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If you could ever manage to get Dave Gross's quintet of novels into hardcover, I'd buy them in a heartbeat, despite already owning all of them in their soft cover variants. =D
I don't usually post me too's, but in this case.. me too! :-)
You people make me sick!
And to think of all the oxygen we s~&@ out for you. >:-(
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If you could ever manage to get Dave Gross's quintet of novels into hardcover, I'd buy them in a heartbeat, despite already owning all of them in their soft cover variants. =D
If you do, please add the Web Fiction too :)
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You know, I would love a set of anthologies with the complete webfiction stories. And they might even help get new readers into the series. They're short, and varied - delightful tastes into the world of Golarion. Enough to hook readers, and varied enough that readers will think "I'm getting a lot of stories for the price!"
Another thing that might help is some sort of official guide to the webfiction and novels. Given how many there are now, its a bit overwhelming. Not to mention the variations in genre. I've started a list myself of which stories are set in which region, ands I might start adding genres to that list (as well as making a separate list with them sorted by genre, instead of region).
But then, I'm crazy and love both novels, Pathfinder, and making lists. And apparently trying to sell the series to people while on my breaks.
I have no idea how you select authors for the Tales line, but if this is a wishlist for future novels: I'd love to see Shanna Germain's take on Golarion. Her Numenera novel The Poison Eater was fantastic--easily the best read in the SciFi/Fantasy department in a long time.
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I've started a list myself of which stories are set in which region,
Here is the full list of Tales and locations, if that helps.
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I've started a list myself of which stories are set in which region,Here is the full list of Tales and locations, if that helps.
I was working off that list, actually, but I've filled in all the gaps and organized it, adding authors, too. If you helped make that, thanks! Maybe I'll post mine, if you don't mind. :3
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I have no idea how you select authors for the Tales line, but if this is a wishlist for future novels: I'd love to see Shanna Germain's take on Golarion. Her Numenera novel The Poison Eater was fantastic--easily the best read in the SciFi/Fantasy department in a long time.
Shanna and I actually talked about her doing a Pathfinder novel a while ago, but then MCG just kept getting bigger and now 150% of her time is spent on that. :)
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I have no idea how you select authors for the Tales line, but if this is a wishlist for future novels: I'd love to see Shanna Germain's take on Golarion. Her Numenera novel The Poison Eater was fantastic--easily the best read in the SciFi/Fantasy department in a long time.Shanna and I actually talked about her doing a Pathfinder novel a while ago, but then MCG just kept getting bigger and now 150% of her time is spent on that. :)
If she's a great SciFi/Fantasy writer, then it sounds like she should be on the list of authors for Starfinder Tales novels, too. ;)
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I'm checking on the audiobooks as we speak, but that's all handled by Macmillan Audio and Audible—we have no part in their production.
20 days later, still nothing in audible.... while I don't expect anything.... this is a lot different to the first ones which were out they day the print copy was released... which seems very disappointing when you consider that several of the series have a voice now, and fans do not take well to narrators changing (look at the dresden files, where they changed the reader for one book, and then payed the normal reader to redo it 4 years later, because of low sales on that one book)
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I'm checking on the audiobooks as we speak, but that's all handled by Macmillan Audio and Audible—we have no part in their production.20 days later, still nothing in audible.... while I don't expect anything.... this is a lot different to the first ones which were out they day the print copy was released... which seems very disappointing when you consider that several of the series have a voice now, and fans do not take well to narrators changing (look at the dresden files, where they changed the reader for one book, and then payed the normal reader to redo it 4 years later, because of low sales on that one book)
And still nothing.
Any news?
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Mentioned on another thread, in the future of Paizo seminar, I asked about the Tales line. Erik Mona said he's going to be talking with publishers at the NY Book Expo (this week I believe) and that they have 6 or so books ready to go, but with the switch in publishers, don't expect any new ones until 2018.
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Also, even if things go amazingly well at Book Expo, don't expect to hear anything for a while. Negotiations like this take time, and we're not going to be able to talk about any of it until a deal is done.Even for the books under the old contract that just didn't get audiobooks up yet?
Those we're still trying to get sorted. (Things have been a little bonkers around here recently with all the Starfinder prep!)
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Those we're still trying to get sorted. (Things have been a little bonkers around here recently with all the Starfinder prep!)Also, even if things go amazingly well at Book Expo, don't expect to hear anything for a while. Negotiations like this take time, and we're not going to be able to talk about any of it until a deal is done.Even for the books under the old contract that just didn't get audiobooks up yet?
Don't make me resent Starfinder!
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It sucks to hear this news, I have been loving the Pathfinder Tales - they are actually the reason I wanted to get into the RPG. A lot of people are saying they want to go back to smaller format on the books, but I very much prefer the Trade a Paperback format. I would choose trade over mass market every single time if they were side by side options (even if trade was more expensive). Just my two coppers.
I'm starting to wonder if they should start doing trilogies like Tsr and then Wotc did with Drizzt and Dragonlance novels. When I began reading they were relatively new novels. I bought part one eagerly awaited part two then three. The format I recommend using is mass market. Trade is not the way to go. I have a fellow gamer who worked in a bookstore and as soon as a author goes from mass market to trade it alienates certain members of the fanbase.
Seeing the larger expensive size as nothing more than a money grab. As a example she noticed that once the 40K Horus Heresy novels went to trade format sales in store dropped significantly. In the smaller format they were almost guaranteed to sell out. With trade they either buy it used, borrow the book from a friend or worse give the money to Amazon.
I hope whatever issues they have with the novels is settled asap as with the lack of novels being released by Wotc the Pathfinder tales book were my replacement.
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I just want to throw in my very strong feelings, like I did last time there was a format change for Pathfinder Tales. To me, it's essential that the ebooks are *not* DRM encumbered. I do my best to avoid buying DRM-encumbered ebooks. (Sometimes, if I really need it for work, I buy it and strip the DRM. But, I don't want to pay to support anything that would use DRM.) For myself, I'm not likely to buy many (any?) of the Pathfinder Tales physical books, unless I find them at a used bookstore-- and even then, I'd be selective. If they aren't DRM encumbered, I'll buy the ebooks; I've bought all of them to date that way, with the exception of one that I got in swag at PaizoCon 2013. (More recently, if I get them in swag, I've already read the ebook, so I give them away to other folks at the con who haven't read them.)
If they are DRM encumbered, I won't buy the ebooks, and I will also be very very sad that Paizo went that way.
Same here. It's bad enough there aren't anymore FR novels for the forseeable future. Now there are complications with PF Talws, too :(I hope whatever issues they have with the novels is settled asap as with the lack of novels being released by Wotc the Pathfinder tales book were my replacement.
What happened to the FR line of Novels?
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Listening to the podcasts from Paizocon, apparently they have 6 novels written and are just waiting for the right publisher/deal.
I can testify that this is fact. Ahem... Keep a weather eye on the horizon...
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Gods I hope that's another Torius Vin novel. They're my favourite of the line, along with Alaeron and Rodrick
Don't make me resent Starfinder!Those we're still trying to get sorted. (Things have been a little bonkers around here recently with all the Starfinder prep!)Also, even if things go amazingly well at Book Expo, don't expect to hear anything for a while. Negotiations like this take time, and we're not going to be able to talk about any of it until a deal is done.Even for the books under the old contract that just didn't get audiobooks up yet?
James, just another vote from someone who wants to see Pathfinder Tales resume! I don't care what format, though the trade paperback price was too high. I wouldn't mind seeing Planet Stories make a comeback either. :)
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Thanks for the support, everyone! We're trying to move things forward, but it's a slow process...
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Slow and steady wins the race?
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So I was checking my subscription page to see how expensive August is going to be and if I could add the SF GM Screen and the SF Character folio to my order (I can just barely...) when I scrolled down to see what was next for my various subscriptions. When I got to the Tales area ?I was surprise to see...a next...Pathfinder Tales: Pirate's Curse~ January 2018.
I do not know if this means anything....
So I was checking my subscription page to see how expensive August is going to be and if I could add the SF GM Screen and the SF Character folio to my order (I can just barely...) when I scrolled down to see what was next for my various subscriptions. When I got to the Tales area ?I was surprise to see...a next...Pathfinder Tales: Pirate's Curse~ January 2018.
I do not know if this means anything....
Hopefully! Nicely spotted. :)
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So I was checking my subscription page to see how expensive August is going to be and if I could add the SF GM Screen and the SF Character folio to my order (I can just barely...) when I scrolled down to see what was next for my various subscriptions. When I got to the Tales area ?I was surprise to see...a next...Pathfinder Tales: Pirate's Curse~ January 2018.
I do not know if this means anything....
That's sadly a tech glitch. I've let Customer Service know. :\
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That's sadly a tech glitch. I've let Customer Service know. :\So I was checking my subscription page to see how expensive August is going to be and if I could add the SF GM Screen and the SF Character folio to my order (I can just barely...) when I scrolled down to see what was next for my various subscriptions. When I got to the Tales area ?I was surprise to see...a next...Pathfinder Tales: Pirate's Curse~ January 2018.
I do not know if this means anything....
Ah...:(