Pathfinder on Amazon


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Sovereign Court

I just noticed that all the GameMastery mods and Pathfinder "issues" are listed for preorder on Amazon.com. In the past, I recall it being pretty much impossible to order stuff through Amazon. Is this just Amazon zeal or are they actually planned to be offered through them?

Paizo Employee Creative Director

As far as I know, it's for real; you can indeed buy Pathfinder and GameMastery adventures through Amazon.

Liberty's Edge

Michael Chu wrote:
In the past, I recall it being pretty much impossible to order stuff through Amazon.

What sorta "stuff?" I order a lot of stuff (books, gaming books & paraphernalia, CDs, etc.) through Amazon. So, do you mean stuff from a particular publisher (Paizo, for instance), gaming stuff in general, or everything?

Liberty's Edge

If I understand correctly, you can only get the free pdf copy of the books with a subscription.

You may find that's worth the additional 20% you pay (due to shipping; and assuming you would find $25 worth of merchandise at Amazon and qualify for free shipping) at Paizo. At least, it's worth it to me.

Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer

Azzy wrote:
Michael Chu wrote:
In the past, I recall it being pretty much impossible to order stuff through Amazon.
What sorta "stuff?" I order a lot of stuff (books, gaming books & paraphernalia, CDs, etc.) through Amazon. So, do you mean stuff from a particular publisher (Paizo, for instance), gaming stuff in general, or everything?

I think he's referring to a time when Amazon was taking preorders for the Shackled City hardcover, and apparently ended up cancelling some or all of those preorders for some unspecified reason.

I think they've sorted all that out now.

Liberty's Edge

Vic Wertz wrote:
I think he's referring to a time when Amazon was taking preorders for the Shackled City hardcover, and apparently ended up cancelling some or all of those preorders for some unspecified reason.

Ah. Weird.

Sovereign Court

Andrew Turner wrote:

If I understand correctly, you can only get the free pdf copy of the books with a subscription.

You may find that's worth the additional 20% you pay (due to shipping; and assuming you would find $25 worth of merchandise at Amazon and qualify for free shipping) at Paizo. At least, it's worth it to me.

I would much rather purchase the mods directly from Paizo and get the .pdfs (and have the money go directly to them). My consideration is that I currently pay $80 a year to amazon for the free second day shipping on everything, so I'm always looking for ways to maximize that. ;)

Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer

Michael Chu wrote:
My consideration is that I currently pay $80 a year to amazon for the free second day shipping on everything, so I'm always looking for ways to maximize that. ;)

Hopefully you'll find that if you subscribe through us, you'll get your copies before Amazon can two-day them to you.


Adverb abuse is a sign of adherence to the dark side. You are being cautiously watched.

Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer

The Jade wrote:
Adverb abuse is a sign of adherence to the dark side. You are being cautiously watched.
Merriam-Webster wrote:

Main Entry: hope•ful•ly

Function: adverb
Date: 1593
1 : in a hopeful manner
2 : it is hoped : I hope : we hope <hopefully the rain will end soon>

In the 1960s the second sense of hopefully, which dates to the early 18th century and had been in fairly widespread use since at least the 1930s, underwent a surge in popularity. A surge of criticism followed in reaction, but the criticism took no account of the grammar of adverbs. Hopefully in its second sense is a member of a class of adverbs known as disjuncts. Disjuncts serve as a means by which the author or speaker can comment directly to the reader or hearer usually on the content of the sentence to which they are attached. Many other adverbs (as interestingly, frankly, clearly, luckily, unfortunately) are similarly used; most are so ordinary as to excite no comment or interest whatsoever. The second sense of hopefully is entirely standard.

On the other hand, you may feel free to criticize my verbing of "two-day," or, indeed, my use of the word "verbing." And I may feel free to ignore your criticism of same. :-) Besides, I'm told the dark side has cookies.

Paizo Employee Director of Sales

Ha! Grammar pwned!


Vic Wertz wrote:
Merriam-Webster wrote:

Main Entry: hope•ful•ly

Function: adverb
Date: 1593
1 : in a hopeful manner
2 : it is hoped : I hope : we hope <hopefully the rain will end soon>

In the 1960s the second sense of hopefully, which dates to the early 18th century and had been in fairly widespread use since at least the 1930s, underwent a surge in popularity. A surge of criticism followed in reaction, but the criticism took no account of the grammar of adverbs. Hopefully in its second sense is a member of a class of adverbs known as disjuncts. Disjuncts serve as a means by which the author or speaker can comment directly to the reader or hearer usually on the content of the sentence to which they are attached. Many other adverbs (as interestingly, frankly, clearly, luckily, unfortunately) are similarly used; most are so ordinary as to excite no comment or interest whatsoever. The second sense of hopefully is entirely standard.

On the other hand, you may feel free to criticize my verbing of "two-day," or, indeed, my use of the word "verbing." And I may feel free to ignore your criticism of same. :-) Besides, I'm told the dark side has cookies.

Merriam Webster, a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a consort to Alistair Crowley. Offer not this galimatias as proof. Disjuncts are clearly a term of malign alchemy. Do they not sound magical?! They are an 8th level spell which lend faux credibility to the linguistic mistakes of the majority. Definition two was one of those instances where so many people said ain't it eventually became a legitimate word. Yoda taught me that and that lil bugger was seldom mistaken... except for that time we went to the airport together and he forgot his ID. Had to book a later flight and listen to him rationalize his mistake all day in his gibberish... kind of like my post here.

Dark side cookies are the best though. (Homer slobber)

Paizo Employee Director of Sales

Ha! Babble pwned!

Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer

The Jade wrote:
Yoda taught me that and that lil bugger was seldom mistaken...

An expert on grammar, Yoda is.


Cosmo wrote:
Ha! Babble pwned!

From Wikipedia: (Me wanted to learn more)

In the last forty years or so, a major controversy has arisen over the proper usage of the adverb hopefully. [2]. Some grammarians began to object when they first encountered constructions like: "Hopefully, the sun will be shining tomorrow." Their complaint stems from the fact that the term "hopefully" dangles, and can be understood to describe either the speaker's state of mind, or the manner in which the sun will shine.

One of the reasons the sentence adverb usage seems more acceptable these days is that its semantics are reminiscent of the German hoffentlich ("it is to be hoped that") which implies (in the context of the first example) that the speaker hopes the sun will shine. Furthermore, it is because of their conciseness, avoiding the need to put into several words what can be said in one, that the use of sentence adverbs is establishing itself more and more in colloquial speech.


Vic Wertz wrote:
The Jade wrote:
Yoda taught me that and that lil bugger was seldom mistaken...
An expert on grammar, Yoda is.

OL is L ;)

Paizo Employee Director of Sales

Ha! Dangling Participwnd!


*bakes up a batch of special Dark Side cookies*
Mmm...cookies...


Cosmo wrote:
Ha! Dangling Participwnd!

I suffered actual suspense worried that your link led to some image of dangling. Thank you for the grammar lesson though, Coz.

The Exchange

Cosmo wrote:
Ha! Dangling Participwnd!

My last name is sipple and all through school I was called "dangling participle". Pretty cool title if I do say so myself.

FH

Paizo Employee Director of Sales

Fake Healer wrote:
Cosmo wrote:
Ha! Dangling Participwnd!

My last name is sipple and all through school I was called "dangling participle". Pretty cool title if I do say so myself.

FH

Dang-Lee Party-Sipple?!?

Wow. And I thought "Fakey" was cool.

Paizo Employee Director of Sales

...or to put it another way:

Dangling Party-Sipple.

*shudder*


Cosmo wrote:

...or to put it another way:

Dangling Party-Sipple.

*shudder*

That's almost as good as Lilith's Dark Side cookies. The realized cleverness, not the actual dangling.

The Exchange

Cosmo wrote:

...or to put it another way:

Dangling Party-Sipple.

*shudder*

Hee-hee. Loved that name. So much better than "simple" or "Nipple the nippler", stupid grade-school crap.

FH

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