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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 9502348" data-attributes="member: 1">I would point out that for 95% of publishers, that's not a matter of choice--getting distributors to carry your products (or even pick up the phone/reply to emails) is hard, especially if you're small or don't have the personal contacts that many folks operating out of the legacy WotC/Paizo sphere in Seattle have. Distributors are industry gatekeepers--trust me, every publisher wants their books in game stores.Often the only way for a small publisher to get their products to a game store is to sell them directly either from their own websites or as part of a Kickstarter. Publishers don't choose distributors; distributors choose publishers. So if you're a game store and you want a company's products but the distributor doesn't carry it--ask them to! The more people who ask them to, the more likely they will do so--the publisher has almost certainly tried many times to get their attention. This setup isn't the small publishers' choice; it's the setup they're forced to work with.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 9502348, member: 1"] I would point out that for 95% of publishers, that's not a matter of choice--getting distributors to carry your products (or even pick up the phone/reply to emails) is [I]hard[/I], especially if you're small or don't have the personal contacts that many folks operating out of the legacy WotC/Paizo sphere in Seattle have. Distributors are industry gatekeepers--trust me, [I]every[/I] publisher wants their books in game stores. Often the [I]only[/I] way for a small publisher to get their products to a game store is to sell them directly either from their own websites or as part of a Kickstarter. Publishers don't choose distributors; distributors choose publishers. So if you're a game store and you want a company's products but the distributor doesn't carry it--ask them to! The more people who ask them to, the more likely they will do so--the publisher has almost certainly tried many times to get their attention. This setup isn't the small publishers' choice; it's the setup they're forced to work with. [/QUOTE]

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