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 Posted: Jun 14, 2008 - 04:16 PM
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A sizeable shipment of the books is en route to Holmes, and is due to arrive shortly at some neighbouring port in the USA I believe. It has gone by surface rather than air, I would have thought, in order to prevent the dollar price of the book being unacceptably high. Whilst there are some who will buy this book almost irrespective of the price, for many others the price is a determining factor.
I referred above to a flaw only recently detected in this book, whereby some text has been blanked out. I'm still considering options with my printers, but for the standard edition it looks as if an errata slip will have to suffice. However, it is likely that for the deluxes there will be a print rerun. This is likely to cause further delay in the deluxes becoming available, but will be worth it.
Many thanks to the many people who on receipt of the book have emailed me, or posted to this thread, to say how much they like this new edition. It is truly heartwarming.
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Posted: Jun 14, 2008 - 04:45 PM
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MichaelStaley wrote: › However, it is likely that for the deluxes there will be a print rerun.
That's good news - thanks for the update, Michael. |
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Posted: Jul 01, 2008 - 01:39 AM
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| Well received on Saturday from JD Holmes; in Death Valley, USA. Errata slip intact. Thank You Starfire. Footnotes be dammed, Onward through the Fog. A fine production, I find pleasure in sniffing the pages. Thank You Again! |
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Posted: Jul 01, 2008 - 03:26 PM
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MichaelStaley wrote: › However, it is likely that for the deluxes there will be a print rerun.
Ow! That's gotta cut into your production expenses!!!
Are you *sure* a tipped-in errata slip won't suffice? Personally, I don't mind one if it gets my copy out quicker, and if it helps *your* bottom line, *and* gets the next Typhonian reprint out quicker, so much the better!
As a former Army Journalist, proof-reader and paste-pot layout newspaperman, I deeply sympathize with the exorcizing of these these sort of devils. Thank the Saints I'm no longer in that line of work!!! |
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Posted: Jul 01, 2008 - 04:07 PM
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| Makes me realize how fortunate I am to be working in the far more ephemeral world of the web, where adjustments can be made in the blink of an eye using nothing more than this iPhone! |
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Posted: Jul 07, 2008 - 01:21 AM
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| Also received mine on Sat. I kinda dig the errata slip....its sparkley and makes for a good bookmark. |
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Posted: Jul 07, 2008 - 10:04 AM
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| michael, will you be sending out errata slips to those of us who ordered before the error was noted? |
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Posted: Jul 07, 2008 - 12:07 PM
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JD Holmes is sending out his own errata slips to the customers he supplied. All who bought directly from me will be receiving an errata slip in due course. My apologies for the delay.
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Posted: Jul 07, 2008 - 01:26 PM
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MichaelStaley wrote: › it is likely that for the deluxes there will be a print rerun.
Michael,
Any news on how long this is going to take?
Also, if you have all the unused pages from the misprints, why not produce a cheaply bound libraries edition and give them to remote rural libraries, or perhaps Christian Aid have a project that sends books to the third world?  |
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Posted: Jul 07, 2008 - 01:37 PM
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The rerun for the deluxes has taken place, and the materials are with the specialist bookbinders. I am meeting with them tomorrow to pass over some other items, after which work will commence. The specialist bookbinders are likely to take a month or so; once there is an estimated delivery date I will be updating all subscribers to the deluxe edition.
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Posted: Jul 07, 2008 - 04:27 PM
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Dear Mr. Staley,
Good news, I'm looking forward to have the deluxe edition (...the one with extra tentacles..) in my hands. To make a rerun, to correct the error, seems to be an excellent choice. A(L)ll my warm wishes to the Starfire!
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Posted: Jul 08, 2008 - 06:59 AM
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MichaelStaley wrote: › JD Holmes is sending out his own errata slips to the customers he supplied. All who bought directly from me will be receiving an errata slip in due course. My apologies for the delay.
Best wishes,
Michael.
thanks, looking forward to it! |
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Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 05:09 PM
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Just an update on the deluxes.
The reprint for the deluxes was completed and all materials placed with the specialist binders, who have started work. They are likely to deliver the finished books to me in the second half of August.
Walter did suggest above that he would have been happier with a tipped-in errata slip in order to speed the completion of the deluxes. If emails to the diamond geezers who man the keyboards in the vicinity of starfire.books @btinternet.com are anything to go by, most subscribers to the limited edition are grateful that the text is being corrected. I'm glad to have embarked on that path, therefore.
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Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 06:04 PM
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most subscribers to the limited edition are grateful that the text is being corrected
Whereas this is absolutely understandable, I have to add that the "error" in the standard edition is VERY minor and hardly impacts the text. It will be evident to the astute reader who has traveled thus far in the book that a small portion of Gematria got "blipped out" but one who has gone that distance already will not find extending their study into an errata sheet to be a terrible effort. The overall "package" is simply glorious and much more radiant than its first appearance.
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Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 06:55 PM
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Seeing as how I've ordered a deluxe edition I'm quite pleased that Michael and Starfire have put in the extra effort and had them reprinted. It shows that they care about how they turn out. They could have just said it was too late for a reprint and left them with an errata slip.
I'm happy to wait, though if I spend much more time in Watkins drooling over the standard editions they have on their shelves they might think I'm some kind of a prevert and have me barred.  |
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Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 07:22 PM
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MichaelStaley wrote: › They are likely to deliver the finished books to me in the second half of August.
Excellent, Michael. That gives me a chance at least of finishing a decent review before they're published! |
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Posted: Jul 17, 2008 - 07:58 PM
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Hi Michael...
I guess it is too late for that, but I spotted another VERY TINY flaw, which I am sure you would have liked to correct in the Deluxes: In Chapter 14 - The Watcher in the Tower, the footnotes at the bottom get a little ahead (one number ahead to be precise) of the footnote numbers in the text, which is nothing more than a little inconvenient by having to browse back to the footnote. Anyway, probably too late - and, I repeat, unimportant anyhow.
After reading it on the beach in Greece (yes, packed in my handmade sand-, sweat-, water- and oil-proof dustjacket, I read the book on a beach just across from Mount Olymp in between saving my son again and again from the Typhonian currents of the Gulf of Salonika which seemed irresistible to him) I wanted to congratulate you once again for your efforts in republishing it. I regret I never read it before I had to sell my first edition.
Thanks again
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| I too noticed the footnote error, also without ever reading the first edition. A minor and unimportant error it is indeed. In fact, I like how it makes me turn back the page so I can read it all over again. I'm on my second read through this Tome, and I just want to say this book gets better and better with each read. I love it! Damn, I can hardly stand the waiting......how much longer until Monolith is published, Michael? |
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Posted: Jul 18, 2008 - 03:22 PM
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NOX, many thanks for your appreciative remarks. Concerning Monolith, Kenneth hasn't finished this yet and I don't know how imminent is its completion. When I do know, there'll be an announcement. In the meantime, I'm continuing to work on the republication of the out-of-print Trilogies volumes, and hope to publish the next one by the end of the year.
Ever the busy bee (of Maat),
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MichaelStaley wrote: › In the meantime, I'm continuing to work on the republication of the out-of-print Trilogies volumes, and hope to publish the next one by the end of the year.
Ever the busy bee (of Maat),
Michael.
Fantastic news. If you don't mind me asking, which Typhonian Tome do you plan on embellishing, Michael?
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| The Magical Revival is the next one. |
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Posted: Jul 24, 2008 - 07:43 AM
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93.
I just received my copy of Outside the Circle of Time from JD Holmes and I just wanted say, "wow." It's a beautiful edition and am really happy to have received a copy. I have been wanting to read Grant's books for a while now but they have mostly been out of my price range. I am stoked to see these new editions coming out. I will surely be a consistent customer.
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| Throughout the book Grant mentions some of Achad's unpublished correspondence. Well, I was wondering if this has been published as of now? If not, when will it be? If never, then why not? |
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