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At $86 ea. for US buyers, I imagine there's a lot of EU demand.

$36 for shipping is a little too much extra profit taking for me to stomach.

Here's hoping the 2 years from now, I'll be able to pick up the paperback!

So I get an email from Black Library today about a book that goes on sale today, Promethean Sun, yet when I click on the email to check it out it takes me to a Black Library sales page that shows two key things:

1) The book is $50 US. No way would I pay that for a novella.
2) The book is already no longer being offered. It may or may not be offered again early next week. If I had wanted it, sending me an advert for a book that is not available was not genius.

Fail! Spectacular Fail! Well, for me anyway. Clearly some people had no problem with the $50 price tag if it's already possibly sold out.

At $86 ea. for US buyers, I imagine there's a lot of EU demand. $36 for shipping is a little too much extra profit taking for me to stomach. Here's hoping the 2 years from now, I'll be able to pick up the paperback!

If I had been able to try to buy it and see that shipping was an additional $36, then this definitely would have been double-spectacular fail! $86 for one small novella. Err, no thanks.

Dear God..
As if ADB's Night Lords needed to be any cooler...

BrassScorpion wrote:So I get an email from Black Library today about a book that goes on sale today, Promethean Sun, yet when I click on the email to check it out it takes me to a Black Library sales page that shows two key things:

1) The book is $50 US. No way would I pay that for a novella.
2) The book is already no longer being offered. It may or may not be offered again early next week. If I had wanted it, sending me an advert for a book that is not available was not genius.

You should check your email's timestamp. 4:26AM EST for me.

It went up for sale at 9am in the UK.

Fail! Spectacular Fail! Well, for me anyway. Clearly some people had no problem with the $50 price tag if it's already possibly sold out.

It's not "already possibly sold out".
They put a freeze on sales to ensure that "all orders can be filled".
The remaining stock goes up for sale on Monday, in the afternoon(meaning: not 9am UK time).

....I can't resist limited edition books....especially with the Death Guard AND Iron Hands. She Who Must Not Be Named is in for a surprise missing lump in our bank account.

You should check your email's timestamp. 4:26AM EST for me.

I saw that. Does everyone sit at their computer at 4:30 AM? I doubt it. Does everyone check their email every waking moment of the day. No to that too.

It's not "already possibly sold out".
They put a freeze on sales to ensure that "all orders can be filled".
The remaining stock goes up for sale on Monday, in the afternoon(meaning: not 9am UK time).

Man, you just never give up, do you? I read that too, it's a nice way of saying "we're not sure if we sold more than we're printing and we need to justify the numbers before we sell any more" which does indeed mean they may have already sold out or nearly so.

You know, it's possible to sum things up without writing a novel or repeating every detail verbatim, well, it is for some of us. Bye-ee.

Anyone have any idea why the shipping is so expensive to the US?

Alpharius wrote:Anyone have any idea why the shipping is so expensive to the US?

I think they actually send a chapter serf out to hand deliver the book to you. Seriously though. . .

No, wait. I can't think of any actual reason why it would be that expensive. Profit?

BrassScorpion wrote:

You should check your email's timestamp. 4:26AM EST for me.

I saw that. Does everyone sit at their computer at 4:30 AM? I doubt it. Does everyone check their email every waking moment of the day. No to that too.

I'm not even sure what point you're trying to make here other than "How dare they use the UK time rather than the US time!".

It's not "already possibly sold out".
They put a freeze on sales to ensure that "all orders can be filled".
The remaining stock goes up for sale on Monday, in the afternoon(meaning: not 9am UK time).

Man, you just never give up, do you?

Not when people are doing knee-jerk reactions that make no real sense, no.

I read that too, it's a nice way of saying "we're not sure if we sold more than we're printing and we need to justify the numbers before we sell any more" which does indeed mean they may have already sold out or nearly so.

When they closed down sales, the stock was at 1806. That's far from "already sold out or nearly so".

You know, it's possible to sum things up without writing a novel or repeating every detail verbatim, well, it is for some of us. Bye-ee.

If what I wrote is what you consider a "novel", I don't know what to tell you.
I wrote three lines of text replying to your "Fail! Spectacular Fail!" crap.

Alpharius wrote:Anyone have any idea why the shipping is so expensive to the US?

I think they switched carriers, but I'm not 100% sure. The US Customs standards changed, and we get hit with an arseload of extra charges on ordering. My Live 2011 Chapbook got hit with a $20 customs charge, even though it was marked properly and everything simply because of its weight.

Alpharius wrote:Anyone have any idea why the shipping is so expensive to the US?

The limited edition hardback novellas all come with express shipping as a standard, regardless of country. I was forced to pay a whopping €24 in shipping. This is the main reason I never got to buy the Bloody Handed, which I really, really wanted, but the shipping was just too much for me at the time. Not that the high shipping of this novel is an excuse, I just had to grit my teeth and push through.

As a result of this and a slight disagreement with the other half I am now pissing blood. And sleeping on the couch.

Well, I expect a spoiler laden review once you've read this book!

Yeah, you and her both.


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New print on demand title, the rather excellent Darkblade graphic novel: http://www.blacklibrary.com/Exclusive-Products/Print-on-Demand/darkblade-the-graphic-novel.html

..The remaining copies are up for sale once again, although the site speed currently may well cause flashbacks to the days of dial up.

Good luck to all those who hunt !

I'm reasonably sure that "Age of darkness" hits the GW stores this Saturday, I can recommend that without hesitation.

Already pre-ordered it from the GW site.

Black Library wrote:

Due to the rarity of this item orders containing Promethean Sun will only be shipped via express UPS delivery.

Yeah, right.

More likely, 'Due to the rarity of this item and our ability to take advantage of the 'collectible' nature of it, plus our ability to leverage our agreement with the shipping carrier, we've decided to gouge you and maximize our profits!"

And yes, I am bitter that I really can't justify paying $86 of a novella of what is my favorite setting in all of GW's works, and I'm extra bitter knowing that I won't really be able to justify buying the next one either!

It is a real bastard move and anyone who says otherwise is one as well. I do hope pay day this Wednesday is good, otherwise I'm in bit of a pickle with milady.

In better news, got two parcels just now: Garro LEGION OF ONE, Fall of Damnos, Age of Darkness, Caledor and Blood Reaver.

Now what to read first? Choices choices..

Listen to Garro and then read Age of darkness, if only so I can finally discuss some of the things therein.

Already listening to Garro (his new voice type is horrible QQ) while cleaning, I'll start on Age later tonight. Any story in particular I should start with?

.....


.... c l e a n i n g .... ?


I thought you had a wife ? (ducks and covers)

Nah, not married, too young for that yet. Plus, I'm clean my own stuff, fair enough. The alternative is broken minis.

reds8n wrote:Listen to Garro and then read Age of darkness, if only so I can finally discuss some of the things therein.

I've listened/read both---I don't recall anything striking?

.. in the Mr. Wraight penned story.. the real reason why youknowwho goes to youknowwhere. Plus I thought that story in general was awesome.

I'm also most intrigued by the Little Horus tale and some of the comments made by the Lion with regards to at least one of his brothers. Given some of the accusations made against him/his legion in some books, this struck me as most delicious and yet also making a good degree of sense.

reds8n wrote:.. in the Mr. Wraight penned story.. the real reason why youknowwho goes to youknowwhere. Plus I thought that story in general was awesome.

I'm also most intrigued by the Little Horus tale and some of the comments made by the Lion with regards to at least one of his brothers. Given some of the accusations made against him/his legion in some books, this struck me as most delicious and yet also making a good degree of sense.

Just finished Garro LOO (heh) and while the unveil was unsurprising it was an okay story.

Alpharius wrote:

$50 for the book, and $36 for shipping?

WTF?

NO WAY it costs that much to send a freakin' pamphlet to me here in the USA from the UK.

Is this some sort of new Royal Wedding Tax for the colonies?

Thankyou, that is the funniest thing I have read on the internet today

AgeOfEgos wrote:

reds8n wrote:.. in the Mr. Wraight penned story.. the real reason why youknowwho goes to youknowwhere. Plus I thought that story in general was awesome.

I'm also most intrigued by the Little Horus tale and some of the comments made by the Lion with regards to at least one of his brothers. Given some of the accusations made against him/his legion in some books, this struck me as most delicious and yet also making a good degree of sense.

Spoiler:

Ahh, Rebirth? Yeah it was a good read----Little Horus was my favorite though. He was a completely undeveloped character in the earlier series---it was good to see some of his motivations/what he was like.

Garro----while I had some misgivings----I was elated to confirm that Loken was indeed back! Plus they're done recruiting now----so they can move on to actually fighting some chaos (Which was my problem with LOO....the enemy action sequences were lack luster).

So...

reds8n wrote:
So...

Spoiler:

Do you think this is guilt plaguing Little Horus or is it perhaps the initial signs or glimmerings of daemonic possession perhaps ?

Aaaaaand they're all sold out now.

772 copies are back on sale.

BrookM wrote:772 copies are back on sale.

Looks like some wives/girlfriends/boyfriends/whatever significant other you want to use found out and canceled 772 orders!