was at the local Barnes and Noble bookstore tonight, and i received a rather nice surprise: they had in stock four Pathfinder books, two adventure ones, Classic Monsters Revisited(which i had my friend buy for me)and one of the guidebooks or something.
which is really cool, since a few months ago, they had none.
I've been seeing a lot of Paizo products at Hastings. I almost bought Entombed with the Pharoahs there, but for some bizarre reason, they're pricing it at $5 above cover price. I may be a good loyal customer, but I'm not a stupid one.
was at the local Barnes and Noble bookstore tonight, and i received a rather nice surprise: they had in stock four Pathfinder books, two adventure ones, Classic Monsters Revisited(which i had my friend buy for me)and one of the guidebooks or something.
which is really cool, since a few months ago, they had none.
I was at a Barnes & Noble in Wisconsin a couple of weeks ago, and I noticed they had the same Pathfinder stuff there, too (two CotCT modules, Classic Monsters, Guide to Korvosa). Not to mention Mutants & Masterminds and a bunch of other third-party publisher stuff I've never seen in a Chapters/Indigo store.
was at the local Barnes and Noble bookstore tonight, and i received a rather nice surprise: they had in stock four Pathfinder books, two adventure ones, Classic Monsters Revisited(which i had my friend buy for me)and one of the guidebooks or something.
which is really cool, since a few months ago, they had none.
Since I don't know how this works... Does Paizo have to court buyers from B&N to get them to buy some of their stuff for the stores?
What gets put on the shelf is probably decided on a store by store basis by their management hence the reason that although all of the stores will carry the same core books their selection varies.
Hmm, I'm not sure if I would buy from B&N, if only because buying direct means Paizo makes a few more $$ Well that plus soon I'll be able to get the Pathfinder advantage discount. On the flip side buying from B&N encourages them to stock Paizo which means more shelf space for Paizo... hmm
My two local B&N have become my LGS. They're just as well supplied and know about the same amount of info on role-playing games as my LGS.. Which means that they know nothing.
I just have 10 less minutes to drive.
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What gets put on the shelf is probably decided on a store by store basis by their management hence the reason that although all of the stores will carry the same core books their selection varies.
Having worked for B&N some years ago, in a management capacity, I can say for certain that there is very little control over inventory at the store level. These decisions were made higher up the corporate food chain.
I suspect that thier are regional buyers, and in addition, the stores computer system is very smart about reordering books and finding what does well in which geographic area.
Having worked for B&N some years ago, in a management capacity, I can say for certain that there is very little control over inventory at the store level. These decisions were made higher up the corporate food chain.
I suspect that thier are regional buyers, and in addition, the stores computer system is very smart about reordering books and finding what does well in which geographic area.
Correctamundo. I found some Paizo products at B&N today and asked how decisions are made regarding whats in the store. The nice lady there said to give Customer Service a call if you want to see more of a particular product.
I called Customer Service and they said they wait for the publishers to contact them. I encouraged them to carry more Paizo products.
I'll still by from Paizo's web site, I'd just also like to see stuff on shelves to encourage others to see the quality Paizo produces.
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I worked at Barnes & Noble and the books are basically brought in by whatever B&N decides to send. We always carried the latest stuff sent out by WotC but no Paizo products. At least that was when there was just the Paizo magazines. Today I can only say that B&N would carry these products because it is justified by sales expectations. Employees can bring items in on their "say-so" (more on this in a second), but that would not explain multiple areas carrying Paizo in the store. In my opinion, this is a soft push by Barnes & Nobles to see what will happen. There were so many D&D products that sat on the shelves forever there, but the products that moved had a sales history. We could go into the system (if for some reason someone requested it and it wasn't there) and see the sales records. If the system decided not send more, we would have to request more of the product. We would have to base our ordering of extra copies by what had been sold in the past many months. I do not believe that explains the existence of Paizo products on the shelves, but rather how they may return sporadically. I might also add, that if people are requesting Paizo products across the nation, this would spark interest in B&N to "pursue such sales" in other markets not saturated with the products.
Cheers,
Zuxius