First copies of the new Lifting Shadows arrive

Today marks the end of the pre-order period for the updated edition of Lifting Shadows, our latest direct-to-consumer book project. The big deadline coincided with the arrival of the first copies of the book from the printer. Needless to say, we couldn’t wait to tear open the box and have a look inside – an experience we’ve been sharing via YouTube, twitvid, and the project website liftingshadows.com.

Lifting Shadows is the fully revised and updated edition of Rich Wilson’s acclaimed biography of prog rock superheroes, Dream Theater. The original Box Set Edition, also a direct project, was published by Essential back in 2007. This time, we’ve adding a massive 40% update to the text, and giving the band’s fans the choice between two different editions – the Classic Edition we unwrapped today, or a luxury, Limited Edition bound in real leather and signed by Rich himself. We’ll be unwrapping the latter shortly, but in the mean time, take a look at it’s rather splendid stablemate.