The Praetorian of Inwit Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 It does seem to be hit or miss as to what sells out and what doesn't. I've noticed it seems like not everything is selling out the way it used to. Perhaps GW has finally hit price ceiling when it comes to the LE stuff? Also John French FTW! Does ADB actually write for BL anymore? Didn't he take a job on the creative team itself? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384814-upcoming-bl-stuff-2025/page/10/#findComment-6096341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roomsky Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 5 hours ago, theSpirea said: The previous Minka LE didn't sell quickly either and often sells for rrp on secondary market. And AoS LEs are always up for ages. And I know people don't care that much about quality but this photo just screams cheap. See, if they put out these cheaper LEs at a reasonable price, let's call it $35, I would snap up plenty of them. Get a fun hardback that looks pseudo-vintage on your shelf! I'm sold on that alone. What they're actually selling is a scam, basically, and a simple price and marketing adjustment would make it totally fine and infinitely more desirable, IMO. Felix Antipodes and DarkChaplain 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384814-upcoming-bl-stuff-2025/page/10/#findComment-6096347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
son of the forest Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 5 hours ago, Matcap86 said: Titanicus reprint That sucks hopefully it's just temporary and more stock will show up Matcap86 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384814-upcoming-bl-stuff-2025/page/10/#findComment-6096357 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 40 minutes ago, Roomsky said: See, if they put out these cheaper LEs at a reasonable price, let's call it $35, I would snap up plenty of them. Get a fun hardback that looks pseudo-vintage on your shelf! I'm sold on that alone. What they're actually selling is a scam, basically, and a simple price and marketing adjustment would make it totally fine and infinitely more desirable, IMO. It’s just price discrimination. Some customers have a higher willingness to pay than others for what is a very similar product, and “LE’s” allow them to charge those customers a higher price, with the price increase being mostly profit. It’s common sense from a business standpoint. I guess if they wanted even more naked price discrimination they could issue softcover “LE’s” to capture the market between those willing to buy the standard books and hardcovers. Anyway, I just buy my BL on Kindle. Roomsky 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384814-upcoming-bl-stuff-2025/page/10/#findComment-6096361 Share on other sites More sharing options...
theSpirea Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 $35 is not that reasonable, that's basically price of :cuss:ty glued bindings with thin paper these days. At least BL LEs has high quality heavy paper. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384814-upcoming-bl-stuff-2025/page/10/#findComment-6096388 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkChaplain Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Oh hey, Open Submissions starting during BL Celebration week, just in case anybody wants to never hear back from them and then never get promoted even if they end up moderately successful :') OpossumStrong, System Sound, Dalmyth and 4 others 6 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384814-upcoming-bl-stuff-2025/page/10/#findComment-6096407 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krelious Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 6 hours ago, Roomsky said: See, if they put out these cheaper LEs at a reasonable price, let's call it $35, I would snap up plenty of them. Get a fun hardback that looks pseudo-vintage on your shelf! I'm sold on that alone. What they're actually selling is a scam, basically, and a simple price and marketing adjustment would make it totally fine and infinitely more desirable, IMO. If you want cheap, the Infinite and the Divine limited edition is a piece of :cuss: that doesnt even open properly and as thus is borderline unreadable. Sure it looks nice but you cant even open the :cuss:ing book and keep it open because the binding/spine of the book. I'm tempted to sell the stupid thing because I really have no use for it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384814-upcoming-bl-stuff-2025/page/10/#findComment-6096433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roomsky Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 To be clear, I'm not advocating for them making crappy product. I'm saying that if they insist on making crappy product, it shouldn't be 85 bloody dollars. Dalmyth, DarkChaplain, System Sound and 2 others 4 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384814-upcoming-bl-stuff-2025/page/10/#findComment-6096434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Antipodes Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 The drop in print quality of the LE is why I no longer chase them. It’s sad when the ‘plain’ HB edition is better quality than the ‘special’ one. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384814-upcoming-bl-stuff-2025/page/10/#findComment-6096435 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grailkeeper Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 18 hours ago, DarkChaplain said: Oh hey, Open Submissions starting during BL Celebration week, just in case anybody wants to never hear back from them and then never get promoted even if they end up moderately successful :') I wonder what happened to the last round. Some of the authors had one short story each published and nothing else that I can see. Seems like a lot of effort for just a few short stories about minor space marine chapters. If the same happens again this time, I'd see less commercial interest in stories by new authors about two random characters. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384814-upcoming-bl-stuff-2025/page/10/#findComment-6096468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkhorse0607 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 So weirdly enough (and I'll get to the weird in a sec) there is a Lucius: The Faultless Blade by Ian St. Martin Limited Edition up for order next week In the WHC article it says "Fulgrim’s champion and immortal blademaster Lucius the Eternal stars in a new novel from Black Library" (emphasis mine) But That novel isn't new. It came out in 2017. Ubiquitous1984, Roomsky and OpossumStrong 2 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384814-upcoming-bl-stuff-2025/page/10/#findComment-6096483 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpossumStrong Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 (edited) 24 minutes ago, darkhorse0607 said: So weirdly enough (and I'll get to the weird in a sec) there is a Lucius: The Faultless Blade by Ian St. Martin Limited Edition up for order next week In the WHC article it says "Fulgrim’s champion and immortal blademaster Lucius the Eternal stars in a new novel from Black Library" (emphasis mine) But That novel isn't new. It came out in 2017. So I'm not crazy, I checked the article briefly and I was sure It's not new but "NEW" did catch my eye, I was too busy to google it, so for the last 30 minutes my mind was occupied with this Edited February 23 by OpossumStrong darkhorse0607 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384814-upcoming-bl-stuff-2025/page/10/#findComment-6096495 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylerboodie Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 It is also an absolutely hideous return; who designs these?? Felix Antipodes 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384814-upcoming-bl-stuff-2025/page/10/#findComment-6096500 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ubiquitous1984 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 I was just about to say, that front cover looks like my five year old designed it. Felix Antipodes, skylerboodie and OpossumStrong 1 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384814-upcoming-bl-stuff-2025/page/10/#findComment-6096501 Share on other sites More sharing options...
theSpirea Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Another ugly :cuss: LE. Who the hell is in charge of art direction? Votann novel, Maleneth, etc the whole design screams 90s but not in a good way. Is this new local garage punk/death metal band album cover? skylerboodie and Ubiquitous1984 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384814-upcoming-bl-stuff-2025/page/10/#findComment-6096515 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkChaplain Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Ah, yes, a "new" old novel getting re-released in an expensive format. A novel, which never got a follow-up despite being headed that way, because BL likes canning series. Ubiquitous1984 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384814-upcoming-bl-stuff-2025/page/10/#findComment-6096527 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grailkeeper Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 (edited) I'm reading interceptor city. About 2/3rds of the way though. This is Abnett at his best. Bis use of language makes it seem very believable. The pilots have slang for everything, but it isnt impenetrable. I wish more BL authors were prepared to make up terminology like this. The flight scenes are genuinely exciting. I've not come across stuff like this before. Might be the best book of the year. Edited February 23 by grailkeeper byrd9999, Roomsky, cheywood and 3 others 4 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384814-upcoming-bl-stuff-2025/page/10/#findComment-6096536 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAntilles Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 1 hour ago, grailkeeper said: I'm reading interceptor city. About 2/3rds of the way though. This is Abnett at his best. Bis use of language makes it seem very believable. The pilots have slang for everything, but it isnt impenetrable. I wish more BL authors were prepared to make up terminology like this. The flight scenes are genuinely exciting. I've not come across stuff like this before. Might be the best book of the year. Double Eagle is one of my favorites by Abnett, and this was a fantastic follow-up sequel. Ubiquitous1984 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384814-upcoming-bl-stuff-2025/page/10/#findComment-6096555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareddm Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 3 hours ago, grailkeeper said: I'm reading interceptor city. About 2/3rds of the way though. This is Abnett at his best. Bis use of language makes it seem very believable. The pilots have slang for everything, but it isnt impenetrable. I wish more BL authors were prepared to make up terminology like this. The flight scenes are genuinely exciting. I've not come across stuff like this before. Might be the best book of the year. From some past interviews, I don't believe a lot of BL would be given permission to make up new terminology like that. They have to stick to terminology presented in codexes. Abnett is often the exception to the rule. DarkChaplain 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384814-upcoming-bl-stuff-2025/page/10/#findComment-6096562 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeLeto69 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 17 hours ago, SteveAntilles said: Double Eagle is one of my favorites by Abnett, and this was a fantastic follow-up sequel. Ah but he isn’t ADB! Sorry couldn’t resist ;-) Krelious 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384814-upcoming-bl-stuff-2025/page/10/#findComment-6096666 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeLeto69 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 16 hours ago, Jareddm said: From some past interviews, I don't believe a lot of BL would be given permission to make up new terminology like that. They have to stick to terminology presented in codexes. Abnett is often the exception to the rule. Based on the scant info we can ever glean on sales, Abnett is THE big hitter so gets a pass. Saying that, pretty sure Fehervari makes up some terms here and there. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384814-upcoming-bl-stuff-2025/page/10/#findComment-6096667 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grailkeeper Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 In fairness he was writing for something largely not covered by the codices. Still every term that would have a slang word in real life has a slang term. Words for newbies, enemies, positions. Anything you can think of. Its very natural. Most militaries have loads of slang terms and TLAs. I'm happy enough if I read a novel and they refer to Orks or tanks by new slang. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384814-upcoming-bl-stuff-2025/page/10/#findComment-6096685 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 22 hours ago, Jareddm said: From some past interviews, I don't believe a lot of BL would be given permission to make up new terminology like that. They have to stick to terminology presented in codexes. Abnett is often the exception to the rule. This cuts both ways, as Abnett also gets a lot of leeway to write turgid, meandering, and impenetrable books full of “original ideas” like perpetuals, which just read like indulgent fanfic. ”And he’s immortal, and he remembers WWI, and the crusades, and he knows all about Chaos, and he saves the Emperor, and and and…” He has his hits too of course, but those are mostly his older work. TwinOcted and System Sound 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384814-upcoming-bl-stuff-2025/page/10/#findComment-6096734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Marshal Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 A new Farsight novel from Phil Kelly. Roomsky 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384814-upcoming-bl-stuff-2025/page/10/#findComment-6096831 Share on other sites More sharing options...
System Sound Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 (edited) New Farsight Novel: Oh? By Phil Kelly: Oh... Nice artwork though. Edited February 25 by System Sound theSpirea, DarkChaplain, darkhorse0607 and 1 other 1 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384814-upcoming-bl-stuff-2025/page/10/#findComment-6096839 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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