... ruin ... A coupe of points here. Publishers already put books on the net. I myself am a member of the MCP mailing list and bookshelf, you can access...
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Hendry, Philip
p.hendry@...
Sep 1, 1999 9:54 am
... This is an excellent idea, but for a 'traditional' publishing house, used to using conventional/traditional methods, it would require a complete change of ...
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Derek Rolfe
Derek.Rolfe@...
Sep 1, 1999 2:35 pm
I agree, if a company is not willing to change, use new technologies, and ideas they are a creature of the past and will become extinct like so very very many...
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Hawke Robinson
webmaster@...
Sep 1, 1999 5:16 pm
I feel pretty mch the same about wizards and graphics as well, but it seems the majority of newer users want the wizard. I'm doing it in the full blown mode...
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Hawke Robinson
webmaster@...
Sep 1, 1999 5:25 pm
ACtually pivotal moments such as they're experiencing can be one of the best times for significant changes, and certainly a motivator. "If you always do, what...
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Gavin Carey
g.carey@...
Sep 1, 1999 6:42 pm
... stating such ... And as you ... the exact same ... They need to ... conventional ... libraries, book ... with lower budget ... spending an entire ... they...
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ERIC DUBOURG
edubourg@...
Sep 1, 1999 7:17 pm
I see on a magazine that ICE will publish 'Adventures in Gondor' and 'Adventures around Mordor', adventures from out of print modules. What is exactly these...
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Malcolm Wolter
malcolm@...
Sep 1, 1999 8:52 pm
... These are all valid points, but I'd be awfully surprised if ICE didn't use PageMaker or Quark in their newer pubs, so the learning curve shouldn't be an...
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Thomas E Morris
Temorris@...
Sep 1, 1999 8:57 pm
Not a bad idea because they do sell pretty well, but the advertising cost in those books must be a fortune! I don't think ICE could have swung that in their...
4126
CHRIS1224@...
Sep 1, 1999 9:11 pm
Hi Eric, In a message dated 9/1/99 12:22:13 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... 'Adventures around Mordor', adventures from out of print modules. This is news to me....
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Riddle, Richard Paul
RPRiddle0@...
Sep 1, 1999 9:32 pm
Which magazine? ... From: ERIC DUBOURG [mailto:edubourg@...] Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 1:25 PM Subject: MERP reeditions : ICE products I...
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Riddle, Richard Paul
RPRiddle0@...
Sep 1, 1999 9:36 pm
Have ya'll checked out the RM Source Net yet? They are in the process of scanning old books and posting them from their page. ICE has apparently condoned...
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Gavin Carey
g.carey@...
Sep 1, 1999 9:37 pm
... .pdf ... wasn't ... the ... books. ... would ... could ... quality ... This is a good point! Gavin. ... To unsubscribe, e-mail:...
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Gavin Carey
g.carey@...
Sep 1, 1999 9:56 pm
fair enough, i wasn't sure so just posed it as a possible! Gav. ... From: Thomas E Morris <Temorris@...> To: <recipient list not shown: ;> Sent:...
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Hawke Robinson
webmaster@...
Sep 1, 1999 10:02 pm
Are you kidding me??????? And they gave me (and others) flak about the character generators having too much info. Where on the site is this indicated? -hawke ...
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Hawke Robinson
webmaster@...
Sep 1, 1999 10:03 pm
All I can find is that they are just scanning the fron pages and back text, not the whole books. -hawke ... -- -Hawke (webmaster@...) AS in CS, MCSE, CNA,...
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Derek Rolfe
Derek.Rolfe@...
Sep 1, 1999 10:32 pm
nay nay, they're just reviews of each book with coverart ... To unsubscribe, e-mail: merp-unsubscribe@... For additional commands, e-mail:...
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Riddle, Richard Paul
RPRiddle0@...
Sep 2, 1999 12:32 am
Again I stand corrected (I'm racking them up today, folks). I already had the books that had been done so I never bothered to follow the link to its end. ... ...
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Eric Jackson
alric@...
Sep 2, 1999 1:32 am
... A couple of comments about E-Publishing... By going to electronic only they would loose most of their customer base. A large share (most?) of gamers don't...
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Thomas E Morris
Temorris@...
Sep 2, 1999 2:04 am
I'd also add that those of us with poor eyesight really can't read extended text on the PC and would have to print it out anyway. I'd be more inclined to buy...
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WesJFrank@...
Sep 2, 1999 3:49 am
In a message dated 9/1/99 12:29:48 PM Central Daylight Time, ... best ... do, what ... Hawke, "pivotal moment" is the nicest euphemism for bankruptcy court...
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WesJFrank@...
Sep 2, 1999 3:49 am
In a message dated 9/1/99 4:30:55 AM Central Daylight Time, ... I agree. I know some people out there can stare at a monitor all day long, but most of us find...
4139
WesJFrank@...
Sep 2, 1999 3:50 am
In a message dated 8/31/99 9:20:44 PM Central Daylight Time, ... to ... I can throw in a caveat on this one Jason. I have been following ICE ever since they...
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ERIC DUBOURG
edubourg@...
Sep 2, 1999 7:25 am
... A french magazine, Multimondes 4 For August, they announce : Realm of Channeling, Realm of Mentalism and Realm of Essence for RM, All Hands on deck (a...
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Jason Mulligan
manwe@...
Sep 2, 1999 8:16 am
... Of course then there is the problem for ICE of tracking down the authors of all those old MERP products (writers and artists) so a deal can be stitched up...
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Jason Mulligan
manwe@...
Sep 2, 1999 9:34 am
... I must admit the only real ICE marketing I ever saw (leaving aside cons) was reviews in the independent RPG mags in the 80's (like GM magazine) and adverts...
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Derek Rolfe
Derek.Rolfe@...
Sep 2, 1999 1:54 pm
... hahahahahahahaha..., oh you're serious? The gaming community that I know of is beriddled with computers. Derek ... To unsubscribe, e-mail:...
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Derek Rolfe
Derek.Rolfe@...
Sep 2, 1999 1:55 pm
That's why it zooms in to like 600%, you could read it word by word... Much better that Reader's Digest for old people :) ... To unsubscribe, e-mail:...
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Malcolm Wolter
malcolm@...
Sep 2, 1999 2:25 pm
... I don't think there's any evidence to support the first claim. And I'd rather think the latter was totally erroneous. I think gamers are among the...
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N.H.M. Caldwell
nhmc1@...
Sep 2, 1999 2:28 pm
... Nobody knows how many gamers have a) Internet access b) computer + printer (because reading a full book at a monitor is not healthy, and you need a printed...