Random thoughts...

[sholloman81]

Just noticed on the Poisoned Pen Bookstore website that Richard Chizmar is doing a discussion/signing for his new book Memorials on October 24th. Will have to try to swing by for that event since the bookstore is in my neck of the woods.

[Ben Staad]

Thanks. I really cheer for quick sell outs as well. :-)

Congrats! I'm trying to do the same thing but it's definitely hard. Beyond my Thunderstorm purchases, I've been pretty good lately. I was very proud that I was able to pass on the Suntup Swan Song (and even happier it has sold out to take the option away)!

[sholloman81]

As someone with an evolving budget, and who is limiting collecting, this journey started out painful. Now I am surprised that my FOMO is almost non-existent these days with each new release that I walkaway from.

Congrats! I'm trying to do the same thing but it's definitely hard. Beyond my Thunderstorm purchases, I've been pretty good lately. I was very proud that I was able to pass on the Suntup Swan Song (and even happier it has sold out to take the option away)!

[Ben Staad]

As someone with an evolving budget, and who is limiting collecting, this journey started out painful. Now I am surprised that my FOMO is almost non-existent these days with each new release that I walkaway from.

[dannyboy121070]

I just unsubscribed from the CD mailing list. There. I said it.

I had the exact same thought when I got the latest Chizmar spam today. It really is becoming unbearable.

[Ben Staad]

The products being offered haven't interested me in many years. Plus I have a few personal opinions which shall be kept to myself.

Small press book publishers should be publishing books, be supportive of other small press publishers, and practice top notch customer care. It's the only model that brings about sustainability.

Without wanting to get into a bashing session, any particular reason why? I haven't made a mailing list purchase in quite a while, but I still like to see them, just in case.

 

[sholloman81]

I just unsubscribed from the CD mailing list. There. I said it.

Without wanting to get into a bashing session, any particular reason why? I haven't made a mailing list purchase in quite a while, but I still like to see them, just in case.

[Ben Staad]

I just unsubscribed from the CD mailing list. There. I said it.

[Sock Monkey]

Nice!  Mine is still stuck in pre-shipping notice limbo since the 23rd.

Finally got some movement.  Showing that mine was picked up by USPS this morning and should arrive next Tuesday.  

[Sock Monkey]

Thanks, and hope you enjoy those two Woolrich volumes when you have a chance to read them.

I'm definitely looking forward to digging into them.  I just need to find the right time to slide it into the pile.

[RonClinton]

Things like this don't normally tickle my fancy, but, man, Ron, this is one heck of an item to add to the collection. So very, very cool! Congratulations!

Thanks, and hope you enjoy those two Woolrich volumes when you have a chance to read them.

[Sock Monkey]

Thanks, Mike -- and I can't agree more: of all things Centipede has done and plans to do, their Woolrich books are near -- if not 'at' -- the top of my list.

One of my big regrets is passing on the Centipede books when they were first announced. I wasn't a subscriber at that point and passed mostly, I think, because at the time it was sizeable chunk of change for an author I hadn't read in a genre I was not too familiar with. Now, I occasionally look at picking up some titles, but they range in the $175+ per title on the aftermarket (and $175 is at the very low end), so I've made little to no headway. I do have the last two releases that came out so I need to crack those bad boys open at some point.

[Sock Monkey]

I don't believe I ever followed up and posted what this special item was, so if I did forgive my redundancy, but if I didn't, this is what made my year (and then some): a Cornell Woolrich signed letter to his sometimes agent, Harold Swanson, which he not only signs it w/ an accompanying handwritten postscript, but references THE BRIDE WORE BLACK, the novel that in the year of this letter would launch Woolrich’s career as the 20th century’s finest novelist of suspense and noir -- and one of my favorite authors of all time.

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Things like this don't normally tickle my fancy, but, man, Ron, this is one heck of a item to add to the collection. So very, very cool! Congratulations!

[RonClinton]

I also like the tagline "Visit the World's Fair...in New York...1939".Â

You know, it’s funny, I didn’t even notice that before until I posted the photo here at the forum. Pretty cool nod to history.

[Dave1442397]

I don't believe I ever followed up and posted what this special item was, so if I did forgive my redundancy, but if I didn't, this is what made my year (and then some): a Cornell Woolrich signed letter to his sometimes agent, Harold Swanson, which he not only signs it w/ an accompanying handwritten postscript, but references THE BRIDE WORE BLACK, the novel that in the year of this letter would launch Woolrich’s career as the 20th century’s finest novelist of suspense and noir -- and one of my favorite authors of all time.

letter.jpeg

That's awesome! I see the hotel has survived all these years, so the "absolutely fireproof" claim hasn't been tested   

https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/...new-york-1905/

I also like the tagline "Visit the World's Fair...in New York...1939".