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Super pretty SUPER FAMICOM coffee table book announced
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Tizoc
Member
Bah gawd
Gonna clear my CC soon and order this
EDIT: How is the Bitmap Brothers book? I'm not very familiar with them but I'm uite interested in it.
Lapidus' Beard
Member
Ooh, this is some nice stuff. Do want!
Holy crap, $24.09. & this is the link, right?
HUGE thanks, shipping internationally takes a toll on getting these neat gaming books. Looks like they have some of Bitmap Books' other stuff, mainly the visual compendiums. Anyone wanna vouch for those? I'd love to learn more about the older gaming computers like the Commodore 64 & Amiga.
Can vouch this is a really cool book as well. Absolutely worth it for any Sega or Genesis/Mega Drive fan. I loved learning about the process of marketing the system and such.
Seems like the UK has all the neat game books.
Edit: The site kept declining my card, but was able to place my order for the Super Famicom book & Generation 64 (history book on Commodore 64) via Paypal. Can't wait to check them out.
marcbret87
Member
I bought both the Super Famicom (received it yesterday) and the Mega Drive Collected and both are excellent books. Definitely recommended.
god damn it
really wish i didn't just buy from the official website for $60 canadian ; _ ;
Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
Is this a safe sight? I'll buy it right now no doubt!
Yeah, it's legit (I'm pretty sure they're owned by Amazon now).
I'm still not seeing this discount though? Even with a US VPN it's saying $36.60 for me.
Tizoc
Member
Book Depository is safe, GAF generally recommends it.
BumblebeeCody
Member
Looks very nice but I hate the box.
Dangerblade
Member
Got my collector's edition in the week. First thing I noticed...a typo in the very first line of the blurb on the back of the box ("an" instead of "fan"). Slightly spoils the beautiful artwork...
I preordered from the official site awhile back but have yet to get any shipping confirmation. Have people already gotten their copies?
Tizoc
Member
Umm shipping and handling would be GBP 15, is there any way to cut that down?
Waaay back when you could pre-order, they did a discount for shipping, but otherwise, I think that's the only place you can get the book unless you wanna try places like eBay. I haven't seen it listed on Amazon or that Book Depository place.
I saved some money by having it get sent to my friend in EU who was coming to the US, though some stuff happened & I had to wait a good year or so before finally getting it, but it was still in great condition after all that time I had to wait.
This is why I'm so glad I can get most, if not all the books I want from Bitmap Books via Book Depository, because having to import most of my gaming books from the UK seriously adds up. Even had to order directly from Pix 'n Love at one point because holy crap History of Nintendo vol. 2 is either super expensive or hard to find directly from an US source.
Tizoc
Member
Ah well ill go ahead and order it soon
Thing is gbp 50 for 1 book costs more than my last instocktrades order wherein i got 4 books xp
Yeah, it's a shame, because I try to check all over the place before buying directly from a company if I have to deal with importing because shipping just kills it being over $10+. Either places like Amazon sold out or the company that printed the book didn't send it out to be made available through most other means (I recall the book was a kickstarter, so maybe that was part of the reason).
It's part of the reason why I held off on getting Bitmap Books' stuff, because until now, I couldn't find their books on US sites or a place that offered cheap or free shipping.
Type_Raver
Member
Will it have screenshots, concept art and any other special features?
Looks cool, but based on the images so far it only contains box arts and a blurb of the game.
Looks cool, but based on the images so far it only contains box arts and a blurb of the game.
There seems to be interviews from other collectors, but yes, the main focus of the book is about different Super Famicom box arts and critiquing them with a brief mention about the game itself.
MrSaturn99
Member
Apparently one of my parents misplaced the package or something, LOL.
BEAUTIFUL book! So glad they included my favorite (the Kirby Super Star paulownia wood one), and I found myself wanting to play a lot of stuff I never heard of before. I did notice a lot of typos and grammatical errors, though.
BEAUTIFUL book! So glad they included my favorite (the Kirby Super Star paulownia wood one), and I found myself wanting to play a lot of stuff I never heard of before. I did notice a lot of typos and grammatical errors, though.
IrishNinja
Member
damn, how'd i miss this?
yoooooo
broke as fuck, but $24 shipped?! can't beat that!
god, i love that book too
yoooooo
broke as fuck, but $24 shipped?! can't beat that!
god, i love that book too
Tizoc
Member
How long does it take readonlymemory to fulfill orders? I emailed them yesterday regarding my order but they hadnt replied yet ToT
Yeah i know it is only a day now but i really needs dat book
I ordered on Friday and mine shipped at like 2 AM this morning my time (PST).
metareferential
Member
Got it yesterday, it's incredible.
foomfoom415
Member
I ordered both books (SFC book from bitmap books, and Genesis book from Read Only Memory). The SFC book was shipped and arrived the next day. 6 days later still no word about the Genesis book. I guess they are actually unable to tell you when it's dispatched, which is frankly a bit of an odd restriction to have in 2016...
Just woke up to find out they shipped out both books (separately for some reason) around 7:30 & then 8:30 AM Eastern for me. So guessing around Saturday or Monday for me.
I guess I should ask, has anyone read the visual compendiums from Bitmap Books? I've been thinking of getting those because I'd really like to learn more about the older gaming PCs like the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amiga, etc. & those seem like a good way to see the more popular games for the system.
Same thing here, let me know what they say if you contact them. I just shrugged when I opened the box, should probably e-mail them and complain but can't be bothered. :/
Just sent them an email. Will let you know what I find out.
Marty Chinn
Member
What box? Are you sure you're not confusing it with the Collector's Edition? That one came in a box. The standard version didn't.
That was my impression, collector edition has the fancy book, standard is just the book, i should get mine tomorrow ...
My understanding was the Collector's edition was available to anyone who had preordered the book. After it was released, it would be the standard version. When I ordered, it had still not been released.
Marty Chinn
Member
No, there were two versions available for preorder. The Collector's Edition was twice the price. I didn't feel it was worth it because the only difference was you got a fancy box for it.
Oh...Ok, that's what I did then. My own fault. So the price for the collector's edition was in the area of $100 then? I paid just over $50. I agree, not worth it in that case.
Marty Chinn
Member
I'm not sure what the exact conversion rate is, but the standard book was 24.99 pounds while the collector's edition was 49.99 pounds. I'm sure shipping is probably roughly the same, so maybe not quite double in the end, but close.
24.99 pounds = $36.54
49.99 pounds = $73.10
Shipping was about $15 for outside the US, so yeah, would've been about $51 for the regular book, then $88 for the collector's edition.
& the collector's edition was basically a special box & a poster.
49.99 pounds = $73.10
Shipping was about $15 for outside the US, so yeah, would've been about $51 for the regular book, then $88 for the collector's edition.
& the collector's edition was basically a special box & a poster.
mightynine
Member
This is now listed as back in stock at The Book Depository.
The Hermit
Member
I have to buy that
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