There is one big point of differentiation between you and some of the other folks posting here: you are releasing your own RPG. Most here are releasing supplements for Pathfinder or D&D. Without knowing how your sales break down, that would imply that the money is in NEW roleplaying games, not...
Our revenue streams have diversified drastically over the past few years, with CreateSpace becoming a larger segment of our profits than it was in years past. PDF-only products traditionally do not sell enough to justify a lot of investment. The no-hassle print products, such as CreateSpace and...
No problem!
I could probably turn publishing into my sole income - it would just mean downsizing our house, getting rid of one of our two used cars, and moving to a diet consisting primarily of rice and beans. Since the technology industry chooses to pay me far and away more than RPG publishing...
Considering I don't make enough publishing for it to be my primary job, I highly doubt I could ever pay someone enough for it to be THEIR primary job ;) My day job pays three times what I make publishing, and Dreamscarred Press is one of the "larger" third-party publishers.
I'd like to point out that the information on Dreamscarred Press was originally incredibly out of date and now is impartial. Our current rate is 2 cents per word if you have never been published before. If you have, it is higher based upon the individual. We haven't paid the rate originally for...