Cemetery Dance 'Screamplays'

King's script The General is only one of half a dozen other screenplays written by other authors included in this collection. 

Clothbound Trade Hardcover:  $40.00
Traycased Lettered Edition:  $300.00 52 copies signed by artist and editor

See Cemetery Dance for details 

Stephen King and others associated with him Longlisted

Stephen King has been Longlisted for British Fantasy Society's Best Novel 2010

Under The Dome 

 

Check BFS site for all the contenders for Best Novel, Best Novella, and all other catagories. FYI: Joe Hill's Locke & Key Best Comic/Graphic Novel was also longlisted.

Best Anthology-The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Ed. 20 by Stephen Jones features Stephen King and Others.

KNOWING DARKNESS: ARTISTS INSPIRED BY STEPHEN KING  George Beahm and various artists (Centipede Press) for Best Non-Fiction

CEMETERY DANCE, ed. Richard Chizmar (Cemetery Dance) for Best Magazine

Good Luck!  Hope you all make the shortlist!

The Nine Billion Names of Blog speaks with Brian Freeman Marketing Director of Cemetery Dance about 'Blockade Billy'

Genuine Billy, or, How I Was Given a Back-Stage Pass is a post written by Some call me Tim on his blog The Nine Billion Names of Blog.

Marketing Director of CD Brian Freeman contacted the author of “Am I a Limited, or Am I a Trade?” An essay, to inform him on the days following the release of CD's edition of Blockade Billy. The blog post gives the details on the 30 minute conversation Tim had with Brian on how the ball got rolling on all of the many editions of Blockade Billy. 

Check this post on Cemetery Dance's First Edition 'Blockade Billy'

Some call me Tim wrote this essay on his blog:  The Nine Billion Names of Blog  
He has some real valid points on the first edition of Blockade Billy.

“Am I a Limited, or Am I a Trade?” An essay.

When the publisher Cemetery Dance announced Stephen King’s new novella, they touted it as their “biggest news in twenty years” of publishing. And it may well be. I’m not one to argue. They claimed that almost never, not since the 1970’s had King debuted an original work :  for full essay see post dated 05/02/10

Update: 'Blockade Billy' 2nd Printing up for grabs

This email was received this evening around 7:00 PM.  Just in case you didn't get this information from Cemetery Dance I'm reposting here.

From:  Mindy Jarusek

Hi there!

You're receiving this email because you ordered BLOCKADE BILLY by Stephen King.

Our SECOND printing, which was done exclusively for the libraries, arrived last week and has been shipping out the door by the carton. By the end of this week, every single copy will be gone.

That said, we've heard from several Stephen King "completist" collectors who needed this second printing for their collection -- especially once word started to get around that we used entirely different "cream" endpapers for the second printing to make it easily distinguishable from the first printing. (The copyright page was also updated.)

Several of these collectors pointed out that there will probably be very few "mint" copies of this second printing in circulation since they are all shipping to libraries, and these collectors really wanted one for their collection.

We talked it over and we've set aside a small batch of second printing copies for these serious Stephen King collectors, so if you need a second printing for your collection, please place your order in the next 72 HOURS. After that, we'll send the rest of these to the libraries.

You can place your order here while supplies last:

http://www.cemeterydance.com/page/CDP/PROD/king04

If you live outside the US and are still waiting on your First Printing to ship, please be aware that we're processing those orders as quickly as we can. There is some additional paperwork and trips to the post office required, but we are working hard to get you your copy as soon as possible.

Thanks again for your support of Cemetery Dance Publications!

~ Mindy

Cemetery Dance Publications
132-B Industry Lane, Unit #7
Forest Hill, MD 21050
410-588-5901 [phone]
410-588-5904 [fax]

Question of the Day #36: Are you reading Blockade Billy yet?

Yes, I started reading Blockade Billy but it isn't the hard copy yet.  The email came last evening that my book shipped. Since our home is only about an hour away from Cemetery Dance, it should be here today.  The reviews were so good that I downloaded the digital editon for my nook by Barnes and Noble.  The last game baseball game I saw was the Padres live in San Diego about 6-8 years ago when I lived there.  A fan of baseball I am not, but the novella is quite good.  My goal is to spend more time today reading. :-D          

 This was posted in an email 4/20/10 directly from Cemetery Dance:

As USA TODAY noted in their terrific review of the book this morning, the Cemetery Dance 1st Edition/1st Printing of Blockade Billy is SUPER LIMITED compared to the 500,000 copies Scribner is printing of their edition, which is due out at the end of May. For anyone who was worried that this other edition might be collectible, we suspect that number says it all. In fact, we think their huge print run will actually make our tiny 10,000 copy 1st printing even more collectible in the years to come. If you want a copy of our limited first printing, you can still place an order today while supplies last!

*Post your thoughts or opinions in comments.


                                                                                                                

Scribner to make Blockade Billy with Morality available also information on the eBook versions

Cemetery Dance, Scribner, and Stephen King have come to an agreement to make Blockade Billy with Morality (another hardcover editon) available to US and Canadian retail stores on May 25th, 2010. This is the  same day the audiobook of Blockade Billy with Morality by Simon and Schuster will be released.  The Scribner price will be less than the original limited edition published by Cemetery Dance.  A digital version will be available to Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Sony on April 20, 2010.

(Special Thanks to D for link to Morality I actually forgot that I posted this link on an earlier blog.  I have been dealing with so much information that I need to go back and read my previous posts sometimes.Whew!)

Blockade Billy Random Drawing for Deluxe Signed Lettered Edition and Deluxe Signed Edition

Cemetery Dance Random Drawing Page Enter the drawing for a chance to own a special book of Blockade Billy in two forms. 

(Posted on Cemetery Dance website)
HOW WINNERS ARE SELECTED AND NOTIFIED:

Winners will be selected after the deadline and notified via email. If you do not respond within 24 hours, we will pick another winner. After all of the winners are selected, we will notify everyone who entered.

SOME DETAILS ABOUT THE EDITIONS:

• Limited Edition: just 350 copies featuring a fine leather binding, two color printing throughout the book, a color frontispiece by Glen Orbik, eleven interior illustrations by Alex McVey, a sewn-in ribbon page marker, a custom deluxe traycase with pullout ribbon, an illustrated signature sheet signed by the artists, and Stephen King's first-ever baseball card, SIGNED by King as his way of signing this special edition. Also includes a copy of the authentic William "Blockade Billy" Blakely baseball card Cemetery Dance printed for their 1st edition hardcover ($450)

• Lettered Edition: 52 copies with all of the special features of the Limited Edition plus a "THREE PIECE" binding featuring a special Japanese cloth and a fine leather, an exclusive artwork page in each book featuring an original piece of artwork to make EACH copy unique, a bonus art portfolio featuring Limited Edition prints of the artwork from the book, and a deluxe hand-made custom box ($1,250)

DEADLINE:

We will remove the "add to cart" button from this page on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 4 PM EST. That is the deadline for entering.

Please note: all decisions of Cemetery Dance are final and we are not responsible for entries or responses that are lost for any reason.

(No coupons, discounts, Gift Certificates, Savings Certificates, or store credit of any kind can be used on the special editions.)

If I win the chance to purchase the Lettered Copy it is going to cost me my eye teeth. LOL

Under The Dome signed limited collector's edition photos

Cemetery Dance has photos of the exclusive character cards. Click link to view.

Scroll down below article to view character cards.

This edition was limited to 1,500 copies.

Update: Secretary of Dreams Volume 2

Cemetery Dance responded to my email by informing me that, Glenn Chadbourne, the artist will be including a lot more art in this volume than the last. His artwork adds so much to the expertly written stories. Here is a link for a preview of some of his exceptional artwork.

http://www.cemeterydance.com/page/CDP/Graven06

They tell me all of the artwork is done, needs to be proofread again, and now they are just waiting on signature sheets. Publication is now going to be sometime near the end of the year.

There are 3 editions of this book.

Slipcased Gift Editon $75.00 limited to 5,000
Signed & Traycased Limited Edition $300.00 limited to 750 copies
Signed & Traycased Lettered Edition cost unknown limited to 52 copies

******Update Update Update******
Secretary of Dreams update release information follow link to information
http://stephenkingrocks-hallrla3.blogspot.com/2009/09/secretary-of-dreams-volume-2.html

Update: Secretary of Dreams Volume 2 release update

I contacted the message board moderator aka Stephen King's assistant and I was told that their office has no information on the publication of this book. I am now contacting Cemetery Dance to find out if they can give any further information. I hope they release this book this year.


******Update Update Update******
Secretary of Dreams update release information follow link to information
http://stephenkingrocks-hallrla3.blogspot.com/2009/09/secretary-of-dreams-volume-2.html