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    How big's the RPG market?

    Ah. At this link <http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?1984-Top-5-RPGs-Compiled-Charts-2008-Present#.WV7G_NMrLK1> there are two bullet points about Kickstarter that aren't next to each other so it's easy to miss the second one after skimming the first.
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    How big's the RPG market?

    Unless something has changed none of ICv2's numbers include Kickstarter, so factor that into any opinions based on their information.
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    7th Sea Hits ONE MILLION DOLLARS (AKA The Top 100+ RPG Kickstarters Ever!)

    Missing Transhuman for Eclipse Phase: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/507486226/transhuman-the-eclipse-phase-players-guide ($117,965)
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    What's a Freelance RPG Writer Worth?

    As a publisher: the writer (and other freelancers) shouldn't be sharing the risk.
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    [UPDATED] Pie For Everyone, Just Sliced Very Thinly: The Economics of RPG Book Production

    That's one of the most important things to learn about RPG publishing: publishers can do things in very different ways and each be successful. There is a vast range in scale.
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    [UPDATED] Pie For Everyone, Just Sliced Very Thinly: The Economics of RPG Book Production

    I don't know Pelgrane's exact situation, but a few percentage points often end up being taken by a fulfillment house/sales service like Publisher Services Inc. or Impressions. Also, the rate that game distributors pays vs. mass market is slightly different.
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    [UPDATED] Pie For Everyone, Just Sliced Very Thinly: The Economics of RPG Book Production

    Simon is breaking down various percentages that you get from each type of sale: * DriveThruRPG/OneBookShelf takes 30 or 35% of the cover price of a PDF, and 30 or 35% of the cover price minus printing cost of a Print on Demand book. (So you get $7 or $6.50 on a $10 PDF, for example, depending...
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    [UPDATED] Pie For Everyone, Just Sliced Very Thinly: The Economics of RPG Book Production

    I'm pretty sure Owen was also freelance writing for other companies during all of that time.
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    What's a Freelance RPG Writer Worth?

    Instead of thinking about what creative works cost to create, I encourage you to consider how much time you'll spend with it and the enjoyment you'll get from it.
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    What's a Freelance RPG Writer Worth?

    My experience over the years is that this isn't true. Most writers don't struggle to write their section of a book and pad out 8,000 words into 10,000. More writers turn over 12,000 words, instead, and let editorial figure out how to fit it into the book. ;-) I think there are a few reasons why...
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    What's a Freelance RPG Writer Worth?

    This depends on a LOT of variables ... the size of your print run, whether it's offset/print on demand, and, of course, how much you pay your creative team.
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    Catalyst Game Labs might be on life support

    Years ago, I had an enworld account, but goodness knows I can't quickly find the login info today ... If I'm misreading this post, I apologize, but it sounds to me like you're saying I brought capital into CGL: this is untrue. I do not own any portion of the company; I was just a staff...
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