Subterranean Press

[dannyboy121070]

Ditto on these thoughts as well! Love me some SubPress and Bill has always been great when I have had questions or issues.

As a small side note- I will mention that I have been a bit bummed by some of their price increases as it seems like a lot of their new titles are hovering in the $175-200 range, and most do not include slipcases. I know that a lot of the small presses are staring to edge closer to that price-range and I should not be bothered, but then I look at presses like SST and Earthling who are still finding some way to publish equally impressive books at prices closer to half that cost, and it makes me wonder how they can and others can't!

I know nothing about this, so take this as a guess on my part, but I would suspect the cost of doing business with extremely high-profile authors such as Peter Straub, Joe Hill, Ray Bradbury, etc., is very expensive.

[sholloman81]

I know nothing about this, so take this as a guess on my part, but I would suspect the cost of doing business with extremely high-profile authors such as Peter Straub, Joe Hill, Ray Bradbury, etc., is very expensive.

I honestly know next to nothing about the topic either and agree with you that certain high-profile authors probably do drive up the cost. I also wonder if some of the publishers offering books at the lower price points are eating more of the cost themselves or if they have some sort of secret sauce that the other publishers do not. The price points for limited editions and how they are generated has always fascinated me a bit.

[brlesh]

I honestly know next to nothing about the topic either and agree with you that certain high-profile authors probably do drive up the cost. I also wonder if some of the publishers offering books at the lower price points are eating more of the cost themselves or if they have some sort of secret sauce that the other publishers do not. The price points for limited editions and how they are generated has always fascinated me a bit.

I would imagine that the simple overhead of running and maintaining a business is a factor.

It probably takes a lot more people to run Subterranean Press. I know Bill has mentioned warehouse staff in the past. I’m certain there is also some office staff, probably a few other positions that are needed to run SubPress.

From what I‘ve heard in the past, Earthling & SST are essentially one man operations. Much easier to manage overhead when the company only has one employee.

B

[Sock Monkey]

Well, dang it. I missed out on the sale today for the two volume Peter Straub set. Curious about the T. Kingfisher book, but $175 is a lot to spend on a blind buy.

Also, anybody hear anything about Sub Press edition of Abercrombie's The Wisdom of Crowds? Feels like this one has been lingering in production for an inordinate amount of time.

[sholloman81]

Well, dang it. I missed out on the sale today for the two volume Peter Straub set. Curious about the T. Kingfisher book, but $175 is a lot to spend on a blind buy.

Also, anybody hear anything about Sub Press edition of Abercrombie's The Wisdom of Crowds? Feels like this one has been lingering in production for an inordinate amount of time.

Sorry to hear that! I noticed that email too and almost grabbed the discounted Straub set but ultimately passed as I have a few other books that I want to grab this week instead and couldn't justify the extra splurge. I was also curious about the Kingfisher book, but not at that price as it would have been a blind buy for me as well. And that $175 doesn't even include a slipcase, yikes! Maybe they'll have another dinged sale up the road or be able to offer some discounted copies. Haven't heard anything about the Abercrombie book but it does feel like a long wait.