Is the Dragon Compendium going to be available in large bookstores such as Barnes & Noble and Borders? I like to browse my books before I buy them. Thanks!
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Is the Dragon Compendium going to be available in large bookstores such as Barnes & Noble and Borders? I like to browse my books before I buy them. Thanks!
We've been trying to get them to pick up our books, but we're honestly not having much success yet. We were taken by surprise when B&N briefly offered the Shackled City on their website, but it sounds like they haven't actually shipped any copies, and they've stopped taking orders for it.
All I can say is please ask them to carry it. We'd love to sell it to them.
-Vic.
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I have been in several B&N stores and they have little to no gamin g material at all. I thought at first it was the locale of the store, being in a rather religious neighborhood where most people there still think that D&D is the "Devil's game" and that spellcasters really can make a fireball appear at their fingertips to be thrown at some unwitting individual. Now, having been to other B&N stores all over the country, I think they have just chosen to steer clear of gaming materials all together for whatever the reason. Maybe everyone that shops at those stores and stores like it should start a letter writing campaign to bring in the gaming community as a whole. ;) Just an idea. ;)
I work at Barnes & Noble and I can tell you that it all has to do with product modelling. If people buy what's there and order other stuff then they'll slowly increase their games. My store (because of myself and others) has a decent selection of games and we always have both the D&D and Star War minis.
Vic - as for getting Paizo books into the stores you have to remember the buyer that covers games once entered the first Psionic book for WotC as "The Miniatures Handbook to Psionics" and they spelt Buffy, form Buff the Vampire Slayer, wrong in several of the listings for the rpg books. I would recommend "sales synergy" (did I mention how much I loathe retail speak?!!) point out the ties to your mags, which we carry, and to the D&D minis. Also, it might not hurt to offer up demos from shackled city that can be run on world-wide D&D day. I know that a lot of B&N's particapated with positive results (some Boarder's too as I recall). I run an event almost every month at my store that is totally gaming related and always have a good turn out.
In fact I'll plan on running a Shackled City expert in October. I've some successs in getting small press books for various events where I wan to feature the product.
I don't see the Dragon Compendium listed on Amazon.com.