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<blockquote data-quote="JohnA" data-source="post: 8597065" data-attributes="member: 7033082"><p>Back before Kickstarter, they called these "heartbreakers, " I believe, because the authors pored everything they had into them, and then couldn't get them advertised, distributed, sold, before the game system or popular opinion moved on. The author would be stuck with a garage load of books. </p><p></p><p>These here are different. Crowdfunding sells the books AHEAD of publication. People are able to find these now more than ever (I thank ENWorld to help me navigate the KS website) and the project is funded and paid off before the material is even printed. If it is forgotten two years from now? So what. The customers that wanted got it and the authors didn't have to print too many . I think the current situation is damn near perfect for the creator AND the consumer. </p><p></p><p>We live in a pretty good era for TTRPG.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JohnA, post: 8597065, member: 7033082"] Back before Kickstarter, they called these "heartbreakers, " I believe, because the authors pored everything they had into them, and then couldn't get them advertised, distributed, sold, before the game system or popular opinion moved on. The author would be stuck with a garage load of books. These here are different. Crowdfunding sells the books AHEAD of publication. People are able to find these now more than ever (I thank ENWorld to help me navigate the KS website) and the project is funded and paid off before the material is even printed. If it is forgotten two years from now? So what. The customers that wanted got it and the authors didn't have to print too many . I think the current situation is damn near perfect for the creator AND the consumer. We live in a pretty good era for TTRPG. [/QUOTE]
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