Actually, my understanding is that a number of game companies are Borders creditors who will wind up lucky to someday get cents on the dollar for inventory held by Borders. Cash flow slowdowns are never good.
But, as Borders closed all of their stores in Texas last year during the first round of retrenching, this is all old news. Though, it did produce an interesting observation when a friend went to the Borders sci fi rack after a week or more of clearance sales. The shelves had been cleared of prominent titles. All that was left was vampire, generic fantasy, vampire, werewolf, vampire, demon, vampire. Which is doubly unfortunate considering that they had one of the better sci fi selections in Austin.
My book/game dollars have already moved online, for the most part. A three-hour round trip to a gaming or decent bookshop* means that online is much more convenient.
Which is doing you no harm, as virtually all the only gaming stuff I've bought in the last year has come from Pelgrane Press, after reading about it here in your blog.
*I don't count Chapters as a decent bookshop. Plus all the scented crap they sell makes me sneeze the entire time I'm in the store.
I don't buy games online as a rule because my gaming has slowed down so much over the last 6 years since I got married and moved from Phoenix. We had many wonderful game and book stores, now in Southern New Mexico I have to drive 90 miles to get to a Barnes & Noble as the local book store is horribly inadequate. I still spend most of my gaming dollars in Phoenix even though I'm lucky if I get to game a half dozen times a year.
What online gaming that I do buy I try to buy directly from the maker if they offer both print & PDF, otherwise it's sites like DriveThruRPG. I try to buy direct so that the maker makes the most profit from my purchase.
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But, as Borders closed all of their stores in Texas last year during the first round of retrenching, this is all old news. Though, it did produce an interesting observation when a friend went to the Borders sci fi rack after a week or more of clearance sales. The shelves had been cleared of prominent titles. All that was left was vampire, generic fantasy, vampire, werewolf, vampire, demon, vampire. Which is doubly unfortunate considering that they had one of the better sci fi selections in Austin.
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Which is doing you no harm, as virtually all the only gaming stuff I've bought in the last year has come from Pelgrane Press, after reading about it here in your blog.
*I don't count Chapters as a decent bookshop. Plus all the scented crap they sell makes me sneeze the entire time I'm in the store.
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Money moving to liquidated books is a concern, albeit a short-term one.
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What online gaming that I do buy I try to buy directly from the maker if they offer both print & PDF, otherwise it's sites like DriveThruRPG. I try to buy direct so that the maker makes the most profit from my purchase.
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As a resident of the home town of Boarders this still sucks though.
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