Labyrinth is Coming!
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Labyrinth is Coming!
I'm pleased to announce that I will be doing a limited edition reprint of Stephen Hobbs' underground, and fabulous, magazine from the 1990s: Labyrinth. Less than 100 copies of each issue were originally printed, so the material will be new to virtually all of you.
The book is 456 pages, hardcover with a 3-piece binding, printed on acid free paper and Smyth Sewn for lay-flat reading.
I'm going to print only 1,000 copies of the regular edition. The price is $60. You can pre-order until August 14 for the pre-publication price of $50. I will have copies available for sale at MAGIC Live.
The books should ship the third week of August (it is already at the printer). This book is excluded from our "3 for 2" offer.
There is also a deluxe edition, limited to 100 copies, which will come in a slipcase and is also signed and numbered by Stephen Hobbs. This sells for $100 and will be sold on a first-come first-serve basis. These will ship a week or two after the regular edition.
Now here's the important part: this does not appear on the Kaufman and Company Website yet. You will be able to order starting Monday July 6 (not before!) by calling, faxing, or emailing the Genii office with your name, address, phone number, email address, and credit card information.
Please add $20 shipping worldwide (outside the US).
And you can also pay by PayPal: moobooks@verizon.net
Please make sure to include the item you're ordering, your name, address, telephone number, and email.
Thanks.
Phone: 301-652-5800
Fax: 301-652-8035
Email: genii@geniimagazine.com
If you wish to send a check (drawn on a US bank) or money order, please make it out to "Richard Kaufman," include all the information requested above, and send it to:
Richard Kaufman
4200 Wisconsin Ave. NW
Suite 106-384
Washington DC 20016
(ATT: Labryinth)
Thank you for your continued patronage.
The book is 456 pages, hardcover with a 3-piece binding, printed on acid free paper and Smyth Sewn for lay-flat reading.
I'm going to print only 1,000 copies of the regular edition. The price is $60. You can pre-order until August 14 for the pre-publication price of $50. I will have copies available for sale at MAGIC Live.
The books should ship the third week of August (it is already at the printer). This book is excluded from our "3 for 2" offer.
There is also a deluxe edition, limited to 100 copies, which will come in a slipcase and is also signed and numbered by Stephen Hobbs. This sells for $100 and will be sold on a first-come first-serve basis. These will ship a week or two after the regular edition.
Now here's the important part: this does not appear on the Kaufman and Company Website yet. You will be able to order starting Monday July 6 (not before!) by calling, faxing, or emailing the Genii office with your name, address, phone number, email address, and credit card information.
Please add $20 shipping worldwide (outside the US).
And you can also pay by PayPal: moobooks@verizon.net
Please make sure to include the item you're ordering, your name, address, telephone number, and email.
Thanks.
Phone: 301-652-5800
Fax: 301-652-8035
Email: genii@geniimagazine.com
If you wish to send a check (drawn on a US bank) or money order, please make it out to "Richard Kaufman," include all the information requested above, and send it to:
Richard Kaufman
4200 Wisconsin Ave. NW
Suite 106-384
Washington DC 20016
(ATT: Labryinth)
Thank you for your continued patronage.
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That is just awesome! Thanks, Stephen and RK!
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I'm looking forward to this. Labyrinth had a lot of good material in it.
But I'm also glad I never yielded to the temptation to spend $400-500 (or even more) for a set of the magazines.
But I'm also glad I never yielded to the temptation to spend $400-500 (or even more) for a set of the magazines.
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I've got a set of the originals and they're fabulous!
Matt Field
Matt Field
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Matthew Field wrote:I've got a set of the originals and they're fabulous!
Matt Field
That sounds strangely like a certain Seinfeld episode.
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And you can also pay by PayPal: moobooks@verizon.net
Please make sure to include the item you're ordering, your name, address, telephone number, and email.
Thanks.
Please make sure to include the item you're ordering, your name, address, telephone number, and email.
Thanks.
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Richard Kaufman wrote:And you can also pay by PayPal: moobooks@verizon.net
Please make sure to include the item you're ordering, your name, address, telephone number, and email.
Thanks.
Fantastic.
How much shipping should I add to have it sent to the colonies down under?
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I keep forgetting things! Too much on my plate.
Please add $20 shipping worldwide (outside the US).
Please add $20 shipping worldwide (outside the US).
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Looking forward to this!
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...and just placed my order for a deluxe edition. Thanks, Richard!
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Woke up to a load of PayPal orders this morning! These things are selling surprisingly quickly! Thanks.
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Money sent and looking forward to Labyrinth............at last.
Have a couple of issues and they only gave me an appetite for the rest. Thanks you, Richard, for reproducing this series of magic.
Cheers from the Emerald Isle.
John Bowden
Have a couple of issues and they only gave me an appetite for the rest. Thanks you, Richard, for reproducing this series of magic.
Cheers from the Emerald Isle.
John Bowden
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I'll be picking up a copy at Magic Live!. Looking forward to getting it for myself for my birthday which is during Magic Live.
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And it's now for sale on our website, where you can use credit cards for secure ordering:
http://kaufman.geniimagazine.com/
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Thanks so much for making this happen! I can't wait to dig in...
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Richard Kaufman wrote: Less than 100 copies of each issue were originally printed,
This isn't wrong, but it isn't quite right either. At least two issues went into reprint. The Alain Nu issue and the Aaron Fisher issue were issued as lecture notes for the respective magicians. They are reprints of the issue, with new covers. Magicpedia says that there were 100 of the Alain Nu reprint, and I don't know but suspect the Fisher one was similarly done.
In the grand scheme, it makes no difference -- they are all tough to come by, and while I've got most of the magazines, I've also already ordered the book.
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I have no idea if Stephen Hobbs is aware that these issues were reprinted. He never mentioned it to me, nor did I know about it.
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Hobbs authorized and published the reprints. He also did a reprint for me of a single routine for the purpose of selling it at lectures.
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I'm in for one as this seems like a fine value, especially at the $50 pre-pub price.
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Just received in Baltimore!
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I picked up a copy at Magic Live and have been enjoying going through it. Also picked up a copy of "The New Jinx" from Richard at a great price! That was QUITE a book sale Richard!
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Arrived in Huntsville today. This is a hefty book -- well over 400 pages. And it is full of good magic. If you have any copies of the journal, you know what you will be getting. The book pages are facsimiles of the originals. It's a nice looking book (although I was expecting the cover to be glossy with this design, or maybe a DJ with the picture).
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Hobbs wanted the original logo to be used for the book, which we did. Sometimes I do dustjackets, other times not. I thought this book, being a journal, would do well in a 3-piece binding. Looks pretty swift to me!
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I really like dust jackets--but only the glossy, liquid coated ones. (The plain paper dustjackets just disintegrate over time.)
Very looking forward to my copy of Labyrinth!
Very looking forward to my copy of Labyrinth!
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Received in NH this day... Looking forward to curling up with it!
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This is an update for those who paid for deluxe editions of Labyrinth (which is a reminder to me why I stopped doing deluxe editions for many years): the company subcontracted by my printer to make the slipcases took a month after receiving the specs to deliver a sample.
Sample was approved.
The slipcases should arrive at my printer on September 1. Books will be inserted, shrinkwrapped, and then sent to the fulfillment warehouse. They should be in the mail by September 7.
I am always bothered by the fact that the absurd amount of time it takes to have slipcases made causes the people who paid the most for an item to be among the last to receive it. For that I apologize.
Sample was approved.
The slipcases should arrive at my printer on September 1. Books will be inserted, shrinkwrapped, and then sent to the fulfillment warehouse. They should be in the mail by September 7.
I am always bothered by the fact that the absurd amount of time it takes to have slipcases made causes the people who paid the most for an item to be among the last to receive it. For that I apologize.
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When we rely on the whole publishing process we rely on so many different people along the way. This means that there will inevitably be delays and other unexpected occurrences every so often before we see the end product.
When we rely on Richard Kaufman as author/editor/publisher, we rely on his knowledge, skill, and experience. This means that the end product will inevitably always be worth any such wait.
When we rely on Richard Kaufman as author/editor/publisher, we rely on his knowledge, skill, and experience. This means that the end product will inevitably always be worth any such wait.
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Not always, but at least more often than not. Thanks.
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The book arrived here in Sacramento today and it looks/feels great.
Can't wait to dig in.
Can't wait to dig in.
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I paid for two Deluxe editions via K & C Store. Just to clarify, are we looking at the first week of September for delivery?
Many thanks and i cannot wait!
Many thanks and i cannot wait!
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Still do not have a confirmed delivery date on the deluxes
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Whats the updates on the Deluxe editions, have any been sent out yet?
Many thanks!
Many thanks!
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Well, I just got home from Tokyo yesterday. There was a box with some empty slipcases here, so I assume that the rest of the slips have been stuffed and sent to the fulfillment warehouse (at last!). If they haven't been mailed out already, then they will this week.
Slipcases are a big fat pain in the ass, I must say. My Tenyo books have been delayed over a month now while the printer tries to make a slipcase to my satisfaction.
Slipcases are a big fat pain in the ass, I must say. My Tenyo books have been delayed over a month now while the printer tries to make a slipcase to my satisfaction.
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Seems like Slipcases are like perfect faro's, never hit them 100% of the time
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How long ago were the preorders for the regular edition shipped?
I live in Canada and Labyrinth appears to have gotten lost in the maze.
Thanks.
I live in Canada and Labyrinth appears to have gotten lost in the maze.
Thanks.
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Coincidentally I contacted the Genii office yesterday and Margaret informed me my copy was shipped on August 20th. It has still to arrive in England. Canada is a lot nearer to the US.
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The mail to Canada has always been awful, and more so in recent years. Everything has been mailed out, now we just have to wait for the birds to land.
Thanks for your patience.
Thanks for your patience.
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