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2 years ago ::
Aug 26, 2011 - 2:12PM
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Erik, since I've been talking physical print version novels I doubt I'd except print on demand.
Ah, but print on demand DOES product physical print versions. Since all you said was "print," my question is still valid.
I also have no clue how you arrived at the logical conclusion that I would except a single copy being print as a simple solution to the lack of a mass market publication of a print version.
Simply a logical exercise. You invoked Sherlock Holmes, so in that spirit I offered a logically-sound though obviously insufficient reply to your suggestion of "PRINT."
This was my way of demonstrating that your request wasn't specific enough, and that the issue is more complicated than "print copies exist" vs. "print copies don't exist." Your scenario of "PRINT" isn't the simplest answer, but rather an incomplete answer.
I apologize for being confusing--I was simply rising to your logical challenge. 
Cheers
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2 years ago ::
Aug 26, 2011 - 3:34PM
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Then once again let me be (very) specific. I want a mass-market paperback, with a paperboard cover and bound with glue, edition of the novel Shadowbane, as well as other WotC novels, to be published in the “A Format”, although a limited run of a hardback version is expectable addition to this there is not much use for a trade paperback version unless the entire series will be made available in the “C Format”.
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2 years ago ::
Aug 27, 2011 - 5:34PM
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Understood. Cheers
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2 years ago ::
Aug 28, 2011 - 9:36AM
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Then once again let me be (very) specific.
I want a mass-market paperback, with a paperboard cover and bound with glue, edition of the novel Shadowbane, as well as other WotC novels, to be published in the “A Format”, although a limited run of a hardback version is expectable addition to this there is not much use for a trade paperback version unless the entire series will be made available in the “C Format”.
This! +++1
HAND OF KARSUS!  
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2 years ago ::
Sep 01, 2011 - 8:03PM
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There's another issue with the novels going ebook only. The vast majority of the ebook catalog is only available in the US. To most of you it's not a problem, but there're a lot of fans all over the world that won't be able to read the new novels if this isn't addressed.
While I'm able to import "regular" books to my country and read them that way, I can't import an ebook. Amazon, B&N and the rest of the ebook stores just won't let me buy them.
If this is how it's going to be from now on, you're gonna have at least one very unhappy fan.
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2 years ago ::
Sep 02, 2011 - 3:43AM
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Please refrain from personal attacks and flaming, these are violations of the Code of Conduct. You can review the Code here: wizards.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wizards.cfg... You are welcome to disagree with one another but please do so respectfully and constructively. If you wish to report a post for Code of Conduct violations, click on the “Report Post” button above the post and this will submit your report to the moderators on duty.
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2 years ago ::
Sep 03, 2011 - 12:08PM
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@ORC_Ragnar: Indeed. This thread seems to have been devoid of personal attacks thus far, and I hope to keep it that way. Thanks to all of you for your patience and civility. Cheers
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2 years ago ::
Sep 04, 2011 - 2:54PM
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But your decision to publish the up coming novel Shadowbane as an eBook only product will hurt customers of the Realms rather than help. With this decision you are preventing those who either cannot afford an eReader or have chosen not to purchase one, from having access to the novel.
I second this. Publishing e-book only FR novels is currently causing me to seriously considering to stop reading FR novels at all. I will go on hiatus buying any new FR novels after finishing the few I have currently already on my to read pile.
I always wanted to read all FR novels and now that I am finally less than 30 away to be at the bleeding edge of the release schedule I have to find out about FR novels that are only in a format I have no interest in buying.
If I can't put Shadowbane next to it's 220+ fellows I have no interest in buying it and currently a greatly lessened interest in buying any other FR novel either. Sure, I know that such point would eventually come when I might not have the time to read FR novels "speedily" and fall more and more behind the release schedule or the point when I just decide that I have become "too old for this ####" or that WotC would eventually switch to ebooks only. However as the first two points are yet untrue I just hoped that the third point wouldn't come true so soon.
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2 years ago ::
Sep 04, 2011 - 6:11PM
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Some thoughts:
I collect physical copies of FR and DL novels. I won't buy an eBook copy.
Some enterprising person will sell custom bound versions of the book for 30 or 40 bucks. There will be many people to line up and buy these black market books.
Ebooks will eventually be given away "free" (included in the low low price) with the paper version of a book.
Ebooks will eventually drop in price as the novilty of the technology fades.
Prices for paper bound books will rise as ebook prices drop.
Potentially, in the future, bound copies of these books will only be available on demand from sites sucsh as lulu.com.
The short answer for me... to keep me spending mony on Wizards fiction I need to be able to buy physical copies of the books.
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2 years ago ::
Sep 04, 2011 - 7:39PM
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I'd also like to point out that I cant sit on my backside reading anything on my pc for very long.
I end up taking a nap
a mask everyone has at least two of, one they wear in public and another they wear in private.....
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