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THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG: SIGNED EDITION by Bob Dylan (Not Cheap!)

https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/the-philosophy-of-modern...

$799 CAD (about $575 USD)

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Permalink Reply by 5816nick on October 21, 2022 at 10:46am

Van Grant - I see your copy sold Overnight on Ebay for thousands ..... what are you doing with yours?

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Permalink Reply by Dav12 on October 21, 2022 at 10:52am

Indigo just cancelled my order

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Permalink Reply by 5816nick on October 21, 2022 at 10:52am

INDIGO ARE CANCELLING ALL ORDERS !!!!

I just received this e mail from them!

Publisher and artist have decided to shift Directions..... LOL they been found out !

Thank you for your recent Indigo order for THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG: SIGNED EDITION (9780063224018)

We are sorry to inform you that we are unable to fulfill your order and you will be receiving a cancellation notice shortly.The publisher and artist have decided to shift directions with this limited signed edition. It has been cancelled for sale at Indigo and will not be available through any North American retailer at this moment.

We try never to cancel, and instances where we can't fulfill an order are rare. We know this is disappointing news and apologize for the inconvenience caused.

We wanted to give our customers as much notice as possible about this cancellation, so that you are able to make alternate arrangements. The regular edition of The Philosophy of Modern Song is available to order if you're interested.

Please note, if your order was paid entirely with credit card or through PayPal, you have not been billed. If you paid by Visa Debit, Gift Card or plum points you will b

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Permalink Reply by Steve Viola on October 21, 2022 at 11:04am

me too, problem solved LOL

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Permalink Reply by Dav12 on October 21, 2022 at 10:53am

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Permalink Reply by crazyrabbits23 on October 21, 2022 at 11:42am

I'm betting several things happened in this daisy-chain, echoing what another member here said:

1) S&S/Dylan decide to go the "signed book" route. Dylan's management and/or Dylan, for whatever reason, decide to go the autopen route. Either he's too miffed, thinks he's not getting a big enough cut, or his team decides to keep him out of the process.

2) S&S sends limitation pages to Dylan. They get "signed" and sent back, with no one the wiser. S&S plays this up with a special signed limited edition branding -- but no one takes the bait except Indigo, who didn't know any better/didn't realize it.

3) "Signed" books go through the system, people freak out and the whole plan would have gone out without a hitch... except for the pesky distribution centre/store that inadvertantly let a copy/copies go out into the wild early.

4) The jig is up, and after Indigo looks into it, they realize they've been had just like Gretzky.

It's not a good look for anyone, really. The fact that Indigo was the only retailer to even offer the books in the first place makes me think knowledge of this issue was known amongst the other U.S. book retailers.

The irony is that the "autopenned" versions will probably carry a weird premium due to having a different design/scarcity -- just not in the same way Dylan or his team intended.

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Permalink Reply by James D on October 21, 2022 at 10:54am

These were 100% autopenned. From Indigo:

"The publisher and artist have decided to shift directions with this limited signed edition. It has been cancelled for sale at Indigo and will not be available through any North American retailer at this moment."

Good on them for taking action when they were able to confirm that these were autopenned.