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<blockquote data-quote="Steve Conan Trustrum" data-source="post: 3148267" data-attributes="member: 1620"><p>Amazon's ebook storefront is DEFINATELY behind so far as rpg market share is concerned. I imagine it's not even a blip on a typical e-rpg customer's radar.</p><p></p><p></p><p>But you're only looking at this in one direction: how do the publishers that sell with you think e23 compares to RPGNow and Drivethru? e23 itself doesn't have to feel squeezed for the opinion of publishers such as myself to be truthful when we say e23 isn't competatively comparable to the OBS parent companies, granting OBS a far greater market advantage than e23.</p><p></p><p></p><p>But ultimately it's where the customers want to go that's going to set the pace. Customers have repeatedly stated they prefer to get all their shopping done under one account, and that account is most likely to go to the storefront that offers the biggest, most varied selection. None of the ones you've mentioned here come close to OBS.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I'd disagree on what the definition of reasonable you're using means. Shifting all of Misfit Studios' PDF business to one of the alternatives you've listed certainly wouldn't be reasonable because none of those options have comparable benefits to offer my company. Not even close. If I shifted all my business to Paizo or e23, for example, my business would drop dramatically despite shifting all my direct marketing focus to that storefront. However I'd choose to rationalize such a decision as reasonable, the realities of the market would soon prove that it wasn't a reasonable decision at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steve Conan Trustrum, post: 3148267, member: 1620"] Amazon's ebook storefront is DEFINATELY behind so far as rpg market share is concerned. I imagine it's not even a blip on a typical e-rpg customer's radar. But you're only looking at this in one direction: how do the publishers that sell with you think e23 compares to RPGNow and Drivethru? e23 itself doesn't have to feel squeezed for the opinion of publishers such as myself to be truthful when we say e23 isn't competatively comparable to the OBS parent companies, granting OBS a far greater market advantage than e23. But ultimately it's where the customers want to go that's going to set the pace. Customers have repeatedly stated they prefer to get all their shopping done under one account, and that account is most likely to go to the storefront that offers the biggest, most varied selection. None of the ones you've mentioned here come close to OBS. I'd disagree on what the definition of reasonable you're using means. Shifting all of Misfit Studios' PDF business to one of the alternatives you've listed certainly wouldn't be reasonable because none of those options have comparable benefits to offer my company. Not even close. If I shifted all my business to Paizo or e23, for example, my business would drop dramatically despite shifting all my direct marketing focus to that storefront. However I'd choose to rationalize such a decision as reasonable, the realities of the market would soon prove that it wasn't a reasonable decision at all. [/QUOTE]
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