Hi everyone!

Today I have some quick updates on our upcoming projects:

Blockade Billy by Stephen King
We've received the original artwork page for the Lettered Edition and the printer has now started all of the pre-press work for both editions, including ordering the special paper stock, the leather for the Limited Edition, and the Japanese book cloth and another leather for the Lettered Edition. We should have more information about their production schedule soon. We're still waiting to find out if we can have a "dummy book" made to give our traycase manufacturer exact sizing for the cases. (A dummy book is the exact same size and thickness as the "real" book will be, but its entirely blank.) That will be a major factor in the publication date, and we will let you know as soon as we have a firm date from everyone involved.

Riding the Bullet by Stephen King and Mick Garris
The book is rolling at the printer and they've given us a tentative shipping date of late September, but that is dependent on everything running smoothly on their end. Also, please remember that we need to get slipcases and traycases made before we can ship the books to you, but we're already working with our manufacturer on the design of those and they don't have to wait for a finished book to get started on production because the printer is able to make a "dummy book" to give them exact sizing. We'll keep you updated as we have news, but we expect this title to ship in October.

Due to the huge influx of new Stephen King fans on the Cemetery Dance mailing lists, the Collector's Gift Edition of this book is being reserved very quickly:

http://www.cemeterydance.com/page/CDP/PROD/o_king40

Please Note: several large online retailers have attempted to order THOUSANDS of copies of this title. The print run is limited to just 3,000 copies and that will not change. So if you've ordered at an online retailer, you probably won't be getting a copy of this book. Ordering from Cemetery Dance or an independent bookseller we have a relationship with is the only way to guarantee yourself a copy.

The Vampyricon Trilogy by Douglas Clegg
As soon as Doug is happy with the final manuscript text, we'll rush this book into production. Erin Wells has completed over twenty pieces of artwork for this massive volume and we posted a few samples here:

http://www.lonelyroadbooks.com/books/vampyricon/artwork.html

Unannounced Projects
We've signed a deal for a very exciting project for 2011 and we'll announce more details later this year. All I can say right now is the book is already in production and we think it's going to be prove extremely popular with our collectors. Stay turned!

Thanks again to everyone for your support!

best wishes,
Brian Freeman