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A Theory of Fun is available again on Amazon

August 29th, 2008 (Visited 1685 times) Tags: game design, game grammar, theory of fun

This is a nice blog anniversary surprise!

I don’t know for how long, or why (maybe the publisher stuff is sorted out? Maybe someone found a cache of them hidden under a mossy rock north of Pirate Cove) — but it’s claims 1-3 weeks shipping time, and it’s $17.24, and it’s not used copies. As you may or may not know, it’s been out of print since last October or so, and copies have been going for as high as $300.

If you’ve been waiting, now might be the time to order it!

Theory of Fun for Game Design @ Amazon

BTW, if any current owners want to review it, it could use some fresh reviews…

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Wolfgang Wozniak said on August 30th, 2008 at 12:04 am:
Must buy all copies… must resell for 500% more… Must…. profit!

Kidding, somehow, I scored a copy last year around Christmas.
Michael Chui said on August 30th, 2008 at 8:43 am:
BTW, if any current owners want to review it, it could use some fresh reviews…

Whee… I’ve never done a book review before. That was kinda fun.

It’s also worth pointing out that there’s some kind of “Fall Textbook Promotion” that Amazon is doing that includes this. That’s probably related to its being in stock all the sudden.
rootdown said on August 30th, 2008 at 9:10 am:
Ossum. I have ordered mine!
Raph said on August 30th, 2008 at 10:28 am:

Hmm, from #238,000 on the charts to #1,097 in one day.
Morgan Ramsay said on August 30th, 2008 at 1:24 pm:
Hmm, from #238,000 on the charts to #1,097 in one day.

Ah, so the whole “out of print” shebang was part of the plan! Increase the value of the book by decreasing the availability! I still think the lack of a digital version is pretty wacky considering the subject matter.
Eolirin said on August 31st, 2008 at 11:20 pm:
I’m going to echo Morgan on that, why is there no pdf?
Patrick said on September 1st, 2008 at 11:49 am:
I sold mine for $100 last week, bam!
Raph said on September 2nd, 2008 at 10:15 am:

I’m going to echo Morgan on that, why is there no pdf?

It didn’t get released as an eBook originally, and that is a publisher decision to make. Then when it went out of print, I decided to try finding a new publisher first before just giving it away, as that might mean no publisher would take it.

I’d like to get it out there electronically, though. I clicked the “request as Kindle” button on Amazon, did you?
Eolirin said on September 2nd, 2008 at 1:29 pm:
I wasn’t aware that was an option, but I have now!
Mark H said on September 2nd, 2008 at 1:40 pm:
I’ll definitely buy one if it comes out for Kindle.
I love that thing.
*presses button*
Derek Licciardi said on September 4th, 2008 at 4:04 am:
I just bought the book. I’ll review it after I am done reading it on my blog.
tallimar said on September 4th, 2008 at 3:24 pm:
i finally got my own copy purchased as well and i cant wait to crack it open! *waits for a thump on the doorstep*
rootdown said on September 18th, 2008 at 6:04 pm:
Man, Amazon’s doing a great job of not shipping me this book.