They are considering a reprint, so right now, there is no certainty about a second print. I hope so. I'm not paying +120 GBP for a copy of this book. I don't think they are worth it.

mboswi wrote:
They are considering a reprint, so right now, there is no certainty about a second print. I hope so. I'm not paying +120 GBP for a copy of this book. I don't think they are worth it.

There are still copies on eBay for £70. Just cancel your Speedyhen order and get one of those. There is no shortage of these that I can see. Just because HarperCollins has sold them all into the retail channel, doesn't mean there aren't plenty of copies out there that haven't been sold the final customer. What HarperCollins means by sold out isn't what you or I mean.

Stu wrote:
No B&L style barcode sticker on my signed copy from Waterstones this time around. Had a plain white stock control ISBN sticker over the normal ISBN, which I removed as it didn't appear to have any particular bibliographic interest and wasn't stuck on straight. I would have taken a photo of it, but it wasn't very interesting, tbh.

Thought I'd throw up a pic for posterity. Sticker comes up real easy.

That's the ISBN on that label though. So it does have a half-official separate signed ISBN going on... sort of. How un-official is a "stock control ISBN sticker"?

Khamûl wrote:
That's the ISBN on that label though. So it does have a half-official separate signed ISBN going on... sort of. How un-official is a "stock control ISBN sticker"?

Dunno. Might be official or not - I decided not to retain it in this case, but I left the black "signed copy" sticker on the front.

Goldsboro Books are selling signed Deluxe editions, which are 1st impressions, but at a very big markup on the RRP, £125

https://www.goldsborobooks.com/product ... 26428ac&mc_eid=33930d1ba2

I honestly wouldn't want a deluxe signed by Lee at this point. His signature just feels "more right" in a standard trade edition.

I have to agree, this copy is £75 more than I paid for my unsigned copy, but it is not difficult to get Alan Lee to sign any of his books, the signature does not add much or anything to these books.

Stu wrote:

mboswi wrote:
They are considering a reprint, so right now, there is no certainty about a second print. I hope so. I'm not paying +120 GBP for a copy of this book. I don't think they are worth it.

There are still copies on eBay for £70. Just cancel your Speedyhen order and get one of those. There is no shortage of these that I can see. Just because HarperCollins has sold them all into the retail channel, doesn't mean there aren't plenty of copies out there that haven't been sold the final customer. What HarperCollins means by sold out isn't what you or I mean.

No, Speedyhen is allegedly selling a reprint at 65 GBP right now including shipping to continental EU, so I'm ok with it. Let's see if they deliver.

mboswi wrote:

Stu wrote:

mboswi wrote:
They are considering a reprint, so right now, there is no certainty about a second print. I hope so. I'm not paying +120 GBP for a copy of this book. I don't think they are worth it.

There are still copies on eBay for £70. Just cancel your Speedyhen order and get one of those. There is no shortage of these that I can see. Just because HarperCollins has sold them all into the retail channel, doesn't mean there aren't plenty of copies out there that haven't been sold the final customer. What HarperCollins means by sold out isn't what you or I mean.

No, Speedyhen is allegedly selling a reprint at 65 GBP right now including shipping to continental EU, so I'm ok with it. Let's see if they deliver.

Not sure I'd get a reprint vs a 1st print for a difference of £5. You probably will never sell it, but reprints of these deluxes are pretty much worthless on the used market. Just IMHO.