price of H1 Keep on the Shadowfell

[thalmin]

It's a no-brainer, put a hardback cover and jack up the price, and voila!

These are not hardcover, they are folios, like Shattered Gate of Slaughterguard. They contain 3 maps. The Fantastic Locations series cost $14.95 and contain only 2 maps and a mini adventure.

 

[MaelStorm]

Product Details

• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast; 4th edition (May 20, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786948507
• ISBN-13: 978-0786948505
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 9.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.4 ounces

Maybe Amazon.com has wrong info but that's what written in the Product Details section.

 

[mhacdebhandia]

Amazon is often wrong about the physical details of products. Page count, format, you name it.

 

[Propagandroid]

Maybe Amazon.com has wrong info but that's what written in the Product Details section.

Amazon is wrong, I've held it in my hands...it's a folio.

 

[MaelStorm]

QFT, but if they're not even hardcover, then why the price is so high?

 

[The Little Raven]

QFT, but if they're not even hardcover, then why the price is so high?

Multiple booklets and poster maps usually cost more to produce than a single book of equal content.

 

[MaelStorm]

Multiple booklets and poster maps usually cost more to produce than a single book of equal content.

Fantastic Locations usually come with 2 maps and they're much cheaper.

 

[The Little Raven]

Fantastic Locations usually come with 2 maps and they're much cheaper.

Fantastic Locations - $14.95
12 pages in 1 booklet
2 poster maps

Keep on the Shadowfell - $29.95 (or $24.95)
96 pages in 2 booklets
3 poster maps

So, Shadowfell has 6 times the page count in two booklets (separate covers increase the cost more than additional pages) and an additional poster map for twice (or less) the price.

 

[Immolate]

WotC says:

Item Code 217187400
Release Date May 2008
Format Trade Paperback
Page Count 64
ISBN 978-0-7869-4850-5
Price $24.95 ; C$32.95

So hard to say.

 

[MaelStorm]

Fantastic Locations - $14.95
12 pages in 1 booklet
2 poster maps

Keep on the Shadowfell - $29.95 (or $24.95)
96 pages in 2 booklets
3 poster maps

So, Shadowfell has 6 times the page count in two booklets (separate covers increase the cost more than additional pages) and an additional poster map for twice (or less) the price.

Good points. At 24.95$ I would be inclined to buy, even if I find it a little bit costly without a hardcover. But it's been said KotS will be priced 29.95$.