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Trade Paperback of The Painted Darkness Shipping Now!

The trade paperback ofThe Painted Darkness, which has aretail price of only $9.99, is shipping now.

Cemetery Dance Publications still has some copies that are signed by Brian Keene, who wrote the introduction, and myself that you can order right now.

You can also order from Amazon.com or BN.com if you’d like to use a Gift Card you might have sitting around or take advantage of your existing account on those sites.

So again, your ordering options are:

CemeteryDance.com

Amazon.com

BarnesAndNoble.com

T...

Scenes from the Cemetery Dance office: Signing 300 Copies of The Painted Darkness

Brian Keene, who wrote the introduction for The Painted Darkness, was kind enough to sign 300 copies of the trade paperback last week. Now it’s my turn so these can ship next week:

Scenes from the Cemetery Dance office: Shipping The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King Scribner Hardcover

Our good friends at Scribner are publishingThe Dark Tower: The Wind Through The Keyhole by Stephen King on April 24 and we’re starting to pack our preorders so they can be shipped out on Monday:

Here is a a nice look at this beautiful cover:

Scenes from the Cemetery Dance office: The Dropper by Ron McLarty

Approval copies of The Dropper by Ron McLarty have arrived and the rest of the copies will be shipping next week:

Scenes from the Cemetery Dance office: Shipping The Crane House

Shipping of The Crane House signed Limited Edition has begun and will be finished next week:

Scenes from the Cemetery Dance office: Smoke & Mirrors signature sheets

Here is a shot of the finished signature sheet for Smoke & Mirrors edited by Richard Chizmar, which will be published later this year as a huge 9 inch X 12 inch oversized hardcover.  The Limited Edition and Lettered Edition are signed by all of the contributors: Neil Gaiman, William Peter Blatty, Stewart O'Nan, Frank Darabont, William F. Nolan, Joe Hill, Brian Keene & Michael Oliveri, Poppy Z. Brite, Kealan Patrick Burke, Mick Garris, Ray Garton, and Joe R. Lansdale.

The Secret History of Stephen King’s Baseball Cards

As many of you know, Lonely Road Bookspublished a deluxe Limited Edition and a deluxe Lettered Edition of Blockade Billy by Stephen King.They looked something like this (click on any of the images for the full gallery on the LRB website):

Many collectors already know that Stephen King autographed his first-ever baseball cards as his way of signing these special editions, which I thought was very cool, but what no one outside a small group knew until now is that there were actually two differen...

The Secret History of Stephen King's Baseball Cards

As many of you know, Lonely Road Books published a deluxe Limited Edition and a deluxe Lettered Edition of Blockade Billy by Stephen King. They looked something like this (click on any of the images for the full gallery on the LRB website):

Many collectors already know that Stephen King autographed his first-ever baseball cards as his way of signing these special editions, which I thought was very cool, but what no one outside a small group knew until now is that there were actually two

Scenes from the Cemetery Dance office: Signature Sheets for A Book of Horrors

Today we're sending the signature sheets for A Book of Horrors edited by Stephen Jones to our printer. This book, which will be published in late May, is our first collaboration with the fine folks at PS Publishing in the UK.

There will be 1,000 copies of the Limited Hardcover "Bookshop" Edition signed by Stephen Jones and Les Edwards and 100 copies of the Leatherbound Deluxe Hardcover Edition, which is signed by all of the contributors (on two signature sheets), housed in a handmade custom...

Shipping the It: 25th Anniversary Edition Limited Edition Artwork Portfolio

As mentioned in a previous post, Cemetery Dance Publications has produced a Limited Edition Artwork Portfolio featuring all of the artwork from our 25th Anniversary Edition of It by Stephen King. Our customers have really enjoyed the "behind the scenes" photos I've posted in the past when we've been shipping a cool new project, so I thought I'd post a few shots here on the blog for this one. These photos, as always, were taken with my patented slightly blurry and out of focus camera...