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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader

USA
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Posted - 03 Mar 2015 :  19:47:48  Show Profile Send Artemas Entreri a Private Message  Reply with Quote  Delete Topic
Having recently started my first Realms novel (Dawnbringer) in quite a while, I decided to stop by the local B&N to see what other Realms novels they keep stocked. Wow, what a surprise! Unless Salvatore wrote it or it JUST came out, B&N ain't stocking it. Seems a little weird that even books just a few years old aren't being stocked. Is this the norm nowadays?

As a side note: I purchase 99% of my reading material online anyway.

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Delwa
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Posted - 03 Mar 2015 :  21:05:04  Show Profile  Visit Delwa's Homepage Send Delwa a Private Message  Reply with Quote
That's what I've discovered. Most of my Realms books, novel or sourcebook comes from Amazon, used book stores, or some soul cashes in his collection at my local game store to pay rent. I've not bought anything from a "new" book store like Barnes and Noble since I was in college.

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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader

USA
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Posted - 03 Mar 2015 :  21:08:35  Show Profile Send Artemas Entreri a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Yeah $8 for a book that I'll finish in a day or two is a bit steep. Used "Like New" books are the way to go.

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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 03 Mar 2015 :  21:26:11  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
My Barnes & Noble is slow to put new releases on the shelf, unless it's a major release. Some fantasy stuff they don't get out for a couple weeks after release day.

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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 03 Mar 2015 :  21:26:28  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
My Barnes & Noble is slow to put new releases on the shelf, unless it's a major release. Some fantasy stuff they don't get out for a couple weeks after release day.

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Schreckstoff
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Posted - 04 Mar 2015 :  01:34:37  Show Profile Send Schreckstoff a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Not even Erin Evans' books, they sell pretty well afaik?

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Artemas Entreri
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USA
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Posted - 04 Mar 2015 :  03:18:09  Show Profile Send Artemas Entreri a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Schreckstoff

Not even Erin Evans' books, they sell pretty well afaik?



My B&N literally had 10-15 Salvatore books, the Sundering books, a few of the newer Elminster books, and Brimstone Angels. It didn't even fill up one full shelf.

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Jdgate
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Posted - 04 Mar 2015 :  03:27:32  Show Profile Send Jdgate a Private Message  Reply with Quote
For the most part I prefer books in a hardback format and I usually just get them new or used through Amazon. I will get paperback if hardback is not available but I can't bring myself to go digital yet. Having said that, if I really want to read a book that is impossible to find at a cheap price, or I just don't feel like buying it, I go to the library. Most library's have an interlibrary loan program. So if your library doesn't have it they will find it for you from another library. That's how I recently read Shadowrealm.
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Seravin
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Canada
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Posted - 04 Mar 2015 :  04:30:22  Show Profile Send Seravin a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I have started trying to get everything on eBook but in Canada it's very hard as so many older Realms books are not on ebook format, or they were but no longer for sale. I have a soft copy of almost every Forgotten Realms book that I want now thanks to Amazon, but its nice to have the entire Realms catalogue in one place if I want it. But so far, I'm not seeing a lot of what I want for sale.
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Artemas Entreri
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USA
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Posted - 04 Mar 2015 :  21:55:27  Show Profile Send Artemas Entreri a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Thankfully I have a great used book store locally and can get Realms paperbacks for $2-$4. The only problem is that I just have to wait for ones to come in that I don't already own.

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