Are you accepting submissions?
What are your shipping fees?
What's a PC copy?

ARE YOU ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS?

We are not taking on any further projects at this time in order to better concentrate on projects that have already been scheduled, but we will make an announcement when this changes.

We are interested in artists for cover art, and/or interior art. We are looking for art that fits horror and/or science fiction themes. Send sample of your work (NO ORIGINALS).

Queries and art samples can be sent to:
Endeavor Press
P. O. Box 4307
Chicago, IL 60680-4307

WHAT ARE YOUR SHIPPING FEES?

For orders within the US, our shipping and handling fee is $5.00 per order. For international orders, our shipping and handling fee is based on the actual cost of shipping to that country. For an estimate on international shipping costs, please email us at contact@endeavorpress.com.

WHAT'S A PC COPY?

Rarely, you will find a Limited Edition book that has "PC" written onto the limitation line on the signature sheet instead of a number. The "PC" stands for "Publisher's Copy", and this makes that copy of the book a "PC copy."

"So what's a PC copy," you ask?

When a Limited Edition book is produced, there are invariably a small number of extra copies printed, over and above the quoted limitation of the Edition, for reason's I'll go into below. That means that if a certain title is produced as a Limited Edition, limited to 200 copies, there will actually be a few more than 200 copies printed, even though only 200 will be numbered and sold as part of the Limited print run. The extras, or PCs, are used as contributor copies, review copies and replacements for damaged copies, among other things.

"So how many of these 'PC' copies will there be floating around out there?"

It's actually a more complicated question than you think. First, you can't really know exactly how many PCs there will be until the print job is done. When a publisher contracts with a printer to print any book, you tell them how many copies you want printed (total, including PC copies - printers don't care about limited runs), and the contract allows for (generally) a 10% variance, plus or minus. There are any number of things that can go wrong in the printing process, causing some books to be damaged or defective and unusable, or they may print more than what you asked for (as I understand it, it's not like typing a number into a photocopier, pressing "start" and having that many books spit out the end). These are called "over/under runs". The total print bill is adjusted based on how many copies were finished and shipped, so you pay for whatever they give you, whether it's more or less than you wanted.

When you're talking about Limited Editions, there's the added factor of having the signature sheets attached, or "tipped-in" (not to mention art pages, if your book has full color illustration pages). You only have a finite number of signature sheets, and if some get damaged in the process and the printer runs out, you're screwed (because the printer is not going to put the job on hold while you have more signature sheets printed and sent around - which can take weeks or months depending on how many contributors there were and where they are). They still print the number of books they're gonna print, but some will just not have the sig sheets (and you still pay the same amount for them). When I get a shipment of books, I inspect each one to make sure they're all perfect. Copies that have some minor imperfection (a smudge, a dent, a scratch, ect.) but are otherwise in fine shape are automatically relegated to the PC pile.

The primary uses for PCs are: contributor copies (how many copies go to each contributor depends on the particular contract and is no one else's business), review copies, replacements for damaged/defective copies, and samples (both to show prospective customers, and to show prospective authors). These are all legitimate and necessary reasons for PCs to exist. If I, as Endeavor Press, wanted to publish something by, say, Stephen King, I'm going to want to be able to give him a handful of books that I've published in the past, so he can see exactly what the quality of my books are. And I'm *not* going to just hand him a sample to look at, and then ask to have it back.

Sometimes PCs that were used for one of the above mentioned reasons finds its way to the secondary market and turns up on eBay or someplace else. Maybe an author's wife goes into the hospital and he needs some extra cash to pay for an operation, or a reviewer who's done (or hasn't done) his review needs to clear space off his bookshelf.

So the ultimate answer to the question of "How many PCs are floating around out there" is: there's really no way to know for sure.