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<blockquote data-quote="Matthan" data-source="post: 3856693" data-attributes="member: 20005">Well, I do think it would be neat if you could somehow get everyone to be quiet about it if for no other reason than to really bug some of the people on the board.&nbsp; I just don't think it would really work.&nbsp; The problem is that the people who are saying they won't buy the books because it's just a preview don't want to read the whole book.&nbsp; They want a half page of bullet points that give them any new information on what will be in the core books.&nbsp; Methodology, anecdotes, art, and anything else in the book are, at this point, worthless to them.&nbsp; So the issue isn't keeping the people who buy it quiet.&nbsp; The issue is keeping the person who goes down to Border's flips through it and jots down some notes and puts it online.&nbsp; Personally, I don't think there's any way to prevent that and we should just accept it.&nbsp; What that means to me is that the book has to remarket itself to a jaded crowd and prove that there is value beyond that bullet point list.&nbsp; My ideas are things to try and get the audience to give a second look at the books.&nbsp; If Wizards did these (and even if they don't do them now, I hope they do something like them later), they could use them to help spread whatever new information or angle on the books they wanted.&nbsp; A preview page that announced an incentive like this with some new information on the content of the books would get a lot of hits.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Matthan, post: 3856693, member: 20005"] Well, I do think it would be neat if you could somehow get everyone to be quiet about it if for no other reason than to really bug some of the people on the board. I just don't think it would really work. The problem is that the people who are saying they won't buy the books because it's just a preview don't want to read the whole book. They want a half page of bullet points that give them any new information on what will be in the core books. Methodology, anecdotes, art, and anything else in the book are, at this point, worthless to them. So the issue isn't keeping the people who buy it quiet. The issue is keeping the person who goes down to Border's flips through it and jots down some notes and puts it online. Personally, I don't think there's any way to prevent that and we should just accept it. What that means to me is that the book has to remarket itself to a jaded crowd and prove that there is value beyond that bullet point list. My ideas are things to try and get the audience to give a second look at the books. If Wizards did these (and even if they don't do them now, I hope they do something like them later), they could use them to help spread whatever new information or angle on the books they wanted. A preview page that announced an incentive like this with some new information on the content of the books would get a lot of hits. [/QUOTE]

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