The Gathering Storm now on Amazon. With expensive leatherbound edition

[yosoyeljosh]

Hey everyone,

 

Just noticed on Amazon they finally added the hardcover copy of The Gathering Storm (they previously only had the Audio CD available).  On top of that, they added a leatherbound edition of The Gathering Storm - suggested retail price is 250 bucks.  Which sounds.... insane.  I was hoping for some nicely bound (perhaps even leather) editions once the series was over, but if each book was going for $250 (or even at $166), I don't think I could afford it.

 

I am a late-comer to the series, though.  Were any of the other books published leatherbound?

 

And lastly, I do know that an Amazon listing isn't an official announcement, but they're not often completely fabricated either.

 

Thoughts or answers?

 

Thanks

[notorious-big]

Here is the link to the Amazon listing, for those who are curious...

 

As far as I know, I've seen some of his later books being sold as limited-edition and leatherbound. And while I don't remember the exact price I do know that they were also pretty expensive. Sorry :(

[CUBAREY]

Just looked at the link and found an interesting fact. Page count 688. That's for what Brandon Sanderson said was a book just about 300k words. So total page count for the completed three volumes (estimating somewhere around 800k+ to 900k final word count) would be close to 2000 pages. No wonder they decided to split it.

[Casco]

YES! The audiobook comes out in November to :D Michael Kramer and Kate Reading as usual, GREAT!

 

[Kadere]

Every book since TSR was released in a limited leather bound edition, and they were all quite expensive. Encyclopaedia-wot.org has a whole page about collecting WoT books and shows pictures of the leather bound editions.

[Darth_Andrea]

Ok I just pre-ordered the new Audio set "YAY!!!

 

 

 

Darth_Andrea       

[Vambram]

I have just pre-ordered the Hardcover edition from Amazon. At $29.99, I am hoping that they will give me a discount when the book actually gets closer to publication.

[Hallow]

Just pre ordered the leather bound copy, yay :D

[Sab]

Bahh just a tease, thought if on Amazon already would be closer but November.  Still too early for me to preorder.

[Razor]

Should be able to get 30-40% off when first comes out through Walmart and Barnes and Noble