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Permalink Reply by Jason H 18 hours ago

I'm very happy to see this extension. It will really help make this forum a better place for collecting. That said, years ago I was fighting for a celebrity direct discussion in the same format. I gave up fighting as I thought I was not being heard.. Could I ask now if this is a possibility? There are many celebrities who have their own pages and sell their autographs direct. Since Halloween is coming up, one example is Robert Englund. There are many celebrities out their with websites that you can buy signed items direct or even send in your own item for a fee... I would love to see another extension of this type of discussion for celebrities.

Another idea that would bring more activity to this site would be a TTM success and failures discussion. I have been itching to get back into collecting through the mail and something like this would be great. Its been a very popular topic since covid especially and im really surprised it isn't really a part of this forum. Steve, could you give any input into these 2 other suggestions? 

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Permalink Reply by Knob Dylan 17 hours ago

So nasty comments gadooshed an entire 3 year old thread? That's wild. Hopefully everyone's ok... I see the product picture request for each new post. I'll do my best on that one but I usually post from a phone so that may take me a bit. Thanks to all who helped make this. Cheers. 

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Permalink Reply by Findbooks 4 hours ago

So nasty comments gadooshed an entire 3 year old thread? 

No, that's not it, this has been cooking for a while.

Agree about the pics - rarely is there an actual image of the autograph available anyway so I don't really need to see an image of the book unless it is a deluxe edition of some kind with a nice binding or similar.

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Permalink Reply by Knob Dylan 4 hours ago

I missed all the action so thanks for the update. I still found great use in the old thread for smaller names, and where do you put non muscian signed posters, or photos, etc? I've seen signed liquor or wine bottles, all sorts of signed items other than just books. I may be missing something though, is there a proper place to post for the occasional signed odd ball item or smaller name that's not from a musician?

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Permalink Reply by Findbooks 6 hours ago

Good job Steve, I been looking forward to this.

As for rules, you asked;

Should all author-direct signed books be discussed here, or should we have separate categories for politics or any others?

Let's keep it simple. "Signed Books" is the category so why not cover all genres? However,  personally, I would not want to see it being used as an additional "Is this autograph real" thread if someone is querying a signature on a book. 

BUT, if there is a question about a new book previously discussed on the thread being authentically signed vs. auto-penned, e.g.  then it would be fine to raise the matter here.

Should author-direct books regarding musicians go into Music-Direct Autograph Sales?

Tough one because this is going to be like herding cats - music fans will probably continue to post in "their" threads for a long time but again,  personally speaking, I would like to know about musician-signed books even if I have never heard of 97% of them before.

What can be discussed? 

Newly issued or forthcoming Signed books.

Perhaps we could have a separate Water Cooler thread for members who want to talk politics or wax lyrical on other subjects.

Should there be rules of how titles are written? Of how images are shown? About links?

My only suggestion would be start the title with the author name.

One thing that's important is to post photos of the items being offered, not just links. And don't upload photos as files.

Usually there will not be an image of the signature in question as most posts will be about forthcoming or newly-released items. Retailer's and even publishers don't show that (often because the book hasn't yet been signed). A picture of the book itself doesn't really serve any purpose. What people want (I believe) is info about how to get one of these so links are the obvious route. 

Just my initial thoughts.

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