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There's a scary thread over on RPG.net discussing the potential fall of Borders, and how it could affect the entire RPG industry...
Here's the link to the thread on RPG.net
Borders Troubles...
Basically Borders is heading towards bankruptcy, and ramifactions of unpaid sales to publishers, or at least to the distributor could mean big trouble for WotC, Paizo, FFG. If sales had gone through Publishing Services Inc. as the distributor, it could lessen the effect on publishers, or could bring the distributor down as well and effect the whole industry.
I'm not reposting the numbers from the RPG.net thread, as they are guesses at best, and I'm not a numbers guy.
It is potentially a multi-million dollar hit on WotC, and over $100 K for Paizo, if the numbers are anything close to those mentioned in that thread.
No matter what the outcome - this seems like a very scary scenario.
Thoughts?
Here's the link to the thread on RPG.net
Borders Troubles...
Basically Borders is heading towards bankruptcy, and ramifactions of unpaid sales to publishers, or at least to the distributor could mean big trouble for WotC, Paizo, FFG. If sales had gone through Publishing Services Inc. as the distributor, it could lessen the effect on publishers, or could bring the distributor down as well and effect the whole industry.
I'm not reposting the numbers from the RPG.net thread, as they are guesses at best, and I'm not a numbers guy.
It is potentially a multi-million dollar hit on WotC, and over $100 K for Paizo, if the numbers are anything close to those mentioned in that thread.
No matter what the outcome - this seems like a very scary scenario.
Thoughts?