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DDoctor Depravo reacted to JLowder's post in the thread Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED] with
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Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back, by Rebecca Giblin and... -
DDoctor Depravo reacted to Garwalf's post in the thread Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED] with Like.
While it's not directly related to the Diamond bankruptcy, the New York Times just published a review of a book about private equity...
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DDoctor Depravo reacted to JLowder's post in the thread Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED] with Like.
All of which speaks to how predatory some major hobby market businesses, especially in the US, have become, and how careful you have to...
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DDoctor Depravo reacted to Morrus's post in the thread Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED] with Like.
Sure, people are being hyperbolic. What they mean is "this sucks and is unfair". Which you know, I'm sure.
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DDoctor Depravo reacted to Jd Smith1's post in the thread Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED] with Like.
As has been explained repeatedly in this thread, this is not a scam, nor a 'heist' (nor the 1920s, see), nor is there stealing involved...
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DDoctor Depravo reacted to Staffan's post in the thread Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED] with Like.
That appears to be the exception. As an example, neither Pinnacle nor Onyx Path does that. Heck, even Paizo doesn't do that.
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DDoctor Depravo reacted to JLowder's post in the thread Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED] with Like.
That's a relatively new trend for publishers in the market, at least for those based out of the US. Brexit, the explosion in postal...
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DDoctor Depravo reacted to Morrus's post in the thread Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED] with Like.
Many publishers have warehouses or fulfilment partners on both sides of the Atlantic. We’re tiny, but even we have warehouses in the US...
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DDoctor Depravo reacted to Staffan's post in the thread Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED] with Like.
It also really sucks for customers who live on this side of the Pond when things aren't in distribution, because of transatlantic...
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DDoctor Depravo reacted to JLowder's post in the thread Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED] with Like.
A fair number of publishers were already increasing efforts to sell direct to customers because of various long-standing and systemic...
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DDoctor Depravo reacted to lynnfredricks's post in the thread Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED] with Like.
I agree. And there are significant shifts happening already. As a parallel to this, when we changed from floppies to CDROM, the CDROM...
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DDoctor Depravo reacted to Wofano Wotanto's post in the thread Magazines Dragon Reflections #94 with Like.
Griffons have always bugged me. Even setting aside the impossibility of something that size and shape being able to fly, just try to...
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DDoctor Depravo reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Magazines Dragon Reflections #94 with Like.
I would love to see an RPG bestiary done by someone in Barlowe's scientific biology style. I have to imagine griffons, etc., would look...
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DDoctor Depravo reacted to Wofano Wotanto's post in the thread Magazines Dragon Reflections #94 with Like.
Arguably true. Jorune's art always reminds me of Wayne Barlowe's sketches of a nascent fantasy setting he was working on that were...
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DDoctor Depravo reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Magazines Dragon Reflections #94 with Like.
Yeah, I was a V&V GM at the time -- almost as much as AD&D -- and saved all of those write-ups, since some of those characters appeared...