Another thing the Internet is doing is allowing for small independent roleplaying
game companies to sell their wares. The best example of this is Microtactix.
Microtactix sells a variety of products from a downloadable generic roleplaying
game, Simply Roleplaying,
to an entire line of cardstock miniature towns and people (again, in a form
that users download and print off).
I bought a copy of the Simply Roleplaying core book a few weeks ago
and while I have not had time to go through it thoroughly enough to do a review,
I was very impressed by the way it was packaged with multiple formats, and a
lot of extra goodies in the ZIP file. The whole package came across as very
professional — well worth the $9 I paid.