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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wulf Ratbane" data-source="post: 1419367" data-attributes="member: 94">PDF is not on the table. No electronic format is even considered. If you want electronic, you're looking at it.The only consideration is a printed book-- whether it be hardcover or softcover.My initial line of attack is in fact print on demand, and it's not looking great, in terms of costs. The hard cost of such a book is about $5, which means you'd have to charge about $12.50 just to make sure you break even. (POD pays you the wholesale price less printing costs-- so the profit at $12.50 retail is zero.) And that's for a book at 300 pages or less-- page count goes up, cost goes up.There are ways to work around this-- I could, for example, order books at cost, and sell them for whatever profit I like. But that means shifting the burden of shipping and handling to me, which I am not really all that keen on. One nice advantage of POD is that, armed with an ISBN number, they can print and ship directly to Amazon, Borders, Barnes and Noble, etc. But, of course, that's why you have to jack the retail price up so high-- because you'll only get paid the wholesale price less printing costs.Regarding your ideas on maps and illustrations, I think it's a great idea. Those writers with artistic talent (contact, I'm talking to you!) have a great advantage in that regard. Ultimately, the printer doesn't care whether he's printing text, illustrations, or maps. Whatever the author cares to include will be just fine!I am not likely to place much stock in the poll above, by the way, until there are enough votes to be statistically relevant to me. If you are an author or reader who wants to see this happen, pimp this poll.Wulf</blockquote>

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