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Do you maybe have anything constructive to add? Part of one campaign where they could be replaced by cultists, single 4e adventure and...

Since you are speaking to motivation and claiming special knowledge, you really should be sharing your sources.

Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back, by Rebecca Giblin and...

While it's not directly related to the Diamond bankruptcy, the New York Times just published a review of a book about private equity...

Sure, people are being hyperbolic. What they mean is "this sucks and is unfair". Which you know, I'm sure.

All of which speaks to how predatory some major hobby market businesses, especially in the US, have become, and how careful you have to...

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...