CDCC and grab bags

[billstand]

Does anyone know where to find the list of items included with the CDCC's (4/5/6) and Grab bags? Just curious
Thanks!

[Dan Hocker]

Does anyone know where to find the list of items included with the CDCC's (4/5/6) and Grab bags? Just curious
Thanks!

Unfortunately there's probably no easy way to find out what was included in previous CDCC's. We don't really keep those product pages around forever. There may be forum threads for them, otherwise you'd have to search through back newsletters. As far as grab bags go that kinda of thing isn't listed any where. The point of the grab bags is that you don't know what's in them.

[Martin]

Text for CDCC 5 from CD's website:
CEMETERY DANCE COLLECTORS CLUB 5 FEATURING EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL OFFERS AND BONUS ITEMS!

The Cemetery Dance Collectors Club Is BACK!
Members Receive Exclusive Discounts, Advance Notice on New Books, and Other Perks Not Available to the General Public!
Exclusive Bonus Items For Members Only Include: A SIMON CLARK Signed Limited Edition Printed Just For Members, A Brand New Exclusive CLIVE BARKER "Short Story" T-Shirt, Artwork for STEPHEN KING Fans, An Original Round Robin Book By Four Popular Authors, And Our First-Ever Cemetery Dance Coffee Mug, Book Light, and "Chiller" Drink Coaster!

We're very pleased to announce the fifth annual Cemetery Dance Collectors Club, but don't wait to place your order because this special offer won't last long and the CDCC is easily one of our most popular deals of all time and it sells out faster every year! In fact, contractually there is a maximum number of copies we can produce of some of the Bonus Items, so there are FEWER memberships available this year than last year! If this offer sells out before you place your order, there is nothing we can do for you. Sorry!

Members of the new Cemetery Dance Collectors Club will receive:
1) Exclusive special offers and discounts sent straight to their inbox for the next 12 months -- the minimum total possible savings will easily be more than $3,000! We've sent 115 emails to the most recent Cemetery Dance Collectors Club so far including exclusive discounts on new books, exclusive sales of collectible books we couldn't offer the general public because we had so few copies, advance notice on new special offers and Limited Editions, and many other deals. (Members see A LOT of deals that are never offered to the general public)
2) One of our most popular Bonus Items in the past has been the "short story" t-shirt, which features a very short story by a great writer printed on the actual shirt. This year's featured writer is one of the biggest names in horror of the last 40 years: CLIVE BARKER! His story "The Freaks" is amazingly powerful for a story that had to be short enough to fit on a t-shirt and we think this shirt will really get people talking at next year's horror conventions!
3) Another extremely popular Bonus Item is the "Not For Sale" signed Limited Edition, which is printed only for members of the CDCC. This year we have a brand new Simon Clark signed Limited Edition that is already deep in production and we'll ONLY print enough copies for the members of the club.
4) An original Round Robin book featuring Richard Chizmar, Ray Garton, Kealan Patrick Burke, and Brian James Freeman. The last time we did one of these Round Robin projects, it became one of our most sought-after Limited Editions in ages!
5) A brand new STEPHEN KING ARTWORK POSTER by one of our favorite artists, but this poster is so cool, we can't tell you WHO the artist is because that might ruin the surprise!
6) Our first-ever Cemetery Dance coffee mug, which will feature our logo with a spooky artistic twist
7) Our first-ever Cemetery Dance Book Light -- read your favorite books any time of night without disturbing the whole house!
8) Our first-ever Cemetery Dance "Chiller" Drink Coaster
9) Advance notice of new Cemetery Dance Limited Editions before the general public and discounts of up to 35% off the retail price
When a book sells out in days or even hours, every minute counts -- and you'll be notified of ALL of our new books before anyone else! This early notice can make a huge difference: just ask previous members of the CDCC who managed to snag their first STEPHEN KING SIGNED LIMITED EDITIONwhen we notified them about Doctor Sleep or It: The 25th Anniversary Special Limited Edition before the general public! (They also received the ONLY discounts we were allowed to offer on those titles! Imagine buying a brand new Stephen King Limited Edition at a discount!)
10) Advance notice of books from other publishers before the general public and discounts of up to 35% off the retail price
We make special arrangements with other publishers so we can offer the CDCC discounts that we can almost never offer the general public! In addition, whenever we only receive 25 or 50 copies of a signed Limited Edition from another publisher, those copies are offered first to the CDCC and if all the copies sell, those titles are never offered in the regular newsletter.
11) advance notice of special offers such as Grab Bags and other heavily discounted deals
Some specials are extremely limited and most are for a very limited time only, so members are notified of these new deals before the general public -- sometimes up to 48 hours earlier -- giving them a better shot at getting their order placed in time. (Sometimes we're even able to offer discounts on these deals, making something that's already a terrific value even better.)
12) opportunities to purchase books and other collectibles never offered to the general public
When we have so few copies of a collectible that it would quickly oversell and disappoint our collectors, we often email JUST the Collectors Club so those collectors have the opportunity to add something very cool to their collection that we can't offer the general public.
Some examples of what we've offered in the past include Stephen King signed Limited Editions, books that were Out of Print on publication that we had a few extra copies of, and even sold incredible items from private collections that we sold on consignment.
The members of the previous CDCC were emailed about more than THREE DOZEN BOOKS that were never offered to our regular mailing list!
13) ONE shipping charge for ALL of your Bonus Items such as the T-Shirt, the signed Limited Edition Not For Sale book, the Stephen King poster, etc -- and that shipping fee is heavily DISCOUNTED!
The shipping fee you pay today is based on the estimate weight of shipping all of your exclusive and free items in a single package, but these shipments will actually be sent throughout the year in several packages, so no matter where you live, today's shipping charge is far less than what it'll cost to ship all of these great items! We're covering the difference for you this year as our way of saying "thank you" for joining the CDCC.
Your membership and your exclusive discounts will begin on October 1st, but here's the amazing thing about this deal: this one year membership only costs $119 plus shipping!
The exclusive items listed above are easily worth more than the cost of the membership, but you'll also get 12 months of exclusive special offers and advance notice on new products and specials, making this a deal that can't be beat! Whether you're a general reader or a serious collector, you can't go wrong with a membership to the CDCC!

We're only going to offer these memberships for a limited time and then they're gone for good, so place your order today or you might miss out!

This special offer cannot be purchased with any coupons. The shipping charge on your CDCC membership order is the shipping fee for the Not For Sale book, the t-shirt, poster, and all of your other exclusive items like the coffee mug and drink coaster, but regular shipping charges apply to other orders that you place throughout the year. Please contact our office if you have any questions before placing your order because this special offer is non-refundable.

[Martin]

Text from CDCC 6 from CD's Website:

The Cemetery Dance Collectors Club Is BACK!
Members Receive Exclusive Discounts, Advance Notice on New Books, and Other Perks Not Available to the General Public!
Exclusive Bonus Items For Members Only Include More New Bonus Items Than Ever Before!
We Are Printing A Signed Limited Edition Hardcover Just For Members That Features Robert McCammon, Bentley Little, Brian Hodge, Joe R. Lansdale, Elizabeth Massie, Brian Keene, J.F. Gonzalez, Steve Rasnic Tem, Billie Sue Mosiman, Kathryn Ptacek, Thomas F. Monteleone, Gary Raisor, Yvonne Navarro, Robert Swartwood, G. Wayne Miller, and Kealan Patrick Burke!
Other Bonus Items Include Our First-Ever Cemetery Dance Winter Hat, Drawstring Backpack, Lanyard, Car Magnet, Magnetic Bookmark, and Koozie!

We're very pleased to announce the sixth annual Cemetery Dance Collectors Club, but don't wait to place your order because this special offer won't last long and the CDCC is easily one of our most popular deals of all time and it sells out faster each and every year!
In fact, because the EXCLUSIVE SIGNED LIMITED EDITION HARDCOVER has secretly been in production for months, we took a guess at how many books we might need and the SIGNATURE SHEETS ARE ALREADY CIRCULATING AND NEARLY DONE! That means we can only sell as many CDCC memberships as we have signature sheets, so membership is STRICTLY LIMITED this year! If this offer sells out before you place your order, there is nothing we can do for you because we can produce more copies of the Limited Edition. Sorry!

Members of the new Cemetery Dance Collectors Club will receive:

1) Exclusive special offers and discounts sent straight to their inbox for the next 12 months -- the minimum total possible savings will easily be more than $3,000! We've sent more than 100 emails to the most recent Cemetery Dance Collectors Club including exclusive discounts on new books, exclusive sales of collectible books we couldn't offer the general public because we had so few copies, advance notice on new special offers and Limited Editions, and many other deals. (Members see A LOT of deals that are never offered to the general public)

2) Advance notice of new Cemetery Dance Limited Editions before the general public and discounts of up to 35% off the retail price
When a book sells out in days or even hours, every minute counts -- and you'll be notified about ALL of our new books before anyone else! This early notice can make a huge difference: just ask previous members of the CDCC who managed to snag their first STEPHEN KING SIGNED LIMITED EDITIONwhen we notified them first before everyone else!

3) Advance notice of books from other publishers before the general public and discounts of up to 35% off the retail price
We make special arrangements with many other publishers so we can offer the CDCC discounts that we can almost never offer the general public! In addition, whenever we only receive 25 or 50 copies of a signed Limited Edition from another publisher, those copies are offered first to the CDCC and if all the copies sell, those titles are never offered in the regular newsletter. We offer A LOT of books each year that never show up in the regular newsletter because the CDCC has snagged all of the available copies.

4) Advance notice of special offers such as Grab Bags and other heavily discounted deals
Some specials are extremely limited and most are for a very limited time only, so members are notified of these new deals before the general public -- sometimes up to 48 hours earlier -- giving them a better shot at getting their order placed in time. (Sometimes we're even able to offer discounts on these deals, making something that's already a terrific value even better.)

5) Opportunities to purchase books and other collectibles never offered to the general public
When we have so few copies of a collectible that it would quickly oversell, we often email JUST the Collectors Club so those collectors have the opportunity to add something very cool to their collection that we can't offer the general public.
Some examples of what we've offered in the past include Stephen King signed Limited Editions, books that were Out of Print on publication that we had a few extra copies of, and even sold incredible items from private collections that we sold on consignment. This past year, one of the truly incredible items was a poster SIGNED BY STEPHEN KING back in the 1990s that had been forgotten in a booksellers' storage closet!

6) Exclusive Bonus Items Produced ONLY For Members:
* One of our most popular Bonus Items is the "Not For Sale" signed Limited Edition, which is printed only for members of the CDCC, and this year we have something truly amazing: Better Weird: A Tribute to David B. Silva edited by Richard Chizmar, Brian James Freeman, and Paul F. Olson! The authors involved in this project include Robert McCammon, Bentley Little, Kealan Patrick Burke, Brian Hodge, Joe R. Lansdale, Elizabeth Massie, Brian Keene, J.F. Gonzalez, Steve Rasnic Tem, Billie Sue Mosiman, Kathryn Ptacek, Thomas F. Monteleone, Gary Raisor, Yvonne Navarro, Robert Swartwood, and G. Wayne Miller! This book has secretly been in production for months, so we took a guess at how many books we might need and the SIGNATURE SHEETS ARE ALREADY CIRCULATING AND NEARLY DONE! Not everyone was available to sign, but many of the authors and all of the editors have signed, and we will be sending this book to the printer before the end of the year!

* Our first-ever Cemetery Dance Winter Hat: these winter beanie hats are made from high quality material and are sure to start some great conversations such as "what's a Cemetery Dance?" and "where did you get that awesome winter hat?"
* Our first-ever Cemetery Dance Drawstring Backpack: these backpacks would be the perfect way to haul around some of your favorite books to the library, to work, or to the gym! They feature a convenient large front zippered pocket and even a headphone port if you want to stash your phone inside and listen to music through headphones while walking somewhere.
* Our first-ever Cemetery Dance Lanyard: these knitted cotton lanyards are the perfect way to carry your keys and we've ever heard from a few people who use them as bookmarks instead!
* Our first-ever Cemetery Dance Car Magnet: this round car magnet will be approximately 4 inches in diameter and it's a great, subtle way to let everyone know you love Limited Edition books!
* Our first-ever Cemetery Magnetic Bookmark: these custom printed magnetic bookmarks make it easy for you to remember where you left off when reading your favorite books!
* Our first-ever Cemetery Drink Koozie: these fun Cemetery Dance Publications beverage can koozies will keep your beer or soda chilled!

7) ONE shipping charge for ALL of your Bonus Items -- and that shipping fee is heavily DISCOUNTED!
The shipping fee you pay today is based on the estimate weight of shipping ALL of your exclusive and free items in a single package, so no matter where you live, today's shipping charge is far less than what it'll cost to ship all of these great items! We're covering the difference for you this year as our way of saying "thank you" for joining the CDCC.
Your membership and your exclusive discounts will begin on October 1st, but here's the amazing thing about this deal: this one year membership only costs $119 plus shipping! Whether you're a general reader or a serious collector, you can't go wrong with a membership to the CDCC!

We're only going to offer these memberships for a limited time or until they all sell and then they're gone for good, so place your order today or you might miss out!

This special offer cannot be purchased with any coupons. The shipping charge on your CDCC membership order is the shipping fee for the Not For Sale book and all of your other exclusive items, but regular shipping charges apply to other orders that you place throughout the year. Please contact our office if you have any questions before placing your order because this special offer is non-refundable.

[Martin]

I failed to keep a copy of CDCC 4.

[Brian861]

Nice saves, Martin . Great info to refer back to for new and existing CD fans/collectors/customers.

[saginawhorror]

Here's CDCC 4:

The Cemetery Dance Collectors Club Is BACK!
Members Receive A FREE Signed Limited Edition, A Brand New Exclusive "Short Story" T-Shirt, An Exclusive Signed Limited Edition Chapbook By Richard Chizmar, An Exclusive Halloween Poster By Alan M. Clark, A Stephen King Art Mouse Pad, A Keychain, Exclusive Discounts & Advance Notice on New Books, and Other Perks Not Available to the General Public!
PLUS: Members will receive the only Signed Limited Edition of A Good Story and Good Words: The Many Worlds of Stephen King, a groundbreaking new look into the works of Stephen King that would have retailed for $65 if it was available to the general public!
Today we're very pleased to announce the fourth annual Cemetery Dance Collectors Club, but don't wait to place your order because this special offer won't last long and the CDCC is easily one of our most popular deals of all time! Please read this information closely and place your order ASAP so you don't miss out!
Members of the new Cemetery Dance Collectors Club will receive:
1) exclusive special offers and discounts sent straight to their inbox for the next 12 months -- the minimum total possible savings will easily be more than $2,000!
We've sent 125 emails to the most recent Cemetery Dance Collectors Club including exclusive discounts on new books, exclusive sales of collectible books we couldn't offer the general public because we had so few copies, advance notice on new special offers and Limited Editions, and many other deals.
2) an exclusive SIGNED LIMITED EDITION HARDCOVER called A Good Story and Good Words: The Many Worlds of Stephen King!
This 750 page manuscript dives deep into the works of Stephen King and will be an incredible addition to any collection. There will be a trade edition down the road, but you get the World's First Edition, First Printing and the only Signed Limited Edition that will ever be printed. The manuscript has already been copyedited and is being designed right now, so this will definitely be one of our 2014 titles.
3) a brand new Signed Limited Edition hardcover that will be sold to the general public for a retail price of $30 to $40 -- but members of the CDCC will get it for FREE!
This will be a signed Limited Edition book by one of our favorite authors and while the general public will pay between $30 and $40 for a copy, your FREE order is already secured for you! This special collectible edition will be signed by the author and the artist, making it a terrific value. The author's last few signed Limited Editions have sold out within a week of being announced, but you won't have to worry about missing out!
4) advance notice of new Cemetery Dance Limited Editions before the general public and discounts of up to 35% off the retail price
When a book sells out in days or even hours, every minute counts -- and you'll be notified of ALL of our new books before anyone else! This early notice can make a huge difference: just ask the members of the CDCC who managed to snag their first STEPHEN KING SIGNED LIMITED EDITION when we notified them about Doctor Sleep or It: The 25th Anniversary Special Limited Edition before the general public! (They also received the ONLY discounts we were allowed to offer on those titles! Imagine buying a brand new Stephen King Limited Edition at a discount!)
5) advance notice of books from other publishers before the general public and discounts of up to 35% off the retail price
We make special arrangements with other publishers so we can offer the CDCC discounts that we can almost never offer the general public! In addition, whenever we only receive 25 or 50 copies of a signed Limited Edition from another publisher, those copies are offered first to the CDCC and if all the copies sell, those titles are never offered in the regular newsletter.
6) advance notice of special offers such as Grab Bags and other heavily discounted deals
Some specials are extremely limited and most are for a very limited time only, so members are notified of these new deals before the general public -- sometimes up to 48 hours earlier -- giving them a better shot at getting their order placed in time. (Sometimes we're even able to offer discounts on these deals, making something that's already a terrific value even better.)
7) opportunities to purchase books and other collectibles never offered to the general public
When we have so few copies of a collectible that it would quickly oversell and disappoint our collectors, we often email JUST the Collectors Club so those collectors have the opportunity to add something very cool to their collection that we can't offer the general public.
Some examples of what we've offered in the past include Stephen King signed Limited Editions, books that were Out of Print on publication that we had a few extra copies of, and even sold incredible items from private collections that we sold on consignment.
8) an exclusive "short story" t-shirt that will ONLY be produced for members of the club
We can't go into specifics just yet, but this shirt will be like the very popular "Brian Keene goes to the Beach" t-shirt we offered a few years ago to rave reviews, and it will ONLY be offered to members of the Collectors Club. The author of the story for this t-shirt is Top Secret, but we think fans of Cemetery Dance will be very pleased.
9) an exclusive Alan M Clark Halloween 2013 poster that will be produced for members of the club
This artwork is one of our favorite Top Secret paintings we've ever seen by Alan M. Clark and the poster is ready to be printed as soon as we have the final membership count.
10) an exclusive signed Limited Edition chapbook of an original story by Richard Chizmar that will NOT be sold to the general public
This is a brand new short story by Cemetery Dance founder and publisher Richard Chizmar and the chapbook won't be sold to retailers or in the regular newsletter.
11) a brand new Glenn Chadbourne mouse pad featuring a never-before-seen painting inspired by the works of Stephen King
This is something totally different for us and we can't wait to see how it turns out. This mouse pad will feature an original color piece of artwork by Glenn Chadbourne that we think will blow Stephen King fans away. You can use this mouse pad next to your computer OR you can mount it on the wall as art, your choice!
12) the first-ever Cemetery Dance collectible keychain
We've played around with prototypes for keychains before, but this is the year we make them a reality and only for the members of the CDCC.
13) ONE shipping charge for ALL of your exclusive or free items -- and that shipping fee is heavily DISCOUNTED!
The shipping fee you pay today is based on the estimate weight of shipping all of your exclusive and free items in a single package, but these shipments will actually be sent throughout the year in several packages, so no matter where you live, today's shipping charge is far less than what it'll cost to ship all of these great items! We're covering the difference for you this year as our way of saying "thank you" for joining the CDCC.
Your membership and your exclusive discounts will begin on October 1st, but here's the amazing thing about this deal: this one year membership only costs $119 plus shipping!
The exclusive items listed above are easily worth more than the cost of the membership, but you'll also get 12 months of exclusive special offers and advance notice on new products and specials, making this a deal that can't be beat! Whether you're a general reader or a serious collector, you can't go wrong with a membership to the CDCC!
We're only going to offer these memberships for a limited time only and then they're gone for good, so place your order today or you might miss out!
This special offer cannot be purchased with any coupons. The shipping charge on your CDCC membership order is the shipping for the Not For Sale book, the free Signed Limited Edition, and all of your other exclusive items such as the chapbook, the poster, mouse pad, and the keychain, but regular shipping charges apply to your other orders that you place. Please contact our office if you have any questions before placing your order because this special offer is non-refundable.

[jsweet]

So seeing that a Good Story and Good Words was supposed to be out in 2014 - did that ever come out? And what was the second CDCC 4 book alluded to in the announcement? I'll admit I haven't been good about keeping up with all the "stuff" I was supposed to get, focusing on my discounts

[Brian James Freeman]

So seeing that a Good Story and Good Words was supposed to be out in 2014 - did that ever come out? And what was the second CDCC 4 book alluded to in the announcement? I'll admit I haven't been good about keeping up with all the "stuff" I was supposed to get, focusing on my discounts

A Good Story and Good Words will be out in 2016. We received about 200 pages worth of updates from the author last month, and then it'll need at least two more full proofreads.

The other signed Limited Edition will also be out in 2016. The author turned in the final story for it this month and design will begin in early 2016.

Brian

[jsweet]

Thanks, Brian. I have a hard enough time keeping up with what I have on order that I sometimes forget about all the clubs and wanted to make sure I hadn't missed something that should have been sent.

[TJCams]

It's great to be able to look back at previous.

One thing.... my American friends on here are lucky in a way, as our Canadian dollar is declining like crazy recently. I get an exchange rate on my VISA at 1.42 right now! OUCH!!!!!!

[frik51]

Our Euro has the same problem. For years buying US limiteds saved us, Europeans, quite a bit of money.
At the moment we break about even.
Soon the dollar will be the stronger currency. Bad news for buying, great news for selling.

sk

[Dan Hocker]

Just a heads up, the last big grab bag is starting to ship. These are going to take some time to get out the door, so don't be surprised if you don't get a shipping notice right away.

[TJCams]

Our Euro has the same problem. For years buying US limiteds saved us, Europeans, quite a bit of money.
At the moment we break about even.
Soon the dollar will be the stronger currency. Bad news for buying, great news for selling.

sk

2 summers ago the CDN dollar was actually worth about $1.10 US - I live on the border, so jumping across for gas, and whatever else was a bonus. Now......not worth it. Although...I did jump on the last CD offer I got in my email (at a really crappy exchange rate - bank hits you with an extra 4% or so on top of the regular rate).

[Martin]

I doubt I have all the Grab bag info saved but I will try to post what I have. The original posts give the sales pitch but do not name the books for obvious reasons. When known I will add the books I received, and for those not yet known I will edit the post to include book names when I have them. As stated previously the books I receive may not be what others received.

Final Grab Bag of 2015

Friday the 13th Special Offer!
Our FINAL GRAB BAG of 2015!
Don't Miss Out On Our Best Deal Ever!
Save at Least 75% Off the Retail Price!

Hi Folks!

We've had A LOT of collectors asking if we'll be offering more Grab Bags this year, and we decided to offer OUR FINAL GRAB BAG OF 2015 as our Friday the 13th special offer today, so don't miss out!

With this amazing deal you'll save at least 75% off the retail price and we'll be using almost ANYTHING and EVERYTHING from our warehouse, so your items could fall into any of the following categories:

* Signed Limited Editions and trade editions we've published — both new releases, older titles, and we'll even be using some Out of Print titles for a few of these sets!

* Signed and Slipcased Limited Editions we've published with retail prices of $75 to $150

* Signed Limited Editions and trade editions from OTHER PUBLISHERS — again, we'll be using both new releases, older titles, and even some Out of Print classics!

* Deluxe Lettered Editions with retail values between $125 and $250 including some new releases and some Out of Print classics!

* No Tip books that are exactly the same as the Limited Edition or Lettered Edition only missing the signature sheet

* Items from the slightly digned shelf, many of which are Out Of Print, and are almost like new but have a few scuffs or dings

* Back issues of Cemetery Dance magazine and the Grave Tales comic and maybe even some magazines from other publishers!

* Chapbooks from Cemetery Dance and other publishers including several signed Limited Editions!

* Review copies, both our own and some that other publishers have sent our way

* Plus some other special surprises might be thrown into the mix and we'll be using almost anything that we can find on our shelves!

Everyone won't get something from every category above, of course, but we think you'll be very pleased with the items we're using. And if you've never purchased a Grab Bag before, you're in for a treat! We always hear back from customers who are extremely pleased that they took a chance on this random assortment of items — it's a fantastic way to build your collection! And with this deal, who knows what kind of cool things you'll end up with!

Sold Mid November 2015