Brian Stanfield Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 I just got outbid on eBay by Steven S. Long for a copy of Hero System 6E1. What in the world does that mean?! Any guesses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Walsh Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 It means he's trying to corner the market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptnStrawberry Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 Wow, they must be rare then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Stanfield Posted June 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 It means he's trying to corner the market. I was thinking the same thing, but he got he book at $90, and the standard used rate at this point is $145. He'd have a lot of ground to cover at $145 a pop! But what bums me out is that he prevented one new person from actually getting a copy of the 6E rules! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Stanfield Posted June 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 What are the odds that it may signify a 7th edition coming out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 Buy the PDF take it to a copy store have it printedspiral bind itand it will be under 90$ and spiral binding will let it lay flat What are the odds that it may signify a 7th edition coming out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 So there is only one Steven S. Long in the world? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 I just got outbid on eBay by Steven S. Long for a copy of Hero System 6E1. What in the world does that mean?! Any guesses? My guess is that it means someone out there is such a big fan of the work of Steven S. Long that they decided to use that name for themselves in certain online contexts, such as on e bay. Lucius Alexander Now if you see a Lucius Alexander and they have a palindromedary, that's probably me. But only probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper-Man Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 I think it was a likely inference that Steve L. was the winner of the recent 6e1 auction on ebay. The full usernames are NOT given on ebay bids but you can view their recent bidding history. That and based on stuff Steve has posted on FB it does suggest that it could have been him. But I doubt it. HM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Stanfield Posted June 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 I think it was a likely inference that Steve L. was the winner of the recent 6e1 auction on ebay. The full usernames are NOT given on ebay bids but you can view their recent bidding history. That and based on stuff Steve has posted on FB it does suggest that it could have been him. But I doubt it. HM There was a bit of a dispute about the bid (my mistake in the end), and after it was resolved the bookseller said, as an interesting aside, that the winner was Steven S. Long. He assumed it was the author, but we may never really know . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 Buy the PDF take it to a copy store have it printed spiral bind it and it will be under 90$ and spiral binding will let it lay flat This assumes the copy store will agree to make the copy. Many will refuse on the grounds of (unfounded fears of) copyright infringement. It is common for copy stores to refuse to help customers take advantage of their Fair Use rights. An alternative is to buy the PDF and upload it to a print on demand service like Lulu. I paid around $11 and $9 respectively (beyond the cost of the PDFs) for the printed books you see below. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Baker Posted June 26, 2016 Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 This assumes the copy store will agree to make the copy. Many will refuse on the grounds of (unfounded fears of) copyright infringement. It is common for copy stores to refuse to help customers take advantage of their Fair Use rights. An alternative is to buy the PDF and upload it to a print on demand service like Lulu. I paid around $11 and $9 respectively (beyond the cost of the PDFs) for the printed books you see below. image.jpeg image.jpeg Those look great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gallandro Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 zslane, did you create a spine image for the cover? I know Lulu has the cover tool, and I'm assuming you just brought over the front and back cover from the PDF, but I'm curious about the spine for the book. Yancy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 I constructed full wraparound cover art for both volumes using Adobe Illustrator. I used the cover art pages from the PDFs as a starting point, but had to do a bunch of reconstruction due to font substitution and page bleed issues and so forth. The spine elements I made myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Stanfield Posted July 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 Those look cool! I have black and white copies I made, and bound them myself into softcover books, but they don't look that nice. They get the job done, but I was just hoping to have the hardcover books for long-term purposes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 I've never had a problem getting stuff copied and bound at office max or office despotthe print quality from DTRPG has been low for their pod servicesat a copy store you can say this is crap and have it redone This assumes the copy store will agree to make the copy. Many will refuse on the grounds of (unfounded fears of) copyright infringement. It is common for copy stores to refuse to help customers take advantage of their Fair Use rights.An alternative is to buy the PDF and upload it to a print on demand service like Lulu. I paid around $11 and $9 respectively (beyond the cost of the PDFs) for the printed books you see below.image.jpegimage.jpeg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaximander Posted July 5, 2016 Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 This assumes the copy store will agree to make the copy. Many will refuse on the grounds of (unfounded fears of) copyright infringement. It is common for copy stores to refuse to help customers take advantage of their Fair Use rights. An alternative is to buy the PDF and upload it to a print on demand service like Lulu. I paid around $11 and $9 respectively (beyond the cost of the PDFs) for the printed books you see below. image.jpeg image.jpeg That is something interesting to know. I was wondering how I could share information from the books without having to rewrite everything personally or sending my electronic copies to them and hoping they are honest enough to acquire them legally at a later point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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