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Lord of Bones
Seeker
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 12 Sep 2010 : 10:38:14
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| I was a member there (and still am, I believe!) under this username way back when, and I used to be a pretty frequent poster. After the ban came in regarding discussing novels, my interest began to wane. I find the community on candlekeep, not to mention the lore that is thrown around with gay abandon, a much more enjoyable place to lurk. |
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Jakk
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 12 Sep 2010 : 21:24:13
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I never really understood the ban on discussing novels... was it just to prevent people from getting a "CliffNotes" version and thereby not having to buy the novel? That makes about as much sense as the move they made to pull PDF sales because they didn't want people pirating them. Well, the PDF sales revenue stream has well and truly dried up for them by their own actions, and I'm sure that the piracy continues as undeterred as ever. In fact, it's probably worse, because the people who want PDF sources now have no choice but to (a) make the PDFs themselves, either from their own purchased hardcopy or illegally from someone else's, or (b) download them illegally. 
Edit: I bought a bunch of PDFs before they were pulled, and I've been living without the ones I don't have; I have all my 3.x stuff in dead tree editions with me, but all of my pre-3E hardcopy material is still in storage far too far away... hopefully I'll get a chance to collect it all this fall finally... 
Just a thought... hopefully someone in WotC marketing finds this, but then, WotC didn't listen to me when I posted there, so why would they listen to me now? |
Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.
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Wenin
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 12 Sep 2010 : 21:52:12
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| Threads on novels get insulting to the writers perhaps? |
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Zireael
Master of Realmslore
Poland
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Posted - 13 Sep 2010 : 09:27:15
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| A few years back I was a frequent poster at Wizards forum. Now I rarely visit... After the change many people left and no one is interested in FR/D&D. No replies, no comments - no reason to post... and the circle is finished. |
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
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Posted - 13 Sep 2010 : 14:51:39
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Originally posted by Wenin
Threads on novels get insulting to the writers perhaps?
This hits the nail on the head, as I understand it. It predates my time writing for WotC, but I think the decision was made because people were launching personal attacks at the author of a book they didn't like, and the company didn't need that grief.
Since, novel discussion has come back as a valid topic, and that is one of the main purposes of the bookclub (see my post above).
Anyone and everyone is very welcome there, and we try hard to maintain a civil tone--so far, no problems.*
Cheers
*P.S. There was one rather funny thread which was called the Book Bashing Thread: Downshadow (or something like that), which was all about brainless attacks on my book and me as an author, but I think that was mostly entertainment rather than actual reviews. Not that I'm encouraging that sort of thing, but we managed to take it in stride.  |
Erik Scott de Bie
'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
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Diffan
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 13 Sep 2010 : 15:01:40
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Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
*P.S. There was one rather funny thread which was called the Book Bashing Thread: Downshadow (or something like that), which was all about brainless attacks on my book and me as an author, but I think that was mostly entertainment rather than actual reviews. Not that I'm encouraging that sort of thing, but we managed to take it in stride.
I remember that thread. I think it was the Original Poster's idea of commenting on the book and being funny about it at the same time. For the most part, the reviews on that thread were rather positive. And, BTW, I went to Borders and I did not see your book on the shelves Erik and I was rather pissed. I don't know if it cuz they sold out or what but finding a copy is rather difficult. Still looking though. |
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Kno
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 15 Sep 2010 : 13:20:58
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
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Posted - 15 Sep 2010 : 16:33:39
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Off-topic, but . . .
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Originally posted by Diffan
And, BTW, I went to Borders and I did not see your book on the shelves Erik and I was rather pissed. I don't know if it cuz they sold out or what but finding a copy is rather difficult. Still looking though.
I find it's usually a good idea to check online before you go to see if they have copies in stock, and ask at customer service if you're already in the store. Sometimes they have them in the back and just haven't put them out on the shelf.
And there's always Amazon.
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Erik Scott de Bie
'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
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Posted - 15 Sep 2010 : 20:12:39
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You can always tell if a bookstore has a 'resident geek' by how well-stocked their SciFi and Fantasy section is.
I used to go to a Walden's Books in the mall near me, just because the girl that worked there was a D&D nerd (and not too shabby looking either!) Even though the store was rather small, especially compared to the new 'super book stores' (Borders, Barnes & Noble), she always kept the game section and the Fantasy section WELL stocked, and was the only store around I could find just about any D&D novel, no matter how obscure.
That was awhile back - Borders has since 'eaten' the Waldens chain. 
The girl - now a woman - is manager their now, but since they are pretty much told what to carry by 'corporate' (they are considered a 'Borders express'), she can't keep her game and SciFi section nearly as complete as she did years ago.
{sigh}... not only did I find a great bookstore, but I found a pretty girl that played D&D! A rare treasure indeed... |
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