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<blockquote data-quote="Epic Meepo" data-source="post: 9585761" data-attributes="member: 57073">I'm wondering if anyone can offer some insight into the best time to release a 3pp product. Specifically, I've been writing a Forgotten Realms product for the DMsGuild in my spare time over the past few years. Life permitting, I could probably release it this summer, if not earlier. However, WotC has announced the release of two new Forgotten Realms campaign setting books near the end of this year. That leaves me wondering when I should publish.If I had enough inside knowledge to coordinate my content with the official books, the answer would be easy: I'd release my product at the same time as the WotC books and emphasize how it expands upon those books in particular. Obviously, I can't actually arrange that level of coordination. That makes me wary of releasing anything at the same time as the official Forgotten Realms books. But then, when should I release my 3pp Forgotten Realms book?On the one hand, I could just release the book when it's ready this summer; but I worry some folks might decide anything released prior to the latest official books is obsolete, even when it isn't. Alternately, I could wait until after the official Realms books have been released, possibly make some edits in response to content in the official books, and then release something shiny and new after the fact. But then I risk being late to the party.Any thoughts on this?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Epic Meepo, post: 9585761, member: 57073"] I'm wondering if anyone can offer some insight into the best time to release a 3pp product. Specifically, I've been writing a Forgotten Realms product for the DMsGuild in my spare time over the past few years. Life permitting, I could probably release it this summer, if not earlier. However, WotC has announced the release of two new Forgotten Realms campaign setting books near the end of this year. That leaves me wondering when I should publish. If I had enough inside knowledge to coordinate my content with the official books, the answer would be easy: I'd release my product at the same time as the WotC books and emphasize how it expands upon those books in particular. Obviously, I can't actually arrange that level of coordination. That makes me wary of releasing anything at the same time as the official Forgotten Realms books. But then, when should I release my 3pp Forgotten Realms book? On the one hand, I could just release the book when it's ready this summer; but I worry some folks might decide anything released prior to the latest official books is obsolete, even when it isn't. Alternately, I could wait until after the official Realms books have been released, possibly make some edits in response to content in the official books, and then release something shiny and new after the fact. But then I risk being late to the party. Any thoughts on this? [/QUOTE]

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