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Allen_Richards
11/21/09

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A solid half of my Lansdale collection is from Subterranian. While I absolutely HATE, HATE, HATE the cover art on pretty much every one, it's nice to know those limited are out there.
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craigdbpatton
11/21/09

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Ramsey Campbell is "underrated"...? By who? He's won tons of awards, is considered a living legend by the horror and fantasy community, and is "Britain's most respected living horror writer" according to the Oxford Companion to English Literature.

Some presses you did not mention:

Ash-Tree Press - an important steward of the classic ghost story tradition and publishers of much acclaimed new work as well.

Earthling Publications - releasing loads of great books, including a healthy chunk of the work of Glen Hirshberg, one of the most acclaimed authors of horror/dark/weird fiction to emerge this decade.

Shroud Publications - still very young, but drawing more and more attention to both its flagship magazine and its book line.
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Allen_Richards
11/21/09

@craigdbpatton: I really need to give Campbell another shot. I tried and tried to finish THE COUNT OF ELEVEN about 15 years ago and it was chore. A great big nasty one at that, like latrine after the entire barracks were on a 3-day bender of cheap Shlitz and Pabst....

Around page 80 I finally gave up.
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Bootknife-Jackson
11/20/09

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must buy shatner book!
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redspidey
11/20/09

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Shatner.
Shatner?
Shatner!
on SUNDAY!
SUNDAY!!
SUNDAY!!!

I hope that's not meant to be him on the cover. The face looks really off.
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Aidan_
11/21/09

@redspidey: AT THE MUD-O-DROOOOME!
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braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
11/20/09

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Also Threat Quality Press. We have published ONE WHOLE BOOK!
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Ruthless, If you let me
11/20/09

@braak: and a HALF! Holland's was sorta out, and then not out right?
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braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
11/20/09

@Ruthless, If you let me: Yes, true, technically! Technically it's a book and a half!
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crashedpc - Haifisch
11/20/09

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Eraserhead gets an automatic win because of the Shatner Quake. Dear sweet jeebus.
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Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
11/20/09

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I would call this a post that starts with a image that makes you wanna run away. But the hashtag was to long.
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petitmorte000
10/12/09

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Thank you Grey Area!
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Grey_Area
10/12/09

@petitmorte000: You are very welcome!
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Grey_Area
10/09/09

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Well, for anyone interested, Night Shade Books has a free download of the entirety of Trial of Flowers here [www.nightshadebooks.com] .
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jbq
10/10/09

@Grey_Area: I can't stand reading on the screen, need my books in my hands. I'll definitely be checking these out too, which means more books on my list. Damn you, Chris! At least it's my birthday soon, could be good for the ol' library..
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Zero9
10/12/09

@Grey_Area: Thanks for beating me to posting the link. The only reason I gave that book a try was because I got it for free, and now I can't wait to start to sequel.
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mordicai
10/08/09

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Super excited for both "Pinion" & "Endurance."
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drdoombot
09/12/09

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This guy is a moron.

People don't "get" authors? What, do people not go to school anymore? What is there not to get? Does going into a movie store erase all knowledge of other kinds of categorization?

And this talk of e-readers being a dead-end is bullshit, too. Spoken like someone who has never actually used an e-ink device.

The Nintendo DS store would be a neat idea... if that isn't exactly what Amazon was trying to do with the Kindle. Right now, the Kindle is an e-book device, but gadget conversion will eventually turn it into a device that will have other functions. When that happens, it will access the Amazon Store for other things in addition to e-books. It'll probably pull it off better than the DS, too.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
09/13/09

@drdoombot: The refresh rate on e-ink is still way too slow, it bothers my eyes and takes too long. That flash where it goes entirely black is so annoying.

If I have a phone or DS, I can also do other things with it right now, for less than the cost of a Kindle.
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drdoombot
09/13/09

@Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Eh. I've been using my Sony Reader for nearly two years now; I've read 25 books and countless articles on it. I've read 2-3 books on my Palm T/X and it was awful every time. There really is no comparison.
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Brian Richards
09/11/09

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I horde paperbacks. Everyone I know that is a regular reader does too. I think it's more people than he thinks. *IF* e-books are going to work, they need to come up with one or two formats that I can read on any device I want (see: music and movies on my cell phone). But until they can make an reader that feels and acts like a paperback, it's not gonna work for me anyway.
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Raywind
09/11/09

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I horde tons of paperback books... because if I had to pay Hardcover prices, I'd have maybe a third of my current library.
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the_wiggle
09/12/09

@Raywind: hear ya. hard cover is so overpriced. only a handful of series are worth it.
our family's massive collection of boxed paperbacks make fantastic insulation to keep the heat out of our 3rd floor apt.
plus they can be lent at at will.
give me an ebook i can lend with the same ease & we'll be there.
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it must be bunnies
09/11/09

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"Bookstores are confusing to people – they don't get the idea of authors, because movies are filed by title. Bookstores are intimidating."

Really? I think that he might be underestimating his audience.
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Eridani
09/11/09

@it must be bunnies: I think the point is that he wants to reach out to people who are not already his audience. He wants to reel in new readers, and create a market where one doesn't now exist.
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Annalee Newitz
09/11/09

@it must be bunnies: Well he works in a bookstore. I think what he's saying is that going into a bookstore is very different from going into a drugstore - in one place, you cater to a niche, but in another you cater to a broad audience of people who might not consider themselves book readers (and who would therefore be intimidated by a bookstore).
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phoghat
09/11/09

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I read a LOT of books, all of them are e books which I read on a Windows 5 device The screen is small at 4 inches but I can read it comfortably. Why not a Kindle or some other E ink reader? Because they don't do anything else and they are in grey scale and too damn expensive.
If Asus comes out with their net book tablet for a good price, I'd buy that for a dollar
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