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<blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 5344648" data-attributes="member: 3586">A group of shop-owners (including the owner of my FLGS) will be meeting with Wizards Australia after the Magic Grand Prix event this weekend in Sydney to discuss a few of these issues. Well, the shipping and distribution issues at least!I know about Book Depository, and indeed I've started buying my fantasy and SF books from there, mostly because the Australian government's policies make books extremely expensive here. (With the weak US dollar, the comparison is about 1:1. So, be shocked when I tell you that a new mass-market paperback will cost me about $23 here in Australia).However, the price of D&amp;D books is generally somewhat competitive. And buying them from overseas would hurt my local store, which is something I don't want to do. My FLGS is a really, really good store which has ample playing space. I spend probably about 16 hours there a week, and I am the guy who DMs their D&amp;D events: Game Days, Encounters, etc. The owners (who are D&amp;D players themselves) really appreciate what I do, and so my gaming life at the moment is pretty much as good as it has ever been.The situation with the 2-monthly cycle (sort of) of D&amp;D books is bad because it is inconsistent, other people can get books faster and cheaper online, and because of the problems with the Character Builder update, we have this period where the D&amp;D Encounters are proclaiming bonus points for something that isn't available.Cheers!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MerricB, post: 5344648, member: 3586"] A group of shop-owners (including the owner of my FLGS) will be meeting with Wizards Australia after the Magic Grand Prix event this weekend in Sydney to discuss a few of these issues. Well, the shipping and distribution issues at least! I know about Book Depository, and indeed I've started buying my fantasy and SF books from there, mostly because the Australian government's policies make books extremely expensive here. (With the weak US dollar, the comparison is about 1:1. So, be shocked when I tell you that a new mass-market paperback will cost me about $23 here in Australia). However, the price of D&D books is generally somewhat competitive. And buying them from overseas would hurt my local store, which is something I don't want to do. My FLGS is a really, really good store which has ample playing space. I spend probably about 16 hours there a week, and I am the guy who DMs their D&D events: Game Days, Encounters, etc. The owners (who are D&D players themselves) really appreciate what I do, and so my gaming life at the moment is pretty much as good as it has ever been. The situation with the 2-monthly cycle (sort of) of D&D books is bad because it is inconsistent, other people can get books faster and cheaper online, and because of the problems with the Character Builder update, we have this period where the D&D Encounters are proclaiming bonus points for something that isn't available. Cheers! [/QUOTE]

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