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<blockquote data-quote="Rodrigo Istalindir" data-source="post: 3358550" data-attributes="member: 2810">Probably more prevelant here because the RPG industry is pretty small, with a finite amount of resources.&nbsp; A big publishing house will put out hundreds or thousands ot titles a year; there's no sense that when you buy a book by author X that it means you don't get one by author Y.&nbsp; Although, to be honest, when I see some of the crap authors that put out a book every other week, I really have to wonder what unpublished masterpieces aren't seeing the light of day.But when a company like WotC decides to publish an Eberron book, that's a siginificant investment for them.&nbsp; That's not to say that they sacrificed an FR book to do it -- they're making their decisions based on what will sell -- but there is inarguably less room for the niche and experimental products in the RPG industry than in book publishing in general.&nbsp; That just makes those exceptions (Bo9S, Incarnum, etc) more special.Where this does start to irk me a little, though, is when a company won't devote the resources to something, and then won't let others fill that niche out of fear of competition or whatever.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rodrigo Istalindir, post: 3358550, member: 2810"] Probably more prevelant here because the RPG industry is pretty small, with a finite amount of resources. A big publishing house will put out hundreds or thousands ot titles a year; there's no sense that when you buy a book by author X that it means you don't get one by author Y. Although, to be honest, when I see some of the crap authors that put out a book every other week, I really have to wonder what unpublished masterpieces aren't seeing the light of day. But when a company like WotC decides to publish an Eberron book, that's a siginificant investment for them. That's not to say that they sacrificed an FR book to do it -- they're making their decisions based on what will sell -- but there is inarguably less room for the niche and experimental products in the RPG industry than in book publishing in general. That just makes those exceptions (Bo9S, Incarnum, etc) more special. Where this does start to irk me a little, though, is when a company won't devote the resources to something, and then won't let others fill that niche out of fear of competition or whatever. [/QUOTE]

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