Why discontinue Nightbane: Shadows of Light?

[Kevin]

Why cancel Nightbane: Shadows of Light?

Someone just brought to my attention that there has been rampant speculation on why we cancelled the Nightbane sourcebook, Shadows of Light. That’s an easy one . . .

Um, in case you haven’t noticed, Palladium Books is in financial difficulty, and is fighting to stay alive!!!! Consequently, we will be discontinuing books that are slow sellers. It took a little more than three years to sell the initial print run of about 2500 copies. That's half the usual press run for our books which usually sell out in one year. Not exactly a smash hit, so it is cancelled/discontinued. We may reprint the book at some point in the future (as in years in the future) or we may offer it as a PDF next year for a reasonable fee (we may be offering a number of our out of print books as PDF files in the year to come).

Because Palladium has a long history of keeping most of it’s books in print all the time, people notice it when we discontinue one. Well, with our current crisis and a soft RPG market, you can expect to see Palladium discontinue more slow titles in the months to come.

We also have a dozen key, major titles (Juicer Uprising, Rifts® Free Quebec, Coalition War Campaign, Mindwerks, Wolfen Empire, Powers Unlimited Two, to name a few) that remain “temporarily” out of print, with other titles running low. They will be back! We just don’t know when yet, or how soon. Our resources are limited.

Like I keep telling people, thanks to our fans, Palladium is here today and Palladium’s situation is much better than it was back in April, 2006. However, our long-term future remains uncertain. We are optimistic and full of ideas, but we still have a long way to go before Palladium is completely healthy and back on its feet. Please bear with us. We’re doing the best we can to keep key books in print and new titles coming.

I apologize for those of you disappointed, frustrated or dismayed about how long it is taking us to reprint vital books. We are working hard to keep Palladium running and to get back on our feet, but it will take us a while to do so.

Keep the faith.

Kevin Siembieda
Publisher, Flag Bearer and the Guy Who Has to Make the Tough Decisions
August 16, 2006