Eldritch News

[Monte At Home]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Sue Weinlein Cook
Malhavoc Press
sue@montecook.com


MALHAVOC PRESS GIVES FANS FREE UPDATE TO THE BOOK OF ELDRITCH MIGHT
FREE Patch Upgrades Your PDF

November 21, 2002 (Renton, Wash.) -- On the heels of last week's successful electronic release of Book of Eldritch Might III: The Nexus, Monte Cook's d20 imprint, Malhavoc Press, has issued a free patch that upgrades the first book in the popular series.

"We're celebrating here at Malhavoc Press," Monte said. "This is our free gift to our customers, to thank them for supporting us and making The Book of Eldritch Might such a success."

The free patch applies all the following upgrades to previously purchased electronic copies of The Book of Eldritch Might:

* Re-edited text given a fresh look though the company's new streamlined and printer-friendly layout style

* A redesigned cover to mirror the recent Malhavoc Press product line

* Inclusion of Brian LeBlanc's illustrations, created for the print version, along with much of the original PDF's artwork by The Unseelie Court

* The addition of Eldritch Might material from Monte Cook's website: the spell lists and random rune generator already featured in the print edition

These upgrades bring the book up to 48 pages. The 3 MB free patch is available as a ZIP file exclusively through www.RPGNow.com.

"We've done patches for our PDFs before, to correct a few minor errors or to take advantage of new electronic features like bookmarks," Monte explained. "But this is a really big deal -- it feels like a whole new book!" The update brings the book's electronic version in line with the contents of the print version and the product line's current look; any new material is
already available in the print version.

To take advantage of this free patch offer, point your Web browser at www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=525 and follow the instructions there. The patch requires that you have the Windows operating system -- and a previously purchased copy of The Book of Eldritch Might PDF, of course.

Those who purchase the book's electronic edition starting November 21, 2002, will be buying the updated version and do not need the patch. The sale price for the updated 48-page Book of Eldritch Might electronic edition is $6. Find out more at www.montecook.com/mpress.html .

The Book of Eldritch Might, Malhavoc Press' first product, was released May 25, 2001, and has sold more than 14,000 copies to date, in electronic and print editions. The book also won three 2001 EN World d20 System Awards for excellence, voted on by the fans.

Those new to the Book of Eldritch Might series of arcane sourcebooks can sample selections from all three volumes free at the Malhavoc Press website: www.montecook.com/mpress.html . All current Malhavoc Press titles are available in electronic format there as well. Print versions are published by Sword & Sorcery(tm).

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(c)2002 Monte J. Cook. Sword & Sorcery is a trademark of White Wolf Publishing. Malhavoc and Eldritch Might are trademarks of Monte J. Cook. All rights reserved.

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[MEG Hal]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



The Book of Eldritch Might, Malhavoc Press' first product, was released May 25, 2001, and has sold more than 14,000 copies to date, in electronic and print editions. The book also won three 2001 EN World d20 System Awards for excellence, voted on by the fans.

Congrats on the improved BoEM!

After seeing those numbers I have to go clean my shorts I think I just ^%& in my pants .

 

[Monte At Home]

I find the following a little difficult to write, but it's been on my mind.

With the release of this new version of the book, I'd like to personally petition those people who have downloaded BoEM illegally to consider for a moment if they've used and liked the book at all. If you have, it would really be nice if you went to our site or RPGNow and purchased a brand new spiffy (legal) version.

The free patch, I think, shows Malhavoc Press's continuing desire to provide quality, online content and support for our customers. We're not out to screw anyone. It would be cool if that feeling was reciprocated.

It's not very expensive, and it supports the idea that we can all mutually work together.

Thanks.

 

[Morrus]

With the release of this new version of the book, I'd like to personally petition those people who have downloaded BoEM illegally to consider for a moment if they've used and liked the book at all. If you have, it would really be nice if you went to our site or RPGNow and purchased a brand new spiffy (legal) version.

The free patch, I think, shows Malhavoc Press's continuing desire to provide quality, online content and support for our customers. We're not out to screw anyone. It would be cool if that feeling was reciprocated.

It's not very expensive, and it supports the idea that we can all mutually work together.

I agree. As you say, it's not very expensive, and I too know how it feels. It would be a nice gesture.

 

[tleilaxu]

Hong Kong and China in general is unindated (sp?) with piracy. To a certain extent it has ruined the local film scene, with pirated DVDs and VCDs being released before the movie itself.

 

[Morrus]

Let's not make this a discussion on piracy. We've all ahd it many times before, we know how it goes, and we know that nobody is going to change their minds. It just gets ugly. We'll let Monte's request stand as it is - people can make their own decisions as to what they'll do, but I think that getting into it is a mistake.

 

[Fast Learner]

The link in the press release is somewhat messed up and doesn't work. This link should work fine.

 

[Monte At Home]

Thanks. I fixed the link.

 

[tburdett]

Have you ever considered the possibility of a subscriber system?

Where consumers pay $xx.xx dollars a year to receive whatever you happen to produce in the .PDF format? You seem to put out enough content on a consistent basis to make something like this feasible. You also have the 'name recognition' necessary to make something like this possible. Just an idea.

 

[Blacksad]

I find the following a little difficult to write, but it's been on my mind.
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Something on my mind too.

I don't know if anyone told you so, but such an emphasize on piracy, give the impression that you think that a large portion of gamer have malicious intents.

P.S. while I've bought with closed eyes all of your product up to BoeM2, I've found insulting the comment on stealing from the red cross back in the day of BoeM1.