So which companies got hit by the printer fiasco?
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RangerWickett
Legend
I believe I have one of only 425 copies of Mage that have been sold ever. God bless Exhibitor badges.
kigmatzomat
Legend
I haven't even had a chance to fully read mine and I was in the Mage tournament! Made it to the 3rd round too but I didn't win. The poor, poor cryptozoologist suffered so for his massive pile of WW books.
Crothian said:
I think Mage had problems with their print run, which was why they backed off a couple of weeks from their planned GenCon release, and only had time to get a couple of hundred corrected copies printed in time for sale at the con. I saw an announcement beforehand that they would be selling like 75 a day. So I don't think it was related to whatever other print problem you guys are referring to.
thalmin
Retired game store owner
What is this printer fiasco?
It sounds like an excuse or reason: The book didn't make it back from the printer.
But did the book get to the printer in time?
If a book is one week late getting to the printer, don't expect it to come back only one week late. The printer must fit it into his production schedule. He will usually first take care of promised jobs that are on time. So your job goes to the end of the list, unless someone else is late and you fit into their slot.
Ain't publishing fun?
It sounds like an excuse or reason: The book didn't make it back from the printer.
But did the book get to the printer in time?
If a book is one week late getting to the printer, don't expect it to come back only one week late. The printer must fit it into his production schedule. He will usually first take care of promised jobs that are on time. So your job goes to the end of the list, unless someone else is late and you fit into their slot.
Ain't publishing fun?
Darrin Drader
Explorer
thalmin said:
Yes, it did. I worked my butt off on some last minute edits to make sure that Wildwood was at the printer on time. The fact that it didn't make it was a real disappointment to me.
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Printer delays aren't at all unusual, especially at a large convention in which a relatively small number of printers handle the work for a relatively large number of publishers.
A constant problem in the game industry is that a lot of the smaller publishers use the exact same printers, usually because of cost. So when GenCon or another important date hits the printer is flooded with work and when print comes to shove the printer will fulfill the largest job orders/clients first and then the little guys.
A constant problem in the game industry is that a lot of the smaller publishers use the exact same printers, usually because of cost. So when GenCon or another important date hits the printer is flooded with work and when print comes to shove the printer will fulfill the largest job orders/clients first and then the little guys.
One of the gentlemen at the Sovereign Press booth told me that the "Serenity" game book sold out the first day, all 500 copies. Not certain if they expected to sell out that quickly or not, but he seemed pleased by that level of sales.
I don't know if it is typical of GenCon, but there were numerous game products released in limited quantities at the convention, such as Mutants & Masterminds 2nd edition (300 copies, if I recall), Rich Burlew's Order of the Stick prequel (1,000 copies), etc.
I don't know if it is typical of GenCon, but there were numerous game products released in limited quantities at the convention, such as Mutants & Masterminds 2nd edition (300 copies, if I recall), Rich Burlew's Order of the Stick prequel (1,000 copies), etc.
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