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Post by allegedly bryan on Jun 2, 2012 14:50:53 GMT -5
Hm. Well I guess that would sure be a reason to buy the short lived edition. Assuming it is real.
Perhaps Little Brown and Harper Collins made a deal, having both been publishers of Handler, and since this promotes both of them.
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Post by B. on Jun 2, 2012 15:09:30 GMT -5
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Post by Christmas Chief on Jun 2, 2012 15:45:08 GMT -5
It's definitely real. The question is, why only Canada? They've been known to release information sooner than other Snicket countries ... and this would give the short-lived edition a reason to exist. I agree with Bryan; the situation promotes both HC and LB.
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Post by Antenora on Jun 7, 2012 11:24:58 GMT -5
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Post by Christmas Chief on Jun 7, 2012 11:39:22 GMT -5
Of course. I'd forgotten the two branches are part of the same company, which explains why Egmont and Little Brown aren't hosting a similar competition.
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Post by Dante on Jun 9, 2012 12:37:34 GMT -5
Here is the back cover of the TBB SLE. It's pretty stylish for what it is!  |
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Post by Christmas Chief on Jun 9, 2012 14:38:58 GMT -5
Nice that they acknowledge the original while at the same time replacing it. The "From the desk of Lemony Snicket" header is also familiar.
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Post by C. on Jun 11, 2012 22:01:39 GMT -5
The header is from the Unauthorized Autobiography.
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Post by Dante on Jun 12, 2012 3:13:34 GMT -5
That's a really neat reference to make. They didn't have to include that header, but they did, and it shows that they really thought about it.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Jun 12, 2012 6:20:35 GMT -5
I think it also makes an appearance in TBL, with "From the desk of" scratched out? If not, it's still a nice addition not only because it shows genuine consideration but also because it explains why a letter is covering another letter in context with the book.
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Post by Dante on Jun 12, 2012 6:35:05 GMT -5
I think it's "the desk of" that is scratched out, so that it merely reads "From Lemony Snicket.". I think that was in the U.A. as well, though.
Edit: Although incidentally, like a couple of other reprints of the books, I find that the quality of the chapter images has taken a sharp decrease, as if they had to copy them from the pages of previous editions and had lost the original artwork.
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Post by C. on Jun 12, 2012 8:28:43 GMT -5
I would get this book, since it's so cheap and also since it would be nice to have the thing about it being short lived, though I have quite a few copies of TBB, three I think.
Edit: Four with The Rare Edition.
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Post by Dante on Jun 12, 2012 8:56:32 GMT -5
Go for it, Cybermystery. I got this and it took me up to eight different copies. If it just had a sticker on the front, that would be one thing, but the back cover seals the deal, for the rather exclusive conditions of deal-sealing under which collectors operate.
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Post by C. on Jun 12, 2012 9:01:11 GMT -5
Was there anything necessarily different inside?
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Post by Dante on Jun 12, 2012 9:17:48 GMT -5
Aside from, as I mentioned, lower-quality pictures - not a thing that I could see.
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