Hi all--Alex gave me a heads-up that there was some discussion about the book here. Yes, the collectors edition is the real deal but according to Insight Editions it won't be out until Spring 2016:
https://twitter.com/insighteditions/sta ... 6057792512 I don't really know as much about things like the removable items and the collectors edition tablet because I was much more involved with the text itself. But I can help find things out if they're available and okay to talk about.
Lots of GB fans helped on the book by working with Insight on the imagery. Alex was a tremendous help to me on the writing and fact-checking front. Like he said, we've known each other since the mid-90s so when I got the chance to work on this book last year he was the first person I contacted.
It's very much a "making of" book (not a Jedi Path-style in-universe book) but I'm hoping fans like it. Nothing is going to ever top Don Shay's Making Ghostbusters but I hope this is a good successor in that vein. We were able to get some amazing concept artwork from Thom Enriquez for both GB and GB2 that I don't think have ever been seen before (he said he got them out of his garage).