D20 of the Month

[d20books]

I was drinking and I had this idea...

I emailed it to myself for later, and read it while sober. It actually was a great idea

I'm a retailer that is starting a program called, "D20 of the Month" where people subscribe and get newly released D20 products for their generic/homebrew campaigns.

If you are interested, please head over to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/d20books/ where the discussion has already started, and to help select the books for the March premiere subscription bundle.

 

[CRGreathouse]

Sounds like an interesting idea.

 

[d20books]

Sounds like an interesting idea.

Interesting is the key. I'm trying to make it economical for the customer and streamlined for myself.

I was aiming at a $50 a month subscription, but it just isn't working out. I might have to compromise a bit more with the books or up it to $55/month.

Of course, this will be hammered out at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/d20books/ and in the poll there.

 

[Creamsteak]

What publishers are you considering doing this with? How many books, approximately, would the buyer be seeing per month? I assume more than at buyer's cost if they purchased the book up front.

 

[d20books]

More D20 of the Month details.

What publishers are you considering doing this with? How many books, approximately, would the buyer be seeing per month? I assume more than at buyer's cost if they purchased the book up front.

The books will be at 25-30% off MSRP after all the shipping and such.

The publishers I will be doing this with are still lining up, but I'm presently drawing from the same distributors I do all my sales from, so there is no need for publishers to sign up. It would be nice to be able to squeeze more books into the bundles, however, if publishers wanted to give a larger break to me for volume, but that is not necessary.

I will be doing all of the WotC Dungeons and Dragons books, and then suppliment the bundles with my favorite publishers.

The total MSRP for books each month will be $60-$64.

For March, it looks like Monkey God Enterprises' Frost and Fur and Troll Lord Games' Mother of All Encounter Tables. I was looking at Atlas Games, Fantasy Flight Games, Green Ronin Games, Malhavoc Press, Goodman Games, and other popular publishers too. I'm a stickler for quality, so I would not ship out anything I didn't put on my own shelf (as I'm subscriber #1 for the D20 of the Month). The idea is to allow people to mix up their games and get new ideas. I will be avoiding campaign specific material and be focusing on fantasy settings only. The ONLY exception to this rule may be some interesting Fantasy Flight Games Horizon book, and those are designed to be short breaks for gaming groups.

I don't skimp on the shipping and on the packing. As all of my customers will atest, I pack as best as I can and ship FedEx Home Delivery. Only on rare occasions (if it will be faster) do I ship USPS Priority Mail. I avoid USPS if possible since they seem to damage the product, no matter how well I pack.

Of course, I encourage free speech on my Yahoo Group (and only moderate for spam). You may freely ask any of my regular customers any questions you like, and I give everyone full voice. Even if you hate my guts, it's always good to know so I can make improvements to my business