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I have a question about whether something I was contemplating would be "frowned upon" by the powers that be. I don't want to be the recipient of a brutal frowning incident.
I am the co-author of a book written for the Rolemaster System by ICE. Due to their past habit of not paying their authors, we had a bit of a dispute and ultimately the copyright reverted to us (the authors). Since then, the book has been out of print and very hard to get a copy of.
I still have several copies of the book in my posession and I frequently get requests for them. I would like to make one or more copies available to those who want them but couldn't make up my mind as to who to sell them to. So I decided to put one on ebay.
My specific question to the admins is whether I am allowed to post a message about this on the boards. I realize that this is specifically a D&D board, but I've seen many of the members mention having played Rolemaster. Them being aware of my auction is obviously of benefit to me, but, as I mentioned, the book is hard to come by and maybe there are those on these boards who would really like to bid for it.
I was guessing that your response would fall roughly into one of the following categories:
1) Sure, you can post a message and a link if you want to. After all, nobody looked askance when Dr. Midnight made his D20 S**t mugs available for sale.
2) You can post a message, but don't include a link to ebay. Instead, tell them they can e-mail you for the url.
3) Nope. This site is for general entertainment and q&a regarding D&D. Peddle your wares somewhere else.
As I implied in option 1, I don't think that my post would be out of sync with what I've seen here in the past. On the other hand, I wouldn't want the General RPG forum (where I intended to post) to become deluged with tons of "CHECK OUT MY NEW ITEM ON EBAY!" posts. I wouldn't enjoy having to wade through that kind of stuff in order to get to the meaningful posts.
In any event, I wasn't sure whether or not this was allowed and I wanted to check with the mods before I posted. Thanks for your consideration and the great job you do, regardless of how you rule in my specific situation.
I am the co-author of a book written for the Rolemaster System by ICE. Due to their past habit of not paying their authors, we had a bit of a dispute and ultimately the copyright reverted to us (the authors). Since then, the book has been out of print and very hard to get a copy of.
I still have several copies of the book in my posession and I frequently get requests for them. I would like to make one or more copies available to those who want them but couldn't make up my mind as to who to sell them to. So I decided to put one on ebay.
My specific question to the admins is whether I am allowed to post a message about this on the boards. I realize that this is specifically a D&D board, but I've seen many of the members mention having played Rolemaster. Them being aware of my auction is obviously of benefit to me, but, as I mentioned, the book is hard to come by and maybe there are those on these boards who would really like to bid for it.
I was guessing that your response would fall roughly into one of the following categories:
1) Sure, you can post a message and a link if you want to. After all, nobody looked askance when Dr. Midnight made his D20 S**t mugs available for sale.
2) You can post a message, but don't include a link to ebay. Instead, tell them they can e-mail you for the url.
3) Nope. This site is for general entertainment and q&a regarding D&D. Peddle your wares somewhere else.
As I implied in option 1, I don't think that my post would be out of sync with what I've seen here in the past. On the other hand, I wouldn't want the General RPG forum (where I intended to post) to become deluged with tons of "CHECK OUT MY NEW ITEM ON EBAY!" posts. I wouldn't enjoy having to wade through that kind of stuff in order to get to the meaningful posts.
In any event, I wasn't sure whether or not this was allowed and I wanted to check with the mods before I posted. Thanks for your consideration and the great job you do, regardless of how you rule in my specific situation.
Luckily, though, this probably won't happen here anyway. 
