Hello Grim Oak Family! Welcome to Between the Stacks, a newsletter dedicated to bringing you the most interesting and up to date Grim Oak Press information straight from the warehouse.
November Edition, 2024
Wow, it sure feels like the holiday season has hit us in a hurry. Halloween roared through, our veterans are being honored, Thanksgiving plans are coming together, and Christmas is right around the corner…what the heck?!? Yet the Grim Oak warehouse was a tad bit too quiet for our liking lately and, oh, how that has changed. Let’s dive in!
Project Updates
After production delays, missed estimates, a hurricane that impacted our bindery, and a bit of bad luck, we ended up with a slow October in the Grim Oak warehouse when it comes to receiving titles. But that is no longer the case. As many of you saw last week we received Malice by John Gwynne, ran through an initial inspection, and began shipping to customers. What you didn’t know is that we received confirmation of shipment to the warehouse on multiple other titles that should arrive over the next few weeks and will likely keep us busy through the end of the year. Add in Dragonsteel, BFCM, and Grimoire? This is going to be a busy and wonderful season!
Estimated Timeline of Events
- Received all editions and inspected for quality
- Lettered Editions have been shipped to customers
- Limited Editions are actively shipping to customers
- Expected completion of all orders by Thanksgiving
Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale
- Starts at 9am Pacific on Friday, 11/29 and runs through 12/2
- Highly desired titles sold as “slightly damaged” with huge savings up to 60% off
- Fill in those spots on the shelf, give gifts, or try out the quality for less
- Orders will ship before Christmas
- Expected receipt of all editions before Thanksgiving
- Quality inspections upon delivery
- All cases received and ready
- Shipping to customers to begin directly after Malice completes
- Orders will ship before Christmas barring unforeseen delays
Dragonsteel Nexus 2024
- Grim Oak Press is attending as an exhibitor and the warehouse is closed 12/4 – 12/8
- 10’x20’ booth shared with Michael Sullivan
- Grimoire will be available for customer pickup and limited on site sale
- All authors are planning to attend so the signature hunt is on
- Collecting signatures from local authors in December
- Likely to begin shipping in January 2025
- Expected receipt of all editions before Thanksgiving
- Quality inspections on delivery
- All cases received and ready
- Estimated to begin shipping to customers in January 2025
- Expected receipt of all editions in early December
- Quality inspections and delivery
- All cases received and ready
- Estimated to begin shipping to customers in January 2025
This is not the timing we were hoping for with these titles. We are going to be receiving over 21 pallets of books, a big BFCM sale, and a week in Utah at Dragonsteel…all before Christmas. You know we will do our best to get as many books out the door as possible.
Warning: if we receive anything that is not of the quality we expect, this timeline will shift. We promise to keep everyone up to date but either way you slice it, books will be flying out of the warehouse over the next few months!
And don't forget to check our project status page often for updates!
In other news…
The Wounded Land by Stephen R. Donaldson pre-sale is moving to Q1’25. This is not due to project or production delays. We think that this has been a great year for beautiful books and wonderful stories, but also understand that it can be a large financial commitment. Plus, look at that shipping schedule! For us all to take a deep breath, let’s go ahead and move the next Thomas Covenant series to next year. This is only a delay to pre-order timing, and we are fully committed to bringing you the next chronicles in due time.