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the book is definetly hardcover. both shadow and feywild books were originally set to be paperback but changed to hardcover.

i'm not sure there will be much mage content in the book. what mage schools might a fey want to specialize in? enchantment? illusion? we already have both of those. perhaps some more spells for those schools but not more builds for mage i'm guessing.

as for sorcerers not being fey? i see your point however to me the sorcerer is a catch all blasty spell caster who's origins can come from nearly any source. i've refluffed dragonbloods into demonbloods and so on. when you're a sorcerer its what kind of magic courses through your veins. so ya i can see a sorcerer with a lil fey blood in him. it's powers may be preselected like all the new warlock builds but who cares odds are old sorcerers can choose those options too because that's the way its been with many essential classes. clerics can choose warpriest powers. wizards can choose mage spells. warlocks can choose some of the hexblade and binder spells too.

I expect Eladrin, Elves, Drow, and Half-elves to get about as much feature as Humans, Elves, Dwarves, Halflings, and Eladrin did in Heroes of Shadow. 

On the OTHER hand, I expect Gnomes, Goblins, and one other race to be featured in the book.  The third race will almost CERTAINLY be Fey Origin, and almost CERTAINLY be Medium.

I expect the Transmutation School for Mages to be in this book; Faeries like to have fun with Baleful Polymorph spells.  And this school has been expected/10 since Red Box and Rules Compendium included it.  I also expect more Enchantment School and Illusion School spells.

I expect either the Arcana or the Moon domain to be featured for Warpriests, leaning more on Arcana. 

Binders could theoretically get a Fey Pact build here, and Hexblades would love more pact weapons for different courts.

I'm doubtful if Wilden, Seekers, or Runepriests will appear in the book, since these books are chiefly referencing lore that has been since Player's Essentials.  That said, Heroes of Shadow references Warlords, but that's because Class Compendium: Warlords came out before the book. 

Two new builds for the Sentinel Druid (Autumn and Winter) would be nice here, but I don't know if they make SENSE, since Druids relate primarily to the NATURAL WORLD, while this book is about people who draw on the power of the FEYWILD.  Similar for Hunters/Scouts/Seekers.

Bards getting an Essentials+ version would be interesting, and if they want to jump the gun, they can release a new build of Bladesinger in this book, since Neverwinter comes out before it.

As I've stated before, at the very minimum in FR Archfey can and do function as Primal Spirits, so it's not a stretch to say they could outside of FR.

And the Winter Court of the Fey has had the most material out of any of the courts, and the Unseelie have a traditional connection to Fall and Winter.

So I don't think it would be at all out of place to have the Autumn and Winter seasons for Sentinels.