Last Chance for Hardcover Books

Wah! No hardcover for book V? Whyever not?

In Response to waider (#23866):

Too much of a pain in the ass, frankly.

In Response to jon (#23870):

Ah, but cash soothes that pain. That or Preparation-H.

In all seriousness, I'd be very interested in a casebound V, as I already have all 3 of the others, and I don't want it to feel uncomfortable out on my shelf.

However, if you've still got stock of the others, I can see where you're coming from.

In Response to jon (#23870):

That's like if Lucas had put out Episodes I + II and then decided not to put out III.

If everything else is out in hardback, this should too. People are willing to pay for it, ne?

In Response to gdavides (#23879):

And how many books should that apply to? 6? 7? 12? Should we be forever beholden to put out hardcovers as long as we print books?

In Response to gdavides (#23879):

That's like if Lucas had put out Episodes I + II and then decided not to put out III.

I think your analogy is a bit off -- Goats V will be released, it just doesn't have the same wrapper as the prior volumes.

And while this is not anything to do with your analogy, it's worth noting: neither Jon nor Lucas have any obligation to release what you think they should. If they do so in furtherance of their own goals (not the least being the ability to avoid losing money on the deal), then great.

After it's out, we can say that we liked it or not (that's our prerogative for laying out the cost of purchase), but we don't get to say what they "should" produce.
 

In Response to jon (#23880):

...we be forever beholden...

I am pretty sure we've been through this, yes, you are. You owe me dammit!

You all owe me.

On the bright side it means we can all make our own hardbacks using the softcover and finally the collection will have the human skin covering it begs for.

In Response to tor (#23885):

finally the collection will have the human skin covering it begs for.

I guess I *won't* surprise y'all by showing up at the DownUnderGoatsCon, then.

In Response to tor (#23885):

finally the collection will have the human skin covering it begs for.

Bonus points if you can work in JRo's [overcompensating.com] spider scab.

In Response to jon (#23880):

No, but it would be awful nice. Oh well. Can we still get signed numbered copies with our numbers or is that going away, too?

In Response to kcarlile (#23888):

You mean with the paperbacks? Nah. Kind of defeats the purpose of numbering them if they're not a limited edition.

But you can put your number in the cover if it'll make you feel better.

In Response to gtyrrell (#23882):

So it's more like Lucas saying "I'm not making 10, 11 & 12" and all the fans going "waaahhhhhh! mummy!"

In Response to unFalln (#23891):

So it's more like Lucas saying "I'm not making 10, 11 & 12" and all the fans going "waaahhhhhh! mummy!"

Exactly, only with more Livejournals.
 

In Response to gtyrrell (#23892):

Hows many livejournals are there complaining about the lack of Goats Volume V hardcoverage?