Spinachcat
First Post
I think this is going to hit the retailers hard.
1) As mentioned upthread, it's a lot of cash up front for a store.
One book per month let them do two things - refill their war chest to order more and use the Big Event of the book coming out to entice people to buy extra stuff in the store. Now the stores only get one Big Day where customers are shelling out $100 plus. It is doubtful they will add other goodies to an order of that size vs. just coming in for one book where they may be tempted to look at other stuff on the shelves.
2) Amazon will be the better option.
Already Amazon is offering deep discounts on the PHB and MM with a 5% bonus for pre-ordering. Once the DMG gets listed on Amazon, it will be a $30+ savings and free shipping when you get the three books at once. Essentially, buy 2 get 1 free.
I can't imagine many people in the US passing that up to pay full price at the game store just to have the books on Day 1 vs. Day 3.
1) As mentioned upthread, it's a lot of cash up front for a store.
One book per month let them do two things - refill their war chest to order more and use the Big Event of the book coming out to entice people to buy extra stuff in the store. Now the stores only get one Big Day where customers are shelling out $100 plus. It is doubtful they will add other goodies to an order of that size vs. just coming in for one book where they may be tempted to look at other stuff on the shelves.
2) Amazon will be the better option.
Already Amazon is offering deep discounts on the PHB and MM with a 5% bonus for pre-ordering. Once the DMG gets listed on Amazon, it will be a $30+ savings and free shipping when you get the three books at once. Essentially, buy 2 get 1 free.
I can't imagine many people in the US passing that up to pay full price at the game store just to have the books on Day 1 vs. Day 3.