Folio New Year sale 2026

Has anyone heard any news on potential new year sales this year? I haven’t seen anything on the group (apologies if I missed it) and was wondering if they’ve stopped doing those?

>1 adityadubey:
Usually starts first week of January, but the FS is unpredictable.
Added year to date for reference.

>1 adityadubey: From previous years:
New Year Sale 2025: 02-12 January
New Year Sale 2024: Started 3 January
New Year Sale 2023: 4-22 January

The first fliers or notices seem to come right before the new year. So not a very long wait.

I got a gift voucher for Christmas. I'm ready for the sales! Hope it is as good as last year.

Yes, I accumulated a lot of rewards during the holidays that will be used during this sale.

Empty of course, but provided they use the same URL:

https://www.foliosociety.com/uk/sale
https://www.foliosociety.com/row/sale
https://www.foliosociety.com/ca/sale
https://www.foliosociety.com/usa/sale

Starts tomorrow at 1600hrs UK time according to the email I've just received.

I'd guess the titles shown in the post are titles expected in the sale. The inclusion of The Great Gatsby gives me hope of a SE of last year's LE on the horizon, once they sell the current 786 that is.

Some days ago I clicked on the link above and there were about 54 books shown, just with their normal prices. The Great Gatsby was among them as were some obvious choices like The Postman always rings twice, or The Patagonian Express.
I also saw the Godfather, so I am interested how much discount that one will get.
Doesn’t mean that these will definitely be the books in the sale of course

>9 woodstock8786: Oh superb! It was only ever empty for me, or 404ing as it is now.

>10 FitzJames: It was only for a short time! 😬

>9 woodstock8786: do you remember any other titles? 👀

There's also this link from their Facebook account announcing the sale which shows books being removed!
https://www.facebook.com/TheFolioSociety

Scalpers, on your marks, set, go!

I would like day of the jackal please

So I read (FS FB page) there will be flash sales again, with LE's probably added Jan 5th. Anybody an idea how flexible FS customer service is in case you add a non-sale book to your order, only to find out a day later that exactly that title has been added to the flash sale?

>12 rowdyu: Yes some, The Iliad, the Bell Jar, some of the Marvel books, Dostoyevsky’s Short stories, Pole to Pole, Everest, again the Sharpe’s books, Silent Spring…but it will go live in a few hours and I hope there will be some more or others, because it wasn’t really that surprising. Of course as always, why should they discount the books that are selling well? 😅
Hmm I think Neverwhere and American Gods were there as well, I just remembered. Depending on the discount Neverwhere would be something, although I never liked the illustrations

The website now says "The Folio Half Price Sale Begins Soon" which is a better discount than many recent sales, I think.

They never seem to include the more popular stuff like Iain M Banks or Ursula Le Guin. The Banks editions look very nice but are extremely expensive for what they are.

>18 BriainC: Last year's model was also half price, plus the day 1 flash sale which included newer or more popular titles (The Buried Giant, Pet Sematary, Man in the High Castle, Little Women, Weird Tales and some others I forget).

I hate the flash sales. The cost of ROW postage make them silly outside the UK.

>20 BriainC: absolutely! And they also said that they weren’t collecting orders for people, in order to ship all together at the end of the sale. So even if it’s a good deal, paying 35€ for the shipping makes it a hard no

Sale is live now, The Godfather is down to 68 copies so you may need to get in quick if you'd like that one.

>22 neonyoshi:

67 because I got one.
(Let's keep this /sale url being live earlier out of the mass social media channels please)

Are we expecting different titles tomorrow?

Site is down. Maybe putting a counter hyped up too many people for thr servers

Not too many I'm interested in. Silent Spring, maybe the Iliad and Parallel Worlds.

If the fight is still there after work I might get it.

When searching The Godfather (for example), I can see that it is on sale, but I don't see a list for sale items - what am I missing?

Never mind; I see it!

The Best Short Stories of Dostoyevsky may be sold out already. Only 13 copied and won't add to my basket when I try.

I want The Right Stuff, but I'm going to wait to see what's included in the flash sales.

The Godfather is gone already.

>30 BriainC: Yep both Dostoyevsky and The Godfather are sold out.

Thinking of the Gaiman books and possibly The Right Stuff but think I'll keep my powder dry for now.

I'm unsure about the art in The Right Stuff; I'd probably prefer actual images like the incredible photography in A Man on the Moon. I picked up the latter in the last sale and very much enjoyed it.

The Iliad is gone as well.

Well, the website certainly struggled for a while. Grabbed myself Death by Black Hole, Spring, I Am Legend and I Capture The Castle.

>34 cyber_naut: The 2009 version of The Right Stuff has photographs and is generally very affordable on the secondary market.

Dang, I was at checkout with the Dostoyevsky book. What happens if I go through payment now? Just an error?

The Iliad is also gone. Not a good sale to me. Too much dross they are trying to shift and too few decent books. I notice they have two Neil Gaiman books they are trying to flog after he has been cancelled.

Is faceless killers going to be the new get shorty?

Depends on if you finally ordered Get Shorty.

Can someone smarter than me tell me how many copies of postman always rings twice are left?

Ah, it’s the time of the year I profoundly lament having bought Get Shorty, Pole to Pole and Half of a Yellow Sun at full price!

Seeing Get Shorty advertised is reminding me of Delroy Lindo.

The T.S. Eliot LE will surely be added at some point, yes? (US site).

>42 brokenwolf: There's 787 copies left.

>46 HonorWulf: thank you

I Am Legend is sold out

>42 brokenwolf:

There are 787 copies left
There are 787 copies left

Sorry, I couldn’t resist the joke

I enquired, just to be certain given it is a 5am start time here, as to clarification that all further additions of editions will be at 4pm GMT, and yes, that at least will be a constant to be relied upon.

>37 A.Nobody: Ahh, thank you, I wasn't even aware that existed.

So the birthday codes don't work on the sale titles.

>52 rowdyu: Correct - they can't be combined with any other discount, including sales. You can combine sales and non-sale items though and use the code if you're looking to save on shipping, but you need to have at least one non-sale item in the cart.

>53 HonorWulf: Thank you for the tip, Wulf!

Can someone clarify, is this the flash sale? Are they going to add and remove titles to the sale throughout the sale period, or is there a flash sale that will happen separate from this one?

Thanks.

I’m tempted to blind buy Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere. Would you say its tone and atmosphere are closer to American Gods or Anansi Boys? I LOVED American Gods but didn't really care for Anansi Boys. The latter was too lighthearted and playful for me. I enjoyed how dark and moody AG was.

>55 BreakBeatDJ: The books currently offered will remain during the sale unless they sell out. Additional books will be added next week, which will be restricted to a certain number (i.e. 500 copies) and will remain in the sale until they hit the limitation. These books have not been disclosed yet.

>56 rowdyu: More like American Gods.

>56 rowdyu: Not as light as Stardust, not as dark as American Gods. I'd honestly put it closer to Stardust, though. It's not particularly dark.

I look at these sale lists in two ways;

Firstly - it'd be nice to nab a bargain.
Secondly - thank god that x, y, and z isn't there. They'll do more like it!

There's nothing much in the first category for me.

In the second, I'm a bit disappointed to see the Henning Mankell books, but all of the areas that I really want to see in the future are clearly selling well enough that we'll get more! Hooray!

>48 HonorWulf: Was "I Am Legend" on sale or just low stock?

>61 Inceptic: It was on sale.

Hmmm, it seems the Canadian and US sales pages are slightly different. US sales page has a few less books for sale, but has a better selection.

That's a little annoying.

>63 Goran:

Perhaps the difference is a preview of what will get the flash sale treatment?

>63 Goran: Last year, Folio removed a dozen books from the US store that were either printed in China or use materials sourced from China in order to avoid tariff issues. From the sale, this includes:

The Folio Book of War Poetry
I Am Legend (sold out)
Sharpe's Triumph
Sharpe's Fortress
Silent Spring
The Clicking of Cuthbert
Working

I wasn't planning on any purchases for a while as my TBR pile grew out of control, but 50% off A Man on the Moon changed that...
And once I was hooked, what's 25 pounds for Call of the Wild?

>65 HonorWulf: That explains why I did not see "I Am Legend" when I checked. Thanks!

>65 HonorWulf: Yes, these books were treated similarly in the Summer 2025 sale and were only offered outside the US store at that time.

As best I can tell, nothing is exclusive to the US sale page.

>68 Redshirt: The only book exclusive to the US/Canada is The Waste Land Limited Edition, which will most likely be added to the sale with the rest of the remaining LE's.

I wonder if this be the time the Casino Royale LE finally bows out? :)

>34 cyber_naut: >37 A.Nobody: The 2009 version is the one I have. I agree that the photographs are a much better choice than the new illustrations.

As for the sale, there's not much there to tempt me. The Fight, Pole to Pole, and Iron Curtain. I might wait for the flash sale to see if that changes things.

>66 Hanno:

I bought Man on the Moon in last year's sale. Well worth half-price, although they did initially accidentally send me The Moonstone, so I had to wait a while to get it!

>72 stubedoo: Ha, did they let you keep The Moonstone?

>73 cyber_naut:

Yeah, they did. I'd never have thought of reading that particular book if not for this particular mistake, but I really enjoyed it!

How long does the New Year Sale usually last?

>75 Graham69: The sale ends Sunday 11 January at 23.59pm

>57 HonorWulf:

Thanks.

>76 assemblyman: Cheers!

Nothing appeals to me in the selection. This has been a familiar experience over the past few years. Hoping they will add more to my tastes but not holding my breath.

On second thoughts I’m tempted by Everest. Can anyone talk me into/out of it? :)

Stayed up late last night and was glad I did! I wanted to get the Godfather as a birthday present for my father and I spotted the discount in my basket before the sale countdown hit zero. Also managed to check out the sale page and add Gatsby and the Right Stuff on a whim along with some non discounted books I already had in my basket for shipping efficiency. Sounds like from the comments there was a bit of a bloodbath around the Godfather and a couple of other low stock titles with the site slowing down and errors coming up for some people.

I'd already grabbed the Iliad and Dostoevsky at full price a few weeks prior so missed the benefit of the sale but at least I got them I guess! I think the lesson for me is although I managed to get what I want this time, if there's a book I really really must have I should probably not chance the sale if its low stock and get it ahead of time.

>81 zorg2099: Yes, there have been a ton of discussions over the years on buying strategy: fomo, sales, used market etc.

Recent years we have seen Limited Editions going on sale that was previously a heresy.

Of late, it seems these sales are populated by hard to shift stock with a few other items included to mix it up.

I'd much prefer FS to do store wide sales, or genre wide sales, with a blanket sale discount, not necessarily at the higher discount strategy of shift-em'-at-all-costs. ie 20-25% off. Or free shipping.

Flash sales and randomised sales strategies would also keep us guessing: not such a bad thing.

Well, I did another pass of the sale items and picked up A Man on the Moon. Looks like a wonderful edition for a NASA nerd (like me)

If anyone desperately wanted a copy of The Godfather, there is one in stock. Run, don't walk.

>80 cyber_naut:

You should probably buy it. I was tempted last year and remain tempted this year.

>56 rowdyu:

Closer to American Gods.

Nothing remotely tempting for me. Some of these same titles were higher % off in previous sales.

I'm curious what the community here would say are the top 3 books in the sale from an edition, quality standpoint.

>88 BreakBeatDJ: Probably Everest, A Man on the Moon and Songs of Innocence and of Experience, imo.

>88 BreakBeatDJ: I've already got Gatsby, Patagonian Express and Walk in the Woods and these are all great value at the sale price as well as being very nice productions. I've ordered the war poetry book from this sale and hope it's as good as previous Folio poetry editions

>90 RavenSeeker:

Nice. Thanks for that. I live in the Shenandoah Valley and all my hiking groups sorta have a disdain for Walk In The Woods (lol). But I do like the art and the feel of this edition. I’m looking for some good value higher quality editions for my niece who has a very diverse taste in books. And I’m always looking to replace the hundreds of Penguins and Signet Classics.

>91 BreakBeatDJ: shoutout to the Shenandoah Valley, neighbor!

I am somewhat tempted by a few books (Mankel, Lahiri, Blake) but not enough to pull the trigger. Will see if any flash sales push me over the edge but somehow I doubt it.

I think it’s obvious these sales are to clear out the low performers but I still find it amazing how unexciting they are even for enthusiasts, who should be the most excited. I’m not sure why they go to all the trouble of marketing these sales only to include so few titles and rarely the popular ones. Why not just lower the price on the slow movers instead of advertising a “BIG SALE” which is always so underwhelming?

Quite probably these sales are working well financially for FS since they keep doing them and I should just stop getting my hopes up every time.

>92 PJ-Reads: I think FS have worked out how best to manage the sales by now and reignite interest by adding in flash sales. It would be great to have big reductions in popular titles but it's unrealistic. However, there were some like Godfather, Iliad & I am Legend and of course these sold out quickly because they were in low numbers.
I bought Fear & Loathing and Shout along with a sale book realising that these will never be reduced in price. That's just how it is. The good news is that FS are now consistently showing a profit due to clever marketing and hard-nosed business practice so we can look forward to them churning out more quality books in future

>8 FitzJames: Well, from 786 pre-sale, there are just 176 copies of the Sam Wolfe Connelly ill. The Great Gatsby remaining. Yuko Shimizu's Gatsby looks rather a sure thing for a 2026 title.

>93 RavenSeeker: this is a good perspective. While I wish the sales were more to write home about, I am glad FS can turn a profit and keep existing at all in this modern era.

With Spring sold out, the next set of books with the lowest stock are:

Sharpe's Fortress (159 copies)
The Great Gatsby (172 copies)
The Franchise Affair (215 copies)
Get Shorty (231 copies)
The Singing Sands (239 copies)
Neverwhere (253 copies)
Everest (268 copies)
Parallel Worlds (290 copies)
The Bell Jar (293 copies)
A Walk in the Woods (306 copies)
Working (386 copies)

The Great Gatsby and Neverwhere, in particular, have shot up the list.

I’m curious about Half of a Yellow Sun. I like the binding and illustrations but have never read it. I’d be interested to hear any reviews from those who have read it on this forum.

>97 assemblyman: I read it a couple of years ago and loved it. Definite reread.

>94 FitzJames: I really hope they will release a SE with Yuko Shimizu’s illustrations! Otherwise I would have bought the current Gatsby. Her style is so exceptional

>99 woodstock8786: You and me both! I am v. much looking forward to its appearance this year.

I made a graduation gift of the 2013 Sam Wolfe Connelly edition before Folio altered the spine in a later printing (unsure which, fourth pr. perhaps?), and what with there being three different slipcase opening shapes belonging to the differing printings, I never got around to a copy for myself.

The font choice for the spine titling also never struck me as quite correct, so happily, there is the Shimizu!

I had a look again earlier at the books on sale, to ensure I hadn't missed any illustrated gems.
Leaving the Marvel stuff aside (imposters) and the books with photos/plates, are folk asking if, given many previous sales, that the pattern is close to this?

Choose to publish 'x'
Ineptly commission illustrator
Commission executed
Illustrations misfire due to bad art, match of work etc.
Volumes don't shift
Move to sales

>101 LesMiserables: The opposite, really. Nearly half the books in the sale do not have original illustrations. And most of the fiction books are the usual suspects from past sales, many of which have already sold through their first printings. The only recent fiction books with illustrations in the sale are the two Wallander books and the new edition of I Capture the Castle. If anything, the sales have grown stale with slim pickings and the usual suspects since very few of the newer illustrated books ever make it to a sale. It's been a banner three years in a row for Folio, in terms of sales, profitability and book awards.

If there's a flash sale today, does anyone know when it will go live, e.g., 4:00 pm GMT?

>103 CJDelDotto: Indeed yes, CS confirmed all of the additions will be at 4pm GMT.

>103 CJDelDotto: Yep that's the time.

>103 CJDelDotto: >104 FitzJames: >105 HonorWulf: I think it's just the remaining LEs today. There was a post up on the Facebook group showing an FS reply stating LEs would be included today for the remainder of the sale. The flash sales will be Wednesday and Friday.

>106 assemblyman: Sorry! I was rather unclear, I meant that when the successive additions were made was always at 4pm, on the chosen days which I thought was to be Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.

>98 RRCBS: Thanks for the reply. I think I might get it before the sale is finished.

The LE's have been added early, 50% off. Just ordered Shirley Jackson (& bell jar)

And here's the current LE stock levels:

Casino Royale (48 copies)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (74 copies)
The Waste Land (95 copies) US/Canada only
Rupert Brooke: Selected Poems (126 copies)

>106 assemblyman: Thanks for the update.

I'm on the fence about a couple of books (Parallel Worlds and Panda's Thumb). Maybe a flash sale will push me over the edge.

The Fleming and Jackson LEs rather look to be endangered species; I doubt they'll last a day if they keep the current pace up.

Casino Royale down to its last 10 copies.

>112 FitzJames:

Has taken a couple os sales to shift them (three in the case of CR).

>114 stubedoo: That was another one that should have had a lower limitation (i.e. 500 instead of 750 copies). Will be interesting to see how American Psycho does with a 750 limitation in February.

>115 HonorWulf:

Yeah, the correct limitation for any given product seems quite hard to predict.

Gatsby down to its last five copies.

I am tempted to grab Anne Appelbaum’s Iron Curtain but am hesitating in case they add something else of interest to the sale this week to ease the shipping cost.

>118 St._Troy: Iron Curtain has over 775 copies left, so you're good to wait until the other books are revealed.

>102 HonorWulf: I actually think we agree. You say most of the fiction books are from past sales. That's my point and target. The sales volumes.

Fingers crossed for day of the jackal.

>114 stubedoo: You are quite right, it is just deuced odd seeing them sell at pace for once.

We Have Always Lived in the Castle LE down to its final copies.

>120 LesMiserables: Gotcha, cheers!

Day 5 Low Stock update:

Sharpe's Fortress (147 copies)
The Bell Jar (156 copies)
Neverwhere (166 copies)
The Franchise Affair (204 copies)
Get Shorty (210 copies)
The Singing Sands (217 copies)
Parallel Worlds (239 copies)
A Walk in the Woods (245 copies)
Everest (256 copies)
American Gods (352 copies)
Working (385 copies)

With Gatsby gone, The Bell Jar and Neverwhere have been the biggest movers, with Parallel Worlds and A Walk in the Woods not far behind. American Gods is also climbing up the list.

Will Get Shorty end on 210 copies? Can’t see who would be buying a copy at last after so many appearances in past sales.

>126 NLNils: It had over 270 copies at the beginning of the sale, so it's already moved a bit.

>126 NLNils: Even the Tey books are selling a few copies and they've been in many many sales. It seems like there are a lot of newer FS customers that are replacing the dismembered.

I bought two sale books, Neverwhere and A Walk in the Woods, and added several non-sale books to my order to save on shipping that are part of series and unlikely to show up in sales. I don't place many orders anymore and am excited to get a big box of Folio.

>128 wdripp:

The Tey books are among my favourite Folio fiction. Just saying.

Part of me wants Get Shorty but I just cant justify it over about twenty other titles.

How many titles do they usually add to the flash sales?

>118 St._Troy:

In the same boat. I just placed an order last month (that hasn't yet arrived), but held off on adding Iron Curtain b/c I thought it might be in the sale.

I went ahead and ordered it solo though, as I don't think I'd be tempted by anything else they might add. Even with shipping/tax it is still about 30% off list price.

An excellent read if anyone is on the fence.

>130 brokenwolf:

It is really too bad, an Elmore Leonard series would have been amazing. Get Shorty is fine but not what I would have led with - the (almost perfect) movie casts a long shadow. Even in the sale I'm not tempted.

For anyone interested in such trivia, the most sale appearances out of current titles is The Singing Sands which is being offered in its 12th sale. Get Shorty and The Franchise Affair are on sale for the 10th time.

I quite liked the Singing Sands - I probably bought it in some previous sale.

I really enjoyed the Tey books. Definitely in the comfort read category, but very much enjoyed and will reread. The FS editions are beautiful.

>129 folio_books:

Oh I agree. I have them all and did not mean to suggest they weren’t worthy editions to a library, just that they have been heavily discounted many times so it is likely newer customers that are picking them up in this sale.

It’s a shame they haven’t sold better. With how popular the Agatha Christie novels are it seems there’s a market for golden age mysteries.

Are we expecting new books today?

I see the Douglas Adams books and the two Book of Dust books by Philip Pullman on the sale page but the discount hasnt been applied yet.

Indeed yes, those seven titles of Pullman and Adams seem to be the day's additions.

Edit: limited to x250 sales copies I see.

It's a while since I popped by LT and I must say it's lovely to see there are still lots of active Devotees.

I placed my first order in over a year, tempted by various offerings in the sale: Parallel Worlds, Half of a Yellow Sun, The Bell Jar - all as gifts for friends as I've already bought these thoroughly beautiful editions for myself a couple of years ago; The Panda's Thumb and A Man on the Moon. I'm particularly excited about Panda's Thumb as I was tempted a year or so ago but felt it was just too expensive at the RRP.

Sadly, I see that Folio's courier, DPD still live up to their acronym Delayed Perhaps Dead. Despite placing my order over the weekend with express i.e. 'next day' delivery, DPD failed to deliver on Tuesday after Folio announced that they had collected my parcel on Monday, and they've failed again to deliver today Wednesday. Plus ça change.

I waited in at home all day today, obsessively following the live tracking, and was actually standing outside by the main gate of my block of flats while the courier allegedly still had three deliveries to go in the neighbourhood before reaching me, when I suddenly and inexplicably received a message from DPD telling me that it hadn't been possible to deliver because I wasn't at home. This isn't the first time I've this experience from DPD (which is why I took the trouble to stand outside and wait for them in the first place). Why Folio continues to hire this troop of clowns is beyond me. I'm away from home travelling for ten days from tomorrow so the goddesses only know what will happen to the parcel. Not impressed Mrs. Omnichannel!

Meanwhile... I hope everyone here is enjoying their sale Folios :)

The Right Stuff arrived today. I'm delighted with it, and it will sit as a nice companion to my copy of A Man on the Moon which I finally got around to reading at Christmas, and which I enjoyed immensely.

Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy is OOS already :)

>140 cronshaw:
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Nice to see you here again. I imagine experiences with couriers depend to some extent on where you live. Here in Northumberland I'd rate DPD as the best, by a clear margin. I've been with them for many years and I can't recall ever having a problem.

No sale Folios for me. Nothig has engages my interest which is just as well as I ran out of shelf space a long time ago.

Will there be another flash sale do you know or is that it for this January Sale?

>144 mjlgardner1: Another one is expected on Friday.

>145 A.Nobody: okay thanks. Do you know what time it starts? I only received the email about this one at 16:30, but it sounds like the flash sale started much earlier that that today

>146 mjlgardner1: They are ostensibly to begin at 4pm GMT whenever there is a new addition that day. Today's was a little behindhand.

>147 FitzJames: Thanks for the heads up!

>147 FitzJames: Do you know what type of books will be in the last flash sale? I'm hoping it will be non-fiction/history.

Feeding frenzy on the Hitchhiker's Guide books! The Books of Dust are over the halfway point.

>149 rossoneri: I wish I could tell you! I can only say that it won't be today's seven titles.

I did not expect to expect to buy during the flash sales due to the cost of shipping to the US but couldn't resist this one. I picked up the last two Adams books and the two Pullman books and am very pleased as they'd been on my wish list but I likely wouldn't have bought them at full price.

>152 wdripp: By the time I saw the flash sale email the last 3 Hitchhikers books were already sold out. Good lord.

>153 Goran:

I bought the first 3 years ago. I don't remember if they were on sale but the non-sale price was a lot less when they were first released. I've had the last two on my wish list for a long time, and others probably did too.

>143 folio_books: Great to see you're still around on FSD Glenn! You're right of course, courier service is likely to vary much from one area to another. I'm glad DPD works for you up in the north-east. I've actually moved since I last visited FSD, but clearly not to a DPD high-functioning spot.

Over the past year or two I've tried to dramatically reduce my daily screen time - I definitely spent too much time online previously, at the expense of reading real books - hence my much reduced time here on LT, though it's nice to see there's still plenty of vigorous discussion about Folio Society editions. I'm reading far more paperbacks now (heresy!) but FS are no longer publishing very many books that I want to add to my reading pile. It's always great to see the odd exception though.

>154 wdripp: Yup, I'm one of them! I've read the story in lots of different editions, but I've had the first 2 books in the Folio set for longer than I can remember and the other 3 on my wish list.

>140 cronshaw: Very frustrating.

In the past I've watched from my window the courier stop at my driveway letterbox, pull up and drive off, without attempting a delivery or sound horn. On inspecting letterbox, the usual - 'you were not at home card - pick up from 'x' - was sitting in my mailbox.

The Pullman books sold thru their limit and have been removed from the sale.

Finances are better this year, so I finally pulled the trigger on The Waste Land, Everest, and Songs of Innocence and of Experience.

>159 Powderfinger69: Wow, that's an incredible haul!

Day 7 Low Stock update:

The Bell Jar (24 copies)
Neverwhere (40 copies)
Sharpe's Fortress (131 copies)
A Walk in the Woods (177 copies)
Get Shorty (188 copies)
Parallel Worlds (188 copies)
The Franchise Affair (193 copies)
The Singing Sands (203 copies)
Everest (233 copies)
American Gods (263 copies)
Working (375 copies)
Silent Spring (389 copies)

Limited Editions:
The Waste Land (87 copies)
Rupert Brooke: Selected Poems (110 copies)

The Bell Jar is now OOS.

>157 LesMiserables: Indeed. DPD still haven't delivered, and I'm away travelling today, but following a kind and very thorough intervention by a member of Folio's team, I'm confident I'll get the books when I return home. It's good to see that FS have maintained their traditionally high level of customer service.

>It's good to see that FS have maintained their traditionally high level of customer service.

Folio's Customer Service has never faltered in all the years I've been with them. It's a shame that the rest of the organisation lags so far behind them. You know who I mean.

Neverwhere below 20 copies.

>165 HonorWulf: I was on the fence with this one, but passed on it.

I did manage to get the Hitchhiker's books and Parallel Worlds in yesterday's sale.

If there are any good books in tomorrow's flash sale I might go for Neverwhere as well if any copies remain. Otherwise it was pretty slim pickings for me this year.

Since yesterday’s flash sale was sci-fi and fantasy focused, I’m hoping tomorrow’s is horror themed!

>163 cronshaw: I wholeheartedly agree with you. Both of us have been on this site for a very long time, relatively speaking, and we both have bought many many FS books. You have the advantage of experiencing in person, the Member's Room, The Nurse, The Naught Trolley. We both however have experienced that long-term consistency of superlative customer service, whilst other areas of the business have gone in other directions.
Hope the book arrives in first class condition.

>167 rowdyu: what horrors do you think they’ll lean into if that’s the case?

I’m hoping for a crime theme so that they put up day of the jackal. They did that one last year and I’m kicking myself for not getting it then.

>167 rowdyu: I’m also hoping tomorrow’s flash sale will feature the ‘Gothic & Horror’ category. As someone new to collecting Folio Society books, I’d love to upgrade some of the books in my collection to more elegant editions of the great classics in that genre. I know it’s unlikely they’ll be included in the sale, but one can always dream.

>132 kcshankd: "It is really too bad, an Elmore Leonard series would have been amazing"

The Raylan books would sell well I think, and might still show up (there is a TV show after all, which is also way better than it has any right to be).

And Neverwhere is now sold out.

>172 HonorWulf: 11/54 titles sold through (or, 11/55 for the US/CA)!

As I have seen both Friday and Saturday mentioned for the last additions to the Folio sale, I contacted CS to clarify which it was, and felt like I was talking to the circumlocution office. I was told the sale ended on the 11th at 10pm, and until then, the sale was on every day from 4pm till 10pm...

>173 FitzJames: Oy, I'd expect today - don't remember them adding things on a weekend, but stranger things have happened...

>173 FitzJames: I’m not sure what you expected them to say. Part of the point of a ‘flash sale’ is that it’s supposed to have a ’surprise’ element to it, so they will have been told to be vague.

>173 FitzJames: "...felt like I was talking to the circumlocution office."

I've never heard of such a thing but it explains so much.

>175 antinous_in_london: Quite fair. I'm perfectly happy if they do not wish to say which of the two days it was to be, but it was just a little odd being told the general sale ran every day for a six-hour window.

>176 St._Troy: Courtesy of Dicken's Little Dorrit.

>170 jose2486: I think there are other people who feel today's flash sale might be Gothic and Horror. Folio as both Dracula and Frankenstein listed as "selling fast". I'm more prepared for a flash sale for today!

>179 Goran: Turned out to be children books :'(

It’s not updated for me yet, which ones were added

>180 jose2486: Wynne-Jones maybe. You consider Georgette Heyer to be children’s books ? LOL

The current four Diana Wynne Jones have indeed been added as the last of the sale (I presume!).

Edit: I see that not all titles yet show here.

oof now thats a disappointing batch. Safe to say this is the end of it right?

Didn't get my Day Of The Jackal.

Such a disappointing sale considering last years. The sad part is, I would have been happy and purchased Shogun also if only they didn't allocate just 80 copies of The Godfather. I´m using my money to buy Easton Press deluxe Frankenstein edition instead.

>180 jose2486: I don't even see it on their website yet?

Edited:
Ah, now I do. Nothing interesting for me. And it seems like this is the final Flash Sale

>185 Jorge_Antonio_Gu9170: They didn't allocate 80 copies of The Godfather, that was all that remained in stock when the sale commenced.

>182 antinous_in_london: The first additions were books by Diana Wynne Jones, so I assumed they would be just children's books.

>184 brokenwolf:

The email says it is the final flash sale. Three Heyer books and four Wynn Jones books in series.

>184 brokenwolf: Yes, this is the final flash sale.

>184 brokenwolf: Day of the Jackal was in last years January half price sale- guessing you missed it then.

>187 FitzJames: Then it's questionable to include it in the sale to begin with. Or what about Dostoyevsky, what's the point of including 40 copies of a title in a highly expected sale?

>192 Jorge_Antonio_Gu9170: Yep, let’s not include any low stock items in the sale just because you weren’t quick enough to buy one that you wanted LOL

In the end I only got The Bell Jar in the sale, alongside one full price book- postage never feels worth it for one book! Considered the Jackson LE, but it isn’t worth paying postage twice. Similarly considered The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy but didn’t bite due to postage cost again. Had everything been released at the same time it would have been a different story, but they seem to like the staggered sale, I suppose it drives a bit of excitement. A bit disappointed compared to last year (there will always be someone disappointed!), but hoping for some decent publications throughout the year to spend my money on instead.

Is the postman always rings twice worth blind buying?

I was pleased with the sale overall, I managed to pick up the Godfather as a birthday gift for my father and along the way I also picked up Everest, Gatsby, The Right Stuff, the Rupert Brooke collection, and Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Also a few non sale books were consolidated with the two orders I placed.

As a fan of both Heyer and Jones, today's sale seems custom made for me. I ponder purchases.

Well, I ended up waiting for a flash sale to match the intro one from last year and in doing so the other interesting titles sold out. That's just how this system works, but then they additionally lost the sales on the regular editions I'd order with the sale books to save on shipping of course. And at this point I may as well continue to wait until the new releases, and then it's soon time for the summer sale, and so it goes.

>195 brokenwolf: I loved The Postman Always Rings Twice. It's all the noir goodness without any of the stereotypical detective plot, or any of the hardnosed badasses with nice quips for that matter. The chronology is backwards, but it reminded me of the other sale regular Elmore Leonard in that he lets criminals be both stupid and incompetent with the occasional flashes of brilliance or humor, whereas crime fiction often lionizes them as masterminds or badasses. Get Shorty is an uninspired FS production in art and cover, but the rest of the book (paper, binding and of course content) is very good. I'm sad it's been such a dog, all but ensuring we'll see no more of him.

I just ordered after seeing the last flash sale books appear. Four books for me this time: A Man on the Moon, great deal. Alamein to round out the Great Battles series, a shame that the series faltered as the books are such nice reading copies and well made. Call of the Wild, a nice nostalgic read. I’ve seen the film (White Fang, 1991) way back with my long departed grandfather and I like to revisit the story. Finally, I surprised myself with Half of a Yellow Sun, this could be the most rewarding one in my eyes! All in for a nice £222 delivered (ROW).

Nothing jumped out at me so deciding to spend my money on a ticket to see Louis ck

>194 unendingshelves: Just a suggestion: if the first order hasn't been shipped yet you can contact FS and they can remove the shipping on the 2nd book. I had them do that for me with the 2 sale books I bought on different days in the same week.

>195 brokenwolf: I would recommend the James M Cain Everyman's Library selection of stories that also has Double Indemnity.

There is also the Folio Treasury of Shorter Crime Fiction that can be found for about $100 on ebay. It contains "Postman" and a slew of other great short works unabridged:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZfBHj7Nj2E

It is a criminally (hee hee) overlooked set.

Edit to correct: It is actually Double Indemnity in the 4 volume Shorter Crime set.

I wish the Wynne Jones books were clothbound like the Heyer books. Anytime I see a Folio book that's paper covered boards, I'm always hesitant.

But still, at 35 USD it is practically the price of a run-of-the-mill cheaply made mass market hardcover. For that alone, these sales are already extremely good value for the money. Honestly doesn't get much better than this.

I think I'll pick up all 7 flash sales books just for how good a deal they are.

A spreadsheet showing FS sales for the last decade compiled by "Redshirt" has been added to the FSD wiki here.

I ended up ordering American Gods and Half of a Yellow Sun. I’m looking forward to reading Half of a Yellow Sun for the first time. I have the FS Parade’s End on the way too from the secondary market so plenty to look forward to.

I ended up with Venetia, Frederica, and--because I had a $25 off coupon burning a hole in my pocket--The Lottery and Other Dark Tales.

>192 Jorge_Antonio_Gu9170:

To get rid of them. That's the point of any sale.

caved and bought the fight and blood meridian

Well, it looks like my decision to place an order before the sale (to take advantage of a $25 coupon) was the right thing to do. And yes, making the right choice isn't a common thing for me. The sale will pass, with no order from me.

>201 Goran: Thank you, I wasn't sure if this was commonplace or not but may be something to consider next time!

The combination of the high shipping fee to ROW along with those flash sales (and titles selling out before this) is a good reason not to buy anything at all in this sale. It looks like FS really like it this way at the moment, but it does cost them some business. No big deal to me this time around, but it can be a bit frustrating.

>212 SF-72: I now use the U.K. site and a forwarding service because of the rest of world price hikes and postage. It’s worked out fine for me so far but I’m only across the pond in Ireland so the forwarding cost is relatively small.

>203 Ibkay: Oddly I'm the opposite. I prefer the premium board hardbacks over the clothbound editions because the print and artwork on the clothbounds tend to come off in my hands when I read them.

>213 assemblyman:

I'm nervous about that since I had quite a few faulty books from them. It would be a great alternative if their quality control was more reliable.

Last low stock sale update from me. Most of these will live to fight another sales day:

A Walk in the Woods (93 copies)
Parallel Worlds (110 copies)
Sharpe's Fortress (117 copies)
Get Shorty (174 copies)
American Gods (180 copies)
The Franchise Affair (186 copies)
The Singing Sands (196 copies)
Everest (213 copies)
Silent Spring (368 copies)
Working (373 copies)

Limited Editions:
The Waste Land (86 copies)
Rupert Brooke: Selected Poems (103 copies)

Flash Sale Books:
Frederica (12 copies)
Arabella (34 copies)
Witch Week (40 copies)
Charmed Life (41 copies)
The Magicians of Caprona (45 copies)
Venetia (57 copies)

Note: The Lives of Christopher Chant has reached its limit.

>216 HonorWulf:

Thank you for your painstaking and interesting efforts on stock numbers. Although I buy my own books as and when I decide that I want them, the overview provided by your reports gives plenty of insight into FS business.

>140 cronshaw: Re: DPD. Of my last five orders with Folio, all of which I have paid for Express Next Working Day Delivery (by DPD), only one has actually arrived the next day. Eventually I got sick and tired of paying for a delivery service that wasn't working and complained to FS customer service on the last two times that DPD never showed up. I quite bluntly asked for my delivery charges to be refunded, and they were within an hour. Just saying.

>217 affle: Cheers! I find it interesting to see how the numbers move as well.

The Singing Sands is the winner, having been in 12 sales, followed by Get Shorty with 10 appearances.

I've done my part in moving both The Singing Sands and Get Shorty in previous sales :-)

Received a batch of sales books today. Neverwhere is the standout production - I really appreciate the smooth, almost silky cloth binding and sturdy slipcase. The artwork is also excellent.

>221 Ibkay: Really happy to hear about Neverwhere! Hoping to get mine in the next couple of days. Enjoy your new books!

>202 PartTimeBookAddict: I watched the attached video and the James M Cain story in the Folio Treasury of Shorter Crime Fiction is "Double Indemnity", not "The Postman Always Rings Twice"

>223 stopsurfing: You're absolutely right. Get both!

It is also (and I double checked this time) collected in the Library of America's Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s which has a pretty nice selection of stories.

>220 wcarter: The Singing Sands is the winner, having been in 12 sales, followed by Get Shorty with 10 appearances.

It's puzzling. I found that a great read.

>224 PartTimeBookAddict: solid tips though thanks, the folio collection looks really lovely

Flash sale books are all gone except for the last 4 copies of The Magicians of Caprona and 26 copies of Venetia.

>227 HonorWulf: I was hoping they would all sell through. Looks rather bad if they don't for their future prospects elsewise.

>224 PartTimeBookAddict: Indeed, that collection is amazing, not only for The Postman, but I discovered many a great stories compiled there! I believe I paid $20 USD for that two book-set.

>228 FitzJames: When I nodded off last night, they had all sold thru except for 7 copies of Venetia.

For posterity, these were the books that sold out during the sale:

The Bell Jar
The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Casino Royale LE
The Great Gatsby
The Godfather
Hide My Eyes
I Am Legend
The Iliad
Neverwhere
Spring
We Have Always Lived in the Castle LE