David writes over on Story Games:
Looking to buy a copy of Solipsist? From today you can find it on the Un-Store alongside a raft of other quality games that are sold direct.
Of course you can also get hold of a copy by going direct to http://www.solipsist-rpg.com, and if you do you'll notice some changes to our website, specifically that it's no longer just the site for the Solipsist RPG, but now the site for Solipsist RPGs the company.
Yes, I'm proud to announce that my 9 month collaboration with BoxNinja games has come to an end, and Solipsist is now being produced entirely by me, as will the upcoming Eekamouse in Atlantis and, I hope, many other future products. You'll see the new company name on IPR and RPGNow as well as the Un-Store. ...read more
We first announced this on the Solipsist RPG Yahoo! list and now we're rolling it out across other sites.
I replied with...
Yes! This good news and people can find David on the un-store, LULU, IPR and (soon to be, I hope) OBS.
Basically, I see this as a great triumph for David and myself. I think back to over 18 months ago when David was first setting out to get Solipsist published. To David it seemed a huge, complicated step to publish, which I assured him it was not. He was unconvinced, but open to being persuaded (and to me publishing Solipsist in the first instance!). We worked hard to get the book done and in March it debuted at Conpulsion with much (justified!) success.
Our aims were to do a main print run and see if it would sell through and then re-evalute. We had a pencilled in mark of a year to sell through the run, but it has been embraced by fans in far better numbers than we dared hope. As a result we sold out an initial run of 30 copies from LULU in the first weekend and the main run of 150 from Fidlar Doubleday in the US is almost through now too.
So, for a reprint. The fact that it has sold approximately 200 copies in print and PDF since March, with relatively little fuss, allowed me to show David that he can and should keep publishing it. And it should be him, not me, building up his name and getting the credit. In fact, he does his own website and direct sales and has effectively been a publisher in all but name for some time.
I like to think that BoxNinja helped David find an audience and smooth the way into the world of Indie Publishing, but he now knows how to do it all himself and doesn't need me standing around in the way! With exciting books ahead for David (Eekamouse in Atlantis, for instance) it makes sense for him to have all his books clearly under his own umbrella.
Solipsist always has been creator owned. David paid for the books, made the decisions (after listening to my advice and experience) and took the profits. BoxNinja received a modest fee for co-illustrating and designing the book, and for publishing it (it wasn't all just laying out the book you know!). But, with immediate effect David has paid me a one-time fee for the art and layout. So future printings, PDF sales and so on are no longer my concern. It all goes to David and will triumphantly appear under his imprint, not mine.
I am really happy to see David striking out on his own and look forward to seeing the ashcans of Eekamouse at Dragonmeet!
Tick,
Gregor


Well we printed one on
Submitted by David Donachie on Sat, 15/11/2008 - 23:07.
Well we printed one on Friday and it looks like it's come out fine, so now I just need to be able to print some more!
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