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I just don't see why they even bothered with the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide.
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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 6757345" data-attributes="member: 8461"><p>That's not a relevant point. The assertion was that Kickstarter projects aren't retailer-friendly, presumably because they're seen as a competing venue by which to purchase products the same way that online retailers are, and that's patently false. When the book <em>wouldn't exist</em> if not for a Kickstarter project, it's not drawing people away from purchasing a hard copy in stores (unless you move the goalposts to say that that's money that could have gone into purchasing a different book at a retailer, but that broadens the definition of "not retailer-friendly" to include buying <em>anything</em> that doesn't come from a FLGS, such as going to the movies or buying ice cream).</p><p></p><p>Even if we accept your hypothetical that a Kickstarter raises the money to publish a book but not print enough of it - which sounds like a failure of the project's managers to take that into account - that doesn't rise to the level necessary to say that Kickstarter projects inherently retailer-unfriendly. Heck, you even flat-out <em>admit</em> that you have no idea if the one example you bring up is at an FLGS or not, and then turn right around and somehow assert that you're "fairly sure" that most Kickstarter books don't end up there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 6757345, member: 8461"] That's not a relevant point. The assertion was that Kickstarter projects aren't retailer-friendly, presumably because they're seen as a competing venue by which to purchase products the same way that online retailers are, and that's patently false. When the book [i]wouldn't exist[/i] if not for a Kickstarter project, it's not drawing people away from purchasing a hard copy in stores (unless you move the goalposts to say that that's money that could have gone into purchasing a different book at a retailer, but that broadens the definition of "not retailer-friendly" to include buying [i]anything[/i] that doesn't come from a FLGS, such as going to the movies or buying ice cream). Even if we accept your hypothetical that a Kickstarter raises the money to publish a book but not print enough of it - which sounds like a failure of the project's managers to take that into account - that doesn't rise to the level necessary to say that Kickstarter projects inherently retailer-unfriendly. Heck, you even flat-out [i]admit[/i] that you have no idea if the one example you bring up is at an FLGS or not, and then turn right around and somehow assert that you're "fairly sure" that most Kickstarter books don't end up there. [/QUOTE]
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I just don't see why they even bothered with the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide.
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