War of the Burning Sky: HC & 4e?

[joela]

Saw the news on the upcoming War of the Burning Sky HC to be released sometime by year's end? Any guesstimate on cost? And will there be additional material not found in the original subscription?

Also noted the "4e" to the lower right of the news. Does that mean a 4E version is to be released as well? That's a bit surprising due to the current GSL. Or does that mean that all E.N. Publishing products will be moving to 4e? If so, when's the firesale for all 3.x E.N. Publishing products? Or is E.N. Publishing planning to have another company handle its 4e stuff? Or is E.N. Publishing just going to publish compatible material sans the official D&D 4e logo and bypass the whole mess?

 

[Morrus]

Saw the news on the upcoming War of the Burning Sky HC to be released sometime by year's end? Any guesstimate on cost?

No idea yet. Expensive, though - each one will cost a lot to print.

And will there be additional material not found in the original subscription?

When we've finished compiling, we'll see if there's space left. We have a hard max pagecount limit that the printer can handle.

Also noted the "4e" to the lower right of the news. Does that mean a 4E version is to be released as well?

Yes.

That's a bit surprising due to the current GSL.

Correct. We have not signed the current GSL.

Or does that mean that all E.N. Publishing products will be moving to 4e?

No plans to do that at present.

If so, when's the firesale for all 3.x E.N. Publishing products? Or is E.N. Publishing planning to have another company handle its 4e stuff? Or is E.N. Publishing just going to publish compatible material sans the official D&D 4e logo and bypass the whole mess?

No, no and no.

 

[Rugult]

The plot thickens! Very curious to see where ENP is going with this... I'm certainly interested to see what this book looks like. If it's anything like the Metamorphosis book I just picked up, then I will be all over it!

 

[Marius Delphus]

If it helps any, I have a sneaking suspicion the hardback will turn out prettier. There are a lot more places to use color, for one thing....

 

[Morrus]

The plot thickens! Very curious to see where ENP is going with this... I'm certainly interested to see what this book looks like. If it's anything like the Metamorphosis book I just picked up, then I will be all over it!

It'll be bigger that METAMORPHOSIS - US letter sized, and thicker. We're aiming for 800 pages, roughly, assuming we can fit it all into that. Also it'll be in colour.

And expensive. very expensive. Without doubt a luxury item.

 

[Rugult]

Awesome! Like I said, I was really happy with my purchase of Metamorphosis, the book is quite lovely. If I can make one suggestion, and this might just be a LuLu thing... but the spine of Metamorphosis had a basic Arial font with no design or logo, so it looks kind of 'meh' on the shelf. Is it possible to have a better quality spine on the book or is that a LuLu thing?

 

[Marius Delphus]

We will make every effort to design our own spine for this one.

 

[joela]

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No, no and no.

Thanks, Morrus! I look forward to seeing the finished product and future E.N. Publishing product.

 

[joela]

luxury item

It'll be bigger that METAMORPHOSIS - US letter sized, and thicker. We're aiming for 800 pages, roughly, assuming we can fit it all into that. Also it'll be in colour.

And expensive. very expensive. Without doubt a luxury item.

Ptolus/Castle Whiterock prices? Or higher?

 

[amethal]

Ptolus/Castle Whiterock prices? Or higher?

Presumably will be higher than Castle Whiterock, which I think isn't in colour.

Funny thing is, being a luxury item its main customers will probably be those already familiar with the War of the Burning Sky i.e. subscribers.

Morrus is planning to sell me the same thing twice, and I couldn't be happier about it

And if the price does turn out to be a bit lower than I'm expecting then I'll get Metamorphosis as well.

Any word on the competition winners yet?