The POD thing… It’s mainly from the private e-publisher forum that OBS vendors get access to, but it has spilled out on to places like the publishing forum at RPGnet. Nothing’s definite yet, and the outcry against losing the facility might have prompted them to reconsider, but personally I’m proceeding on the basis that I can’t rely on it being there in future, so for my most recent release I’ve been directing people to Lulu for the print version.

Not everyone has been happy with the way things have been handled at OBS in recent months, and some of those people have decided that they’d rather make alternative provision, inc stores on their own sites and other sales venues like Your Games Now. But for a new, unknown publisher RPGNow is still pretty much where you need to go.

Aye I remember you played in Hurt of the Land and Great Egg Hunt. I also remember you from the 1st Continuum ‘Independent publisher’ seminar (which was kinda a bit off post since apart from Marcus Rowland, the rest of the panel were 3rd party publishers for Cthulhu/Glorantha) we’re you asked some intelligent and thought provoking questions of the panel, esp regarding on the PDF vs traditional print. It must be said that I’ve been following your posts of RPG.net and now the Collective Endeavour with as much interest. You are definitely one of my inspirational figures as I put together my own games

Thank you for your very useful advice. I didn’t know that getting Lulu account just to print of a couple of draft copies was an option.

Just out of interest how widely known is end of the POD relationship between Lulu and the merged DriveThru/RPGnow ?

Re print on demand: I suggest you set up your own Lulu account, which is pretty easy to do. Couple of reasons. You can set up a book so it’s only accessible to you, so you can get a proof copy to check before making it available to the public. You can then set it up at RPGNow as well if you want – but bear in mind that the POD feature is likely to get lost during the process of turning DriveThru and RPGNow into a single site, and it’s not clear whether they’re going to bring it back.

Also, do have a look at the clipart packs at RPGNow – some good value for money if you can find something in the right style.

When its done, first draft, I’ll start pimping like a leetle beetch

And you dear readers will be first to know.

And RPGNow is in partnership with them. So basically I list at RPGNow and my customers can by a dead tree version from LULU.

Looking forward to seeing this!

What’s with the secret project idea tho? Make sure you talk about your projects in the open to generate buzz! That was my first big mistake in the self-publishing world … not self-publicising.