How to get reviews or at least noticed.
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According to the system, it was successfully added on the 16th (Saturday).
[Edit - you probably didn't see it because of the position it ended up in the the product line sections on the MEG reviews page. That page is a bit of a mess, organisation-wise].
[Edit - you probably didn't see it because of the position it ended up in the the product line sections on the MEG reviews page. That page is a bit of a mess, organisation-wise].
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Prest0
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Crothian said:
Personally, I'd like nothing better than to be added to the publisher list. But two or three e-mails and a forum post directed to Blacksway have so far been for naught...
I'm trying not to feel frustrated because I know its out of your hands, but I do wish there was some sort of backup in place.
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Jraynack
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List of Reviews
As another small time publisher (Alea Publishing Group), I can sympathize those others who are waiting for reviews. I have sent a copy to various review sites, including Crothian, for our new product A Question of Honor: A Guidebook to Knights
I can understand and appreciate the time and effort spent to review a product, especially a .pdf since I am sure the electronic pile is high for such an instanly propular site as enworld/pdf with only one reviewer.
It might be an idea to post list of those .pdfs meant for review and the order they are to be reviewed. This might settle the nervous tension we small time publishers have. Although, to list all the potential reviews may be a job in itself.
Thanks,
Joshua Raynack
Alea Publishing Group
As another small time publisher (Alea Publishing Group), I can sympathize those others who are waiting for reviews. I have sent a copy to various review sites, including Crothian, for our new product A Question of Honor: A Guidebook to Knights
I can understand and appreciate the time and effort spent to review a product, especially a .pdf since I am sure the electronic pile is high for such an instanly propular site as enworld/pdf with only one reviewer.
It might be an idea to post list of those .pdfs meant for review and the order they are to be reviewed. This might settle the nervous tension we small time publishers have. Although, to list all the potential reviews may be a job in itself.
Thanks,
Joshua Raynack
Alea Publishing Group
Tim Tellean
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Maybe the .pdf review list should have a time frame of when to expect a review(Best case scenario) and not rank them, people may think they are prioritized unfairly unless they are ranked by date received.
I sent out 20 reviewer copies and have gotten 2 reviews and those took 6 weeks after release to appear. So don't lose hope and I saw your guidebook it looks good so sales should be brisk.
I sent out 20 reviewer copies and have gotten 2 reviews and those took 6 weeks after release to appear. So don't lose hope and I saw your guidebook it looks good so sales should be brisk.
Deamoclese
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Heh, well I just found this thread now for the first time and visited the PT site -- found a review for Ruined Keep, liked it and I just bought it 
Review was at Gamewyrd.
Gotta admit, the reviewer was right... I seldom like pure dungeon crawls myself ,but this one is done very nicely --- good enough that I'll actually use it
Nice work guys, keep it up
(Have to add though, I didn't like Goblin Cave much.. Ruined keep though, great stuff)
Review was at Gamewyrd.
Gotta admit, the reviewer was right... I seldom like pure dungeon crawls myself ,but this one is done very nicely --- good enough that I'll actually use it
Nice work guys, keep it up
(Have to add though, I didn't like Goblin Cave much.. Ruined keep though, great stuff)
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Kerrick
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Another latecomer to the thread.. I haven't been checking this forum lately, alas.
I agree. Get out there and make your name known among the masses. People are more likely to at least look at your product if they know who you are and what you're capable of doing. Add your opinion here and there, offer to help other writers when and as you can, get involved in discussions related to the things you're writing (that last, incidentally, is a great way to slip in a reference to a current or future product). We, as writers and publishers, cannot stay up in our white towers above the rabble - we have to be down with them, to see what they want, how they think, and what they need, and try to fulfill those wants and needs.
The best way to get noticed is to do something new, or have a new spin on something. Doing "yet another class book" will get you relegated to the horde of publishers who have done the same thing to death; doing a book on fighting styles with various weapons, including feat progressions, PrCs, new items, and maybe a sample NPC or two will get you recognized as innovative.
If you go into IRC at all, it's a great way to meet and greet other folks in the industry. I'm not really good at schmoozing, to be honest, but my co-writer, Tim Willard, is great at it - he's made contacts with half a dozen other companies, forged links with them, and gotten us work with them (at this point I should note that we are a production house, not a publisher - all we do is write the books, then we ship them off to the publisher and they do everything else). But still, making alliances with other publishers is always a good thing - if nothing else, you'll have some drinking buddies at GenCon. But seriously, if you make contacts with other companies and they like your work, they might well allow you to reference their material or use if wholesale, which provides more exposure for both of you.
I agree. Get out there and make your name known among the masses. People are more likely to at least look at your product if they know who you are and what you're capable of doing. Add your opinion here and there, offer to help other writers when and as you can, get involved in discussions related to the things you're writing (that last, incidentally, is a great way to slip in a reference to a current or future product). We, as writers and publishers, cannot stay up in our white towers above the rabble - we have to be down with them, to see what they want, how they think, and what they need, and try to fulfill those wants and needs.
The best way to get noticed is to do something new, or have a new spin on something. Doing "yet another class book" will get you relegated to the horde of publishers who have done the same thing to death; doing a book on fighting styles with various weapons, including feat progressions, PrCs, new items, and maybe a sample NPC or two will get you recognized as innovative.
If you go into IRC at all, it's a great way to meet and greet other folks in the industry. I'm not really good at schmoozing, to be honest, but my co-writer, Tim Willard, is great at it - he's made contacts with half a dozen other companies, forged links with them, and gotten us work with them (at this point I should note that we are a production house, not a publisher - all we do is write the books, then we ship them off to the publisher and they do everything else). But still, making alliances with other publishers is always a good thing - if nothing else, you'll have some drinking buddies at GenCon. But seriously, if you make contacts with other companies and they like your work, they might well allow you to reference their material or use if wholesale, which provides more exposure for both of you.
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