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Originally Posted by baheidstu
Hey, if Twilight Time feel that it's necessary to drop down to 1500 runs in order to sustain themselves, then that's fine. BUT, doing that AND playing up the whole "if it's sold out, it's gone for good" is NOT okay with me. There are too many other players on the scene proving that sort of business model is not necessary for them to keep feeding us that line.
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They already said they're not doing reissues. Whether the limit is 1500 or 3000 is irrelevant. A title that would warrant 3000 copies several years ago is only worth a 1500 print now because the market is that bad.
It's like you still haven't accepted the concept of their business model yet. They themselves have stated that collectors are their target market. Limited edition is not 3000 copies selling out and repeating the process over and over until there's no demand left. That's Kino and the other label's business model. Only they don't reveal how many copies were printed.
Selling out doesn't mean the title won't be back from other labels and many if not most of them are available in other markets as well. I would much rather have them offer 1500 copies at full price (although it wouldn't hurt to drop that full price by $5 or so), never have sales, then the alternative. Nothing at all. If they only have 1500 to sell, then they need to have a higher average selling price and that would mean few if any sales.