 Slow Book Availability, Why is 4E so hard to get? |
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 May 25 2006, 08:39 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 371 Joined: 10-January 06 From: Regina Member No.: 8,145  |
First off here's my caveat: maybe it's just me, living way up in the barren wastelands of Canada.
Has anyone else noticed how difficult it is to get SR4 books? It was months after the release of the core book before I finally saw it on retail shelves in my town. I still haven't seen a printed copy of On the Run (glad I bought the PDF now). I don't remember having to wait this long for SR3 books to come out. Now it just could be a "watched pot never boils" thing for me, as I wasn't anticipating the SR3 books as much. However, it seems the SR4 books are coming out slower. Are they taking longer to print? Is there a different distribution channel? What's the deal? |
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May 25 2006, 08:42 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 239 Joined: 16-December 05 From: new jack city Member No.: 8,077 |
well i think everything comes out slower since wizkids got a hold of shadowrun... but then i could be just me imagining things. I know the novels got put on hold for a while.
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 May 25 2006, 08:44 PM
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jacked in Group: Admin Posts: 8,987 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 463 |
Hmm... no, can't really say that. The books are on the shelves pretty much normally here.
Bye Thanee |
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May 25 2006, 09:04 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,026 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Seattle (Really!) Member No.: 7,996 |
In my experience the delays and waits have been about the same, though I think the demand for the new product has been a bit higher. I was at my local game store (Gary's Games in Seattle) yesterday and there was one copy each of On the Run and the BBB in stock. I remember long waits for both SOTA Books, System Failure, MJLBB, and Shadows of Asia too. I think I noticed the long lag between the SR4 BBB Pdf and Print copy more though just because it was the core book rather than an expansion or fluff book.
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May 25 2006, 09:47 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 371 Joined: 10-January 06 From: Regina Member No.: 8,145 |
I don't remember having trouble getting any of the SR3 WizKids books, like Year of the Comet or the SOTA's.
I'm thinking the demand is a little higher now, plus I live in a smaller (200k people) city way up in Canada. Still, it is annoying... |
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May 25 2006, 09:52 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
WizKids has nothing to do with the production/distribution of the game books, and FanPro has nothing to do with the production/distribution of the novels. There may be slowness problems with either or both, but they aren't stemming from the same source.
Game book distribution to Canada is often a week or so behind the USA, simply due to the shipping/customs issues. |
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May 26 2006, 03:30 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 7,089 Joined: 4-October 05 Member No.: 7,813 |
have you tried asking the people at the store if they have them ordered in?
just before SR4 came out, i was considering getting into SR3 (on account of i didn't know SR4 was coming out yet... glad i ended up waiting)... when i went to the FLGS, there was nothing shadowrun whatsoever... when i asked, he busted out this large ordering catalogue and said he could order some in, and i ended up waiting (and fortunately didn't blow large amounts of money on SR3 when i am now using SR4). but anyways, it may just be a situation of your FLGS not having the book in question ordered until someone asks for it specifically. |
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May 26 2006, 02:00 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 360 Joined: 18-March 02 From: Plymouth UK. Member No.: 2,408 |
In the UK, Plymouth at least, there has been no prob with timing of print releases.
I work in a gaming shop and our suppliers have had the books when the official web site says they should. |
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May 26 2006, 02:17 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,718 Joined: 14-September 02 Member No.: 3,263 |
Good gravy, you live in Regina. You should be happy if you have running water...that doesn't smell like buffalo urine. ;) |
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