DW: The Darksmith Legacy canceled?

[mtemplar_fic]

Received an email this morning from the Book Depository saying that my preorder would be refunded, as 'the line has been canceled'. Anyone know anything about this? I did some digging around, and the Book Depository has yet to remove #4, along with subsequent releases from their site. Same story at Amazon UK. The Darksmith website has nothing, and appears to be functioning normally.

*grumbles* I'm hoping it's just that the BD has decided not to carry the line, not that it's actually being halted.

EDIT: Have heard from the Book Depository (did I mention I lurve them?) - apparently, they've run out of their stock, NOT that the series is being canceled. Will have to order Darksmith #4 from elsewhere, but I'm ok with that, as long as the series is still ongoing. So, I suppose my next question is for principia_coh - when did you preorder Darksmith #4?

Comments

[garpu.livejournal.com]

I've heard nothing. Wow, what a bummer. :(

[roxyk630.livejournal.com]

It's possible that a number of things happened? Either 1.) They're cancelling the title-i.e. its not selling enough. 2.) BD isn't carrying it any longer 3.)The release date has been shipped back to a point that is indefinite... so the distributor can't tell the other distributers a definite ship date (so they cancel). 4. They've limited it's release to certain distributors.

1 or 2 is most likely? *hughug* From how long I worked in comics (ESPECIALLY with stuff like this) that usually means the title has been cancelled. Amazon has hideous habit of listing titles they don't/will never have for "pre-release." IDW will NOT tell you until all of their distributors KNOW they are cancelling the title. I'd drop them a line and ask?

[principia-coh.livejournal.com]

I have in a couple of orders with BD that involve the DSL books; I've yet to receive such an email.

[kammgirl.livejournal.com]

Wait are these the BBC novels? They are discontinuing them?

Yep, they cancelled on me as well

[principia-coh.livejournal.com]

Just got a cancellation notice from TBD; if it helps, I wasn't getting any sort of a discount.

They issued the same email, claiming the line has been discontinued. I've emailed them back with the following query:

"Hello!

Am I correct in my understanding from your message below that the entire series of The Darksmith Legacy books have been cancelled? If that is indeed the case, I have further books in the series as part of the same order, up through the farthest-out book you had available, The Darksmith Legacy: The Pictures of Emptiness Bk. 8 .

If the remainder of the series is not to be published, when may I expect a refund on the remaining items?"

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We'll see what they have to say to that one.