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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arnwyn" data-source="post: 1351715" data-attributes="member: 7701">I'm not sure if the distributors have ever served gamers best interests/needs. IMO, they only serve their own needs - which does not necessarily coincide (especially since they don't even deal directly with the consumer). Just my feel of the situation, though. Lacking any marketing studies, I don't think I (or anyone) will be able to provide definitive answers. I wonder what info the distributors have?As for my LGS, I'm not sure specifically what their policy is towards small softcovers. I do know, however, that because of the d20 glut, they believe that there are just too many publishers and products, and have thus refused to stock many publishers at all (anything can be special-ordered, though).I have no idea, though, what the buying trends and preferences are for customers of my LGS - that would require some significant market research, and my LGS certainly does not have the resources (nor the smarts, I suspect) of doing one.Edit: grammar fix.</blockquote>