Re: Electronic publishing (am I alone?)

From: L C <lightcastle_at_enc4O46pZ7cOPquKLsHAWS8VK0cDdcopyf90NfCSDwD8kqN5pMPYer5TPoeQ9Zab>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:42:12 -0400

Nick Eden wrote:

>The big problem with all these models is that they seem to accept as
gospel
>that local stores have no role in the industry. Don't know about you, but
>the FLGS had a lot to do with why I became a gamer and why I remain one
>today. Drive Thru, and Lulu, and 'we'll only print when every
surviving fan
>has ordered their copy' don't leave a space for copies to appear on
shelves
>in a shop and people who remember Glorantha from their youth coming
back to
>it.

1. I'm not sure how much gaming stores are the centers of these things anymore. Still to some degree, of course.
2. If it is between "no dead tree but it gets produced" and "we wait for dead tree and it doesn't get produced", the former is an easy call for me, FLGS be damned.

LC