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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Olaf the Stout" data-source="post: 6591343" data-attributes="member: 13703">Yeah, I'd say there are 2 main causes for things not being reprinted.The first reason is that the publisher of the product no longer hold the rights to the product.  I'm pretty sure that Necromancer Games/Frog God Games no longer own the rights to the Wilderlands and CSotIO.  So it's likely that they legally can't reprint the books.The second reason is upfront cost of the print run.  The publisher would have to invest a large amount of money in a print run that may not sell through for many years (resulting in money being tied up in unsold books and warehouse rental).  In addition, a second print run will normally be smaller than the initial print run.  So economies of scale may mean that they have to charge a higher price for the book in order to turn a profit (even though they aren't paying the writing, layout and art costs for the second print run).So it doesn't surprise me that many publishers just go with a PDF/POD option for their older books or, if demand seems strong enough, use something like Kickstarter to republish the book with more stuff.</blockquote>