From:	Wordman wordman@*******.com
Subject:	SR Books Online
Date:	Mon, 15 Feb 1999 22:51:18 -0500

Adam J wrote:
> Not really. But if they start giving away something, they basically say "We
> have no hope of making money on this product again", and in very few cases
> will they ever be able to make money again. Suppose FASA releases a pile
> of the old modules onto the web in PDF format, and then in 3 years decides
> they should re-release some of the old modules in paper format, in some
> sort of anthology.

The question for FASA is: would they ever do this? My guess is that they
never will. From what I understand, the amount of product they can release
is more or less limited by the amount of "throughput" they can afford from a
press. With a couple of exceptions, they will get a much higher rate of
return when they have presses only producing new product.

Again: it's all about money.

> Not to mention that they don't own everything that was
> published, some of the artwork for example.

If FASA is listening, I could live without the artwork. Actually, I could
live without the text as well, since I own most of the books anyway. What I
really want is a _very_ complete electronic index, or enough data to
generate one.

One thought: If the list formed a company, we could present FASA with an
offer to electronically produce out of print material. If nothing else, it
would be interesting to see their asking price.

Another thought: A number of months ago, I managed to find every issue of
KaGe in a RPG store in Denver. Those issues are just begging for electronic
versions, and might provide FASA a low-exposure way of judging the market.
Assuming someone still has the electronic originals.

Wordman