What to Expect When You’re Collecting Suntup Editions.
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- čas přidán 21. 07. 2024
- I've been collecting Suntup Editions since 2018 and with every new release I am blown away. They're my favorite publisher both in the books they choose to do and how they do them.
I'm putting together a small series of videos to give collectors an idea of what to expect when buying from small press publishers. In this first installment, I'm focusing on Suntup Editions.
In this video, you'll learn about the price, pre-order process, shipping, quality, and what I consider the best in my collection.
NOTE: Apologies for some of the photos--it seems I needed to use a lint brush on more than one occasion.
ALSO: I forgot to mention in the video that you will want to keep the shipping boxes forever. It's a problem. You just won't be able to throw them out. They're too well made and great for transporting the books if you are moving.
ALSO ALSO: I forgot to mention that Suntup is the only publisher that gets exclusive shelves in my collection. I shelf them together instead of shelving by author as I do with the rest of my collection. I shelf my Suntups in order of announcement only defying that rule when Suntup publishes a book by an author they previously published. Then I shelf the author's works together.
ALSO ALSO ALSO: I didn't mention the paperweights and other things Suntup produces that liven up the shelves in an absolutely fun way.
ALSO ALSO ALSO ALSO: As mentioned in the comments, Suntup announced an Artist Edition line that's signed by the author and those are called Classic Editions. It's still the same price point and print run--only with the sweet addition of the author signature.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:17 About Suntup
01:36 Price
02:49 Selection
03:43 Editions
05:05 Artist Editions
06:13 Red Dragon Artist Edition
06:55 Numbered Editions
07:36 Red Dragon Numbered Edition
08:28 Lettered Editions
08:59 Red Dragon Lettered Edition
10:29 Uniformity
11:30 Buying and Rights
14:01 Shipping
15:38 My Favorites
15:48 Blood Meridian Numbered
16:53 Imajica Numbered
17:48 The Exorcist Numbered
18:27 The Butcher Boy (All Editions)
21:05 Outro
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Just wanted to add that when an Artist Edition is signed by the author, I believe that's considered a Classic Edition.
Yes! I actually mentioned that in the portion of the video where I talk about AEs. I later edited out because it seemed to muddy things up. I think the important thing is the pricing and limitation overview. Thank you for pointing it out and giving people that bit of info. I also updated the description with a note about CEs.
Great video. I only have a few artist editions but this made me want to collect more.
I love these books. They form the pinnacle of my book collecting. I can't even begin to convey he amount of joy and peace I feel at my Suntup shelves. Right now, on the secondary, Suntup books are surprisingly inexpensive. It's a buyer's market and you can get some of the books I own for less than I paid. In some cases, like Imajica, for about half of what I paid. So I'm happy for those just getting started.
Great idea for a series…look forward to more!👍🏻
Thank you Ron. I think up next will be Centipede.
Absolutely loved this!
Thank you!
Thank you so much, this series is everything I needed and more! When getting into collecting it's so difficult to make decisions and you make it so much easier with your videos! I'm really grateful!
I'm so glad! I know it can be confusing since no two publishers behave the same. Once you get a book or two from a publisher, then you'll know what to truly expect. There are so many out there.
This is incredibly well done Jeff, love it
I really appreciate that, Baron!
Not to mention the free gifts now and then!
Shhhhhhh
Actually, I wanted to add the huge generosity of Suntup, but I didn't want to make people expect generosity and I wanted to keep it simple, sticking to the basics. I indulged myself with the Butcher Boy story. I'm only human! :D
Can’t wait for the next publisher’s spotlight!
I thought I'd have it up by now! sooon
Excellent video concept!
Thank you! It's a lot of fun and I look forward to doing the rest.
certainly Suntup & Centipede are the dominant fantasy small presses at this time......
all the same must admit tho my nostalgic gaze drifts back to the likes of Arkham House, Dark Harvest, Scream Press & Donald Grant as regards top quality productions !
Donald Grant started the ball rolling for me. I learned about limited editions with art as I hunted the Dark Tower books. If you're fond of the presses of yesteryear, you should know that Phantasia Press has started up again. You might recall they did the very first limited edition of a Stephen King novel with Firestarter. Also they did the first edition of Neuromancer.
This is a great topic!
Thank you! I thought about doing these for so long.
I really enjoyed this and will be very much looking forward to each video in this series!
Please don't judge me too harshly for the Centipede Press video!
Ha! No judgement, my friend. I’ll just be happy the video exists! I’m sure you will do a terrific treatment.
Very well done. Can't wait to enjoy the next one in the series. Don't know if it's possible but it would be awesome if you could get interviews with the publishers as well and how they came into thier publishing careers. I'm glad I get to learn more about these publishers. Thanks.
I'm actually going to post a long lost interview I did with Paul Suntup tomorrow. But if you're interested, Collectible Book Vault is doing a series of {written} interviews with various publishers. I don't have the URL in front of me, but I'm sure you'll be able to find it. Great stuff there including an interview with Paul Suntup.
@@THEJEFFWORD Yeah, I've been reading those as well. They're well done.
I enjoyed that Jeff. Great video. But I really was just curious to see if you got a haircut yet. 🤣
That haircut is happening very soon!
Outstanding, Jeff. Very interesting, informative and comprehensive, with a lovely presentation of some beautiful books at the end. And you managed not just to cover the facts and logistics of buying from Suntup, but to show the craft and artistry that drives the passion we have for these books. Very well done indeed.
Great editing job, too, by the way.
Thank you!. It's tough knowing that no matter what I say and what I show nothing will capture the experience.
Terrific presentation
Thank you!
Hi Jeff I love the Idea of this video I look so so professional much love💕💕👍👍
Thank you Russell!!!
What happened to your voice at 10:59? 👀, nice idea about publishers, best books collectors channel ever.
Hahahaha I actually slurred "similarities" inexplicably. And I didn't have one drop of alcohol. This video was a struggle for me for some odd reason. I scripted it and filmed it the first time and it took 51 minutes to film. About two minutes into filming, my mic cut out and I had no idea. So the remainder was completely silent and unusable. I filmed it again--this time with the script and the benefit of a "rehearsal" take and I still struggled to get it all in some order.
When I heard the slurred "similarities" I thought maybe speeding up the track would fix it. It didn't. But it made me laugh and get over the whole annoyance with filing this video so I left it in.
And thank you so much for the kind words.
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@@THEJEFFWORD Wow, that is a lot of work, respect and thanks again for the great contents.
Although not my favorite selection of books from month to month, Suntup does produce the best books of any fine press publisher I've purchased from without a doubt.
I wish I had all the money in the world.
@@THEJEFFWORD Same here! If I ever sell an IP I'm heading straight over to the Suntup store!
This was a cool video, thank you for the breakdown. Now I'm going to go about my life totally afraid that Suntup will release 5 digit costing Roman Numeral versions of my favourite books, haha.
Be very afraid. It's scary to think there are books you MUST own. and those books could cost thousands.
why no Folio? BTW just purchased my first Suntup , Charlie and the Chocolate Factory via ebay. Looking forward to buying direct next
I have both the AE and the numbered Charlie and they are both incredible! Congrats on the score. I could do a Folio video, but I don't think I'd give enough of a picture for people new to the press. I've only got 4 titles from them. Though I certainly could make a video describing how I feel about what I have and how they differ from what I normally collect. And I might since a lot of people ask for Folio. Thank you for commenting!
Very well done. Quality aside, i just can't make big purchases like this very often. I have kept a little tab on imajica on the secondary, and found a couple listed by auction (mistake by the sellers). Made some bids on the first to try to drive up the price, and despite both ending at around 200 i still couldn't do it. If they did War of the Worlds or Princess Bride i might have a difficult choice on my hands.
Well, Suntup did do War of the Worlds. That one includes a whole other book of bonus content. czcams.com/video/NUbUpEhYTEI/video.html Amazing stuff. Folio did Princess Bride.
You should add Subterranean and Folio on this list
I would, but I don't collect enough from them to go all that deep. I'll certainly think about it. Maybe I'll do a video putting a few publishers together and give a high-level view.
I’m definitely gonna be diving into Suntup very soon. When you order one book they clearly take the utmost care with it. Have you ever ordered 2 in one order? Wondering how well they ship multiple books. I ordered a handful from folio society and one came dinged even with all their protection, but coming from the UK is quite a journey so I probably came out lucky with just one ding lol
I've ordered two in one order before.In that case, you'll get the famed Double Stack Box notecard and twice the foam. You can see the double stack box in my Red Dragon unboxing. With this link you can jump right to the part where I show the bottom part of the box. czcams.com/video/ZDnnOyPLBso/video.html
@@THEJEFFWORD one of the many reasons I subscribed, straight to the answer and even a demonstration lol thank you sir! The Suntup shelf will start any day now!
What about Easton Press and Folio Society? Any thoughts on them?
I've never collected any Easton Press so I'd say it's a no from me on that one. But MAYYYYbe a FS video. I don't know. I only have a few and there are people who go a lot deeper into FS. I'll have to think about that one.
Great video, only quibble would be that Suntup is NOT the most limited small press. They have been putting out roughly 750-1000 AE, 250-350 numbered, 26 lettered, and about 8-10 Roman of select titles. Earthling routinely has smaller print runs, as does SST I think. Centipede also hardly ever releases 1000 of any title. Just sayin'
Yes, all of that is true. I should have made it clear that I was only thinking of the print runs in terms of single editions and not all editions of the same title. For example, the numbered edition print run is lower than almost all other print runs from other publishers. It's not an absolute, of course. I'm only speaking in generalities. But yes, when we compare title to title there are often more Suntup editions than CP or SST or Earthling.
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Howdy!
10:59 😆 What happened here?
😂I MANGLED the word "similarities" and instead of doing a dub over it, I increased the speed a bit and it's now insane.
@@THEJEFFWORD Hahaha! 😂