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3/28/2003 Michael Hopcroft: CD-ROM Preorders on PDF files
I'm thinking about offering visitors to my website the chance to preorder HeartQuest 2nd Edition on CD-ROM and get a coupon for a discount on the Print-On-Demand edition of the…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Paul Czege, Adam, Valamir.

3/27/2003 Andy Kitkowski: Indie RPG Awards: Finalists have been Decided!
Hey, don't want to come in swinging what sounds to be like a total piece of PR. You can find out the full spiel at the awards site (http://www.rpg-awards.com), but…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Brian Leybourne, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, taalyn.

3/27/2003 quozl: The PDF Market
Clinton recently said this in the Anvilwerks forum: * I think that the PDF market is going to bottom out in about six months. Atlas Games did…
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Participants: quozl, Ron Edwards, szilard, Paul Czege, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Snyder, Patrick Boutin, Mike Holmes, Bruce Baugh, Scott_Lynch, ethan_greer, Jack Spencer Jr, GMSkarka, greyorm, philreed.

3/26/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Speaking of RPGNow
How on Earth did they land so much of TSR's back catalog? Not that I won;t be buying massive quanbtities of it from them, but I still wonder how they…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, quozl, philreed, Stuart DJ Purdie.

3/26/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Looking for cheap, unusual promotion
I have a new release coming up and I'm looking for unique, inexpensive ways to promote it in such a way that people will remember it favorably and buy it…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, talysman, S.Lonergan, anonymouse.

3/26/2003 Jake Norwood: Free commercial games
Interesting... Both Ars Magica 4th ed and Deadlands are available in their complete forms as downloads from www.rpgnow.com. Jake
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Valamir, Michael Hopcroft, Tim C Koppang, Mike Holmes, Adam, rpghost, Patrick Boutin, Pramas.

3/25/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Discount layout software
I'm looking for discount layout software that is compatible with Acrobat, TIF files, and is relatively easy to learn. Preferably something I can try for a while before I purchase…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Adam, iago, wyrdlyng.

3/23/2003 Bruce Baugh: Split from Kazaa thread
Eric Flint's experience with the Baen Free Library is fascinating but crucially limited in applicability: Baen treats all its electronic activity as advertising for the print books, which are its…
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Participants: Bruce Baugh, Christoffer Lernö, Marco, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Mike Holmes, Kester Pelagius, Le Joueur.

3/22/2003 Ron Edwards: Fulfillment houses in the role-playing industry
Hello all, One of the seminars that I attended at GAMA concerned the growing game-industry phenomenon of fulfillment houses. As many of you know, both Jake and I keep our…
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Participants: Ron Edwards.

3/22/2003 philreed: RPGNow POD Quality
The POD of Possessors was waiting for me when I returned home from GTS. I am very happy with the quality of the final product and recommend it to everyone.…
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Participants: philreed, Michael Hopcroft.

3/21/2003 chinyew: SUNDAY mini comic from Malaysia
a silent sequential of a slacker on a sunday. www.angelfire.com/yt/ashingtray/sunday.html
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Participants: chinyew, Ron Edwards.

3/20/2003 Andy Kitkowski: PDFs: Is there a "too long"?
Hey all, sorry if this sounds like a dead and done topic, but I just recently had a major shift in viewpoints, or at least a huge accomidation made in…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Jonathan Walton, Matt, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards.

3/19/2003 xechnao: eproducts: What eproduct would you provide for your rpg?
It seems that the king is pdf document. But why? Because you can print it and tabletop rpg products are about papers. But don't you think that most gamers in…
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Participants: xechnao, iago, Mike Holmes, ThreeGee, Jeph, Enoch, Clay, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/18/2003 Sylus Thane: How to PDF?
Can someone tell me what resources are involved and how I would go about making a PDF file? I'm currently working with Microsoft Word out of sheer lack of knowledge…
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Participants: Sylus Thane, Adam, Mike Holmes, iago, Le Joueur, talysman, Michael Hopcroft, Clinton R. Nixon, bladamson.

3/18/2003 Jeph: How much does this cost?
I'm thinking that I may want get a printed and bound copy of Pagoda for myself once it's all completed. I expect it to be around 25-30 pages once finished,…
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Participants: Jeph, Valamir, Tim C Koppang, ThreeGee, Rob Donoghue.

3/18/2003 ace pilot: Copyright and/or Trademark Infringement Horror Stories?
Hey all, Someone just sent me an email that has given me some food for thought about intellectual property protection, basically highlighting the problem of unscrupulous individuals who steal ideas…
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Participants: ace pilot, Jack Spencer Jr, Kester Pelagius, Treves, Valamir, Mike Holmes, greyorm.

3/17/2003 iago: Sample Chapters
Does anyone have particular guidelines for which chapter of a product to put up as a "sample chapter"? Do you find that such a practice is necessary? Does it seem…
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Participants: iago, wyrdlyng, DaR.

3/16/2003 Jonathan Walton: Binding in Non-Standard Locations
This may be a question I should send to specific printers, but I was wondering if any of you folks who are experienced in printing could help me out here.…
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Participants: Jonathan Walton, Mark Johnson, Chris Passeno, Piratecat, Adam, JonAcheson.

3/15/2003 philreed: The Whispering Vault
As many of you probably already know, Christopher Shy and I recently purchased this property. I've always been a fan of the game and I'm excited about the chance to…
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Participants: philreed, Tim C Koppang, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

3/14/2003 signoftheserpent: old characters
does anyone know characters such as sherlock holmes are still under copyright. if i wanted to include them in an opriginal rpg what would i have to do. interestingly, while…
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Participants: signoftheserpent, Lugaru, Psycho42, Le Joueur, Eric Kimball, talysman.

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4/7/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Doing business without travel
After the car wreck I was in, I am thinking about canceling the rest of my travel shcedule for the year. I have several reasons: medical bills, my general financial…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Clinton R. Nixon, ace pilot, Valamir, Ron Edwards, talysman.

4/8/2003 Marco: Where to promote new release?
We just came out with two new books and I'm looking for sites that do RPG news. I had a list but: a) it was on my old computer. b)…
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Participants: Marco, Othyem, xiombarg, Matt.

4/9/2003 Valamir: Green Goblin Holy Shit Some Serious PDF Useage
Got a piece of unsolicited email today from a group I'd never heard of. But unlike the other 300 assorted spams I get, this one was from a game company.…
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Participants: Valamir, szilard, ThreeGee, Clinton R. Nixon, Jonathan Walton, samdowning.

4/9/2003 Ron Edwards: DemonCon II
Hey, It's a Go!! DemonCon II is happening, May 24, at the DePaul University campus in Chicago. It's basically just a little one-day opening gaming thing, with both scheduled games…
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Participants: Ron Edwards.

4/10/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Sponsorship page?
I was wondering if anyone has ever tried raising money for layout and printing costs for their book by taking sponsors ala online comic strips? My idea was to take…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Clinton R. Nixon, quozl, Ron Edwards.

4/10/2003 Paul Czege: saddle-stitching and page counts
Hey, Can anyone tell me maximum reasonable page counts for saddle-stitch bindings? I'm trying to determine if I need to adjust my page design to reduce page count. Thanks, Paul
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Participants: Paul Czege, Clay, Ron Edwards, jrs, quozl, Chris Passeno.

4/10/2003 rpghost: RPGMall.com Indie/POD Sales?
Hey Guys, not sure who to bounce this off of, but I just got the domain "RPGMALL.COM" - mainly to keep competitors off of it. But I was brianstorming for…
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Participants: rpghost, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, Tundra, Gold Rush Games, samdowning, Sylus Thane, Jared A. Sorensen, abzu.

4/13/2003 Matt Gwinn: GENCON Registered Games
I was checking out the registered games over at theGENCON site and noticed that there are very few indie games registered. Unless I missed some, it looks like the following…
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Participants: Matt Gwinn, samdowning, rafael, Michael S. Miller.

4/15/2003 Kester Pelagius: What's a newbie need to know?
Greetings All, I hope this isn't out of place. In another thread Andy Kitkowski observed that "At the Forge, you have the ernest newbies, meaning here folks that really want…
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Participants: Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes, Valamir, GreatWolf.

4/15/2003 philreed: Distressed Design PDF
This was the best place I could think of for this. http://www.philipjreed.com/images/distresseddesign.pdf This is a 7 page PDF that shows how I create graphic elements for distressed design. EDIT: If…
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Participants: philreed, Jared A. Sorensen, Jason L Blair, Matt Snyder, rpghost.

4/15/2003 quozl: GENCON Catalog
Did the idea that was discussed here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=5028 ever go anywhere?
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Participants: quozl, philreed, Matt Snyder.

4/15/2003 Ron Edwards: GENCON 2003: April update
Hi there, The endcap booth space is reserved, under the combined aegis of Arc Dream Publishing (Godlike), Driftwood Publishing (The Riddle of Steel), and Adept Press (Sorcerer). Here are the…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, Michael Hopcroft, Bruce Baugh, Jürgen Mayer, rpghost, GMSkarka, Valamir, Paul Czege, Matt Wilson, Jeffrey Miller.

4/15/2003 Jürgen Mayer: How do we get Jason to GenCon Indy?
[quote="Jason L Blair"]Dammit.* Dammit dammit dammit.** Dammit.*** *Ron, **Man, I really wish I was going to be there this year. I hope the new booth rocks as hard as the…
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Participants: Jürgen Mayer, Jonathan Walton, ethan_greer, Jason L Blair, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

4/16/2003 Michael Hopcroft: GenCon SoCal
I'm starting this topic for anyone who wants to plan a joint effort of any kind at GenCon SoCal this December. Basically this is for any publishers, publisher's lackeys, or…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, C. Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, quozl.

4/16/2003 taalyn: layout design hints, tips, and tricks
This has probably been mentioned, started, or discussed elsewhere, but I swear for the life of me that I can't find them. Are there any good tutorials on layout and…
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Participants: taalyn, Christoffer Lernö, ethan_greer, J. Backman, philreed, Jonathan Walton, Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards.

4/17/2003 Garbanzo: A Deck a' Cards: $?
I think I remember a post talking about the price to print a custom deck of cards. I even think I remember points like, "Depends on the number of cards…
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Participants: Garbanzo, greyorm, Chris Passeno, clehrich, ethan_greer, ThreeGee, Andy Kitkowski, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, anonymouse.

4/18/2003 JSDiamond: Site referrals
Forgites, My rpg Orbit will have a page or two devoted to "must visit" sites. If you want to have your site listed in this book, email me with the…
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Participants: JSDiamond.

4/19/2003 philreed: Catalog Project
As some of you may already know I'm currently in the process of moving to a new house (which I love . . . 2,000 sq. ft. ranch house with…
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Participants: philreed, Jonathan Walton, Michael Hopcroft, clehrich, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, quozl, ThreeGee, Emmett, talysman, ethan_greer.

4/21/2003 ace pilot: Marketing through the Internet
Hey all, It has been said many times here and on RPG.net that internet promotion (e.g., forums, email and industry lists, etc.) is probably the most cost-effective and cost-efficient method…
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Participants: ace pilot, JSDiamond.

4/21/2003 Simon W: How to publish this (LOGB)
Ok, so I've got Lashings of Ginger Beer looking like this, so far. http://www.geocities.com/simonwashbourne/lashingsofgingerbeer.pdf with a character sheet like this http://www.geocities.com/simonwashbourne/logb_char.pdf If I want to publish for sale, then I'd…
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Participants: Simon W, Jared A. Sorensen, Matt, simon, Mike Holmes, talysman, Valamir, clehrich.

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