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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dana_Jorgensen" data-source="post: 1175897" data-attributes="member: 12962">Then allow me to clarify some things for you.I've been publishing material since 1992, both inside and outside the RPG industry. It has ranged from novels and nonfiction that were available in bookstores to gimmick materials that ended up in Spencer's to a line of 18 rpg products. I've dealt with all three options used in the RPG industry as a means of publishing; print, pod, and pdf.The products I do now are released on PDF because they are either not worth trying to sell on paper until they are merged into some more significant project in the pipeline (Runic Weapons & Bargain Wheels), are test marketing products awaiting the decision to produce a full length product (The Gamer's Cookbook, and yes, it is an actual cookbook), or are of such an expansive and ambitious nature, a print release currently appears to be too expensive an option for the market to bear (Big Bang). And even though Big Bang isn't particularly likely to end up on paper via pod or print run, it does sell well in local stores on CD-ROM, and a few of the compiled sample copies (binders presenting all the volumes, not just the freebie online sampler) I've provided to stores have fetched some ridiculous prices (though not high enough to warrant actually publishing them in that fashion... yet).So I am not only in a position of relatively unique experience, but I'm also someone who is taking risks outside the boxes of quantity and quality to try new ideas not only for products, but for ways of conducting business as well. And while you may consider my initial reply to be a sales pitch, it isn't. I was making it clear why the product line is successful, making it clear that the success isn't based on one particular factor, and pointing out why such a successful product isn't yet on paper. If people are intrigued enough to take a look at the products so that they can evaluate whether or not a similar product model would work for them, then so be it.Now, mr. online retailer, if you've got all kinds of D20/OGL product in stock, why does your site only list 4 core D&D products from WotC? And since you've stated you're acting as nothing more than a fanboy, why are you posting to a thread that requested publisher responses? You're not a publisher, so I can't imagine you even have any hope you'll gain anything or be able to offer any insight.</blockquote>

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