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<blockquote data-quote="Mongoose_Matt" data-source="post: 860190" data-attributes="member: 239">Hi guys,Can I throw a cat among the pigeons?&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Ask yourselves, for a moment, why any publisher would want to do this.&nbsp; Take Mongoose as an example, by all means.&nbsp; We have nearly 100 books out there, so we are looking at a serious amount of time that I would have to get someone to commit to in order to do this - it just won't get done, we are too busy putting new books out.I also suspect that many of the other larger d20 companies will be in a similar position, and if you don't have them, how much utility will the database have?You really need someone willing to OCR it - but that would take a long, long time&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; However, I would certainly charge for such a database though I would also expect it to be pirated over and over again.&nbsp; Oh, and BTW, limiting entries to those of 24 months or more will not avoid drops in sales.&nbsp; Companies who have been around that long tend to survive on backlist sales rather than work the three month boom and bust model.&nbsp; Just something to be aware of&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Someone also raised the point the OGC should be free.&nbsp; Umm, no.&nbsp; This is written no where - each and every one of you can use OGC, pretty much without restriction, but who ever said it should be free?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mongoose_Matt, post: 860190, member: 239"] Hi guys, Can I throw a cat among the pigeons? :) Ask yourselves, for a moment, why any publisher would want to do this. Take Mongoose as an example, by all means. We have nearly 100 books out there, so we are looking at a serious amount of time that I would have to get someone to commit to in order to do this - it just won't get done, we are too busy putting new books out. I also suspect that many of the other larger d20 companies will be in a similar position, and if you don't have them, how much utility will the database have? You really need someone willing to OCR it - but that would take a long, long time :) However, I would certainly charge for such a database though I would also expect it to be pirated over and over again. Oh, and BTW, limiting entries to those of 24 months or more will not avoid drops in sales. Companies who have been around that long tend to survive on backlist sales rather than work the three month boom and bust model. Just something to be aware of :) Someone also raised the point the OGC should be free. Umm, no. This is written no where - each and every one of you can use OGC, pretty much without restriction, but who ever said it should be free? [/QUOTE]

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