danieljuk
Babs just invented a new Canadian saying
It's interesting to look at the posts of the tarot deck creators and authors on here, they are often quite disheartened and sad when their decks go OOP. It mostly doesn't seem to be their decision as far as I can see unless they are self -publishing.
Clos is right that some decks are limited in a certain number from the start and you might even have a numbered deck.
But then the big publishing houses are not the same as the authors and creators, there isn't really a personal interest or link to them, they just want to sell! I wonder if a certain number of decks are agreed to be printed before going OOP and / or for a certain amount of years, the actual deck author might not even know this or it might all be agreed first. Some decks have been around for years like AJ said. I presume that publishers monitor sales very carefully, if they are selling a certain amount per year they will keep going with them!
Perhaps when sales get too low in the end, that is the end of the run, perhaps when a deck has a first print run and flops (it must happen!), it doesn't get past the first printed quantity
It's interesting to look at the posts of the tarot deck creators and authors on here, they are often quite disheartened and sad when their decks go OOP. It mostly doesn't seem to be their decision as far as I can see unless they are self -publishing.
Clos is right that some decks are limited in a certain number from the start and you might even have a numbered deck.
But then the big publishing houses are not the same as the authors and creators, there isn't really a personal interest or link to them, they just want to sell! I wonder if a certain number of decks are agreed to be printed before going OOP and / or for a certain amount of years, the actual deck author might not even know this or it might all be agreed first. Some decks have been around for years like AJ said. I presume that publishers monitor sales very carefully, if they are selling a certain amount per year they will keep going with them!
Perhaps when sales get too low in the end, that is the end of the run, perhaps when a deck has a first print run and flops (it must happen!), it doesn't get past the first printed quantity