Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Cemetery Dance Publications

Attention all Horror, Scifi, and Fantasy readers:  if you aren't aware of Cemetery Dance Publications yet, you should be ashamed of yourself.  They are an amazing small publishing house that cultivates both new and bestselling genre authors, as well as putting out Cemetery Dance magazine a few times a year.  Their books are HIGHLY collectible and are almost all tiny print runs, illustrated, and/or signed limited editions.  You can't beat it.  And, if you preorder, they give you free shipping.  Who doesn't love free shipping?  Especially from a small publisher.  It's unheard of. 

Some of their best stuff is in their famous Grab Bag sales.  These are random things that they have lying around their warehouses and sell to us for ridiculously cheap ($39 for 3 hardcover, signed limited editions usually).  And if you are on their mailing list, you get advance notice of almost everything before it gets announced to the general public, and usually get some sort of discount.  I'm a member of the Collector's Club and some of the initial discounts have been stellar.  I'm not ashamed to say that I have spent WAY more money than I probably should have in the last 3 months, but don't tell my husband.  That is what having a separate bank account is for. 

They publish everyone from Stephen King (they did the true first edition of this year's huge hit, Blockade Billy, that caused his normal publisher, Scribner, to put out a cheaper version for the masses since there was such demand) to Peter Straub to Richard Matheson, and many many more.  Most of their titles sell out within a few days of announcement and are very hard to get aftermarket.  They have been also known to sell a few editions from Subterranean Press or Donald Grant, but not very often. 

If you love a good thrill ride, check them out on facebook or on http://www.cemeterydance.com/.  Let's help the little guys have a great year.

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