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 BrookM wrote:
You didn't read all of it then smarty-pants, as they pick what reviews go up or not.

Oh well, at least I've tried. See all that comments above? I guess you are the only one who is immensely happy with BL and it's marketing strategies.
Feel free to pay all that money and not have your review published. After all BL can't do wrong, right?

 Yaraton wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
You didn't read all of it then smarty-pants, as they pick what reviews go up or not.

Oh well, at least I've tried. See all that comments above? I guess you are the only one who is immensely happy with BL and it's marketing strategies.
Feel free to pay all that money and not have your review published. After all BL can't do wrong, right?

Not what I was saying, but hey, don't mind me.

http://www.blacklibrary.com/new-titles


Both the Arjac and Ragnar books which were previously special/limited editions are now on the website as e-books.

The bitching on this thread is crazy - stop reading and buying the books if you loathe the company this much. This behavior is almost pathological.

Thanks, Fresh-Faced New User.

If you were to read most of those comments, most of the posters have stopped buying Black Library books. They are still talking about it because they want to buy BL books but BL is still making the same mistakes.

ADarke wrote:
The bitching on this thread is crazy - stop reading and buying the books if you loathe the company this much. This behavior is almost pathological.

Right. Fretting about the long, suffering demise of something we have an emotional attachment to is for losers.

BL is having less people buy its stuff. HH went from NYT bestseller status to barely noticed e-releases in the span of about 2 years

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:

ADarke wrote:
The bitching on this thread is crazy - stop reading and buying the books if you loathe the company this much. This behavior is almost pathological.

Right. Fretting about the long, suffering demise of something we have an emotional attachment to is for losers.

Yes, it is. Self harm is pretty clearly defined.

 Harriticus wrote:
BL is having less people buy its stuff. HH went from NYT bestseller status to barely noticed e-releases in the span of about 2 years

I think that coincided with the switch from MMPB issues to the whole hardback/trade paperback/MMPB nonsense.

I just want to point out that, while Pharos's artwork is nice, they screwed up and put Polux's power fist in his right arm, not his left.

I like the idea of a subscription service but not when it comes across as bad value, you just know that the same books will be released as a cheaper bundle end of next year. I also do not like being forced into buying the entire set up front without knowing who is writing them or which bits of the story they will cover due to the highly variable nature of the series in recent times.

Still, I enjoyed Beast, quite surprised how they managed to make it feel different from 40k and 30k, even if the Fists are given stupid nick names, have they always had them?

Retconning isn't exactly new any more when it comes to 40k.

Looks like Black Library is snatching defeat from the jaws of victory once again...

Just release books in formats the readers want!

 Harriticus wrote:
BL is having less people buy its stuff. HH went from NYT bestseller status to barely noticed e-releases in the span of about 2 years

I think they have noticed. And the response seems to be "move special editions, more exclusives, more short stories, more [crap that made people stop reading]! Whatever it takes to get that money!" When Dan Abnett jumped ship, that was the sign of things to come. I haven't brought a book since they pushed up paperbacks as the new format (as opposed to the MM paperback which is the backbone of the industry). I'm sure some people collect the books, but they seem to have forgotten that some people just want to READ a GOOD story. Not become bibliophiles.

Heybiff


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 Looky Likey wrote:
... its of the story they will cover due to the highly variable nature of the series in recent times.

That was a very tactful way of saying gakky. Good job.

Heybiff

yet another subscription type offer


http://www.blacklibrary.com/Home/munitorum-supply-drop.html





£20 gets you £40 of digital releases.

Month one includes : 2 ebook novels, 2x mp3 audios, 2 ebook novellas and 4 ebook quick reads.


I guess it's a good saving but one can't help but feel that is entirely only if one doesn't own (m)any of the chosen titles you're sent.

Yep, its all a tad too random.

"pay up front for something you already have or might not like"

is how it reads to me.

I think they've discovered the gakky treat that is Lootcrate.

Personally, I don't know if there are BL fanboys more enthralled than I (I suppose they are the ones jumping on this ) I'm not sure of what, the length, and quality, and topic of what works will come with this so I'm hoping they elaborate more.

Hell, I hadn't even considered (duh! me) that it may be content I already have. And I have A LOT of BL stuff. Scary.

 BrookM wrote:
I think they've discovered the gakky treat that is Lootcrate.

Sounds about right - only GW/BL's version is made up of stuff that's already out there and you might already own?

But given how far BL's fallen, maybe not?

BL replied to this question on Facebook that some will be new content and some existing.

I can't see many people wanting to put down for a bundle likely to contain stuff they already have, and BL's biggest customers who are the group most likely to want such a bundle are going to already have a lot of BL stuff. Just seems to be a weird random offer that wasn't thought through, at least the £75 deal was 100% new content.

New Garro book -- actual book ! .. limited edition of course -- is now on sale.

http://www.blacklibrary.com/horus-heresy/hh-novs/garro-vow-of-faith-le.html

Garro: Vow of Faith (Limited Edition)

A Horus Heresy Limited Edition – only 2,500 copies

Returning to the start of his spiritual journey, Nathaniel Garro abandons his duties to search instead for Euphrati Keeler, the Living Saint, and any answers she can give him…

READ IT BECAUSE
Explore more of Terra than ever before as Garro's journey comes full circle and he seeks the woman who once saved his life and put him on his path. Filled with doubts and fears about the war and his place in it, Garro needs find a new path to tread... and Keeler might just be able to help him again.

There is also an ebook version which is cheaper


http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/garro-vow-of-faith-ebook.html

Great. Another limited edition offering from Black Library. My excitement is... nil and null.

When Black Library gets back in the business of publishing novels on a regular basis and getting them stocked in bookstores, I'll be back.

Not before.

There are scans of some pages of the BL calendar with the new upcoming HH books:

"The Path of Heaven". Looks like Khan and WS against Slaanesh daemons.
"Grey Talon". SoC and a renegade WS.
"War Without End". Looks like short stories about UM, IF, DA, SW, WS, BA and Salamanders.
"Red-Marked". Looks like Ultras against combined DG, WB and NL.

Wasn't 'Grey Talon' short story from 'Meduson' anthology?

 tinfoil wrote:
Great. Another limited edition offering from Black Library. My excitement is... nil and null.

When Black Library gets back in the business of publishing novels on a regular basis and getting them stocked in bookstores, I'll be back.

Not before.

I'm dead excited about this release, ordered it up straight off. Garro has been a long term fascination since his first appearance. I'm really happy to see him back in print. I enjoyed the couple of Garro audios I have but prints my thing..... also like the special eds they are lovely books.

 Yaraton wrote:
There are scans of some pages of the BL calendar with the new upcoming HH books:

"The Path of Heaven". Looks like Khan and WS against Slaanesh daemons.
"Grey Talon". SoC and a renegade WS.
"War Without End". Looks like short stories about UM, IF, DA, SW, WS, BA and Salamanders.
"Red-Marked". Looks like Ultras against combined DG, WB and NL.

et voila :

Dear Black Library,

The Horus Heresy is not a collectable fething card game.

Sincerely,
Your exacerbated fanbase.

 reds8n wrote:

et voila :

I wasn't sure it was allowed to re-post those images from another forum where I saw them.