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Is a Kickstarter for this Epic Bestiary book a good idea?
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<blockquote data-quote="Upper_Krust" data-source="post: 8556258" data-attributes="member: 326"><p>Hey all,</p><p></p><p>as I get closer to finishing this book I have been looking into the method of release.</p><p></p><p>I was initially going to just have it on Drivethru RPG. I have been very happy with their pdf service and now they do Print on Demand, so it all looked sweet. However, examining their POD service and the print cost of a premium (glossy page), colour 300+ page hardback is astronomical in the USA (which I am guessing is where 80% of sales will be). Plus looking at the reviews the Premium quality is just about 'okay'...ish.</p><p></p><p>If I did a Kickstarter I could charge less for each printed book, have better quality and (depending on the print run size* ) maybe even make slightly more profit to fund the art for the next book.</p><p></p><p>*which might be a few hundred I'd hope.</p><p></p><p>The big question is would I get enough backers to warrant a decent sized print run**, but even if I didn't I'd probably gamble I'd sell more over the following 12 month period and hope for the best.</p><p></p><p>**With the Printer I am researching (Print Ninja), a print run of 1250+ is where it all starts to be economically viable. But if I even got 250-350 backers of the print version (not just the pdf) then it would probably be worthwhile to print around the 1250 mark, fulfill the backers and put the remainder on sale at Amazon, with any remaining 12 months later being offered in another Kickstarter for the next book.</p><p></p><p>For the record I am not going to start a Kickstarter campaign until I have the book completed (at least up to the editing stage), so that is still not going to be within the immediate next few months.</p><p></p><p>Any thoughts? Good idea? Bad idea?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Upper_Krust, post: 8556258, member: 326"] Hey all, as I get closer to finishing this book I have been looking into the method of release. I was initially going to just have it on Drivethru RPG. I have been very happy with their pdf service and now they do Print on Demand, so it all looked sweet. However, examining their POD service and the print cost of a premium (glossy page), colour 300+ page hardback is astronomical in the USA (which I am guessing is where 80% of sales will be). Plus looking at the reviews the Premium quality is just about 'okay'...ish. If I did a Kickstarter I could charge less for each printed book, have better quality and (depending on the print run size* ) maybe even make slightly more profit to fund the art for the next book. *which might be a few hundred I'd hope. The big question is would I get enough backers to warrant a decent sized print run**, but even if I didn't I'd probably gamble I'd sell more over the following 12 month period and hope for the best. **With the Printer I am researching (Print Ninja), a print run of 1250+ is where it all starts to be economically viable. But if I even got 250-350 backers of the print version (not just the pdf) then it would probably be worthwhile to print around the 1250 mark, fulfill the backers and put the remainder on sale at Amazon, with any remaining 12 months later being offered in another Kickstarter for the next book. For the record I am not going to start a Kickstarter campaign until I have the book completed (at least up to the editing stage), so that is still not going to be within the immediate next few months. Any thoughts? Good idea? Bad idea? [/QUOTE]
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