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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 2927340" data-attributes="member: 177">Well, a few of things come to mind - In essence, you are asking people to pay you for the privilege of being your playtesters.  Any publisher trying for this had better have the right attitude, or it'll flop in terms of public relations.There is a trust issue here - if you are not an established publisher, the customer has little assurance that there will ever be a print run at all.  It isn't as if the print run will follow very soon - playtesting, feedback, and editing take time.  For most products, it may not be worth the effort.There is a risk for the publisher, as this is a bit like dabbling in futures - You're planning and promising to hand over the pdf now, and a print copy later.  But you don't yet kow the cost of the print copy.  If the turnaround time is significant, or revisions major, your estimates on print costs may not match reality.  End result: there's a risk you underestimate the print costs, and take a bath on copies you've already sold.I am not sure why folks don't simply seek out larger playtesting pools in the first place.  With these and other forums available, it isn't as if getting playtesters is hard...</blockquote>