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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wulf Ratbane" data-source="post: 814665" data-attributes="member: 94">Ohhh, aye... This is the big question we struggle with, isn't it?Our focus was really to concentrate on preserving the value of the individual Halflings and Gnomes books so that their sales do not suffer against the anthology.With that in mind, here's a few reasons you might want those individual books over the anthology:1) The individual books are smaller, more portable, and less expensive individually ($9.95 as always). 2) They also have their own unique covers-- if you particularly like Dwarves, Half-Orcs, Elves, Halflings, or Gnomes, you may appreciate having a nice cover designed for your favorite race. You can see the Gnomes cover on our website, and Halflings should be up shortly, as well.3) The print runs on both Halflings and Gnomes will be much smaller than any of our previous print runs, in anticipation of folks who will purchase those books individually but have no particular interest in the Anthology. We know, going in, that Halflings and Gnomes may have a smaller following, but they have a more loyal following. So we are not so much printing those runs for the HOHF completists as we are for the specific fans of Halflings and Gnomes. (Though we appreciate every sale, of course!) Ultimately, the market will support a sell-through of those titles.4) The content is not yet fixed-- I have not yet decided if I want to manipulate the content to preserve the value of either the individual books or the anthology. Since it's mostly open content, it doesn't really seem fair to me to do so, but unfortunately "fair" does not always mesh with "market realities."Ultimately I believe that #3 is the key issue. For someone who already has all 5 individual books, the answer to, "Why would I want the anthology?" is much easier, since it contains so much new content in addition to whatever content we reissue from the previous books.Heh... No, just looking to help a fellow author-- and I don't mind easing my workload. I have still had a great deal of input on Halflings, don't worry, but I am moving out of the way on the front cover and through most of the writing. You may notice a different "voice" in the writing but the crunchy bits... you should recognize. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />The real coup, however, was in convincing Andrew Hale to do the illustrations again. He has graciously offered to finish out the series and his work continues to improve and impress me.Wulf</blockquote>

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