03-25-2020, 11:30 AM | #1 |
Join Date: Oct 2008
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W23 no physical stock
Is it normal that there be almost no physical books for sale in 4th Edition?
Almost everything seems to be a digital item. Is there a policy that all books are limited run? Is this to force a collectors market? Is there not a big enough market for multiple runs? |
03-25-2020, 11:51 AM | #2 | |
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Re: W23 no physical stock
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As to trying to create a collectors' market...why on earth would they do that? It's a secondary market, so SJ Games doesn't see a penny of it, and a small number of people making money off of selling used books to each doesn't bring in new players.
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03-25-2020, 10:46 PM | #3 |
Join Date: Jan 2018
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Re: W23 no physical stock
As I understand it, SJG staff would love to wander among corridors of stock of every book they've ever published, but availability is limited by realities of the market. Notably, I believe the state of Texas taxes unsold inventory, which is one of the most ludicrous taxes I've ever heard of.
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03-27-2020, 04:50 PM | #4 |
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Central Europe
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Re: W23 no physical stock
Kenzerco have also said that the current customer demand and tax laws don't make it possible for them to reprint most games (they can launch a new edition of something that they and fans like, but not afford to reprint).
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03-27-2020, 07:54 PM | #5 |
Join Date: Jan 2009
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Re: W23 no physical stock
There's also shipping costs, which are really high from the U.S. to other countries.
So, Print on Demand is a good way for Steve Jackson Games and other companies to make games available and not pay inventory taxes. Even when print was king, games company needed to be careful not to overprint. Most game supplements don't have a large market and even the core book for a game doesn't need a huge print run unless the game is very popular. For GURPS 4th edition, well it came amount after digital. . .
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