2003 Overstreet Price Guide in comic shops Wednesday...

[blowout]

I heard that they actually delayed the guide last year to more acurately factor new ASM prices in what with the movie hitting around this time.

[ArnoldTBlumberg]

Um...no. It was the printer thing alluded to earlier. And boy, tell people a book is going to come out on time and nobody believes you, do they? Or is it like crying wolf too many times?

[blowout]

Thanks for clearing that up Arnold, I didn't actually hold much credence in the Spidey reason. Just though I'd throw it out there.

 

Any printing troubles this year?

[ninanina]

arnoldt, did you just say the overstreet book is coming out on time? Was it scheduled for Wednesday? Not trying to be cute, just curious.

 

And, because you mentioned it, a couple years ago my shop kept telling me next week for sure, next week for sure, in two weeks for sure etc. etc. etc. That's why I'm being so cinical on the matter.

[ArnoldTBlumberg]

Nothing catastrophic this year as far as I can remember, we should be cool. Of course, this doesn't preclude a group of gibbons from breaking out of your nearby zoo and hijacking the truck of Guides as they head to your comic shop. But that hasn't happened in a few years, so it'll probably be OK.

 

[Aman619]

Gibbons?

 

I heard it was a mad pack of ferrets.

 

wait---- Now I remember--NINJA ferrets.

[Crowzilla]

One of the things that you guys who are remembering delays from a few years ago are forgetting is that now Diamond does their shipment packing almost a week in advance to make sure that stores get everything on time. They had the guides last week and were packing them to make sure that stores all across the US (no matter how many UPS delivery days away) all got them on Wednesday.

Plus with Diamond being the publisher and distributor now, distribution is much smoother than it used to be, there's no stopping the presses to get in that Hulk #181 sale or report that Heritage was finally able to sell the 9.4 Fantasy #15 that passed in December.

 

 

[chromium]

Never underestimate... The Gibbon

[ArnoldTBlumberg]

I hate to be a stickler, but Diamond is not the publisher. Gemstone Publishing Inc. is the publisher, and Diamond is a sister company and also the gracious distributor of our books. It may seem a slight distinction to some, but it's not.

[ArnoldTBlumberg]

Oh yeah, Martin Blank, right? One of the lamest Spidey villains ever! Ah, the good old days.

[fantastic_four]

I hate to be a stickler, but Diamond is not the publisher. Gemstone Publishing Inc. is the publisher, and Diamond is a sister company and also the gracious distributor of our books. It may seem a slight distinction to some, but it's not.

Yea, but you're both owned and operated by the same guy and reside in the same building. My current company sounds a lot like yours; our boss owns three different companies with different staffs who all reside in the same office park. I'm finding that there's a much higher level of cooperation between companies in a smallish-to-mediumish multi-company environment like this.

[PovertyRow]

Hey Arnold! Do you know if the book is being distributed to any of the major bookstores like B Dalton or Waldenbooks? Comic Book stores are not too handy in my area during workdays.

[Aman619]

Sounds like what ArnoldT is sayng is that from where HE and others sit at Diamond/Gemstone/etc sit, the lines of communication are weak. But as YOU say, the walls are pretty transparent from on high where Steve sits high above of ALL his subdivisions.

 

Not hard to imagine a synergy from as viewed from the top that might not be apparent in the (sorry Arnold) trenches below. Forest-for-the-trees-wise, that is.

[ArnoldTBlumberg]

Random House handles our bookstore distribution, and that "publisher" thing you mentioned might be referring to them. From a regular bookstore's perspective, Random House is the "publisher" even though technically they're not but rather a carrier of our books to the book chains. It works though, so eh *shrug*.

[ninanina]

Uh, listen guys, the ninanina that wouldn't believe the overstreets would be in the comic shops on Wednesdays - wasn't me. Understand that I'd be the first one to admit when I'm wrong here but, ya see I have this clone, and he........

 

No, really...

[PovertyRow]

Understand that I'd be the first one to admit when I'm wrong here but, ya see I have this clone, and he........

 

There there! It is OK! We ALL knew something like that was going on!

 

 

 

 

 

 

psst - Hey! Hammer...we got a live one here. Just guide him out the back door - try not to make a scene, ok!

 

 

 

[ninanina]

Thanks Poverty, your so understanding.

[PovertyRow]

Thanks Poverty, your so understanding.

 

Hey! My casa es su casa!