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>>What's stopping you from posting a link to your work that is outside of Gleemax? Nothing. So if you really want to get exposure on Gleemax, you can post a link instead of the actual content. Presumably, someone that is looking to publish their work will already have a website elsewhere... so...

As a publisher with copyrights and trademarks that in no way are related to D20 or the OGL I can say that there is absolutely no chance in hell they would get NON D20/OGL publisher participation in their social networking site if they think they can use it as free license IP grab. Those terms...

The Guild of Blades Publishing Group is happy to announce it has a new E-product download store front, offered in association with One Bookshelf Inc. To celebrate this the Guild of Blades is now offering a 30% off sale on most of its E-products. Comes check us out at the new store at...

>>Where'd these numbers come from? Also, how do pre-orders and re-orders affect the profit margin? I thought the margin was set by cogs and distribution and shipping costs. I'm not being critical here, just curious. This is like, the most interesting thread I've read on ENWorld in years.<<...

>>The current consensus (if that's what it is) is sad. It's like an auto manufacturer choosing to pull money away from engine R&D in order to pay for fancy exterior styling research and a gonzo marketing campaign. Not necessarily the best choice in the long run, but maybe what you have to do to...

>>If you take the guy who normally ships your packages, answers your phones and does your billing, sit him down at a desk for 8 hours and have him proofread 4 chapters of the next book you are shipping, you are losing the cost of whatever 8 hours of his normal work is worth to you. You are NOT...

>>Holy cash-cow Batman! How many RPG companies pay their employees $25 an hour?!<< Precious few. Understand this clearly though. If it is costing a company $25 per hour for an employee it does NOT mean the employee is actually getting $25 per hour. Here are just some of the associated costs...

>>3rd party RPG product producers make $2 of profit on each book they sell?<< Well, no, probably not. The "average" 3rd party RPG product producer probably loses money on each book they sell. Thats why the majority of them go out of business after just publishing one to a handful of books. In...

>>If you've got 3-4 people working on a project it would take about one 8-hour day to divide the book into sections and have each of those people simply read a section thoroughly to catch those kinds of glaring errors.<< So, an extra 32 man hours at roughly $25 per hour = $800. For a book...

>>So, seeing those types of errors in 3rd party product leads me to believe that the producer is either too lazy to care or thinks they're stuff is so hot that people won't mind. Either way, I remain unimpressed.<< It is not that the publishers are lazy and rarely that that they think their...

Ryan S. Johnson Guild of Blades Publishing Group http://www.guildofblades.com dowrie@guildofblades.com 810-625-3000 Guild of Blades Publishing Offers Gift Certificates DAVISON, MI, April 06, 2007 - The Guild of Blades Publishing Group is please to be able to offers its customers its new Gift...

>>I may be totally wrong here, but I believe that Mattel is another division of Hasbro.<< You ARE totally wrong here. Mattel tends to be Hasbro's "larger" competition. Most years, Hasbro is looking at its market share trying to figure out how to catch up to Mattel's sales. Hasbro simply has a...

>>Either D&D is worth something, in which case Hasbro will sell it. Or it isn't, in which case Hasbro won't bother sueing people over it. Either way, I have enough D&D stuff for the rest of the century.<< The D&D brand surely has value. The potential problem lies in disagreements in how much...

The Battle of Thermopylae 2nd Edition Board Game Released! March 9th, 2007. The Guild of Blades Publishing Group is happy to announce the release of the 2nd Edition for its fast paced, 2 player game, The Battle of Thermopylae. An Empires of History, Compact series game. The Battle of...

The War to End All Wars 3rd Edition Board Game Released! March 9th, 2007. The Guild of Blades Publishing Group is happy to announce the release of the Third Edition for its flagship World War I strategy board game, The War to End All Wars. An Empires of History game. First released in early...

I have invited readers here to e-mail me privately regarding the matter if they wish to hear more on the subject from me. If someone contacts me and seems sincere, I'll expand upon what I have written here. Regardless of that, my opinion is my opinion and its something I reserve the right to...

>>I just get irked when I see that kind of negativity, sorry.<< Sometimes negativity is justly deserved. Regardless, I am entitled to my opinion and I am entitled to share it if I care to. I can only base my opinions based on my direct experiences or from the experiences of those that I trust...

>>Thanks...that does clarify it. << Glad I could help. :uhoh: In short, the details of which I'm not really interested in drudging out for debate. Just saying, this spirit of cooperation and publisher centric bit that all the marketing hype behind YGN has been pushing, its not quite so rosy...

>>I couldn't disagree more...could you be more specific? I really don't understand what you could be talking about.<< Of course you don't... Ryan S. Johnson Guild of Blades Publishing Group http://www.guildofblades.com http://www.1483online.com http://www.thermopylae-online.com

>>I think you'll be surprised by the attitudes of everyone over at YGN<< Um, I have been less than impressed so far. Or, rather, not surprised by the attitudes. Business as usual with regards to the incestuous nature of the game industry. Ryan S. Johnson Guild of Blades Publishing Group...