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Dec 10 13 4:40 PM
Dec 10 13 4:43 PM
jhalbright wrote:SAD wrote:I was just curious why DC put out all these Gaiman Deluxe HCs followed a few months later by TPBs, but skipped the HC for this one.Because those other Gaiman Deluxe books had never before been offered at the Deluxe size whereas the Endless Nights version had been.So they didn't skip the DxHC for this one. Rather it was the first Gaiman DxHC they made.
SAD wrote:I was just curious why DC put out all these Gaiman Deluxe HCs followed a few months later by TPBs, but skipped the HC for this one.
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Dec 10 13 5:14 PM
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jhalbright wrote:What I find amusing, is that usually this board is filled with DC-needs-to-offer-it-in-____-format sympathizers. This is probably the first time that no one (outside of the thread's originator) felt that a new DxHC was necessary.
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Dec 11 13 5:01 PM
Five Years Later wrote:Your specific situation aside, it's available so there isn't any reason to reprint the HC. My guess.
Dec 11 13 5:42 PM
jhailbright wrote:Because those other Gaiman Deluxe books had never before been offered at the Deluxe size whereas the Endless Nights version had been. So they didn't skip the DxHC for this one. Rather it was the first Gaiman DxHC they made.
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Dec 11 13 6:49 PM
Well, the paperback is even more available (as in: you can actually buy a new copy), and yet it got reprinted again.
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Dec 11 13 10:03 PM
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Dec 11 13 10:27 PM
SAD wrote:Five Years Later wrote:Your specific situation aside, it's available so there isn't any reason to reprint the HC. My guess. Well, the paperback is even more available (as in: you can actually buy a new copy), and yet it got reprinted again.
Dec 12 13 2:27 PM
DavidTai wrote:Or, more likely, DC doesn't plan on doing Sandman: Endless Nights until they get around to doing the main series as a Deluxe Edition series.
Dec 12 13 2:32 PM
SAD wrote:DavidTai wrote:Or, more likely, DC doesn't plan on doing Sandman: Endless Nights until they get around to doing the main series as a Deluxe Edition series. The two Omnibuses look a lot like Deluxe Editions to me. Same page size, just fewer volumes.
Dec 12 13 3:26 PM
fubarthepanda wrote:SAD wrote:DavidTai wrote:Or, more likely, DC doesn't plan on doing Sandman: Endless Nights until they get around to doing the main series as a Deluxe Edition series. The two Omnibuses look a lot like Deluxe Editions to me. Same page size, just fewer volumes.Yep, most of the Omnibus books have the same trim size as the Deluxe books (a la Sandman). But like with the recent Invisibles Omnibus, DC is more than willing to go back to the well with more accessible (i.e. thinner) Deluxe Editions.
Dec 12 13 3:29 PM
Fin Fang Foom wrote:Well, the paperback is even more available (as in: you can actually buy a new copy), and yet it got reprinted again.Might be because it keeps on selling and selling and selling -- probably doing quite well (in that specific format) with mass market booksellers.
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