How to get reviews or at least noticed.

[philreed]

I think a good way for some of the smaller PDF publishers to gain more recognition is to partner with larger publishers. Joining forces can be a benefit to both parties.

 

[Usurper]

Maybe, but if you're not careful, it can backfire. E.N. Publishing teamed with a company early on. I found so many typographical and grammatical errors on the first page of one of their demo products that I had to make sure I wasn't buying anything from that group's authors when I bought something from E.N. Granted, the book sounded good, and got fairly decent reviews, but if it looks like it was never proof-read, I tend to be a bit more skeptical of the rules content.

 

[Voadam]

Smaller books seem to get reviewed faster. Can any larger companies with more titles back this theory up?

This should be expected. As someone who does freelance reviews for Pyramid, I always read the whole book or pdf and give it some percolating time to evaluate the contents before writing up my reviews. Longer books take longer to read. Since I only do this on evenings and weekends when I'm not doing overtime at my day job, a 64 page sourcebook just takes fewer evenings to read than a 300 page campaign setting.

 

[philreed]

Maybe, but if you're not careful, it can backfire. E.N. Publishing teamed with a company early on.

I understand this concern. I still think it could be a very profitable model to try.