From: Bira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I didn't know Spain was a communist country :) . And, at the very
least, they'd be part of EU, wouldn't they?
Spain's increasing socialism and isolationism could make both points moot.
From: "Evyn MacDude" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Thu, 17 Aug 2006
19:55:05 +0100, Jeff Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: "Evyn MacDude" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
It's the lack of support for Gurps from Steve... I know that new books
have
been pushed to the bottom of my list for purchase due to his choice in
only producing a hardcover once every two to three months.
It's a matter of very public record that Steve Jackson's choice was to
publish one paper supplement a month. It was the logistical and
financial realities that dictated the slower production of larger
hardcover books.
Yes we had this disscussion with Steve.
Well, maybe you're not a natvive speaker then. The unqualified use of
"choice" implies a preference, which is not the case here. If customers
thought there was such a preference, it might make the line as a whole
less appealing for no good reason.
From: "Michael R. Stork" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Yup, that's about the same with me. I really doubt that there was a
month that went by that I didn't get at least 1 3E book, and usually
more. Since 4E I've bought 5. So a minimum of $25 per month with the 3E
stuff, or 5 books in 20 months (about $9/month). (Actually it's way less
then that as I only bought the 4E ones when I could find them on Amazon
for 40ish% off cover price.)
SJG doesn't get what you pay unless you buy from Warehouse23. The $25
book sells to distributors for $10 and the $35 book for $14, whether it
ends up on ebay or on the shelf at FAO Shwartz.
Say all you'd like about market factors and realities and logistics, but
the simple fact of the matter is that selling 1 $25 book per month gets
you $300 a year. Selling 9 books at $35 each over 20 months is $315, but
over almost 2 years. I fail to see how making $15 a month is somehow
better then $25.
It's not, but you're not representative of all demand. Hard covers were
consistently outselling soft covers at the distributors, even when they
were versions of the same book.
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