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<blockquote data-quote="JohnNephew" data-source="post: 282690" data-attributes="member: 2171"><p>Very good to hear it, Eric! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I wish retailers and distributors showed similar confidence in the book today. I'm feeling pretty frustrated at the moment, as I have most of the numbers in, and they are really weak (like, about 40% lower than my expectations). Someone commented to me at the GAMA trade show that gamers wouldn't be very interested in Africa -- I don't know if that's what retailers are thinking when they pre-order so little, or if it's just the pressure of the number of D20 titles out there. Pretty discouraging, when this is the most lavishly produced D20 product we've done to date (having a huge art budget and 16 pages of interior color), and probably the most promoted (with ads running in Games Quarterly, Comics Retailer, Dungeon and Dragon -- the Dragon ad hasn't appeared yet, though).</p><p></p><p>If you are interested in this book -- which I really believe a lot of gamers will be, if they get the chance to see it, regardless of what the naysayers may argue -- I urge you to bug your local game store and make sure they'll be stocking it. August is a big month for releases, thanks to Gen Con, and I'd hate for something really different and innovative in the D20 scene to be missed because of the crush of new titles. (Not that we don't need a half dozen new books on each character race out there, of course... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes :rolleyes:" data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> )</p><p></p><p>In happier news, it looks like we may have some books rushed to San Diego this weekend after all, if in fact they are delivered to us today as expected.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JohnNephew, post: 282690, member: 2171"] Very good to hear it, Eric! :) I wish retailers and distributors showed similar confidence in the book today. I'm feeling pretty frustrated at the moment, as I have most of the numbers in, and they are really weak (like, about 40% lower than my expectations). Someone commented to me at the GAMA trade show that gamers wouldn't be very interested in Africa -- I don't know if that's what retailers are thinking when they pre-order so little, or if it's just the pressure of the number of D20 titles out there. Pretty discouraging, when this is the most lavishly produced D20 product we've done to date (having a huge art budget and 16 pages of interior color), and probably the most promoted (with ads running in Games Quarterly, Comics Retailer, Dungeon and Dragon -- the Dragon ad hasn't appeared yet, though). If you are interested in this book -- which I really believe a lot of gamers will be, if they get the chance to see it, regardless of what the naysayers may argue -- I urge you to bug your local game store and make sure they'll be stocking it. August is a big month for releases, thanks to Gen Con, and I'd hate for something really different and innovative in the D20 scene to be missed because of the crush of new titles. (Not that we don't need a half dozen new books on each character race out there, of course... :rolleyes: ) In happier news, it looks like we may have some books rushed to San Diego this weekend after all, if in fact they are delivered to us today as expected. [/QUOTE]
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