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« on: 14 September 2012, 16:39:23 »
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as i approach an age where i can let my kids run wild (being in the 20s), I long for some new battletech novels that will give me an afternoon or evening of time spent with my big giant robot friends.  Alas as i keep an ear to the threads and to battlecorps, i find that there is not a new one coming.

Please give ANY author a chance to entertain me again.  I don't ask much, just a chance for some unknown child of Phelan and Rhanna to move the wolves in exile to start set the universe right as they establish their own history.


or any other story that so strikes your fancy. 

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« Reply #1 on: 14 September 2012, 16:45:42 »
Little chance of new print novels in the near future for various reasons. Instead, BattleTech fiction is concentrating on the Blitzkrieg ebooks from BattleCorps.

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« Reply #2 on: 18 September 2012, 15:44:59 »
 >:D NO NO NO. 

You are supposed to say that they have 10 new novels that are awaiting the covers and they will be released 1 each month, starting 1 October and running through July.

I understand that they have none.  But a guy can wish right?
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« Reply #3 on: 26 September 2012, 14:54:29 »
Little chance of new print novels in the near future for various reasons. Instead, BattleTech fiction is concentrating on the Blitzkrieg ebooks from BattleCorps.

Ugh, this is not good news.  I am very, very, VERY tired of the Clans and have no interest in novels focused on them.  It's sad too because I would just love to drop some money on some new BT novels.....not focused on the clans.

Is there any reason for the Blitzkrieg focus?

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« Reply #4 on: 26 September 2012, 15:04:00 »
I was under the impression that Blitzkrieg was the name of the publication series, not the specific Clan stories. The reason the two we have so far are Clan-focused is because that's what authors submitted. If nobody submits an IS-themed story, well....no IS-themed story gets published.
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« Reply #5 on: 26 September 2012, 16:03:35 »
I was under the impression that Blitzkrieg was the name of the publication series, not the specific Clan stories. The reason the two we have so far are Clan-focused is because that's what authors submitted. If nobody submits an IS-themed story, well....no IS-themed story gets published.

Well, then I hope there is an IS themed story submitted then :)

So what exactly is the Blitzkrieg theme supposed to be then?

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« Reply #6 on: 26 September 2012, 16:10:44 »
So what exactly is the Blitzkrieg theme supposed to be then?

There is no overarching theme to the Blitzkrieg fiction. The name Blitzkrieg just pertains to the format: shorter, more focused novels than what appears or has appeared in print.

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« Reply #7 on: 26 September 2012, 16:12:30 »
Well, then I hope there is an IS themed story submitted then :)

Easiest way to know would be to write and submit a story. Then you'd know for sure if something was in the submission pipeline.
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« Reply #8 on: 26 September 2012, 17:44:27 »
I have to say I really like the Blitzkrieg series personally.  My reading time is stretched thin as a now-working adult, and because I travel a lot I use my Nook almost exclusively for reading these days on airplanes.  The Blitzkrieg books are just long enough to keep me entertained through a business trip and let me come home feeling satisfied that at least I finished *something*!   :o  I also found most of the shorts I've read so far to be pretty interesting and well-written, and indulge my preference for stories that peer into quirky little corners of the BT universe.  I liked how Ghost Bear's Lament took place entirely on a dying dropship. 

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« Reply #9 on: 26 September 2012, 18:29:20 »
Easiest way to know would be to write and submit a story. Then you'd know for sure if something was in the submission pipeline.

HAH!  Well if I were a writer then that would be a great idea.  But I am not so I have to rely on the mercy of the publisher and the writer.

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« Reply #10 on: 18 October 2012, 13:41:10 »
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<DeJaVu>: Hi, mr Beas. Is there any news on paperbooks?
<DeJaVu>: for example - Dark Age 31
<Habeas2>: DeJaVu - Sorry, I have no news on paperbacks. As it stands, I would not expect to see them resume this year or next, but it remains solidly on my list of goals.

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« Reply #11 on: 23 October 2012, 01:49:52 »
Couldn't they at least publish new eBooks?  Seems like there is a demand for fiction.  Kind of sad that they focus on print media when it would be cheaper to produce an eBook.

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« Reply #12 on: 23 October 2012, 02:15:25 »
Couldn't they at least publish new eBooks?

If they could, they would.

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Not really. The bulk of the costs in producing a book do not occur in the printing stage.

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« Reply #13 on: 23 October 2012, 12:04:56 »
Couldn't they at least publish new eBooks?  Seems like there is a demand for fiction.  Kind of sad that they focus on print media when it would be cheaper to produce an eBook.

It has to do with things that are beyond CGL's control. While I don't have any details, I do know it's not just one thing, but several things that's keeping Batletech Novels of any sort off the market. Believe me, if CGL could publish novels, they would. But they can't, and I know it's a sort subject with them.

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« Reply #14 on: 24 October 2012, 14:32:38 »
I'd settle for Battlecorp fiction to be released in eBook format.  There's plenty to read there but it is mostly in PDF format.

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« Reply #15 on: 28 October 2012, 09:09:42 »
They release an anthology of the BC fiction each year. They have also been releasing some of the serials as epub and mobi formats.

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« Reply #16 on: 29 October 2012, 22:38:44 »
They release an anthology of the BC fiction each year. They have also been releasing some of the serials as epub and mobi formats.

Yeah, I've gotten everything they have released as an eBook, which gives me some hope for future releases.  It's just such a small amount of fiction.  I just need more more more!   [drool]

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« Reply #17 on: 18 November 2012, 12:54:48 »
I hope they'll be able to re-release the classic and the dark age novels as E-books someday.
I'm also a big Shadowrun fan and I know that there is some licensing issue there that currently prevents them to re-release the old Shadowrun novels as E-books. But they are working to sort it out.
I suspect it's the same issue for the BattleTech novels and I hope that if they sort out the Shadowrun novels, that the BattleTech novels can be re-released too.

Personally I would also like to see the German FanPro BattleTech novels as E-books once day (fortunately, I can read German too), but I doubt that will ever happen.

EDIT:
Well, some good news for people who can read German. Ulisses is publishing their books as E-books now.
Here the link of the news: http://www.ulisses-spiele.de/neuigkeiten/2012-11-18-battletech-romane-nun-auch-als-ebooks/
There will be two new BattleTech novels per year.

It also looks like as they will try to re-publish all the German FanPro BattleTech novels as well a E-books. Looks like I might have spoken too soon about the books unlikely to be re-published. :)
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« Reply #18 on: 03 December 2012, 18:40:37 »
What are the Blitzkrieg books exactly ? I don't have a battlecorps membership and decided not to get one as I read a review that says not much new stuff has been added to it and older stuff you have to buy to read it.

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« Reply #20 on: 04 December 2012, 11:05:09 »
What are the Blitzkrieg books exactly ? I don't have a battlecorps membership and decided not to get one as I read a review that says not much new stuff has been added to it and older stuff you have to buy to read it.

I periodically get a membership and unfortunately it's hit and miss.  Sometimes there's lots of stuff coming out but then other times a month or more will pass with nothing new.  So it ends up being a bit of a gamble.
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« Reply #21 on: 05 December 2012, 16:22:48 »
I periodically get a membership and unfortunately it's hit and miss.  Sometimes there's lots of stuff coming out but then other times a month or more will pass with nothing new.  So it ends up being a bit of a gamble.

More like a scam IMO.  I just got burned again waiting for material to come out.  Never again.

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« Reply #22 on: 05 December 2012, 17:08:06 »
What are the Blitzkrieg books exactly ? I don't have a battlecorps membership and decided not to get one as I read a review that says not much new stuff has been added to it and older stuff you have to buy to read it.

The Blitzkrieg ebooks are available for sale without a BattleCorps membership.
The last four items on this page http://www.battlecorps.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=27_35_221.
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« Reply #23 on: 05 December 2012, 18:34:23 »
More like a scam IMO.  I just got burned again waiting for material to come out.  Never again.

I'm sorry, but how exactly is it a scam? By your own admission you waited until a story you wanted had been released before signing up/renewing your subscription. The way BC has always operated is that you get access to all fiction released during your subscription period and everything else you have to pay extra for. If you wait until after the story is published on the site, of course it won't be included as part of your subscription because you weren't a subscriber when it was released. Seems more like you not understanding how it operates than it being a scam.

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« Reply #24 on: 06 December 2012, 01:58:55 »
No, I understand exactly how it operates.  I keep signing up in hopes that things have changed and they actually supply a constant monthly source of material that justifies a monthly subscription.  I will admit that a scam implies a willful intent to deceive, which I do not think that they are doing.  But to operate as they do in requiring a monthly subscription but not provide a monthly supply of content that at least matches the value of that subscription is pretty disingenuous.

I've had on and off subscriptions since 2009 and I paid for plenty for their fiction through Battleshop because I love reading Battletech fiction and I want to support them, which I why i keep coming back and subscribing and which is why I keep speaking up about it.  I WANT to give them my money.  But I want fair value for what I am paying for.  And to have a subscription service where you can go months without any new content or at most one new short story a month for $10 per month is NOT fair value.  The whole venture is a joke at this point in time.  They need to just get rid of the subscription model  and open up all of their fiction on Battleshop for purchase.  That way people can buy whatever new fiction comes out, without having to maintain a subscription.

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« Reply #25 on: 06 December 2012, 09:21:37 »
  And to have a subscription service where you can go months without any new content or at most one new short story a month for $10 per month is NOT fair value.  The whole venture is a joke at this point in time.  They need to just get rid of the subscription model  and open up all of their fiction on Battleshop for purchase.  That way people can buy whatever new fiction comes out, without having to maintain a subscription.

This is a good point and a good idea. If they cannot make print novels they should at least make the ebook/pdfs available for purchase. Would likely be a better revenue generator too.

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« Reply #26 on: 09 December 2012, 03:36:24 »
I have to agree on the subscription model.
I think that it actually hurts more than anything else.

Just selling the full catalogue of the short stories in epub/mobi/pdf formats would be great. EBook readers did get very popular in recent years after all.

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« Reply #27 on: 09 December 2012, 12:37:26 »
And to have a subscription service where you can go months without any new content or at most one new short story a month for $10 per month is NOT fair value.  The whole venture is a joke at this point in time.  They need to just get rid of the subscription model  and open up all of their fiction on Battleshop for purchase.  That way people can buy whatever new fiction comes out, without having to maintain a subscription.

I kind of agree here.  I haven't ever gotten a subscription for the reasons above, but I've bought all the e-books novels from battlecorps, and am slowly replacing all my old print books with e-books as money permits.
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« Reply #28 on: 16 December 2012, 03:46:08 »
Hopefully when the Dark Age is finished off it will have one or more novels, proper novels but not in print, none of this multi-part stuff

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« Reply #29 on: 16 December 2012, 10:35:50 »
I really, really hope that TPTB will soon make a big push so that there will be new novels when the 3250 era rolls around. Herb mentioned in that chat that new novels "remains solidly on [his] list of goals." As far as I'm concerned it should be at the very top of his list, and I say this not just because the novels are my favorite part of the universe. I've noticed that activity on this board has decreased over time, and I believe that the reason for this is lack of new novels. Certainly it can't be for lack of new sourcebooks, miniatures or even video games. Even if novels aren't what a number of players most enjoy about the BT universe, they were what made people become fans of this or that faction rather than another.

IMO the Warrior Trilogy is the main reason why there are more FedSuns and Lyran fans than those of other Inner Sphere factions, and the Blood of Kerensky series is why the original four invading Clans have more fans than the other Clans. And novels spurred lively debate over the latest actions or the superiority of characters or factions, something else that's been missing of late on this board. Being told that a character does this or that lacks the dramatic impact it would have if first told in a well-written, well-developed novel. Would you have had the same emotional reaction to Hanse's "Here, my love. I give you the Capellan Confederation!" if you're read about it in sourcebook instead of it being the culmination of dozens of pages of story in a novel? I certainly wouldn't.

Having new novels to read, and knowing that there would soon be even more new novels published, made me feel part of an exciting living, growing universe. Short stories and novellas can be fine complements to full-length novels, but for me the former can never replace the latter. Long-term character development, exciting buildup -> climax -> resolution sequences of major importance to the setting, an abundance of details about the universe - for me short stories and novellas simply cannot provide those, or at least not nearly enough to feel truly satisfying.

If there are no new novels, then it must be because someone somewhere, or perhaps several someones, keep(s) saying "no." Unless those people are completely unreasonable and are just being obstructive for the sake of obstruction, there must be some way of convincing them to change their stance, some way of coming to a satisfying agreement for all, and the sooner the better.

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« Reply #30 on: 16 December 2012, 14:48:09 »
If there are no new novels, then it must be because someone somewhere, or perhaps several someones, keep(s) saying "no." Unless those people are completely unreasonable and are just being obstructive for the sake of obstruction, there must be some way of convincing them to change their stance, some way of coming to a satisfying agreement for all, and the sooner the better.

That entirely depends on why they keep saying no.

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« Reply #31 on: 10 April 2013, 10:01:59 »
The Battlecorps subscription requirement is the only reason I haven't purchased short fiction.

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« Reply #32 on: 10 April 2013, 10:05:11 »
You don't have to subscribe (AFAIK), you just need to create an account.
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« Reply #33 on: 10 April 2013, 10:43:34 »
The Battlecorps subscription requirement is the only reason I haven't purchased short fiction.

You can definitely buy fiction from BattleCorps without a subscription, the same way you can buy PDFs of sourcebooks without a subscription.  You just need to create an account for the BattleShop, just like you created an account here.  If you do buy a subscription, you the fee covers all the short fiction that comes out during the subscription period, and gives you a 5% discount when buying older stories from the BattleShop. 
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« Reply #34 on: 10 April 2013, 18:00:40 »
That is news to me. I heard I could only buy old fiction with a subscription.

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« Reply #35 on: 10 April 2013, 18:14:51 »
That is news to me. I heard I could only buy old fiction with a subscription.

I just went to the site and logged out, and in 'logged out" mode, it removed the direct link to the BattleShop.  However, that just means you need to set up an account and log in.  After all, the only way (now) to buy a subscription is to go into the BattleShop and add a "subscription" package to your cart, then check out, the same as you'd buy a piece of fiction or a sourcebook. 
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« Reply #36 on: 10 April 2013, 19:58:45 »
I did as suggested, there are no BattleCorps Fiction stories available in the store.

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« Reply #37 on: 10 April 2013, 20:28:29 »
I did as suggested, there are no BattleCorps Fiction stories available in the store.

Interesting.  So you clicked "newest releases" and saw just the sourcebooks?  (With Era Report 3145 at the top)  My list is topped by "Quail Hunting."  Does this link work for you, now that you have an account at BattleShop?  http://www.battlecorps.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=3141
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« Reply #38 on: 11 April 2013, 00:48:24 »
I followed the link (while logged in) and there is nothing available there.  I really do think that BattleCorps requires a subscription to purchase BattleCorps fiction. 

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« Reply #39 on: 11 April 2013, 03:39:42 »
I followed the link (while logged in) and there is nothing available there.  I really do think that BattleCorps requires a subscription to purchase BattleCorps fiction.

That's the way it's always been.

From the BC Fiction category page:
"This is fiction available for members."
"Non-Members will not see any fiction in this category."

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« Reply #40 on: 11 April 2013, 11:13:21 »
Huh. Go figure.  I've had a subscription there since day one, so the issue never came up.  Good to know.
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« Reply #41 on: 17 April 2013, 15:18:20 »
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I'd bet it’s a licensing issue, similar to the unseen.  Licensing can always be resolved with money, but if the license costs more than the revenue it'll generate, then no deal. 

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« Reply #42 on: 17 April 2013, 15:20:43 »
Forgot to add that I’ve been reading the blitzkrieg series and they are quite enjoyable.  And at least one is not about the clans.  I can’t remember the title, but it takes place between the war of 3039 and the clan invasion.  Good old fashioned successor state raiding.

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« Reply #43 on: 30 April 2013, 19:49:05 »
Can someone explain exactly why, PM or otherwise, why we can not get anymore paperback fiction, book or ebook? Why exactly is ROC, the problem and is there anything we can do (as consumers) to help out?

and is this also the reason i see less and less game-themed novels from other game systems (D&D principly but others too)?

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Re: Future Novels?
« Reply #44 on: 30 April 2013, 19:56:47 »
Can someone explain exactly why, PM or otherwise, why we can not get anymore paperback fiction, book or ebook? Why exactly is ROC, the problem and is there anything we can do (as consumers) to help out?

and is this also the reason i see less and less game-themed novels from other game systems (D&D principly but others too)?

The exact reasons are known only to senior CGL people, and they are not going to tell anyone. Almost everyone whose done work for CGL doesn't know any details. We wiill get Battletech novels when we get them. That's all I can say.... :(

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Re: Future Novels?
« Reply #45 on: 09 May 2013, 05:20:18 »
Given that we're getting e-pub 'Re-Prints' of classic BT books and new short stories I doubt the problem is with Roc but rather their contract. The way I see it if the problem was with Roc they would be behaving like jerks and blocking the above, rather I figure there's something in Roc's license that's stopping them from publishing more books and BattleCorps is the result of a legal loophole to keep the idea of BT fiction alive until everything can be sorted out.

My guess as to what's stopping Roc's is that according to their license that requires them to work with somebody, likely somebody in FASA or FanPro who doesn't exist anymore (Like FASA's Head of BattleTech Development). I figure that a lot of hoops were jumped through to put A Bonfire of Worlds out and nobodies prepared to go through all of that again, they'd rather wait out the license.

As for the mysterious silence? There's an NDA in the license preventing Roc or anyone else involved from talking

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Re: Future Novels?
« Reply #46 on: 09 May 2013, 05:47:14 »
What really irks me is that Ulisses (and previously FanPro, their predecessor as German license holder) bring out original new novels, some of them of very good quality. Randall Bills declared the German-only books canonical but Herb rescinded that ruling, resulting in two independent canon lines for BT - effectively, the much-maligned parallel universes.

To quote my own earlier posting in another thread here:
I'm trying stay hopeful for stories from Battlecorp, i wish there was more authors available to write the longer ones.  I know its been hard from what I've been hearing.  Dedicated novelist are rare birds these days i guess.
According to an old thread on the BattleCorps forums, BC only has a license for short stories, defined as having max. 40,000 words. Anything longer than those 40,000 words is considered a novel and it seems ROC still has the exclusive right to publish these.
So it's a legal issue, not a lack of writers. And even if there was a lack of writers there are at least one unpublished US novel (looking at you, Visions of Rebirth!) and over a dozen German novels waiting to be translated out there.
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Re: Future Novels?
« Reply #47 on: 09 May 2013, 08:23:58 »
Given that we're getting e-pub 'Re-Prints' of classic BT books and new short stories I doubt the problem is with Roc but rather their contract. The way I see it if the problem was with Roc they would be behaving like jerks and blocking the above, rather I figure there's something in Roc's license that's stopping them from publishing more books and BattleCorps is the result of a legal loophole to keep the idea of BT fiction alive until everything can be sorted out.

My guess as to what's stopping Roc's is that according to their license that requires them to work with somebody, likely somebody in FASA or FanPro who doesn't exist anymore (Like FASA's Head of BattleTech Development). I figure that a lot of hoops were jumped through to put A Bonfire of Worlds out and nobodies prepared to go through all of that again, they'd rather wait out the license.

As for the mysterious silence? There's an NDA in the license preventing Roc or anyone else involved from talking
TU... that assessment is probably the best we can get (and it sadly makes sence why we cant get a official explanation-Legal Duct Tape) It's still Bolvine Extrement to the extreme... but what can you do, legally?  [blank]

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Re: Future Novels?
« Reply #48 on: 09 May 2013, 11:54:19 »
Given that we're getting e-pub 'Re-Prints' of classic BT books 

Not anymore we're not. You'll note that those stopped in early 2011.

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Re: Future Novels?
« Reply #49 on: 24 June 2013, 09:39:50 »
Sorry for the late revival of a topic but it was one of the first ones that came up in my search.

I'm wondering if anything has been updated regarding this re-release of the old novels. I'd love to let my son get into Battletech and see the rich history that developed the world around it.

Nowadays I'm hoping to find Kindle or other e-book publications but there seems to be a void with the classic.

Has anyone heard of a possible update with releasing them?
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Re: Future Novels?
« Reply #50 on: 24 June 2013, 09:47:41 »
The last battlechat had some more information. It appears some of the problem is that the author contracts did not include any clauses for electronic versions.

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Re: Future Novels?
« Reply #51 on: 24 June 2013, 12:49:53 »
According to Loren at Origins, CGL could always print new fiction

Why they don't do it in the last EIGHT years -  is another question. As I can assume, sales of anthologies showed CGL that sales of new books to whole 400 fans aren't really pay off for himself.

All law problems knitted with a reprints of old novels which, honestly, not really needed for existing fans, because they have them all or can buy them, because thair still plenty at e-bay.

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Re: Future Novels?
« Reply #52 on: 24 June 2013, 19:32:31 »
According to Loren at Origins, CGL could always print new fiction

Why they don't do it in the last EIGHT years -  is another question. As I can assume, sales of anthologies showed CGL that sales of new books to whole 400 fans aren't really pay off for himself.

All law problems knitted with a reprints of old novels which, honestly, not really needed for existing fans, because they have them all or can buy them, because their still plenty at eBay.

not to mention your local Library... 

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Re: Future Novels?
« Reply #53 on: 27 June 2013, 05:50:31 »
Physical sales of books is a declining market, espically for something like BT, 80%+ of the fans are going to be OK with ebooks and a good portion may actually prefer them, also allows them to avoid dealing with international stuff too much

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Re: Future Novels?
« Reply #54 on: 17 July 2013, 18:25:23 »
To bad, ROC or Whoever needs to cant just come out and say, "I know that the past eight to ten years have been hard on people following the Battletech universe, and with the Republic of the Sphere and other placeholders, WE HAVE FIVE YEARS OF NEW MATERIAL for all of you.  We have to compliment Randall and Herb for the outstanding way they have been able to get the new stuff written and ready for inclusion unto the Battletech Universe.  We have one small announcement from the Authors and they will give you the the idea that Alaric's Parents are not Kathrine and DNA sample from Victor.  He is from the DNA of KAI Allard Liao and Johanna."

More great insider tips will be given each week as we start shipping new novels in time for the kids to go back to school.

Now I need to break out my copies of the Grey Death and the Justin Allard set.
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Re: Future Novels?
« Reply #55 on: 16 August 2013, 07:49:49 »
Would this not be the perfect time to start tossing out novels? They get to capture the whole MWO crowed now, that would be a lot more than 400 people.  I know i did most of my early novel reading while knowing nothing about BattleTech Boardgame, but only knew of the MW series.

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Re: Future Novels?
« Reply #56 on: 19 August 2013, 20:21:56 »
I agree. Video game introduced me to the universe, but novels sucked me in for life. I think we're missing an opportunity here.

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Re: Future Novels?
« Reply #57 on: 12 September 2013, 00:18:11 »
Sadly I feel that Battletech fiction is dead.  I know Battlecorp is still alive and kicking, but it is such a horrible vehicle for delivering fiction.

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Re: Future Novels?
« Reply #58 on: 16 September 2013, 12:06:29 »
Alive and kicking is fairly relative when it comes to battlecorps. As a subscriber since day one, I can tell you its been in sharp decline over the past two years, to the point where we will get 1 or 2 complete stories a month if we are lucky. They try to hide it by splitting damn near every story that is more then 10 pages into a ton of tiny chapters that they release piecemeal to make it look like they are releasing several items a month, when in fact the combined total story would have been a single release a few years back. Nellus Academy incident im looking at you.

But yeah.. New novels, regardless of the format would be nice.

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Re: Future Novels?
« Reply #59 on: 16 September 2013, 15:11:25 »
A collection of short stories were released today. My guess is its part of a strategy to get MWO players to cross over. Worked for me 18 years ago...