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When I first saw this, my initial thought was there is going to be a large and noticeable void in gaming availability to the public for...

They have to stop the bleeding, even if doing so means more short-term damage to them by limiting access to their new releases.

If GAMA offers seminars or education on UCC-1s and other paperwork, they should be saying something. It's so frustrating how almost each...

Unfortunately, that’s not really an option. Most publishers do offer that option, but it’s only a tiny percentage of their retail sales...

This seems pretty bad, RPG industry-wise. Diamond dumping a bunch of inventory on the market at low prices is probably not great...

I guess theft is legal now.

The damage is far more direct. The publishers all paid for these specific products to be printed, and the money that went into printing...

Diamond has absolutely earned their reputation as one of the most hated wholesalers.

At base, TSR/Lorraine wanted DC to publish Buck Rogers comics. DC was not interested. TSR pushed—and pushed hard—for a time, for DC to...

First off, many thanks for these wonderful comments and insights. I've been hoping for more of your perspective and firsthand info in...

I mean, let's be honest here. Virtually no company has succeeded on solely RPG products. TSR made a very large amount of it's money on...

@JLowder Thanks for adding so much fascinating insight! I wanted to ask that, as far as the underlying causes for TSR's collapse goes...

Huh. I was under the impression that there was a previous "death spiral" of sorts with returned fiction. The way I understood it was...

That's tended to be overstated, in my experience, but there were some specific problems. The company definitely published too many...

That ends up being a lot like overprinting some products or adding products to the schedule to game the RH deal—get money on ship faster...