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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
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 Posted - 04 Oct 2012 : 18:20:38
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Have bought all of the three latest Elminster novels in hardcover. Just finished Elminster Enraged. Was in a bookshop today and saw the paperback for Bury Elminster Deep and noticed that at the start of every chapter, there are little "Ed snippets" (quotes etc.).
WotC provided these for Elminster Must Die (why they were cut in the first place is totally beyond me) on their website but have not done so for the other two books. Can't fathom at all why the paperback version would have this stuff and not the hardcovers.
Can't believe that I'm now going to buy a paperback version of a book I already have simply to get a few chapter blurbs. Nice one WotC. Brilliantly done. A unique and less than becoming marketing choice.
-- George Krashos
P.S. Oh, and the second paperback has got a partial map of Suzail too. 
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Edited by - George Krashos on 04 Oct 2012 18:22:24
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
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Posted - 04 Oct 2012 : 19:15:01
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Originally posted by George Krashos
Have bought all of the three latest Elminster novels in hardcover. Just finished Elminster Enraged. Was in a bookshop today and saw the paperback for Bury Elminster Deep and noticed that at the start of every chapter, there are little "Ed snippets" (quotes etc.).
WotC provided these for Elminster Must Die (why they were cut in the first place is totally beyond me) on their website but have not done so for the other two books. Can't fathom at all why the paperback version would have this stuff and not the hardcovers.
Can't believe that I'm now going to buy a paperback version of a book I already have simply to get a few chapter blurbs. Nice one WotC. Brilliantly done. A unique and less than becoming marketing choice.
-- George Krashos
P.S. Oh, and the second paperback has got a partial map of Suzail too.
Arrrrghhh!.....I would have been better off not reading this and not knowing what I missed out on! |
A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men - Willy Wonka
"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -
John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 05 Oct 2012 : 03:04:37
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Originally posted by George Krashos
Have bought all of the three latest Elminster novels in hardcover. Just finished Elminster Enraged. Was in a bookshop today and saw the paperback for Bury Elminster Deep and noticed that at the start of every chapter, there are little "Ed snippets" (quotes etc.).
WotC provided these for Elminster Must Die (why they were cut in the first place is totally beyond me) on their website but have not done so for the other two books. Can't fathom at all why the paperback version would have this stuff and not the hardcovers.
Can't believe that I'm now going to buy a paperback version of a book I already have simply to get a few chapter blurbs. Nice one WotC. Brilliantly done. A unique and less than becoming marketing choice.
-- George Krashos
P.S. Oh, and the second paperback has got a partial map of Suzail too.
I asked Wizards Marketing just after the release of the hardcover of Bury Elminster Deep when we could expect the "Ed Snippets" to become available on their website. The reply simply stated that they were still "working on it."
We've since seen the release of Elminster Enraged in hardcover as well, now, and still nothing in terms of those previous "Ed Snippets" have been released.
It might be worth contacting Wizards again, I think. |
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Wooly Rupert
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 05 Oct 2012 : 04:06:20
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Of course, I'll probably just continue my habit of purchasing the paperbacks as well, which is a tradition I've long maintained for Ed's Realms hardbacks.
I like having copies of both, since the hardbacks usually end up in storage and the paperbacks fall to my re-read stacks when I'm done with them as well. So I'll likely get the "Ed Snippets" for Elminster Enraged once the paperback releases. |
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
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Posted - 05 Oct 2012 : 16:59:03
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They're right next to the Phlan web enhancement... 
Which is right next to your restraint in delivering zingers..... if I remember rightly....   |
A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men - Willy Wonka
"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -
John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 05 Oct 2012 : 17:46:36
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Originally posted by The Red Walker
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
They're right next to the Phlan web enhancement...
Which is right next to your restraint in delivering zingers..... if I remember rightly....
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