[ASLML] AOO Status

[ron mosher]

At 08:12 PM 3/5/2004, Doug DeMoss wrote:
>Hm.  Is there something magical about AoO that it doesn't require money to 
>print?  Perhaps its mythical nature....
>
>;)

Well let's try one more time:

1. AoO, compared to any of the other pre-orders, has a monstrous Pre-pub 
number(over 1300).

2. Thus generating a lot of guaranteed money for MMP to print AoO, and have 
some left over.

3. BV and ASLRB, need to be in stock for several years to aid in expanding 
the hobby.

4. Their pre-print numbers are tiny, and could not financially support the 
number of "back-up" or "on the shelf" copies we all seem to agree are 
needed for newbies.

5. AoOs "extra" money can help support the  BV and ASLRB needed copies.

In other words, how often do you want BV and ASLRB to need to be reprinted? 
One time with enuf for several years, or every two-three years with them 
OoS for 1 to two years of those years between printings(like we have now)?


For the nonce,
ron
acerbic curmudgeon and lowly priest in the High Holy Church of ASL