[bookworm 1]

I was just asking a question. As comments about CD go I'd say mine was pretty mild. I'd like to think that the public face of Cemetery Dance would know whether it's at the printer or not. If he doesn't know, wouldn't it be easy for him to find out?

Anyway, I will refrain from posting anything even vaguely negative in the future.

My apologies.

I didn't mean to take my frustration out on you. I have been a loyal purchaser of Cemetery Dance for over 25 years and the last 6 months or more there has been a lot of bashing the company. So I incorrectly assumed that your question was said in a negative sarcastic tone. My apologies to you.