Yay!
Finally! My local Chapters (Canadian Barnes & Nobles-type bookstore) has started stocking Planet Stories titles on the shelf. My town is not a big market, but the scifi/fantasy section is a reasonable size and we do have two universities nearby. I'd requested this in the past, but they "couldn't" do it. They would special order and early in the summer I noted they started carrying the Pathfinder RPG line. So this weekend I was very happy to pick up The Walrus and the Warwolf there, and they also had 4 copies of Prince of Wolves, so I nabbed one of those. Did they finally get enough requests that they started listening? Did they bring them in on the "coat-tails" of Pathfinder Tales or the RPG? Or have all of the above have whoever does the ordering take more note of the range of Paizo's publishing efforts?
Regardless, its nice to see the Planet Stories (and now Pathfinder Tales) presence continues to expand into the mainstream market, especially in smaller cities.
Not sure why they couldn't stock them. They've had the Planet Stories line in the World's Biggest Bookstore (also owned by Chapters/Indigo) in Toronto for quite a while.
-hogarth, UW alumnus
Yay!
Finally! My local Chapters (Canadian Barnes & Nobles-type bookstore) has started stocking Planet Stories titles on the shelf. My town is not a big market, but the scifi/fantasy section is a reasonable size and we do have two universities nearby. I'd requested this in the past, but they "couldn't" do it. They would special order and early in the summer I noted they started carrying the Pathfinder RPG line. So this weekend I was very happy to pick up The Walrus and the Warwolf there, and they also had 4 copies of Prince of Wolves, so I nabbed one of those. Did they finally get enough requests that they started listening? Did they bring them in on the "coat-tails" of Pathfinder Tales or the RPG? Or have all of the above have whoever does the ordering take more note of the range of Paizo's publishing efforts?
Regardless, its nice to see the Planet Stories (and now Pathfinder Tales) presence continues to expand into the mainstream market, especially in smaller cities.
So glad to hear this! This was a direct result of efforts by Director of Sales and Planet Stories Senior Editor Pierce Watters. Go, Pierce, go!
So glad to hear this! This was a direct result of efforts by Director of Sales and Planet Stories Senior Editor Pierce Watters. Go, Pierce, go!
Kudos to Pierce Watters then!
As hogarth mentions above, the only store I had physically seen the books at before was The World's Biggest Bookstore in Toronto, and I filled a backpack with Planet Stories books the last time I was there. But their selection is huge compared to the typical Chapters outlet, and so until now, I didn't think they were a good representative of the chain's activities.
-hogarth, UW alumnus
+1 :)
@hogarth