Now that the cat has peeked out of the bag, may we have a few details, David, please?

Well, amazon.com is not imdb.com, which can be updated by anyone; amazon's information comes from the publishers, doesn't it? Anything may very well happen to delay and even prevent items from being released, but I suppose Gemstone were sure enough to inform amazon.

Or does amazon get its information other ways? From the services attributing ISBNs, maybe?
I have never thought about it.

I can't give many details about these projects yet, other than to confirm that for right now they're in the works. Plans have been known to change, though. Lars is correct: Amazon's listings often reflect projects (from all publishers) that may not ultimately come out as originally expected.
But at least you can see what we presently *want* to do.

The cover pictures at this point, by the way, are just quick "Americanizations" of similar volumes already published by Egmont. Our final editions may look very different (and may not be identical to Egmont's equivalents inside, either).

ramapith wrote:

But at least you can see what we presently *want* to do.

David, that is good enough for me for now! Yes, of course plans can change, publication dates may slide, etc.  Just the fact though that Gemstone has definite plans to do them in the near future is the important thing.  What exact date they are released on, what the total content is, etc. pales in significance to the fact that we should be getting Barks, Gottfredson, and Rosa Libraries!

Of course, please update us with *any* details *whenever* you can!

Hi. New to the forum. Thanks for the info on upcoming Barks Library set (even though I have 7 of the ten previous sets from Another Rainbow) and the Don Rosa Set. I'm In! I have placed my advanced orders with Amazon. Can't wait for the Gottferdson hardback to come out in August. As for a third title from the glorious Gemstone, we can keep hoping. As it is, I am colecting the first run of Mickey Mouse and Friends, but would be very happy to see a third title. -Mykal

This is great news. I will definitely buy these sets.

But why is the Don Rosa book coming out on 24 December? They'll be missing out on a lot of potential Christmas sales.

I'm sorry to once again be such a downer, but... David Gerstein wrote that these projects are what the people at Gemstone

ramapith wrote:

presently *want* to do.

Everyone, there's a huge difference between *wanting* to do something and actually *doing* it. We all know that Gemstone *wanted* to do some black & white Shonen Jump-style books last year... and those didn't end up happening, did they? Or take the Scandinavian Carl Barks Collection: it was on Egmont's drawing board for almost *ten years* before it came out.

I've visited Amazon's website many times over the years, and I know that publishing dates, prices and contents information on upcoming publications often change before the publications are out. Why not postpone jumping up and down with joy until we at the very least have an official press release from Gemstone stating that they will indeed publish these projects at some specific date?

Dean, I'm afraid I need to split the difference between yourself and Lars. While I like to share your optimism, Lars is himself right that things are pretty durn tentative. Our distribution arm asks us to submit our information for Amazon—and other online retailers—nearly a year in advance. So these early plans are often subject to change.

As for the third monthly title: fans on this forum and in other online forums have expressed quite an interest in this; but the way to have the biggest impact with all involved parties at Gemstone is to send suggestions and requests not just to the DCF, but directly to our lettercol e-mail addresses, where more of our staff will see them.
At present, the lettercols have received fewer letters in favor of a third title and more letters in favor of irregular specials and one-shots, so that's what we've been planning. From the buzz I find online, I myself suspect more people would like to see the third title—but this isn't reflected in the letters that our lettercols are actually receiving. If you feel differently, squawk back!

It's as easy as... wdcs@gemstonepub.com us@gemstonepub.com

Some have suggested a monthly Mickey/Donald combination title. Others like the idea of a bimonthly Mickey book and a bimonthly Donald, switching off month by month. Were we to expand our line (not that it's likely to happen right away, what with all these specials we're doing!), what would you like to see?

Dean Rekich wrote:

Two reason why I think there is a good chance that these projects will see the light of day in the near future:

One, while David said that they *want* to do these books, I guess the better word might be *plan*.  I don't think they would have sent the info to amazon if this was just some pie in the sky wish for something they might do way down the road.

Two, while items on amazon may be listed and then never appear, I have found that is seldom the case with Gemstone.  Right now the only items that I can think of that were listed and never appeared were a few issues of Mickey Mouse Adventures and Donald Duck Adventures, but then again these titles were cancelled as periodicals.

On the other hand Amazon was in denial for years about Gemstone's Uncle Scrooge #319. They kept claiming that the comic would be available within a couple of weeks, then a month or so. Then it was two months, then three, and four... and so on. Meanwhile I had contacted Gemstone and they claimed that that issue was sold out and not slated to be reprinted. Meanwhile Amazon kept informing the public via their website that they expect to ship at a later date. Finally Amazon had to concede the reality that this issue was no longer going to be available. But it took them a number of YEARS. I don't know who was responsible for the mis-information, Amazon or Gemstone. But the bottom line: I would not take to heart Amazon's word for such things.

I have, as of today, pre-ordered this amazing collection!

If we get Carl Barks Collected Works without the childhood diseases, hysteric colouring and amatourish translations, this is the best that has happened to mankind since the invention of the bottle-opener...

...look forward to receive my copy by Nov-Dec 2008

(But then again - one must be patient - it's been seen before, that this can be a long, slow and narrow path!)

Regarding the ten Danish volumes of Carl Barks Samlede Værker - we are about to get to the finishing line AND by now the "childhood deseases" are gone - GONE AT LAST!
Now Egmont has send out requests about possible interests in continuing the series with three further volumes with Barks non-Disney series, his CEO's and other things, concerning his artistic life - which I, for one, finds most interesting...

Keep on trucking!!

Sigvald wrote:

By the way, I also hope that there will be a Paul Murry Mouse Library sometime in the future, limited to the majority of his stories that take place in the Mouse-universe.

The world needs a Taliaferro Collection.

Robb_K wrote:

Sigvald:  What makes you think that if Gemstone does the groundwork in assembling a Gottfredson Library, that Egmont won't take advantage of that, and print their own versions in Scandinavia and Germany a few years later?

There must be a misunderstanding here? What you are saying is exactly what I am thinking. I do believe that Egmont will publish a Gottfredson Collection/Library as long as Gemstone does so. Furthermore I believe that Egmont's version will be uncensored (at least more than Gemstones version) - just compare CBSV with CBL and you'll understand what I mean.