Hi Rick,
Any news on the printed copy of Blood Over Gold.
Regards
Jon Geere
wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> My apologies for the delay in responding. I didn't want to reply
> until I had an update from the printers. I just got off of the
phone
> with them, and here is where things stand:
>
> ISS1306 - Champions of the Reaching Moon
> Will be back from the printers before the end of this month.
> It will be going directly to Warehouse 23, my Distributor, and
> over to Ingo for sales in Europe.
>
> ISS1307 - Blood Over Gold
> With some good timing, it will be done at the same time as
Champions.
> At worst, it will be one week after.
>
> Both books should be winding up in stores some time in early
> September, and will be on sale via Tradetalk and W23.
>
> Why did they take so long to get printed?
> The short answer is that my printer almost went backrupt, had
fallen
> way behind on their printing (including mine), kept promising to
get
> everything back on track in a few more days, and then a few more
> days, and finally they got bought out. Normally, I would have just
> cancelled my order, but I had paid a large up-front deposit to get
a
> discounted printing rate. That pretty much tied up all of my spare
> cash. Lessons learned on my part, that's for sure. Now that the
> printer has been bought out and has formally agreed to honor the
> debt, the books are FINALLY getting printed.
>
> I have hated this situation and the delays that have resulted from
> it. I want to get these books into the hands of Gloranthans. The
> PDFs on DrivethruRPG were put up before the paper books were ready
> just to get something out there to all who have been patiently
> waiting. I very much appreciate everyone who has hung in there.
>
> Thanks. More good things to come.
>
> Rick Meints
> Moon Design Publications
>