What happened to the Voices Within book?

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So I tried finding the book and apperently said book is delayed to June 2025. Like what the ever living fel happened?

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Just a shot in the dark, but maybe itā€™s because Metzen has returned and some edits needed to be made? Usually a six month-ish delay turns out to be something along those lines. Or maybe they decided they needed more original material?

Oh, or it could be an issue with the publisher or/and distributor.

Honestly, it could be a lot of things now that Iā€™m thinking of it, but usually a six month delay (as opposed to an indeterminate one) is on the author/editor end. Blizzard in this case.

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Both Amazon and Barnes & Noble show it as available now online, and Nobbel had a giveaway for a copy on stream today, so it should be out now.

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I knew I should have clicked the link instead of taking Zerdeā€™s word for it!!

Zerde, if youā€™re not in the US, it could just already be sold out in your country?

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Hey this is a quote from the comments:

The book is on pre-order until June 2025ā€¦
Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2024
This book is on pre-order until the middle of next year so I canā€™t possibly write an actual review of it just yet.

So I assume it was still the case.

So now I am curious why no one has talked about the last of the shorts considering it would be about Faerin Lothar.

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It is weird that I cannot find any reviews online for it. Or even audience ratings.

I dunno!! Now Iā€™m intrigued!!

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https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/world-of-warcraft-courtney-alameda/1144897569

Like I did a search on Barnes and Noblesā€™ website using Irvine CA and it says no copies found in any of their stores. Like, what?

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I did some poking around, andā€¦ Nothing in New England, nothing in New York state, Florida or Texas, nothing near Chicago, Phoenix or any other city I checked, butā€¦ There is a store in New Jersey that supposedly has one? (Caldor Plaza, Woodland Park, NJ for the curious).

This is very strange. Maybe they did a very limited run for store shelves, and most of them sold out. That doesnā€™t seem very likely, given the abscence of them anywhere else I did a quick search of, but maybe.

Or it could be that the one place with a copy has it because someone did pick-up order and cancelled after it arrived. The book might only be availavle for order, and not kept on shelves.

I dunno, this is very strange!!

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Two likely options for the hold up

  1. Production issue: Sometimes, a publisher will change their contracted print house, either because they are offered a lower cost, or their prior one went out of business, which can cause havoc while things shift and printing grinds into gear. Other times there is a distributor dispute that hangs things up.
  2. Contract issue: Someone who published one of the short stories, or did some of the art is now throwing a fit about something. This can cause production to halt until things are sorted.
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I honestly think this could be the case, Blizzard has already uploaded 5/6 of the shorts on the website. Like they use to upload one or two shorts and keep the rest in the book(see Chromieā€™s short story)

Seem like that would kill interest in buying the book. Might even have pissed the book publisher.

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Amazon has it for sale and if I bought it today I can get it by Jan 25. Could be a warehouse issue where you guys live.