Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn: The Deluxe Signed & Slipcased Special Limited Edition!

[Martin]

When this one arrived I took a quick glance at it and set it aside. I decided to take a closer look, specifically at the points Ron had made and see if I concurred with his assessment.

Here is what I find on mine:
1. Slipcase - I had seen prior mentions of the slipcase being too tight. I find that mine is not too tight but I still am nervous sliding the book in and out. The reason is the binding of the book has two distinct pieces and I am concerned I may damage the book as it may grab as I slide it out. Both the fabric on the slipcase and the fabric on the book have a clear edge.
2. Foil Stamping - The foil stamping on mine look as good as the samples shown here with one exception. The stamping on the front of the book itself looks washed out. Not a lot but it is a bit washed out. Ron's issue with the stamping on the spine is not an issue with my copy.
3. Paper Stock - I see Ron's point about seeing the text on the next page so I compared it with a few other CD books. What I found is that the paper stock does seem to be the same but the other CD releases I looked it was much less noticeable. I believe this was due to the design of Gone Girl there are sections with more white space at the chapter breaks than I could find with the other books. In my view it still much better paper stock than you would find in a trade edition and the fact I see the next text in the white space does not bother me.

One issue Ron did not mention that I have is the numbering. The person who numbered the books appears to have been in a hurry when mine was numbered. I may have #284 and I may have #884. Ok, there is a slight chance it is #784 but I think it is one of the first two choices. Since I have already ordered the next book and will want to match numbers I hope our friends at CD can confirm which number I have as I am not sure.

Overall I am very pleased with the book. I will say that since this will be my reading copy I am probably going to leave it out of the slipcase while reading it just to be careful.

[Martin]

How about a round of applause for both of these gentleman (Ron and Brian) for the way they conducted themselves on both ends of this subject. Many of us can definitely walk away with a lesson learned here. I know I surely will. Just refer back to my issue with PS of late . Classy, Classy post gentleman! Great job!

Agreed.

[Brian James Freeman]

Do let us know what you find out about the paper, Brian. After buying your books for 25+ years, I know your product well, and I've never seen this issue before.

Yep, will do! I'll report back Monday afternoon.

Brian

[bookworm 1]

How about a round of applause for both of these gentleman (Ron and Brian) for the way they conducted themselves on both ends of this subject. Many of us can definitely walk away with a lesson learned here. I know I surely will. Just refer back to my issue with PS of late . Classy, Classy post gentleman! Great job!

Agree. Very nice to see people can still be civil when discussing an issue. Got my copy and yes the slip case is a little tight but overall I am very pleased with this one. I will have to take a closer look and see if any of the other issues are present in my copy.

[Brian861]

How about a round of applause for both of these gentleman (Ron and Brian) for the way they conducted themselves on both ends of this subject. Many of us can definitely walk away with a lesson learned here. I know I surely will. Just refer back to my issue with PS of late . Classy, Classy post gentleman! Great job!

[RonClinton]

Bummer to hear you're disappointed. I'll have to ask Dan if he's noticed any stamping issues, but all of the copies I saw looked like the one I photographed a while back. I have heard from a few people that their slipcases were tight, so you may want to ask Dan to send you a different one. They're made by hand and some variations can happen. I'm also not sure what to make of the paper issue. We used the same 60# stock we use for all of our books, with the exception of the King books where we use a custom-milled 80# stock. I don't have a copy of GONE GIRL here at home, so I'll have to compare it to a few others at the office on Monday. I can also email the printer to confirm they used our usual stock and didn't change it for some reason and not inform us!

Brian

Do let us know what you find out about the paper, Brian. After buying your books for 25+ years, I know your product well, and I've never seen this issue before.

[Martin]

I can't remember... Does CD e-mail out shipping notifications on pre-orders? I haven't received a shipping notification and I pre-ordered the signed limited edition on day one.

Yes they do. Dan had mentioned that the shipping of this one was going very slow. You may want to send a note with your order number to Mindy and she can verify things for you.

[Brian James Freeman]

I can't remember... Does CD e-mail out shipping notifications on pre-orders? I haven't received a shipping notification and I pre-ordered the signed limited edition on day one.

Yep, but as noted up thread, our office was closed for a few days due to a stomach bug going around, so the last GONE GIRLS won't ship until early next week. If you have any concerns about your order, though, please feel free to email Mindy at [email protected] and she'll look into it for you!

Brian

[Brian James Freeman]

Received my copy of GONE GIRL today, and I have to say this is one of the few CD productions that has disappointed me. While the binding is attractive and the endpapers gorgeous, three problems are immediately evident. One, the slipcase is far too tight...the book has to be worked to remove from and insert into the slipcase, so unless I want the top and bottoms of the boards to wear, its removal will have to be minimal. Two, the silver stamping on the spine is very poorly done, exhibiting a consistent crackling and bleedthrough of the black spine beneath, not sharp and thick as shown in the images earlier in this thread. And, three, the paper stock weight used is somewhat thin and transparent, so that the text from the page beneath can be kind of seen through the page preceding it, much like what ones sees from a cheap bookclub edition, not a high-quality small-press release. My expectations may have been a bit high on this one, perhaps, given the price point, but even as a standard CD release, it feels unfortunately like it fell short of the bar.

I post not to complain -- well, okay, a little, I suppose -- but primarily to alert CD of issues they may want to examine when producing the subsequent Flynn volumes.

Bummer to hear you're disappointed. I'll have to ask Dan if he's noticed any stamping issues, but all of the copies I saw looked like the one I photographed a while back. I have heard from a few people that their slipcases were tight, so you may want to ask Dan to send you a different one. They're made by hand and some variations can happen. I'm also not sure what to make of the paper issue. We used the same 60# stock we use for all of our books, with the exception of the King books where we use a custom-milled 80# stock. I don't have a copy of GONE GIRL here at home, so I'll have to compare it to a few others at the office on Monday. I can also email the printer to confirm they used our usual stock and didn't change it for some reason and not inform us!

Brian

[Chetripley80]

I can't remember... Does CD e-mail out shipping notifications on pre-orders? I haven't received a shipping notification and I pre-ordered the signed limited edition on day one.

[RonClinton]

Received my copy of GONE GIRL today, and I have to say this is one of the few CD productions that has disappointed me. While the binding is attractive and the endpapers gorgeous, three problems are immediately evident. One, the slipcase is far too tight...the book has to be worked to remove from and insert into the slipcase, so unless I want the top and bottoms of the boards to wear, its removal will have to be minimal. Two, the silver stamping on the spine is very poorly done, exhibiting a consistent crackling and bleedthrough of the black spine beneath, not sharp and thick as shown in the images earlier in this thread. And, three, the paper stock weight used is somewhat thin and transparent, so that the text from the page beneath can be kind of seen through the page preceding it, much like what ones sees from a cheap bookclub edition, not a high-quality small-press release. My expectations may have been a bit high on this one, perhaps, given the price point, but even as a standard CD release, it feels unfortunately like it fell short of the bar.

I post not to complain -- well, okay, a little, I suppose -- but primarily to alert CD of issues they may want to examine when producing the subsequent Flynn volumes.

[bugen]

Get well soon, no rush for the books!

[Brian James Freeman]

Huh. I haven't received a shipping notice, though ...hopefully soon.

This is the front door of the office right now:



Everyone is so sick we actually CLOSED the office today completely for the first time I can ever remember besides holidays.

Brian

[RonClinton]

This is shipping now.

Huh. I haven't received a shipping notice, though ...hopefully soon.

[bookworm 1]

Me too. The wife thinks I'm full of smoke and beans.