Roomsky Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Looks like they're cutting back a month on the Coming Soon section after all, which is pretty disappointing. Perhaps they could use the time to update the Best Sellers list? Not that I see the point of cutting it back. Amazon already spoils releases months ahead of time, if I'm going to know about them anyway I'd prefer to have an accurate date and release format right away. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354818-bl-coming-soon-page-gone/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.crusader Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 So, no 'Coming Soon' for us, eh? https://www.blacklibrary.com/coming-soon Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354818-bl-coming-soon-page-gone/#findComment-5283028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfburk Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Well i hope they are just having trouble update it for june... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354818-bl-coming-soon-page-gone/#findComment-5283030 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.crusader Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 It disappeared from GW sites as well Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354818-bl-coming-soon-page-gone/#findComment-5283143 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkChaplain Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 This makes no bloody sense, especially considering that Amazon is literally listing books up to the end of the year already, minus direct only releases, obviously. They even took down the individual product pages themselves, just checked my history. Here's hoping they're not going back to the old, terrible model of not announcing stuff ahead of time, and just can't be arsed to update right now, or the page is due an overhaul... Or, maybe, and hear me out, this may be a radical thought, not like it'd have any precedence or anything, and it may be uncharitable to BL's web designers or database jokaero.... But maybe they just had no room left on the navbar when they added Warhammer Horror today, and one thing had to go because they obviously don't have a proper web designer (remember how the whole website overhaul for GW/BL/FW worked out with ridiculous bills under the old management?) so who could honestly expect them to know how to rearrange site elements or change css stylesheets...? ....yeah, I hope it's just their general web-based incompetence at play again, rather than a deliberate decision to take down the coming soon section after it has been going so well for ages now and was generally praised and popular.... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354818-bl-coming-soon-page-gone/#findComment-5283241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1ncarnadine Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Perhaps the issue has to do with cover art not being ready? I've noticed a lot of the time, the previews don't show the actual book. Just the cover art digitally applied over a skin. Which I think is why some books have looked far too thick... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354818-bl-coming-soon-page-gone/#findComment-5283256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knockagh Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 The web site is rubbish. I emailed them awhile ago asking why they didn’t take PayPal and they replied to say the web site was old and couldn’t take PayPal payments. I didn’t think it was overly old, it doesn’t seem that long ago they updated it. It’s just a rubbish site. But the coming soon section could be something different. It’s great for us to see months in advance what’s coming but I’m not sure that from a sales perspective it wouldn’t be better to just announce a few days or a week in advance. Impulse buying, particularly limited eds is more exciting when you don’t know about it for 4 months. Most people probably aren’t scouting amazon for future releases. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354818-bl-coming-soon-page-gone/#findComment-5283337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Antipodes Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 This makes no bloody sense, especially considering that Amazon is literally listing books up to the end of the year already, minus direct only releases, obviously. They even took down the individual product pages themselves, just checked my history. Here's hoping they're not going back to the old, terrible model of not announcing stuff ahead of time, and just can't be arsed to update right now, or the page is due an overhaul... Or, maybe, and hear me out, this may be a radical thought, not like it'd have any precedence or anything, and it may be uncharitable to BL's web designers or database jokaero.... But maybe they just had no room left on the navbar when they added Warhammer Horror today, and one thing had to go because they obviously don't have a proper web designer (remember how the whole website overhaul for GW/BL/FW worked out with ridiculous bills under the old management?) so who could honestly expect them to know how to rearrange site elements or change css stylesheets...? ....yeah, I hope it's just their general web-based incompetence at play again, rather than a deliberate decision to take down the coming soon section after it has been going so well for ages now and was generally praised and popular.... It's definitely a GW decision on the part of GW. Not only has the Coming section gone from the BL website but from the main GW website as well. This is a backward step IMHO. I like to plan my purchases and don't like them springing releases on me. While I know that it's like herding cats trying to get authors to keep to a publishing schedule (for a multitude of reasons) I still feel this reflects on their back room staff. Probably unfair but that's the way I see it. Now they will restore both sites, with apologies, and I'll feel like a git (again) ;-) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354818-bl-coming-soon-page-gone/#findComment-5283381 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taliesin Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Another terrible move, and very very irritating. All the individual books have been removed as well, as DC noticed. I can only give this 10 thumbs down, there is no reasonable excuse for it. They've been on a bad run recently. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354818-bl-coming-soon-page-gone/#findComment-5283429 Share on other sites More sharing options...
caladancid Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 The web site is rubbish. I emailed them awhile ago asking why they didn’t take PayPal and they replied to say the web site was old and couldn’t take PayPal payments. I didn’t think it was overly old, it doesn’t seem that long ago they updated it. It’s just a rubbish site. But the coming soon section could be something different. It’s great for us to see months in advance what’s coming but I’m not sure that from a sales perspective it wouldn’t be better to just announce a few days or a week in advance. Impulse buying, particularly limited eds is more exciting when you don’t know about it for 4 months. Most people probably aren’t scouting amazon for future releases. The BL website has been on the struggle bus for a while now (last six months or so at least). I was hopeful that the fiasco with Solar War would maybe encourage someone in a higher position of authority to take notice of the embarrassing quality of the website. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354818-bl-coming-soon-page-gone/#findComment-5283471 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeLeto69 Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!! GW/BL what are you playing at? Community engagement has proven to be a huge marketing tool and the BL community enjoy discussing coming soon releases! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354818-bl-coming-soon-page-gone/#findComment-5283484 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roomsky Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 If the Coming Soon section's been killed off indefinitely, I'll absolutely be just as furious as all y`all. But for now I'll wait and see, I have a little faith in them for just 1 reason: They've updated the Bestsellers Page! I never thought I'd see the day. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354818-bl-coming-soon-page-gone/#findComment-5283525 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knockagh Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 If the Coming Soon section's been killed off indefinitely, I'll absolutely be just as furious as all y`all. But for now I'll wait and see, I have a little faith in them for just 1 reason: They've updated the Bestsellers Page! I never thought I'd see the day. Email them and ask them. They ar pretty good at replying Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354818-bl-coming-soon-page-gone/#findComment-5283556 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfburk Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Well this was their reply on facebook: The Coming Soon page has been de-activated, and we'll be bringing you all the latest news here on Facebook, in our newsletters and on the Warhammer Community website Gah... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354818-bl-coming-soon-page-gone/#findComment-5283714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
caladancid Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Well this was their reply on facebook: The Coming Soon page has been de-activated, and we'll be bringing you all the latest news here on Facebook, in our newsletters and on the Warhammer Community website Gah… Great move by BL. So what is the point to buying direct from GW on that website any longer? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354818-bl-coming-soon-page-gone/#findComment-5283718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roomsky Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 Well this was their reply on facebook: The Coming Soon page has been de-activated, and we'll be bringing you all the latest news here on Facebook, in our newsletters and on the Warhammer Community website Gah... Thank Wulf, What a confusing and disappointing move. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354818-bl-coming-soon-page-gone/#findComment-5283728 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knockagh Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 I’m not on Facebook, crappy move by Black Library, would suggest everyone emails them. I will be. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354818-bl-coming-soon-page-gone/#findComment-5283732 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taliesin Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Well this was their reply on facebook: The Coming Soon page has been de-activated, and we'll be bringing you all the latest news here on Facebook, in our newsletters and on the Warhammer Community website Gah... That sucks. I'll be e-mailing as well, what more can one do right. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354818-bl-coming-soon-page-gone/#findComment-5283763 Share on other sites More sharing options...
caladancid Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Well this was their reply on facebook: The Coming Soon page has been de-activated, and we'll be bringing you all the latest news here on Facebook, in our newsletters and on the Warhammer Community website Gah... Thank Wulf, What a confusing and disappointing move. After thinking about it a bit more, is it possible that the goal is to close the BL website entirely eventually? Maybe I wasn't wrong and someone did take a look at the website and decide it was too much of a cluster to save. I suppose they could just roll it into the main GW site, although I wonder where they will put all the files for the ebooks we've purchased. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354818-bl-coming-soon-page-gone/#findComment-5283766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tymell Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Well this was their reply on facebook: The Coming Soon page has been de-activated, and we'll be bringing you all the latest news here on Facebook, in our newsletters and on the Warhammer Community website Gah... So translated: we'll still sometimes hear about upcoming releases, but it'll be much more inconsistent, less informative and harder to keep track of. Fantastic. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354818-bl-coming-soon-page-gone/#findComment-5283806 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkChaplain Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Ah, Facebook.... In an era where most people abandon Facebook after numerous privacy breaches and disasters (including leaked passwords within the past day, it appears), and the average age of active users has risen significantly past the normal rate, GW will still cling to that social media fossil... That, and Instagram, which incidentally is owned by Facebook these days. I'm not sure who is maintaining GW's general social media presence these days, but my god, they strike me as morons... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354818-bl-coming-soon-page-gone/#findComment-5283807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc warhammer Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 facebook is fossilising, true, but instagram is still going strong and seems to be gaining in influence Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354818-bl-coming-soon-page-gone/#findComment-5283814 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 You can be on Facebook and keep your information private with only passing computer literacy. At the bare minimum your doctor and bank will have released more vital information into the Wild than a Facebook page that’s just there to get info. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354818-bl-coming-soon-page-gone/#findComment-5283827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Loss Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 They've updated the Bestsellers Page! I never thought I'd see the day. Don't want to be overly negative, but the bestsellers page is at least partially - if not mostly - fabricated. The presence of the Khan SE (which has been out for many months) and the Abnett Warmaster SE (which has been out for aeons, is absurdly overpriced, and will never sell out) pretty much confirms that the page is meaningless. Anyway, overall the removal of the coming soon page is a bit of a step back for GW, but a predictable one. They have been consolidating traffic onto the WHC site for quite a while now, so we had best get used to it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354818-bl-coming-soon-page-gone/#findComment-5283832 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roomsky Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 They've updated the Bestsellers Page! I never thought I'd see the day. Don't want to be overly negative, but the bestsellers page is at least partially - if not mostly - fabricated. The presence of the Khan SE (which has been out for many months) and the Abnett Warmaster SE (which has been out for aeons, is absurdly overpriced, and will never sell out) pretty much confirms that the page is meaningless. Anyway, overall the removal of the coming soon page is a bit of a step back for GW, but a predictable one. They have been consolidating traffic onto the WHC site for quite a while now, so we had best get used to it. Certainly, but leaving a portion of the site just sitting there is a whole other kind of bad that I'm glad's been addressed. I guess Amazon is the new Coming Soon page, but hey, now we've got previews as far as December. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354818-bl-coming-soon-page-gone/#findComment-5283910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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