Keep in mind that, including Starfinder, Paizo is currently on their 46th and 47th adventure paths (24 PF1, 12 PF2, & 11 Starfinder).
Of those, only 6 have been collected into hardcovers. (Rise of the Runelords, Curse of the Crimson Throne, Kingmaker, Abomination Vaults, Fists of the Ruby Phoenix, and Dead Suns.)
Holding out on not buying softcovers because it might be released as a hardcover later is a significant gamble as any AP has a chance of not getting collected and some out of print books sell for ridiculously high prices on ebay.
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Keep in mind that, including Starfinder, Paizo is currently on their 46th and 47th adventure paths (24 PF1, 12 PF2, & 11 Starfinder).
Of those, only 6 have been collected into hardcovers. (Rise of the Runelords, Curse of the Crimson Throne, Kingmaker, Abomination Vaults, Fists of the Ruby Phoenix, and Dead Suns.)Holding out on not buying softcovers because it might be released as a hardcover later is a significant gamble as any AP has a chance of not getting collected and some out of print books sell for ridiculously high prices on ebay.
From the office of pedantry, don't forget the 3 Adventure Paths we did in Dungeon Magazine, which included another hardcover compilation.
But yes. we don't compile Adventure Paths often into hardcover, and do so at a much slower rate than we publish new ones, so we will NEVER compile them all. We generally don't announce compilations that far in advance (even though we do start working on them further out), so if you're worried about buying an Adventure Path in its softcover format only for us to announce a hardcover one the next day... chances of that happening aren't zero, but they're pretty low.
We do intend to keep them always available via PDF though so they're still available that way even if physical copies sell out.
From the office of pedantry, don't forget the 3 Adventure Paths we did in Dungeon Magazine, which included another hardcover compilation.
I forgot about Shackled City!
There's also the Emerald Spire, although the individual adventures are not as interconnected as a regular AP nor do they go higher than character level 13 (IIRC).
There's also the Emerald Spire, although the individual adventures are not as interconnected as a regular AP nor do they go higher than character level 13 (IIRC).
Was Emerald Spire a hardcover? I did not realize that, if so.
I'd like to buy as many adventures and paths as possible, but I'm always worried that I'll buy a bunch of softcover installments without realizing that a hardcover collection was in the works and I should have waited. Is there a particular place (either here or on YouTube or something) where a list of all hardcover adventure paths, both released and in-production, can be found? For example, I'm eyeing Agents of Edgewatch and Strength of Thousands since they seem ripe for a hardcover.
Of the two that you are concerned with, neither have been announced, but if one of the two APs were to eventually get compiled down the line, it would be far more likely to be Strength of Thousands, which seems to be far more popular (and therefore more likely to get sold out and still be in demand).
Agents of Edgewatch does not seem to be nearly as popular, plus the past few years of current events have made an AP based on playing cops a lot more of an iffy proposition, so I for one would be very surprised if Paizo decided to revisit it.
But yeah, as others have suggested, odds of a compilation in general are slim enough that I wouldn’t let it hold me back from buying the originals if I was looking to run the AP.