Episode 61: Operating at Top Capacity with Matt McElroy

In which Eddy and Dixie interview Matt McElroy, Onyx Path’s Operations Manager and long-time employee of DriveThruRPG and DriveThruComics.

• Our middle names
• Matt’s start with DriveThruComics
• The history of print-on-demand
• All sorts of interesting experiments
• How we package RPGs, and the iPad
• The move to Onyx Path
• Kickstarters
• Distribution and shipping
• What Operations covers
• Convention strategy and Gen Con
• Community content
• Bringing old games back
• Matthew trains zombies
• But seriously, shipping is awful
• Some chatting about art notes

LINKS

• Flames Rising: flamesrising.com
• DriveThruComics: drivethrucomics.com
• DriveThruFiction: drivethrufiction.com
• Onyx Path at DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/4261/Onyx-Path-Publishing
• EXXXalted: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/61015/ExXxalted-Scroll-of-Swallowed-Darkness-Censored
• Slices of Fate: https://www.drivethrufiction.com/product_info.php?products_id=97917&affiliate_id=4451
• Indie Press Revolution: https://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/home.php
• Studio 2: https://studio2publishing.com/