Re: [BNW] BNW's Popularity

[Sasha Pixlee <arsp@calweb.com>]

At 07:46 PM 04/27/2000 EDT, you wrote:
>Does anybody know if BNW is coming out in paperback format, or it's not 
>selling very well?
>I ask this, because in the GenCon Pre-Reg book, AEG (At least that's who I 
>think is running it) is running a GMing seminar and it costs $15, WITH the 
>main rulebook included.  Now, the book costs $30, when I checked. So, either 
>it's not selling well, and they're trying to get rid of it, or it's in 
>paperback. At least, that's what I think. Does anybody know what's going on?

AEG, like other publishers, can sell books at a fraction of the retail cost
and still make a sizable profit.  The usual arrangement in the industry is
for the publisher to sell copies to the distributor who them sells copies
to the retailer, usually at about 50% of retail (this varies, but it's a
good number for now).  Since all these people are selling for more than
they're pyaing, I think it's safe to assume that AEG can sell the BNW core
book for $15 and still make a tidy sum if they cut out the middle man.

Plus, think how many new people are gonna have BNW rulebooks after GenCon?

sasha, there heretofor silent game-pimp.
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