Am I losing my mind or did the Physical Book Prices go up $20?
I checked Amazon to see what the Black Friday Sales looed like, as I have purchased some books at good rates on previous sales.
Usually the older 5e books ran for $30 normally and you could pick up some for $20 or slightly under.
Now all of the books on Amazon are listed at $50 and are on sale for $40!
Am I remembering correctly or am I way off?
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Breathe, dragons; sing of the First World, forged out of chaos and painted with beauty. Sing of Bahamut, the Platinum, molding the shape of the mountains and rivers; Sing too of Chromatic Tiamat, painting all over the infinite canvas. Partnered, they woke in the darkness; partnered, they labored in acts of creation.
In the UK they're all still the same £30-£35 they've always been. It's possible Amazon US finally got fed up swallowing tariff rises and passed them along
Am I losing my mind or did the Physical Book Prices go up $20?
I checked Amazon to see what the Black Friday Sales looed like, as I have purchased some books at good rates on previous sales.
Usually the older 5e books ran for $30 normally and you could pick up some for $20 or slightly under.
Now all of the books on Amazon are listed at $50 and are on sale for $40!
Am I remembering correctly or am I way off?
The US list price for the physical core books has always been $49.99 as far as I'm aware. The digital versions are $29.99, but you can only buy those here on D&D Beyond, not on Amazon.
Am I losing my mind or did the Physical Book Prices go up $20?
I checked Amazon to see what the Black Friday Sales looed like, as I have purchased some books at good rates on previous sales.
Usually the older 5e books ran for $30 normally and you could pick up some for $20 or slightly under.
Now all of the books on Amazon are listed at $50 and are on sale for $40!
Am I remembering correctly or am I way off?
The US list price for the physical core books has always been $49.99 as far as I'm aware. The digital versions are $29.99, but you can only buy those here on D&D Beyond, not on Amazon.
Respectfully, their question/complaint was not about the digital books, but the physical. Although the digital form is cheaper, it has the draw back of losing access to it if D&D beyond were to fold or you lose access to your email account, since there is no way to download the digital copy.
Am I losing my mind or did the Physical Book Prices go up $20?
I checked Amazon to see what the Black Friday Sales looed like, as I have purchased some books at good rates on previous sales.
Usually the older 5e books ran for $30 normally and you could pick up some for $20 or slightly under.
Now all of the books on Amazon are listed at $50 and are on sale for $40!
Am I remembering correctly or am I way off?
The US list price for the physical core books has always been $49.99 as far as I'm aware. The digital versions are $29.99, but you can only buy those here on D&D Beyond, not on Amazon.
Respectfully, their question/complaint was not about the digital books, but the physical. Although the digital form is cheaper, it has the draw back of losing access to it if D&D beyond were to fold or you lose access to your email account, since there is no way to download the digital copy.
That would be why the first thing I said in my post was answering their question about the physical version.
I looked at my purchase history on Amazon. I bought the 2014 PHB, DMG, and MM when they were first released and paid about $30 each for them. Though as wagnarokkr pointed out, the MSRP on the books is $49.99 each ($49.95 for the 2014 PHB, DMG, and MM, for a bit of fun trivia). So the base price on the books hasn't gone up. Amazon just isn't cutting as steep a discount on D&D books as they used to.
Also, more credit to wagnarokker, the digital books are listed at $29.99 on D&D Beyond, though several including the 2024 PHB, DMG, and MM are currently on sale for $25.49. Not sure if you're wanting to buy into D&D Beyond's digital platform or stick to strictly physical books, so do with that information what you will.
EDIT: No sale, somehow I forgot I got the Legendary Bundle at one point and that was the discount I saw.
Yeah, the books have always been list of 50. How much amazon and other discounters sell them for is often an opaque calculation. (For instance, right now, the PHB is 47, but the MM and DMG are 40. It all depends on what their pricing algorithms think makes them more money.
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Am I losing my mind or did the Physical Book Prices go up $20?
I checked Amazon to see what the Black Friday Sales looed like, as I have purchased some books at good rates on previous sales.
Usually the older 5e books ran for $30 normally and you could pick up some for $20 or slightly under.
Now all of the books on Amazon are listed at $50 and are on sale for $40!
Am I remembering correctly or am I way off?
Breathe, dragons; sing of the First World, forged out of chaos and painted with beauty.
Sing of Bahamut, the Platinum, molding the shape of the mountains and rivers;
Sing too of Chromatic Tiamat, painting all over the infinite canvas.
Partnered, they woke in the darkness; partnered, they labored in acts of creation.
In the UK they're all still the same £30-£35 they've always been. It's possible Amazon US finally got fed up swallowing tariff rises and passed them along
The US list price for the physical core books has always been $49.99 as far as I'm aware. The digital versions are $29.99, but you can only buy those here on D&D Beyond, not on Amazon.
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Respectfully, their question/complaint was not about the digital books, but the physical. Although the digital form is cheaper, it has the draw back of losing access to it if D&D beyond were to fold or you lose access to your email account, since there is no way to download the digital copy.
That would be why the first thing I said in my post was answering their question about the physical version.
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I looked at my purchase history on Amazon. I bought the 2014 PHB, DMG, and MM when they were first released and paid about $30 each for them. Though as wagnarokkr pointed out, the MSRP on the books is $49.99 each ($49.95 for the 2014 PHB, DMG, and MM, for a bit of fun trivia). So the base price on the books hasn't gone up. Amazon just isn't cutting as steep a discount on D&D books as they used to.
Also, more credit to wagnarokker, the digital books are listed at $29.99 on D&D Beyond,
though several including the 2024 PHB, DMG, and MM are currently on sale for $25.49.Not sure if you're wanting to buy into D&D Beyond's digital platform or stick to strictly physical books, so do with that information what you will.EDIT: No sale, somehow I forgot I got the Legendary Bundle at one point and that was the discount I saw.
Yeah, the books have always been list of 50. How much amazon and other discounters sell them for is often an opaque calculation. (For instance, right now, the PHB is 47, but the MM and DMG are 40. It all depends on what their pricing algorithms think makes them more money.