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<blockquote data-quote="dafrca" data-source="post: 92875" data-attributes="member: 2228">I agree with Horacio on this one. WoTC will work to bring in new players but the small publishers need to also do their &quot;marketing&quot; as well. When I walk into a store to buy and all I have heard about is the new WoTC product why would a small publisher expect I will buy anything from them?Each publisher needs to market their product and needs to help me understand how they have something I can not get somewhere else.One of the interesting trends to watch will be what products still sell and make the small publisher money. Right now I have seen a mass of copycat products in the market and I do not think that will work. How many &quot;fighter&quot; or &quot;rogue&quot; books do we need? How many publishers can put our adventures and expect to see sales? After a while there will be a saturation point for those kinds of products.I expect there to be some who will find success with alternative subjects, other genre games, and full developed worlds will make the cut. And do not kid yourselves a cut will come. I know I have set aside some of my budget for d20 Traveller and the Epic-Level book. If a publisher wants some of my money there needs to be a reason to buy presented to me. Even if a book is said to be &quot;good&quot; but not great is a reason for me to pass in many cases. Publishers who have shown me something different or special will get my money.dafrca</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dafrca, post: 92875, member: 2228"] I agree with Horacio on this one. WoTC will work to bring in new players but the small publishers need to also do their "marketing" as well. When I walk into a store to buy and all I have heard about is the new WoTC product why would a small publisher expect I will buy anything from them? Each publisher needs to market their product and needs to help me understand how they have something I can not get somewhere else. One of the interesting trends to watch will be what products still sell and make the small publisher money. Right now I have seen a mass of copycat products in the market and I do not think that will work. How many "fighter" or "rogue" books do we need? How many publishers can put our adventures and expect to see sales? After a while there will be a saturation point for those kinds of products. I expect there to be some who will find success with alternative subjects, other genre games, and full developed worlds will make the cut. And do not kid yourselves a cut will come. I know I have set aside some of my budget for d20 Traveller and the Epic-Level book. If a publisher wants some of my money there needs to be a reason to buy presented to me. Even if a book is said to be "good" but not great is a reason for me to pass in many cases. Publishers who have shown me something different or special will get my money. dafrca [/QUOTE]

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