Dangit. That’s a good idea.
Honestly, the more I think about it, the more I think virgin book covers may be on my "every major project needs to do this" list, along with sewn-in ribbon bookmarks.
Yeah. There’s a lot of things OSR publishers do that I hope become standard. Sewn-in ribbon bookmarks, printed endpapers, two-page spread design, mini location maps, bullet points and bolding instead of walls of text, on and on.
Every time I pick up an OSR book with maps or tables or other useful stuff -- even just two-page art spreads -- in the end pages, I want to call up every other publisher and ask them some pointed questions. Unless it's shockingly expensive, why wouldn't you do it?
because it reduces your profit per book, and at 10s of thousands of books that can add up
I'm talking about more than one company here.
I always wonder about that. So often, the bigger publishers especially seem to have the stretch goals either completely or largely done before the campaign begins, yet there are some who clearly don't want to give people the idea that they shouldn't pledge to get the stretch goals.
