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<blockquote data-quote="Trickstergod" data-source="post: 1322034" data-attributes="member: 10825">Well, keep in mind that some of those better-selling books also tend to have been printed earlier on, or were the first of their kind in some way. I believe that's part of the reason for their popularity. That, and one would think that books being printed by the larger companies - Wizards of the Coast, Sword and Sorcery Studios - would be of better quality than their competitors. That isn't true, but the professional look of their books is more likely to garner a blind-buy (not to mention the &quot;official&quot; D&amp;D status of WotC books and the occasional misleading statement of Core rulebook or sourcebook on some d20 products). I'm also not quite how so sure how big of a dent reviews have on buying books; it seems to me there's a substantial amount of people who pre-order or spend their money the moment a book hits the shelves. Which isn't particularly conducive to giving quality books their due and giving shoddy ones the boot.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Trickstergod, post: 1322034, member: 10825"] Well, keep in mind that some of those better-selling books also tend to have been printed earlier on, or were the first of their kind in some way. I believe that's part of the reason for their popularity. That, and one would think that books being printed by the larger companies - Wizards of the Coast, Sword and Sorcery Studios - would be of better quality than their competitors. That isn't true, but the professional look of their books is more likely to garner a blind-buy (not to mention the "official" D&D status of WotC books and the occasional misleading statement of Core rulebook or sourcebook on some d20 products). I'm also not quite how so sure how big of a dent reviews have on buying books; it seems to me there's a substantial amount of people who pre-order or spend their money the moment a book hits the shelves. Which isn't particularly conducive to giving quality books their due and giving shoddy ones the boot. [/QUOTE]

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