The Company in print from DTRPG?

[Vorax Transtellaris]

Any idea when The Company will become available from DTRPG in print again?

[Newt]

Its currently only in print from Lulu

http://www.lulu.com/shop/rik-kershaw-moore/the-company-soft-cover/paperback/product-20005425.html

I've no plans at the moment to release it via DriveThruRPG.com. Since the original author's disappearance from the Hobby, the game is in limbo. 

[chiisu81]

But you're the publisher of the game. And you've put in back for sale on DTRPG and Lulu, so it appears to prospective customers to have "active support"...

[g33k]

2 hours ago, chiisu81 said:

But you're the publisher of the game. And you've put in back for sale on DTRPG and Lulu, so it appears to prospective customers to have "active support"...

I suspect that, legally speaking, Lulu is providing a PDF-owner with a hardcopy they're legally-entitled to have.

But it sounds (from whet Newt's saying) that the publishing-rights may not be clear enough for him to simply re-issue it in a "published by d101" manner; or at least for him to feel like there's some legal or moral grey area where he'd rather not venture.

Shame that the author is unavailable!  That's also a title on my list...

 

[Newt]

LULU doesn't do pdf/print bundles by default. They want me to offer the pdf as a separate 'ebook' product   But I'm quite happy to provide a complimentary pdf to anyone who buys the print book from there, just send me your proof of purchase from lulu to newt@d101games.com and I'll sort you out.

To be clear on what is going on here.  The book was set up on Lulu before DriveThruRPG.com had a POD service. When  DriveThruRPG.com did start its POD service I was busy with other things. DriveThruRPG.com's POD is much more demanding and less forgiving than LULU's taking on average two weeks to get a proof through, and then its back to the start if you have issues with the proof. So it's a significant chunk of my time to put a POD book up on  DriveThruRPG.com.  

So fast forward a couple of months and then the author drops out of the hobby with very little warning, which was a quite a shock. So that put a spanner in the works for me as far as putting any more effort into the game.  I have the permission from the author to use the text, but it I was really counting on his help in going forward with it. Six months on and the sales have dwindled to almost nought so I decided to call it a day.  I told folk here and there was quite an outcry of support so I decided that keeping the book available in the formats that it was already available cost me nothing.   So as I said it's kinda in limbo  

Ironically since I left it in this limbo sales have perked up slightly.  Maybe it deserves a refreshed version, fixing some of the issues that have raised their ugly head since its initial release (it's based on OpenQuest 1st edition - so there are a few kinks in the rules that need sorting out as well as another proofing pass ). I'd love to do a 2nd Editon, but I'm a bit daunted by the work involved (some serious research would have to be done on my part).

[ThornPlutonius]

Thank you for keeping it available, Newt!  I got the pdf in a Bundle of Holding offering awhile back, if I recall correctly, but could not find the print version until recently.  I find Lulu to be a very difficult site on which to find things for which one does not already have a URL. 

I just bought a physical book. Though, I didn't notice the hard cover option until after I had placed the softcover order.  It would be nice of Lulu displayed all formats for the one book on the same screen.  I may buy another hardcover copy in the future.

Again, thank you for maintaining its availability and I understand why it may languish for some time longer before it receives the updates and tweeks that it deserves.