From:	Roger J. An ricker@********.com
Subject:	Shadowrun 3rd Edition Hardcover
Date:	Wed, 4 Aug 1999 12:47:52 -0400 (EDT)

On Wed, 4 Aug 1999 runnerpaul@*****.com wrote:

> :Why does FASA always discontinue the hardcovers?
>
> In general, it would seem that FASA does not think that demand for
> core rulebooks in hardcover is large enough to justify the higher
> per-unit manufacturing costs of a hardcover.

*Sniff*
I'd buy a reasonably priced hardcover of the core book. I mean I always
have to lug my softcover to school, my friend's houses, etc and it gets
destroyed in the process! No matter how careful I am with bookcovers and
telling all my friends not to bend the spine too much, it eventually falls
prey to wear and tear. I think most role-players bring their core books
to places with them and then there's a crowd who only buys the book for
pleasure reading.

If any FASA folks are reading, I think there most definitely is a market
for the hardcovers.

Those were my two bits,

Roger J. An