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$64CDN for Book of the Righteous?? Not in this lifetime...
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<blockquote data-quote="Nikchick" data-source="post: 365720" data-attributes="member: 344"><p>I almost went into this before earlier in the thread, but decided not to. I probably shouldn't bother to do it now, because I know someone will read it and think I'm being defensive about my product. That's not it, really! We've got a good range of products at prices from $4.50 to $40, and I'm ok with that. I'm not trying to say that everyone needs to spend $40 on my big hardback book. It's the whole "for the long-term health of the industry" thing, something I know some of you have heard before but I feel this need to go over again.</p><p></p><p>Particularly in the case of GOO's Limited Edition color SAS, you do understand that it was *limited* and they're keeping the rules in print in *black and white*? Do you know why they're doing that? Because if they tried to sell that color book, at that price, as their "in print edition" instead of as a special, they wouldn't make any money!</p><p></p><p> Sure, a lot of these companies are releasing books that are the first in a line and cheaper than they should be! I'll be the first to point out that the Everquest RPG is full color and 400 pages for $30: I point it out because they're not making any money doing that! It's all about grabbing mindshare, enticing people to pick up the book and then hoping to "make it up on supplements." Even WotC, with all its talk about economies of scale, saw fit to raise the price of their core books. </p><p></p><p>Companies that are run by a group of guys who all have day jobs doing something else, or companies that put out one book a year, can "afford" to print books that are underpriced. Those super-cheap, oh-my-god-how-did-they-afford-to-do-that games will always be out there, but those products aren't the norm. (Nor should they be if you want to have a stable industry that isn't always full of companies on the verge of going out of business.)</p><p></p><p>My humble view from the business side,</p><p>Nicole</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nikchick, post: 365720, member: 344"] I almost went into this before earlier in the thread, but decided not to. I probably shouldn't bother to do it now, because I know someone will read it and think I'm being defensive about my product. That's not it, really! We've got a good range of products at prices from $4.50 to $40, and I'm ok with that. I'm not trying to say that everyone needs to spend $40 on my big hardback book. It's the whole "for the long-term health of the industry" thing, something I know some of you have heard before but I feel this need to go over again. Particularly in the case of GOO's Limited Edition color SAS, you do understand that it was *limited* and they're keeping the rules in print in *black and white*? Do you know why they're doing that? Because if they tried to sell that color book, at that price, as their "in print edition" instead of as a special, they wouldn't make any money! Sure, a lot of these companies are releasing books that are the first in a line and cheaper than they should be! I'll be the first to point out that the Everquest RPG is full color and 400 pages for $30: I point it out because they're not making any money doing that! It's all about grabbing mindshare, enticing people to pick up the book and then hoping to "make it up on supplements." Even WotC, with all its talk about economies of scale, saw fit to raise the price of their core books. Companies that are run by a group of guys who all have day jobs doing something else, or companies that put out one book a year, can "afford" to print books that are underpriced. Those super-cheap, oh-my-god-how-did-they-afford-to-do-that games will always be out there, but those products aren't the norm. (Nor should they be if you want to have a stable industry that isn't always full of companies on the verge of going out of business.) My humble view from the business side, Nicole [/QUOTE]
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