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<blockquote data-quote="Sleepy Voiced" data-source="post: 2103069" data-attributes="member: 20329"><p>The rising price in RPG books (admittedly fairly modest in comparison to other products) has forced me to drastically reduce my purchases.&nbsp; Now, I can handle that. It is a game I like, and I can certainly play it with the dozens of books I have for decades to come.&nbsp; My concern is for the people who make their living off of these products.&nbsp; Clearly no one in the RPG industry is getting rich off of their books, especially the FLGSs of the world.&nbsp; Many of us have turned to big discounters to get our books as they get more expensive.&nbsp; This means the books still get purchased, and the creators still get paid, but the cost is that the FLGS is cut out.&nbsp; I know a lot of people don't have access to a decent games shop, and the internet discounters make sense for them.&nbsp; I buy (bought, that is) a lot of my books from amazon, but there is a great games shop fairly close to where I live.&nbsp; As someone who worked for a small bookstore for several years I understand how difficult it is to compete with the internet.&nbsp; So now my plan is for every book I buy online, the next one I get at my FLGS.&nbsp; I can't afford to get them all there, but they certainly deserve my business more than amazon.&nbsp; I would hate to see another FLGS disappear.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Sleepy Voiced, post: 2103069, member: 20329"] The rising price in RPG books (admittedly fairly modest in comparison to other products) has forced me to drastically reduce my purchases. Now, I can handle that. It is a game I like, and I can certainly play it with the dozens of books I have for decades to come. My concern is for the people who make their living off of these products. Clearly no one in the RPG industry is getting rich off of their books, especially the FLGSs of the world. Many of us have turned to big discounters to get our books as they get more expensive. This means the books still get purchased, and the creators still get paid, but the cost is that the FLGS is cut out. I know a lot of people don't have access to a decent games shop, and the internet discounters make sense for them. I buy (bought, that is) a lot of my books from amazon, but there is a great games shop fairly close to where I live. As someone who worked for a small bookstore for several years I understand how difficult it is to compete with the internet. So now my plan is for every book I buy online, the next one I get at my FLGS. I can't afford to get them all there, but they certainly deserve my business more than amazon. I would hate to see another FLGS disappear. [/QUOTE]

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