This may sound a bit stupid, but I have good reason for the question.. Before I stopped reading, we had a nice new bookstore in the local mall.. Walden Books.. It may have changed into Borders before it left the mall but I don't remember.. Now this was probably back around the time when books like Cell and From a Buick 8 were new, so it's been years..
When I used to shop there and buy books a lot, they seemed to mainly have one certain re print edition of every SK book, ( I don't remember about the hardcovers ).. I'll try and explain this.. My newest version of Christine is the PB with the orange in the cover, and the skeleton like thing.. Back then, I assumed it was the "newest" re print, along with the other new SK paperbacks that they sold.. Most had certain colors on the covers, like The Stand was red somewhere, maybe the bottom.. Different Seasons was mainly a lot of gray, with the woods & railroad track on the cover.. The Shining had the little boy on the yellow cover, Pet Semetary was the black & green cover with the cat on the front.. All were new books, but re prints obviously. Carrie had the red cover with the girl, or close up on the front, you know the "bloody" cover I guess.. It seems like for nearly all of his works they made these re prints to them which seemed to be the newest versions at that time.. Some of the local food stores even had these editions, which they are long gone by now it seems and replaced with some of his newest works.. Salem's Lot, for example, they always had the new version with the girl on the cover and 2 bite marks..
I haven't been in a new bookstore in years. We don't have one, and would have to travel a good distance to find one, which I hope to do soon. My question is, the new bookstores these days, like Borders, etc.. Which versions do they usually carry? Still these same, "newest" re prints? I still need many of those re prints ( I'm an obsessive collector ) so I'd love to know which versions most new bookstores sell these days. Hopefully still those versions...
I like trying my best to get the original versions, and the re prints by the way, so that's why I ask. I know that might sound odd or obsessive but I like collecting his work along with reading it. Thanks for any help!
When I used to shop there and buy books a lot, they seemed to mainly have one certain re print edition of every SK book, ( I don't remember about the hardcovers ).. I'll try and explain this.. My newest version of Christine is the PB with the orange in the cover, and the skeleton like thing.. Back then, I assumed it was the "newest" re print, along with the other new SK paperbacks that they sold.. Most had certain colors on the covers, like The Stand was red somewhere, maybe the bottom.. Different Seasons was mainly a lot of gray, with the woods & railroad track on the cover.. The Shining had the little boy on the yellow cover, Pet Semetary was the black & green cover with the cat on the front.. All were new books, but re prints obviously. Carrie had the red cover with the girl, or close up on the front, you know the "bloody" cover I guess.. It seems like for nearly all of his works they made these re prints to them which seemed to be the newest versions at that time.. Some of the local food stores even had these editions, which they are long gone by now it seems and replaced with some of his newest works.. Salem's Lot, for example, they always had the new version with the girl on the cover and 2 bite marks..
I haven't been in a new bookstore in years. We don't have one, and would have to travel a good distance to find one, which I hope to do soon. My question is, the new bookstores these days, like Borders, etc.. Which versions do they usually carry? Still these same, "newest" re prints? I still need many of those re prints ( I'm an obsessive collector ) so I'd love to know which versions most new bookstores sell these days. Hopefully still those versions...
I like trying my best to get the original versions, and the re prints by the way, so that's why I ask. I know that might sound odd or obsessive but I like collecting his work along with reading it. Thanks for any help!