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But I thought I did pre-order. Isn't ordering in May 2009 a pre-order?My order history is now showing the Bestiary due in November! Huh? I thought it was supposed to be October!We'll ship preorders and subscriber copies in October—the retail release date is early November.If you have a preorder through paizo.com, we will more than likely be shipping your Bestiary out next week unless you gave us other instructions, such as waiting to ship it with the next Adventure Path volume, which won't be here until early November.
-Lisa
But the only things that I have on order are the Core book (ordered waaaay back) and the Beastery. I combined these two orders when the Beastery was first announced for August or September (in any case, when it was first announced back in November last) to save on shipping, and thinking it might arrive around my b-day. I too have the shipping date as pending for November. I am not subscribed to anything atm :( (I wish, but...)
But I thought I did pre-order. Isn't ordering in May 2009 a pre-order?My order history is now showing the Bestiary due in November! Huh? I thought it was supposed to be October!We'll ship preorders and subscriber copies in October—the retail release date is early November.If you have a preorder through paizo.com, we will more than likely be shipping your Bestiary out next week unless you gave us other instructions, such as waiting to ship it with the next Adventure Path volume, which won't be here until early November.
-Lisa
Cool, I ordered mine with the RPG Core Rulebook, and I didn't put any holds on it. I was scared for a second there. Thanks Lisa.
But I thought I did pre-order. Isn't ordering in May 2009 a pre-order?My order history is now showing the Bestiary due in November! Huh? I thought it was supposed to be October!We'll ship preorders and subscriber copies in October—the retail release date is early November.
No worries—you did preorder, and it's not really waiting until November. I was just pointing out that the reason you're *seeing* November is that that's the retail release date (not the date that we'll have the book in our warehouse, or that we'll ship it to you). Gary will eventually adjust that bit of code so that it shows the expected date for Paizo instead, which would be a much more useful thing to know...
The books did arrive today; tomorrow we'll be doing prep and dealing with distributor shipments, and we're off Monday for Columbus Day... but we'll begin shipping Tuesday.
But the only things that I have on order are the Core book (ordered waaaay back) and the Beastery. I combined these two orders when the Beastery was first announced for August or September (in any case, when it was first announced back in November last) to save on shipping, and thinking it might arrive around my b-day. I too have the shipping date as pending for November. I am not subscribed to anything atm :( (I wish, but...)
As Vic said below, we will start shipping orders next Tuesday and yours should go out at that time along with your Core Rulebook. No worries!
-Lisa
Whats the reason for the change from October to November?
The books just hit our warehouse. Whenever we ship from China, there is a plus or minus three weeks that can happen. We sent copies out to our distributors today, so there is a chance that the release date could very well hit the end of October. But we won't know until we get everything shipped out. In the meantime, folks who subscribed or order through paizo.com will have their copies shipped next Tuesday, so that is an October release there.
We do our best to anticipate when things will arrive, but things can change and thus we slipped the release date to November, even though it could very well now slip back to October. It is literally a difference between like October 28 and November 4, so you can see that in actual days, it isn't that much of a difference.
-Lisa
In the meantime, folks who subscribed or order through paizo.com will have their copies shipped next Tuesday, so that is an October release there.
I'm still a little new to ordering direct through Paizo, but you may rest assured that I will be continuing my subscriptions in perpetuity for as long as my budget will allow.
That said, I'd like to confirm explicitly what is meant here. (I'm a pedant, my apologies) Tuesday being, in this case, Tuesday, 13Oct09. I've not yet gotten my pre-ship notification email, though I understand several to many others have. I'm going to hypothesize that orders are shipped FIFO (First In, First Out) in response to orders?
Thanks in advance for any insight you can provide.
Go Paizo or go home.
*scampers back to her Bastards of Erebus game*
In the meantime, folks who subscribed or order through paizo.com will have their copies shipped next Tuesday, so that is an October release there.
I'm still a little new to ordering direct through Paizo, but you may rest assured that I will be continuing my subscriptions in perpetuity for as long as my budget will allow.
That said, I'd like to confirm explicitly what is meant here. (I'm a pedant, my apologies) Tuesday being, in this case, Tuesday, 13Oct09. I've not yet gotten my pre-ship notification email, though I understand several to many others have. I'm going to hypothesize that orders are shipped FIFO (First In, First Out) in response to orders?
Thanks in advance for any insight you can provide.
Go Paizo or go home.
*scampers back to her Bastards of Erebus game*
I actually believe they send the emails out randomly some how. Sometimes I get it before people start posting on the forums they were getting the emails other times it seems to be days later. So the reason why I think it is a random response / send out of emails.
Of course could be wrong.
Sean
OK, I can wait (impatiently) for my November ship date, as long as...
What's the story on when the PDF will be posted? I always try to have both, and the PDF will allow me to use the content while I wait (impatiently) for the arrival of the Hefty Shiny bits...
If you're a subscriber, you get your PDF when the book ships. Otherwise, you can buy the PDF on the same day as the release date.
In the meantime, folks who subscribed or order through paizo.com will have their copies shipped next Tuesday, so that is an October release there.
I'm still a little new to ordering direct through Paizo, but you may rest assured that I will be continuing my subscriptions in perpetuity for as long as my budget will allow.
That said, I'd like to confirm explicitly what is meant here. (I'm a pedant, my apologies) Tuesday being, in this case, Tuesday, 13Oct09. I've not yet gotten my pre-ship notification email, though I understand several to many others have. I'm going to hypothesize that orders are shipped FIFO (First In, First Out) in response to orders?
Thanks in advance for any insight you can provide.
Go Paizo or go home.
*scampers back to her Bastards of Erebus game*
I actually believe they send the emails out randomly some how. Sometimes I get it before people start posting on the forums they were getting the emails other times it seems to be days later. So the reason why I think it is a random response / send out of emails.
Of course could be wrong.
Sean
It's neither random nor FIFO. We organize shipments to maximize warehouse fulfillment efficiency, based on the contents of each order, the shipping method, and the destination.
It's neither random nor FIFO. We organize shipments to maximize warehouse fulfillment efficiency, based on the contents of each order, the shipping method, and the destination.
Ah! Chaos math + algorithms or something. Rockityboom!
Thank you for the answer Vic, my respect for you and your staff continues to build.
If you're a subscriber, you get your PDF when the book ships. Otherwise, you can buy the PDF on the same day as the release date.OK, I can wait (impatiently) for my November ship date, as long as...
What's the story on when the PDF will be posted? I always try to have both, and the PDF will allow me to use the content while I wait (impatiently) for the arrival of the Hefty Shiny bits...
OK. But... really? I mean, why wait? I can't see there's any downside to getting the PDF income rolling in sooner rather than later. I seriously doubt anyone who would be motivated to buy the retail hardcover would not do so because they bought the PDF. I know I wouldn't - and I'd love to at least get the PDF this month, instead of waiting till November.
Com'on - consider it anyway!
OK. But... really? I mean, why wait? I can't see there's any downside to getting the PDF income rolling in sooner rather than later. I seriously doubt anyone who would be motivated to buy the retail hardcover would not do so because they bought the PDF. I know I wouldn't - and I'd love to at least get the PDF this month, instead of waiting till November.
Com'on - consider it anyway!
The release date of the PDF is locked to the release date of the print copy for many reasons, one of the big ones being that doing so helps to soothe the concept that we're trying to "scoop" the FLGS and other brick and mortar shops by trying to sell the book before they can get it. Basically... we do things this way for various and sundry little business-related reasons.
If you're a subscriber, you get your PDF when the book ships. Otherwise, you can buy the PDF on the same day as the release date.OK, I can wait (impatiently) for my November ship date, as long as...
What's the story on when the PDF will be posted? I always try to have both, and the PDF will allow me to use the content while I wait (impatiently) for the arrival of the Hefty Shiny bits...
OK. But... really? I mean, why wait? I can't see there's any downside to getting the PDF income rolling in sooner rather than later. I seriously doubt anyone who would be motivated to buy the retail hardcover would not do so because they bought the PDF. I know I wouldn't - and I'd love to at least get the PDF this month, instead of waiting till November.
Com'on - consider it anyway!
This has been suggested and talked about in numerous threads, and the deal is that the PDF on shipment date is a perk for those that Subscribe, and holding general sale of the PDF until it is reaching store shelves is to make the retailers happy.
logic_poet
(Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Roleplaying Game, Campaign Setting, Companion, Modules Subscriber)
I'd like to subscribe to the core rulebooks, but I don't want a third copy of the PFRPG rules on top of what I got at GenCon. What date should I subscribe so I miss the RPG and get the Bestiary?
You should be able to subscribe now and choose to start with the current book (the RPG) or the next one (the Bestiary).
I'd like to subscribe to the core rulebooks, but I don't want a third copy of the PFRPG rules on top of what I got at GenCon. What date should I subscribe so I miss the RPG and get the Bestiary?
That's a straight up option when subscribing. Just choose 'start with bestiary' when you order and you will start with the bestiary.
WAIT wait wait wait wait wait!
....where's the pdf?
For this serious question, I have a serious answer...
There will be no PDF, instead we will be getting a Video of the Paizo Employees reading a dramatized version of the Bestiary word for word.
Don't worry the video will be bookmarked so you can skip to the relevant scenes.
Paizo at this time has not released who is playing which parts. I hope we hear soon!
WAIT wait wait wait wait wait!
....where's the pdf?
For this serious question, I have a serious answer...
There will be no PDF, instead we will be getting a Video of the Paizo Employees reading a dramatized version of the Bestiary word for word.
Don't worry the video will be bookmarked so you can skip to the relevant scenes.
Paizo at this time has not released who is playing which parts. I hope we hear soon!
Fair warning: I called dibs on the nymph and the succubus. I apologize in advance for any blindness my representations of these creatures might incur. You might want to have a cup of bleach and a wire-bristle brush handy to scrub the sight out of your eyes when you get to those creatures.
Wait so if I ordered from my FLGS early, I'm going to be waiting until November now? That's a bummer. :(
No... just a few posts above yours, I said: "We've moved up the retail release date to October 21." Which is also the date that the PDF will become available.
Oh, and also—you heard it here first—like the Core Rulebook, the Bestiary PDF will be $9.99. (*After* the Bestiary, though, PDF pricing on the Pathfinder RPG line will return to our usual discount of 30% off the print price.)
Fair warning: I called dibs on the nymph and the succubus. I apologize in advance for any blindness my representations of these creatures might incur. You might want to have a cup of bleach and a wire-bristle brush handy to scrub the sight out of your eyes when you get to those creatures.WAIT wait wait wait wait wait!
....where's the pdf?
For this serious question, I have a serious answer...
There will be no PDF, instead we will be getting a Video of the Paizo Employees reading a dramatized version of the Bestiary word for word.
Don't worry the video will be bookmarked so you can skip to the relevant scenes.
Paizo at this time has not released who is playing which parts. I hope we hear soon!
I am going blind just thinking about that!.. but at the same time I am oddly fascinated.. So when is the release date ;)
Wait so if I ordered from my FLGS early, I'm going to be waiting until November now? That's a bummer. :(No... just a few posts above yours, I said: "We've moved up the retail release date to October 21." Which is also the date that the PDF will become available.
Oh, and also—you heard it here first—like the Core Rulebook, the Bestiary PDF will be $9.99. (*After* the Bestiary, though, PDF pricing on the Pathfinder RPG line will return to our usual discount of 30% off the print price.)
Wow! I really didn't expect that! That's great!!!!
Fair warning: I called dibs on the nymph and the succubus. I apologize in advance for any blindness my representations of these creatures might incur. You might want to have a cup of bleach and a wire-bristle brush handy to scrub the sight out of your eyes when you get to those creatures.
Bleach and wire-bristled brush? Nah, I might just get some popcorn and a beer. Then again, I am entertained by some pretty disturbing stuff.
Quick question for Vic or whoever else from Paizo may see it...since the Bestiary has no ship date officially yet, it does not show up in my subscriptions as a product with a timeline yet. Since I set them up to "ship monthly" and there is no Oct AP (and therefore my next monthly shipment reads Nov), does that mean the bestiary will become my October shipment, or roll over to Nov? I only ask here because I think its a unique situation with no Oct AP.
Quick question for Vic or whoever else from Paizo may see it...since the Bestiary has no ship date officially yet, it does not show up in my subscriptions as a product with a timeline yet. Since I set them up to "ship monthly" and there is no Oct AP (and therefore my next monthly shipment reads Nov), does that mean the bestiary will become my October shipment, or roll over to Nov? I only ask here because I think its a unique situation with no Oct AP.
If you have your shipments set up to ship with your Adventure Path shipment, then yes; your Bestiary won't ship until Pathfinder AP volume #27 ships sometime in early November.