Random thoughts...

[mhatchett]

Happy New Year, Happy Booking in 2024!!!

[brlesh]

Man, you just made my day! I had no idea that the Cutter book was coming out and am a big fan of the author. Looks like the books is released August 27, 2024. Just added it to my pre-order list. Now if I could just track down a hardcover copy of Cutter's "The Acolyte somewhere I'd be a happy camper!

In terms of the Malfi, I personally would pass unless it gets rave reviews. I've read a handful of his novels and just haven't been able to connect with them which makes me wonder if I ever will. Perhaps his style just isn't for me. It's kind of how I feel about Ramsey Campbell's stuff. The guys a freaking Grandmaster but for some reason his books always leave me flat. The writing is perfectly fine, they're just always missing that certain something that would push his stuff to "must read" for me, and I always feel a little guilty, like it must be a me thing.

There was a rumor, I think I heard it somewhere on this forum, about CD doing The Acolyte as part of their Graveyard Edition line.  

Now it’s been several years since I’ve heard that.

As far as Campbell goes, your not alone in your assessment.

I could never understand his revered status in the horror fiction genre.

I tend to like his earlier stories, when his fiction leaned more to the Lovecraftian, but as for as the psychological horror fiction he’s been writing for the last 30+ years, as far as I’m concerned, if you’ve read one, you’ve read them all.

And the one wasn’t that good to begin with!

I have similar feelings for the fiction of Dennis Etchison.  

Very highly regarded in the horror fiction community, but what I’ve read of his stuff, it just does absolutely nothing for me as a reader.
 
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[sholloman81]

Thanks for compiling this list.

There’s more coming out in 2024 than I was aware of.

Two I would add to the list (and not certain on the release dates) are:

Small Town Horror by Ronald Malfi - June

The Queen by Nick Cutter - August

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Man, you just made my day! I had no idea that the Cutter book was coming out and am a big fan of the author. Looks like the books is released August 27, 2024. Just added it to my pre-order list. Now if I could just track down a hardcover copy of Cutter's "The Acolyte somewhere I'd be a happy camper!

In terms of the Malfi, I personally would pass unless it gets rave reviews. I've read a handful of his novels and just haven't been able to connect with them which makes me wonder if I ever will. Perhaps his style just isn't for me. It's kind of how I feel about Ramsey Campbell's stuff. The guys a freaking Grandmaster but for some reason his books always leave me flat. The writing is perfectly fine, they're just always missing that certain something that would push his stuff to "must read" for me, and I always feel a little guilty, like it must be a me thing.

[brlesh]

Thanks for compiling this list.

There’s more coming out in 2024 than I was aware of.

Two I would add to the list (and not certain on the release dates) are:

Small Town Horror by Ronald Malfi - June

The Queen by Nick Cutter - August

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[sholloman81]

Below is my list (so far) of books being released in 2024 as trade hardcovers that I'm interested in pre-ordering. I'm guessing that at least a few of these may get the limited treatment as well. If anyone knows of anything especially cool that should be on my radar, I would love to hear about it!


The House of Last Resort: A Novel by Christopher Golden This title will be released on January 30, 2024

The Angel of Indian Lake (3) (The Indian Lake Trilogy) by Stephen Graham Jones will be released on March 26, 2024

Lost Man's Lane: by Scott Carson This title will be released on March 26, 2024

City in Ruins: A Novel (The Danny Ryan Trilogy, 3) by Don Winslow This title will be released on April 2, 2024

You Like It Darker: Stories by Stephen King This title will be released on May 21, 2024.

Horror Movie: A Novel by Paul Tremblay This title will be released on June 11, 2024.

The Daughters' War by Christopher Buehlman This title will be released on June 25, 2024

Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman this title will be released on June 25, 2024.

Sugar on the Bones (Hap and Leonard, 13)by Joe R. Lansdale will be released on July 16, 2024

I Was A Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones This title will be released on July 16, 2024

The Bang-Bang Sisters by Rio Youers This title will be released on July 16, 2024

[mhatchett]

Happy Boxing (Unboxing) Day LOL!!!

[Sock Monkey]

Merry Christmas!!

[Ben Staad]

Merry Christmas to all.

I hope everyone has a lovely holiday.

[dannyboy121070]

Merry Christmas to all!

[saginawhorror]

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Hopefully everyone gets a new book under the tree!

[Ben Staad]

Me too. I was tempted but didn't pull the trigger on anything.

I did not score any Grab Bags, Sales or Scratch and Dents this year. Part of that is from being selective, I really didn't see anything I wanted. We'll see what the New Year brings. Happy Jólabókaflóðið to all my Bookish Friends!

[mhatchett]

I did not score any Grab Bags, Sales or Scratch and Dents this year. Part of that is from being selective, I really didn't see anything I wanted. We'll see what the New Year brings. Happy Jólabókaflóðið to all my Bookish Friends!

[Sock Monkey]

I ventured over there to sell a few items and it's really it's not worth my time. One book I cleared around $10.00 and the other $24.00 in profit.

Better than yard sale profit but really not worth the hassle IMO.

If I didn't already have recycled packing supplies that $34.00 profit would have been reduced even more.

Yeah, this is exactly why I keep all my boxes and packaging from orders.

[Ben Staad]

I ventured over there to sell a few items and it's really it's not worth my time. One book I cleared around $10.00 and the other $24.00 in profit.

Better than yard sale profit but really not worth the hassle IMO.

If I didn't already have recycled packing supplies that $34.00 profit would have been reduced even more.

My experience is that the only profit to be had is if a book skyrockets in price. It’s not just the fee percentage, but how eBay eBay implements their fees that make it difficult. They charge their fee on the total final price of the item including shipping and sales tax, which, frankly, I think is excessive; I get the shipping due to possible manipulation of the system by charging a lower item price and then charging excessively for shipping and handling to make up fee-less profit, but the sales tax is rather brutal on the seller in my opinion. I get that they are taking care of getting the sales tax in the right hands for the seller, but it still… The hobby seller just doesn’t have the margin or sales volume to really make any money.

[Sock Monkey]

There is almost no way to make a decent profit on Ebay. The fee is just way too findmuch.

My experience is that the only profit to be had is if a book skyrockets in price. It’s not just the fee percentage, but how eBay eBay implements their fees that make it difficult. They charge their fee on the total final price of the item including shipping and sales tax, which, frankly, I think is excessive; I get the shipping due to possible manipulation of the system by charging a lower item price and then charging excessively for shipping and handling to make up fee-less profit, but the sales tax is rather brutal on the seller in my opinion. I get that they are taking care of getting the sales tax in the right hands for the seller, but it still… The hobby seller just doesn’t have the margin or sales volume to really make any money.