Little Book Series 3

[Sock Monkey]

Glad to hear you did ok, Keith. What was your starting point for the auctions?

I started all of them at $9.99. I did learn that there’s not a ton of interest in the slipcases. It could be that I wasn’t offering media mail for them since they don’t qualify, but all sold for $9.99.

[Brian861]

Well, all my eBay auctions have finished and everything's been shipped so now I am officially sans Little Books. On the positive note for Little Book collectors, the market is still viable for these editions as a good chunk of the titles went for issue price or slightly more. There was more than a few that went for less, but I expected that to be the case on an auction-style format. The heavy hitter was the Joe Hill book that went for $142.50, though the Malerman ($74.14) and the Ligotti ($58) did okay for themselves as well. Overall, before fees I was in the black for the series. After fees, slightly in the red.

Though I'm glad I'm not on the Little Books train anymore, I'm kinda bummed for the upcoming Peter Straub set. I was really looking forward to this, even trying to see if I could scrape together the dough for the lettered editions, but with these issues I'm too wary to pull the trigger.

Glad to hear you did ok, Keith. What was your starting point for the auctions?

[Sock Monkey]

Well, all my eBay auctions have finished and everything's been shipped so now I am officially sans Little Books. On the positive note for Little Book collectors, the market is still viable for these editions as a good chunk of the titles went for issue price or slightly more. There was more than a few that went for less, but I expected that to be the case on an auction-style format. The heavy hitter was the Joe Hill book that went for $142.50, though the Malerman ($74.14) and the Ligotti ($58) did okay for themselves as well. Overall, before fees I was in the black for the series. After fees, slightly in the red.

Though I'm glad I'm not on the Little Books train anymore, I'm kinda bummed for the upcoming Peter Straub set. I was really looking forward to this, even trying to see if I could scrape together the dough for the lettered editions, but with these issues I'm too wary to pull the trigger.

[Brian861]

In theory it should be. Media Mail's minimum weight is 1lb. While First Class can be weight to the ounce. US Domestic First Class packages have to weigh 12 ounces or less. Usually that ends up being pretty cheap.

Mine was only 3 bucks and some change. Despite all the other issues, it's a nice bone to throw the customer. Since their packaging doesn't differ from priority to media.

[Brian861]

I noticed that too, and it's cheaper than their Media Mail option for some reason. (At least t was for me.)

Me as well and I went with it.

[Dan Hocker]

I noticed that too, and it's cheaper than their Media Mail option for some reason. (At least t was for me.)

In theory it should be. Media Mail's minimum weight is 1lb. While First Class can be weight to the ounce. US Domestic First Class packages have to weigh 12 ounces or less. Usually that ends up being pretty cheap.

[slayn666]

I noticed that too, and it's cheaper than their Media Mail option for some reason. (At least t was for me.)

Same here.

[Marmaduke Grigsby]

I also noticed they have a 1st class shipping option now.

I noticed that too, and it's cheaper than their Media Mail option for some reason. (At least t was for me.)

[Brian861]

I also noticed they have a 1st class shipping option now.

[Brian861]

As much as I don't want to see unnecessary typos, this is probably the best chance to seeing Blake's name misprinted as "Blake Crotch" somewhere in a publication...

A truly LOL moment if there ever was one.

[Sock Monkey]

Actually, I would Love to see CD do this given their great relationship with Gorman, plus they have already done some. Autumn Dead & Cry of Shadows had an interesting intro by Gorman.

I could get behind CD as well. I was just thinking about Centipede because they tend to do a lot of career retrospective books. CD tends to focus on new fiction and with some older titles thrown into the mix. I'd buy it from almost anybody.

[mhatchett]

Actually, I would Love to see CD do this given their great relationship with Gorman, plus they have already done some. Autumn Dead & Cry of Shadows had an interesting intro by Gorman.

[Sock Monkey]

I recall Crowther saying he was regretfully canceling the series early because it did not sell as well as he’d hoped. Really unfortunate, as a Collected Short Stories of Ed Gorman project is really something that should exist...few did dark short fiction better.

This is something that I’d like to see Centipede take on. A “Complete Short Fiction Of” series akin to the Lafferty books they are doing.

[jeffingoff]

As much as I don't want to see unnecessary typos, this is probably the best chance to seeing Blake's name misprinted as "Blake Crotch" somewhere in a publication...

Let's open up the betting. Here are some possibilities:

Blake Crotch
Blake Conch
Blake Cooch
Bake Crouch
Bake Crunch
Bake Crush
Baked Crust
Blake Cringe
Bake Couch
Bike Creek
Bike Trail
Big Couch

[Splync]

As much as I don't want to see unnecessary typos, this is probably the best chance to seeing Blake's name misprinted as "Blake Crotch" somewhere in a publication...