4e Hits Half Price Books

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So there I am roaming through Half Price Books this weekend and I come to the used games section and what to my wondering eyes should appear than all the basic 4e D&D books (multiple copies of each) and some of the follow on products. At subsequent stops on my Half Price Books tour, I see more 4e materials in the used games sections. Some of the 4e books looked genuinely used, most looked brand new like they had just come from a warehouse. 4e was released not even a year ago! I never saw the like for 3.0 or 3.5. Make of it what you may.
 

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So there I am roaming through Half Price Books this weekend and I come to the used games section and what to my wondering eyes should appear than all the basic 4e D&D books (multiple copies of each) and some of the follow on products. At subsequent stops on my Half Price Books tour, I see more 4e materials in the used games sections. Some of the 4e books looked genuinely used, most looked brand new like they had just come from a warehouse. 4e was released not even a year ago! I never saw the like for 3.0 or 3.5. Make of it what you may.

where does half price get their books from? are they a used bookstore chain that buys books from local people in the area and resells them at a profit? or do they get them from warehouses who have overstock of books that are not selling, therefore get them at a big discount, and sell then cheap?
 

I first saw 4e books at Half Priced Book store last February. When I went around to them last month though none of them had any 4e books. People are weird about what they sell to Half Priced Book Stores. I found Small Favor (the tenth Dresden Files novel) at half priced books less then a week after it was published.

For the record I did see 3e and 3.5 books hit Half priced books in about the same time. Same with nWod books like Vampire and Mage. I've even found some Savage Worlds, Star Wars Saga, and other RPG lines in that same time period. I go to these stores multiple times a month and have done so for over a decade. It's always been a good source for books for me.
 
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where does half price get their books from? are they a used bookstore chain that buys books from local people in the area and resells them at a profit? or do they get them from warehouses who have overstock of books that are not selling, therefore get them at a big discount, and sell then cheap?

Both, the ones they get in bulk from warehouses though usually have a different price sticker then the ones they buy from local people.
 


I first saw 4e books at Half Priced Book store last February. When I went around to them last month though none of them had any 4e books. People are weird about what they sell to Half Priced Book Stores. I found Small Favor (the tenth Dresden Files novel) at half priced books less then a week after it was published.

For the record I did see 3e and 3.5 books hit Half priced books in about the same time. Same with nWod books like Vampire and Mage. I've even found some Savage Worlds, Star Wars Saga, and other RPG lines in that same time period. I go to these stores multiple times a month and have done so for over a decade. It's always been a good source for books for me.

just went to their website. sounds like a cool place. wish we had some in connecticut
 


Anyone remember the "saw Bo9S at Halfprice books!" thread? Blast from the past! :cool:

And i like the "make of it what you may" comment - wink wink, nudge nudge, eh?
 
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Make of it what you may.

It means that D&D has finally failed for good in the market. It will be discontinued before the end of the year. The long out of print Italian RPG Kata Kumbas will be reprinted in 47 languages (including a deluxe edition in Proto-Akkadian) and it will sell millions of copies. You read it here first.
 


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