Sorry for any confusion with my post. We ARE still shutting down eventually, of course. But because I preorder many, many books months in advance, we'll have new releases still popping in here and there, especially all the items that are listed as advance orders, plus a few others. Sorry for any confusion.

Now that the news of our gradual closing has slowed down, I can get back to running the store. We've got a ton of new releases (with at least 2 dozen more going up in the next couple of days). We'll be getting new releases for months to come, as well as some items back in stock. So it's not over yet. More updates this week, but new items we have in stock include what's below. Order them now -- we won't be restocking these once we're out.

The Shore by Robert Dunbar (Autographed Hardcover Limited Edition); Delirium Books

Demogorgon by Brian Lumley (Autographed Hardcover Limited Edition); Delirium Books

Temple: Incarnations: A Novella by Steven Savile (Autographed Hardcover Limited Edition); Apex Publications

Temple: Incarnations: A Novella by Steven Savile
(Trade Paperback); Apex Publications

The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by Gordon Dahlquist (Autographed Hardcover Limited Edition); Subterranean Press

Crimson: Revised 2nd Edition by Gord Rollo (Trade Paperback); Midnight Library

The World, The Flesh, & The Devil: Fantastical Writings: Volume I by Gerald Kersh (Hardcover Limited Edition); Ash Tree

The Woman in Black by M. Y. Halidom (Hardcover Limited Edition); Ash Tree

Strange Angel 3: Revelations: A Novella by Adam P. Knave (Trade Paperback); Die Monster Die

Big Ole Face Full of Monster Magazine, Issue #2

The Castle of Berry Pomeroy (1806) by Edward Montague (Trade Hardcover Edition); Valancourt Books

When It Rains and Other Wreckage by Christopher Fulbright (Autographed Trade Paperback); Doorways Publication

Sparks and Shadows by Lucy A. Snyder (Autographed Trade Paperback Limited Edition); HW Press

Roses of Blood on Barbwire Vines by D.L. Snell
(Autographed Trade Paperback); Permuted Press

New Amsterdam by Elizabeth Bear (Signed Limited Hardcover plus Bonus Chapbook) Out of Print; Subterranean Press

New Amsterdam by Elizabeth Bear (Unsigned Trade Hardcover); Subterranean Press

Okay, this is going to be a long post, and one I've dreaded making. But here goes. First, for my customers, let me state this right off the bat:

1) This will NOT AFFECT PREORDERS. Whatever you preordered from me, you will still get, same as you ever have. I'll be filling preorders for the next year or so, if not longer. Whatever preorders you've placed, you'll get, and you'll be fine. Trust me.

2) I'm not going anywhere. Even after the store is gone, I'll be here, and I'll be here to fix any problems with preorders or existnig orders. My customer service will not decline at all. I have NEVER had to deny someone something they preordered, and that will not change.

3) The message board is not closing down. And for those of you who always wondered if the reason I ran the board the way I do is because I have a store -- well, you'll see that I'm just as unfair and inconsistent even when I have nothing to gain

4) All existing orders, or outstanding orders are fine, and orders placed through the site will continue to be fine. I just won't be restocking stuff or taking new items in. I'll be selling stuff for quite a while, I expect. Months, if not longer. I have a lot of inventory.

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Okay, here's the deal. A lot of people are going to comment on this as being some statement on the current state of the genre, or the small press. It's neither. My reasons for having to shut the store -- and my reasons for the store not working to the level that I needed it to work -- are purely on my own shoulders. Publishers are not to blame. Customers aren't to blame. Amazon's not to blame. It's just me.

The genre is damn healthy. Healthier than it has been in a long time, I think. For many publishers, their print runs are going up, their customer base is going up, and they're branching out into new formats and new ideas. My sales have been steady for years, and for many publishers, going up and up with every release.

And yet, financially, I'm in deep crap. It basically comes down to this -- Shocklines.com came to an awkward spot. It became way too big for me to handle by myself, in that I had to hire a warehouse to ship for me (I generally ship about 200-250 packages a week, sometimes more). And yet, it wasn't SO big that I could afford to hire actual other employees. It was still overwhelming to me to juggle the financials and inventory tracking and ordering for more than 100 separate small-press publishers. Organization is not my strong point. And the more the store's been growing, the more mistakes I've been making, and the more it costs me to fix those mistakes. I've gradually gotten into deep shit financially, but that says infinitely more about my ability to simultaneously handle every single facet of a store than anything about the horror book industry.

Additionally, it ultimately can be very expensive to buy and ship a ton of chapbooks and magazines, even losing money on a lot of them with the free shipping. I could stop carrying them and just focus on more expensive books like hardcovers -- but that's not why I started Shocklines.com. I love chapbooks and magazines and new trade paperbacks and think there's a ton of amazing work being done in them.

The truth of the matter is that if I had never taken the Simon & Schuster full-time consulting gig, I probably could spend all 80 working hours a week on Shocklines.com and make it succeed enough to survive.

But something else is going on that's specific to me. I'm deeply unhappy with my life. I love Shocklines.com. I love working on it. I love my customers and many, many of the authors and publishers. But I'm very lonely. And working 10 or 11 hours a day, seven days a week, alone at home with no one around, was just making me very sad. I took the S&S job for two reasons -- I needed the money (since I was botching up things on the Shocklines front) and I needed the human interaction. I like being around people I can live with the fact that I may end up spending life alone. I can't live with the idea that I didn't at least try to make changes that might have prevented it.

I think someone could succeed with a store like this, especially if they had the money to offer a true one-stop shop -- one that carried a full line of mainstream publisher books as well as small press, and one that could possibly expand into some other product lines as well. But I was pretty tapped out after starting the site, and have always been putting profits back into the store to grow the publishers I carry, but never had enough of a cushion to really blow out and start a new product line or offer a full line of mainstream books.

Shocklines.com will continue to exist even when the store is gone. For now, when publishers have a new title, I'll still list it somewhere in the store (not sure yet the way I'll set it up, but I will) and I'll link directly to the publisher's website.

Additionally, my email newsletter will continue, but will gradually become a complete news service just for books in horror and genre, including mainstream book publishers as well. Links willl all be to the publishers and to bookstores whom are in good standing with the publishers. This way, this message board and the newsletter will still be a way that everyone can still be sure not to miss out on announcements of new items, including chapbooks or new small presses that may slip by the radar otherwise. I just won't be selling them anymore.

Why would I bother to keep doing it? Well, for a while now, various authors and small press publishers have come to me asking for help marketing their stuff online.

I can't write. I'm a mess of an editor (tho that Shocklines antho can probably get finished now!). And I'm not an artist. But one thing I do -- and I do it very well -- is that I know how to market and spread the word about something spending VERY little money. Besides the year I sponsored the World Horror Convention, I don't think I ever spent more than $1500 a year in marketing or advertising. And yet I still did about that much EVERY DAY in orders.

I'm good at spreading the word and getting results while spending very little money. And I'm getting better.

So I'm going to expand my consulting to do the same thing for authors and small press publishers. Hell, in many cases, I'll just do it for books (since I still want to read all this horror stuff, and can't really afford the books). And any authors or publishers who use my services can get some extra featuring in the newsletter. And Shocklines.com will ultimately become a hub of content for horror and genre authors and publishers that can be used to help spread the word and build buzz, and the exposure at Shocklines.com will be just be a bonus for using my services.

But that's a story for another time, and for now, I'll just continue to consult for Simon & Schuster Children's/Teen Publishing, and focus on shutting down Shocklines.com and getting everyone paid up and even.

To all my customers and all the authors and publishers who have supported me over the years, I love you all, and will continue to do whatever I can to support your work or needs. In a lot of ways, Shocklines.com has been the best thing I've ever done with my life. Here's hoping I can find some new way of helping the horror book industry.

It's been quite a ride, and while it's not over yet, this part is dying down. But it's been a blast.

Please be patient if you're emailing me -- and again, no customers should worry about their advance orders -- everything that's been advance ordered is safe.

One last thing -- I'll be taking advance orders for 2 more weeks. After that, I'll secure the exact number of copies I need with the publishers and I'll fill those when the books come out. So if there's anything you still want me to get for you as an advance order, get those preorders in now.

But no sweat if you'd rather just go direct to the publisher or to another bookseller (Bloodletting or Bad Moon are great choices).

I'll post more here about updates and changes, and this has been a wild couple of days. There's a lot more I want to say but this has already been damn long. And I just wanted to get it out there before it leaked out.

Thanks again everyone!

Four great new items up in our advance order section -- get those preorders in. You won't be charged until the item is in stock and ready to ship. Newly listed advance order items include:

From Gray Friar Press in the U.K. comes a collection of two novellas from the wildly twisted mind of Steve Vernon (of "Long Horn, Big Shaggy" fame). "Hard Roads" features two novellas set in Canada, and features an introduction by Norman Partridge. It's available as a hardcover limited to 100 copies (with a laid-in bookplate signed by both Vernon and Partridge) and an unsigned trade paperback, limited to 300 copies. Vernon's first hardcover.

Also coming from Gray Friar is a new dark novella from one of our favorites -- Conrad Williams. "Rain" should be killer, and will be published in two editions. It's available as a hardcover limited to 100 copies flat-signed by Conrad Williams and an unsigned trade paperback, limited to 300 copies.

PS Publishing is issuing a new version of Harlan Ellison's "Ellison Wonderland" featuring new story notes by the author and an intro by Robert Silverberg. Available as a signed limited hardcover or a deluxe slipcased signed limited hardcover also signed by Silverberg.

Also coming this year from PS -- a new collection of dark fantasy tales from the amazing Lucius Shepard. "Dagger Key and Other Stories" will be coming out as a signed limited hardcovfer and a deluxe slipcased signed limited hardcover also to be signed by whomever ends up doing the introduction.

Lotsa cool new items up in the store to get your grubby horror-lovin' mitts on, including:

A Thread of Truth: Stories by Nina Allan (U.K. Import -- Trade Hardcover) -- a New Voices Guarantee. This is from Eibonvale Press, who does amazing stuff. Highly recommended.

Gutter Balls: Stories by Cindy Rosmus (Trade Paperback) -- a New Voices Guarantee

London Revenant: A Novel by Conrad Williams (Trade Paperback) -- a Guaranteed Good Read

Grey by Jon Armstrong (Trade Paperback) -- a Guaranteed Good Read

Passage at Arms by Glen Cook (Trade Paperback) -- a Guaranteed Good Read

The Best Science Fiction And Fantasy Of The Year Volume 1 edited by Jonathan Strahan (Trade Paperback) -- a Guaranteed Good Read

Balefires: Stories by David Drake -- available as a signed limited hardcover with bonus content or as an unsigned trade hardcover -- a Guaranteed Good Read

Softspoken: A Novel by Lucius Shepard -- available as a signed limited hardcover with bonus content or as an unsigned trade hardcover -- a Guaranteed Good Read

9Tail Fox: A Novel by Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Trade Paperback) -- a Guaranteed Good Read

The Demon and the City: A Detective Inspector Chen Novel by Liz Williams (Trade Paperback) -- a Guaranteed Good Read

Nobody: Stories by the Essex Writers' & Artists' Guild edited by Kelly Gunter Atlas (Trade Paperback) -- a New Voices Guarantee

Lady Athlyne (1908) by Bram Stoker (Trade Paperback) from Valancourt Books

The Joss: A Reversion (1901) by Richard Marsh (Trade Paperback) from Valancourt Books

The Necromancer; or, The Tale of the Black Forest (1794) by Lawrence Flammenberg (aka Karl Friedrich Kahlert) (Trade Paperback) from Valancourt Books

A debut magazine issue -- The Willows Magazine #1 (Ken Goldman, Sheryl Nantus, and more)

Not One of Us #37 featuring Joshua Reynolds, Jennifer Crow, and more.

The All-Souls Faire by Kristy Tallman (Trade Paperback) -- a New Voices Guarantee

Room 415: A Novella by Edward Lee -- this is the signed lettered hardcover edition, and it's sold-out and out of print.

We've got some great items up for auction with NO reserves and starting bids starting at one dollar!

One of my favorite collections of all time -- the out of print hardcover collection of stories by Alan Ryan "The Bones Wizard" which includes "Sand" -- to me, one of the most disturbing horror short stories ever written. Long out of print.

The signed slipcased hardcover edition of Richard Laymon's "Alarms" from Ziesing Books. A gorgeous copy.

A ocpy of the HARDCOVER edition of Douglas Clegg's out of print thriller "Bad Karma" released under his Andrew Harper pseudonym.

A copy of the hardcover "Light at the End" by John Skipp and Craig Spector -- and this copy is signed by both authors! Long out of print.

A near-fine 1st edition hardcover copy of the E. Hoffmann Price collection “Far Lands Other Days” published by Carcosa in 1975. Illustrated by George Evans. A great find!

A copy of the sold-out slipcased signed limited hardcover anthology "Lords of the Razor" featuring Joe Lansdale, Gary Braunbeck, Elizabeth Massie, and more.

Plus more items by Dave Silva, Al Sarrantonio, and more.

On behalf of Alex, I've put up one of his original oil paintings for sale on eBay. No reserve, bids start at $1.00. Alex's original are hard to come up, and this one is full-color to boot.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160121828239

This painting is named "The Word Made Flesh" and is 12" x 16" oil painting on masonite. It is the one and only original.

This painting will be the album artwork for the upcoming CD titled "The Word Made Flesh" by rock band Straight Line Stitch, from Knoxville.

Two new items up for advance order -- both limited editions.

First up, Dead Letter Press (one of our favorites) is doing their first modern fiction publication -- a new vampire novella from Christopher Fulbright and Angeline Hawkes called "Blood Coven." This is limited to only 100 copies and while this book is issued unsigned, our copies will be signed by both authors!

Next up, from Insidious Publications, we've got the next novella from the excellent Eric Shapiro -- "Strawberry Man." Eric Shapiro and John Skipp, who provides the introduction, autograph each book. This is a signed and numbered edition, limited to only 300 copies. Can't wait for this one.

Get your preorders in now. You won't be charged until the book is out and ready to ship.

Check out all these amazing new releases now in stock:

• Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley (Trade Paperback) -- Guaranteed Good Read
  
• A Little Job in Arkham by John Sunseri -- (U.K. Import -- Softcover Chapbook)
  
• Science Fiction, The Best of the Year 2006 (Ten Audio CDs)
  
• The Sailor On The Seas Of Fate by Michael Moorcock -- (5 Audio CDs)
  
• Swaybuck: A Novel by Scott F. Falkner (Autographed Trade Paperback) -- New Voices Guarantee
  
• When the World Runs Thin edited by James Boone Dryden (Trade Paperback)
  
• The Shadow, Volume Five: Two Complete Novels -- The Salamanders / The Black Falcon by Maxwell Grant (Trade Paperback Pulp Reprint)
  
• Doc Savage, Volume Four: Two Complete Novels Land of Always Night / Mad Mesa
  by Kenneth Robeson (Trade Paperback Pulp Reprint)
  
• The Mechanics Of False Hilarity by John B. Ford (U.K. Import -- Signed Limited Chapbook)
  
• Tales Of The Phantom Moon by Andy E. McIlvain (U.K. Import -- Signed Limited Chapbook)
  
• Lovecraft's Disciples #6 (Softcover Chapbook Magazine -- U.K. Import)
  
• Lovecraft's Disciples #8 (Softcover Chapbook Magazine -- U.K. Import)
  
• Tales from the Tideless Sea by John B. Ford (U.K. Import -- Signed Softcover Chapbook)
  
• Black Ink Horror Magazine #1

Two quick things:

Advance order news -- a new novella coming from Necessary Evil Press and the amazing F. Paul Wilson -- "The Peabody Ozzymandias Traveling Circus & Oddity Emporum." This is a novella that is the revised, expanded, definitive version of F. Paul Wilson's fiction from the out of .="Freak Show" anthology. The events here take place a year after the Oddity Emporium's encounter with Repairman Jack in ALL THE RAGE, with an extra ten-thousand words of new characters and new subplots that weave the story into the Adversary Cycle. Additionally we can get your copy personally inscribed by the author if you want!

Also, somehow I forgot to put this up on our new releases pages a couple of weeks ago. We have some copies now of the sold-out signed limited hardcover novel "The Wicked" from Necessary Evil Press by James Newman! A Guaranteed Good Read! Grab it while you can.

Yup, the time is here -- a brand-new Shocklines Spring Cleaning Sale! Tons of amazing items on deep discount, including many that are even sold-out or out of print!

Authors featured include William Nolan, Jack Ketchum, F. Paul Wilson, Douglas Clegg, Ramsey Campbell, Richard Matheson, Poppy Z. Brite, Douglas Winter, Dan Simmons, John Shirley, and many, many more.

Heads-up -- spent a few hours tonight updating our Out of Print area, where we sell dozens of items that are sold-out or out of print, and we only charge retail price or less!

New items listed include titles by Charles de Lint, Brian Keene, Dan Simmons, Joe Lansdale, Charles Finley, Caitlin Kiernan, Lawrence Block, and more.

Once these copies are gone, they're gone for good.

Some great items back in stock including:

The illustrated signed limited hardcover "The Rising: Death in Four Colors" by Brian Keene chronicling the almost-existence of the comic book based on Keene's zombie cult-favorite. This item is sold-out but we have some copies at retail price. Get it while you can.

We ended up with two extra copies of the Grim Grimoire signed limited edition of Michael Arnzen's novel "Play Dead" with bookstand. This item is sold-out and hard to find, and we have it here on sale for $30 less than retail price!

The awesome oversized Centipede Press volume "Nosferatu: Criticism and Interpretation."

The huge, beautiful slipcased hardcover anthology from Centipede Press "Chimera #1" featuring Sigmund Freud, Flannery O'Connor, Patrick McGrath, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Henri Fulseli, Max Ernst and others.

Heads-up -- two new advance orders from Delirium now up for preorder. Get those reservations in -- you won't be charged until the book is in stock and ready to ship!

A new collaborative book from Jeffrey Thomas and Carlton Mellick III -- "Ugly Heaven, Beautiful Hell." This will be available in two versions -- a signed limited hardcover of 150 copies and an unsigned trade paperback. However, preordered copies of the trade paperback through Shocklines.com will be signed by co-author Jeffrey Thomas!

Also coming soon from Delirium is a new trade paperback short story collection by Brett Alexander Savory -- "No Further Messages." Looks killer!

Updated our Shocklines.com bestsellers lists to show the bestsellers on our site from the last month (April 15 to May 15th). Lots of great stuff here you may miss out on otherwise!

Four great new releases now in stock and ready to buy!

The new limited edition chapbook "Old Man Crow" by Charles de Lint from Subterranean Press -- a Guaranteed Good Read.

From Delirium, the ultra-awesome crab novel :Clickers II: The Next Wave" by J. F. Gonzalez and Brian Keene. This signed limited edition is already sold out, but we have some copies left for retail price (no markup!).

Also from Delirium Books -- the signed limited mini-hardcover "Pickman's Motel" by Mark McLaughlin -- a Guaranteed Good Read!

The new trade hardcover novel "Blue Devil Island" by Stephen Mark Rainey -- our copies are signed and it's a Guaranteed Good Read!

Lots of great new releases now in stock including:

A new signed hardcover short story collection from the always-fantastic Joe Lansdale. Subterranean Press's "Kith and Kin" is also a Guaranteed Good Read. Don't miss it. (The title piece is incredibly disturbing, and the collection also includes two tales featuring Reverend Rains from "Dead in the West.")

Two new chapbooks from Rainfall Books in the UK -- "Beyond the Borderland #2" featuring Gary McMahon, John B. Ford, and more, and "Cthulhu Australis" by David Conyers.

The 10th volume of the Bare Bone anthology series is here, featuring Jeremy Robert Johnson, Cody Goodfellow, Gary Fry, Mark Justice, John Platt, Tom Piccirilli, and many more. A Guaranteed Good Read.

From Subterranean Press comes a new collection from brilliant new rising star science fiction writer David Marusek. "Getting to Know You" is available as an unsigned trade hardcover for $25 and a limited signed hardcover for $40 that comes with a bonus chapbook! Both versions are Guaranteed Good Reads.

The trade paperback novel "The Cage" from Jason Brannon is here! Our copies are signed by the author AND this book is a New Voices Guarantee! We've been waiting for this one for a long time!

C.J. Henderson and several of his writer friends have created the collection "Lai Wan: Tales of the Dreamwalker" from Marietta Publishing. A Guaranteed Good Read.

Stark House has released a new trade paperback omnibus collecting two complete Algernon Blackwood collections -- "Pan's Garden" and "Incredible Adventures." A Guaranteed Good Read.

Burning Effigy Press in Canada has launched with two new chapbooks. The first is "The Distance Travelled: A Little Slice of Heaven" by Brett Alexander Savory & Gord Zajac, and the second is "General Slocum's Gold" by Nicholas Kaufmann. Both of them are covered under our New Voices Guarantee program.

All the way from Australia comes a new trade paperback supernatural thriller, "Deadlight" by Troy Barnes. Our copies are autographed by the author and it is covered under our New Voices Guarantee.

Also from Australia comes the trade paperback "Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror: 2006 Edition" featuring Chris Lawson, Anthony Fordham, Josephine Pennicott, and more. A Guarantee Good Read.

We now have the trade paperback version (signed by the author) of Shane Ryan Staley's "Where's Bin Laden?" from Corrosion Press. A New Voices Guarantee.

Naked Snake Press has released a chapbook of erotic horror fiction from Nancy Jackson, "Personal Headspace." A New Voices Guarantee.

We also have new issues of Cemetery Dance (featuring Michael McBride and Charlee Jacob), Interzone Magazine (featuring Hal Duncan and Stephen Volk), Sybil's Garage (featuring Steve Rasnic Tem and Richard Bowes) and Poe Little Thing (featuring Michael Arnzen and David Kopaska-Merkel.)

Some great -- and wacky -- items back in stock including:

Carlton Mellick III's new trade paperback novel "The Haunted Vagina."

Eric S. Brown's apocalyptic novella chapbook "The Wave."

Issues #7 and #8 of the UK trade paperback literary journal "Wormwood" from Tartarus Press.

Two Jesus-related bizarro novels from Carlton Mellick III -- "Electric Jesus Corpse" and "The Baby Jesus Butt-Plug."

And also we have more copies of Mellick's wild "Sex and Death in Television Town."

Lots of new items listed at our Advance Order Section. Remember, you won't be charged until the item is IN STOCK and ready to ship so get those reservations in! Newly listed items include:

From Subterranean Press -- an omnibus of "The Best of Lucius Shepard." I cannot WAIT for this -- Shepard is brilliant and I'm so happy to see so many readers finally discovering him for themselves. This will be available as an unsigned trade hardcover and a deluxe signed hardcover that comes with a BONUS trade paperback of more than 200 pages of extra rarities! (Our quantities on the signed deluxe version are limited so reserve one now if you want one).

Christopher Golden and Mike Mignola have teamed up for an illustrated novel due this summer -- "Baltimore, or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire." And our preordered copies will be signed by Christopher Golden!

Novello Publications will be releasing a zombie chapbook from the talented Mark Justice, "Deadneck Hootenanny." Limited to only 125 copies. It will be issued unsigned, but our preordered copies will be signed by the author!

Carnifex Press is releasing a new trade paperback shared-world fantasy anthology, "Freehold: The Protector - Monroi Pass Book II." Again, this will be issued unsigned, but our preordered copies will be autographed by Armand Rosamilia and Keith Gouviea!

Brett Alexander Savory will have his first full-length novel published this fall in trade paperback -- "In and Down." This should be killer.

Simian Publishing has a new anthology on the way -- "Into the Dreamlands" featuring work by Caitlin Kiernan, Christa Faust, Bev Vincent, James Dorr, Gary McMahon, and more.

Subterranean Press will be issuing an affordable $25 signed trade hardcover edition of a new Alan Campbell novella, "Lye Street."

On behalf of one of our customers, we have some rare Joe Hill items up for auction on eBay.com -- all starting at one dollar with no reserve!

Among the items listed are:

A copy of the ultra-rare Joe Hill chapbook "Better Than Home" -- and this copy is signed by the author

A copy of the signed, slipcased U.K. limited edition of the bestselling "Heart Shaped Box"

A copy of the autographed hardcover limited edition of the sold-out collection "20th Century Ghosts"

and a couple of other cool items, including "Dirty Coppers" by Rich Chizmar and Ed Gorman, and the original printing of "The Boar" by Joe Lansdale

Please note -- on "Heart-Shaped Box" and "20th Century Ghosts" and "Dirty Coppers" and "The Boar" the auction details mistakenly list these as softcover. These are ALL THE HARDCOVER EDITIONS. ("Better than Home" is a softcover chapbook, but the others are all hardcover!)