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My wife’s a librarian and one of their big vendors just went subscription only. They used to have an option where a library purchase meant that the content was purchased and accessible when the contract expired. Now, the library pays forever or they lose access to entire databases and...

Now Amazon controls complete access to how you can deliver your purchases to your device. I, for example, keep my kindle in airplane mode. If I bring it online, Amazon wipes ALL of my sideloaded content as well as all of my locally created bookshelves. They only way to prevent this is to give...

You can tie your Nook to Calibre and get the content to archive on your computer. I will not buy an ebook unless I can make sure my copy is backed up.

No. You are only buying an account based license now.

It does not matter. Amazon admitted that there is still backdoor DRM because the book is locked to your kindle. When you could download the book, a non-DRM copy could be read anywhere. No longer.

Yep. In the early days, libraries could get perpetual licenses. Now, the big vendors only give them subscriptions that include weekly or monthly usage counts. This allows them to enforce scarcity on non-scarce resource.

It has been my typical experience for the past 25 years.

For my printer, Sheridan Press, we send them the mailing list each month and they add the mailing labels when they package the books or journals and then deliver them to the shipper.

Cool. I have never heard of it.

It is much cheaper to have the printer bulk ship the copies to USPS than ship to a warehouse and then re-ship from that location. Of course, it depends on your logistics. If you print in the EU or China and ship to the US, you may collect them at a local warehouse or logistics point to dump into...

Ah. I wish we’d get a 2e retro clone.

Is this a new version of Swords and Wizardry?

If you have the mailing list already, then yes. I ship directly from the printer every time with the remainder going to the warehouse.

I'll drop it although I think it is linked to people's perception of the value of a digital book. I agree that higher prices lead to a more equitable pay for creators. I do not mind the higher prices when I believe that the creators are doing better.

I understand. I only ignore someone if I feel that they are a troll or purposely hateful.

No. EN Publishing, as far as I have seen, does not state that you are buying a license to use the PDF. For eBooks, Amazon clearly states that you are only buying a license to read the book. They can update or remove the book at any time. You used to be able to download an archived version of...

I had heavily invested in the old WOTC D&D minis. I did not buy any of the WizKids stuff until the D&D 50th. I was struck by the lack of value and quality versus the older sets from WOTC. 4 versus 8 miniatures for 25 to 50% more. I will never touch WizKids again. They are terrible and I warn...

I have not seen that in action. I, finally, convinced someone in one of my old groups to DM. It is the first time I have played since 2002. He chose 5.5. So far, we are in Tomb of Annihilation and everything melts and he is using the new versions of the monsters. This was supposed to be a more...

The average cost of a paperback has risen to 13.99 with HC between 30 and 40.

The problem is that the perceived value of the digital item is not the same as physical. Publishers have created this problem by making digital products licensed rather than owned. It is a jerk move to force the idea that people own nothing and should be happy about it. Amazon is now leading...