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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thornir Alekeg" data-source="post: 2582522" data-attributes="member: 15651">Plus I'm sure a lot (probably 90%  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> ) of the market research is conducted using retailers and distributors more so than end users.  One retailer giving information on sales and requests from customers is more efficient than compiling information from a whole bunch of customers.I don't see how putting out new material hurts the company.  As long as it sells and maintains consistency from book to book, where is the problem?  Is there a finite number of books they have before nobody buys more?  I would doubt there is a single book they could produce at this time that would sell to more than 50% of the market, possibly not even 25%  (at least until 4e).  If they slow the rate of new material to only one book per month, then their sales will likely be much more volatile each month.  By hitting with three or four which will appeal to different segments of the market, they have a chance at keeping sales at some predictable level and they keep different segments of the market happy by supporting them on a more regular basis.</blockquote>