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Turns out it STILL was supposed to be a softcover.
Arcane Springboard: An Interesting Tidbit about the Dark Sun Creature Catalog
Arcane Springboard: An Interesting Tidbit about the Dark Sun Creature Catalog
However, the printer made an error in the order and printed it in hardcover instead of softcover (obviously they'd gotten used to everything being a hardcover). Apparently Wizards of the Coast had paid for it to be softcover, so they just sent it along as is.
So those of us who get the first printing will be lucky to take advantage of a printer error.