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So basically the products they were hired to sell on the basis that they'd get part of the proceeds from the sale of said products as...

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...

Many publishers have warehouses or fulfilment partners on both sides of the Atlantic. We’re tiny, but even we have warehouses in the US...

It also really sucks for customers who live on this side of the Pond when things aren't in distribution, because of transatlantic...

And let's not discuss art rates.

A lot of it is that companies are finally starting to try to pay their creators properly. Even so, the industry is nowhere close to that...

Until recently, professional ttrpg writers were not even making professional rates compared to journalism or professional writing groups...

And of course, while the occasional FLGS might be willing to do that, the likes of Barnes & Noble absolutely will not be chasing down...

Times have been changing for a while (a good many years). Back in the early (D20) days, over 90% of all our sales went via distribution...

What a horrible gut-punch for the publishers. If Diamond is legally able to get away with this, I hope the publisher's lawyers would be...

A fair number of publishers were already increasing efforts to sell direct to customers because of various long-standing and systemic...

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...