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<blockquote data-quote="Guardians Of Order" data-source="post: 914976" data-attributes="member: 4350"><p>I could come up with about a hundred other example books that are cheaper than BESM d20 Standard or Deluxe as well. Some people may even find the other books better, too <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Bottom line: we priced BESM d20 Standard and DLE at what we believe are the right prices -- fair, justifiable, and well worth it. Others may disagree, and that's OK. We also publish books that are some of the cheapest on the market (Silver Age Sentinels d20 Stingy Gamer Edition is only $10; Tri-Stat dX: Core System RPG is only $10; etc.). Again, we price our products at the level we believe is the correct price.</p><p></p><p>Guardians Of Order does not compete with price. Heck, we don't even compete! We produce the best products we can, at the right price, and we let the market decide if our judgements are correct or not. What other companies are doing is not overly relevant to us <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's not the "one print run" that costs so much; that just tells our customers that we're not pulling the bait-and-switch on them by making a "not-really-a-limited-edition."</p><p></p><p>What costs so much is making colour plates for a very small print run. We <strong>never</strong> print colour books in print runs as small as we do for our DLEs. Without charging a premium price for colour, we'd get hammered fiscally. Or, to put it mathematically:</p><p></p><p>Full Colour + Premium Additions + Small Print Run = Many, many $$$$</p><p></p><p>Hope this gives some additional insight!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guardians Of Order, post: 914976, member: 4350"] I could come up with about a hundred other example books that are cheaper than BESM d20 Standard or Deluxe as well. Some people may even find the other books better, too ;) Bottom line: we priced BESM d20 Standard and DLE at what we believe are the right prices -- fair, justifiable, and well worth it. Others may disagree, and that's OK. We also publish books that are some of the cheapest on the market (Silver Age Sentinels d20 Stingy Gamer Edition is only $10; Tri-Stat dX: Core System RPG is only $10; etc.). Again, we price our products at the level we believe is the correct price. Guardians Of Order does not compete with price. Heck, we don't even compete! We produce the best products we can, at the right price, and we let the market decide if our judgements are correct or not. What other companies are doing is not overly relevant to us :cool: It's not the "one print run" that costs so much; that just tells our customers that we're not pulling the bait-and-switch on them by making a "not-really-a-limited-edition." What costs so much is making colour plates for a very small print run. We [b]never[/b] print colour books in print runs as small as we do for our DLEs. Without charging a premium price for colour, we'd get hammered fiscally. Or, to put it mathematically: Full Colour + Premium Additions + Small Print Run = Many, many $$$$ Hope this gives some additional insight! [/QUOTE]
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