[LittleOldLady]

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I have no problem with the way 2+2 binds their books, selects their type or what type of paper they use. I don't know anything about any of that. I do remember a few people saying that the pages of their SSH books ordered via this website from ConJelCo smelled like pot; that's probably not a great business decision but I guess it's worth taking a risk sometimes? I don't know.

I also obviously know little to nothing about the inner workings of 2+2. I know that [censored] is NOT king of oot, but not much else.

I do know a lot about the external decisions 2+2 makes. I've seen them first hand for >2 years on a daily basis. Lots of smart people, much smarter than myself, share the opinion that 2+2 has made some questionable decisions, at best, in running their business. Like you said though, they've done well and must be doing the right thing--a slippery slope, as I've cautioned, but one you seem undoubtedly comfortable on, so I'll leave you be. I have no credentials, just common sense and my reputation here as someone that routinely knows what they're talking about when they insist that they do.

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If you go back and read what I wrote, I said 2p2 must be doing SOMETHING right. That is not the same thing as saying they are "doing the right thing." There is always room for improvement, and 2p2 is working on improvement. And what looks like it might be an improvement does not always turn out to be so on further inspection.

Mason and 2p2 have been in the poker book game a long time. In the last few years the nature of that game has changed radically--and in 2p2's favor. The changed circumstances call for changes in 2p2, and Mason has been cautiously making them. For example, he has successfully brought in new authors, heralded like Dan Harrington and unheralded like Edward. He is also giving other new voices (like Dave, Sunny, and Matt) a chance to be heard, pairing them with experienced authors like Ray Zee and Edward. He has not rushed to sign up tv and internet "stars" like Scott Fischman (who has demonstrated on this site that he cannot construe a single coherent sentence) just on the basis of their "fame." YMMV, but I think those are good business decisions.

A different owner, perhaps a younger one, might respond to the changed circumstances more aggressively. But those of us who are old enough to remember the dot.com fiasco saw a lot of young hotshots go splat. Aesop thought the tortoise had a point, and so do I, but then I am not a young and aggressive hotshot....