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<blockquote data-quote="Vrecknidj" data-source="post: 1693136" data-attributes="member: 7301"><p>Bob,</p><p></p><p>Just go buy a bunch of companies' PDFs. Chalk it up as a business expense, and then take a bunch of lunch breaks to read all the stuff. After a few thousand pages you'll have a good idea of what is being charged and what quality goes with what price. You'll also have a feel for the font sizes, white space, and all that stuff.</p><p></p><p>I get that, in effect, you're hoping this leg-work has already been done by the folks on the messageboard, but if you're the one doing the selling, then your opinion of where your material will fall on the spectra will matter most.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>But, to answer your questions . . . .</p><p></p><p>1) I don't know what's okay and what's not. I'd go with Times New Roman because a bunch of other products either use it or their own.</p><p></p><p>2) I don't know that there's a standard size, but 8, 9 and 10 all seem to be somewhere within the "small enough" to "big enough" range for comparing readability to words-per-page. Well, that's for the Times New Roman that I mentioned above.</p><p></p><p>3) Compare what you're planning to do with what's out there. There are a lot of things in the "less than 10 pages" category that probably are selling at $3 or less. There are quite a few products in the "32 page" (or nearly so) category, and perhaps we're shooting between $5 and $10 based on quality of material and art and stuff. There are then the 64-page and the 100+-page categories (I'm making these up, don't assume I know what I'm talking about) that have appropriately higher prices.</p><p></p><p>4) The more you want to sell, the more you'll need to advertise, I'd wager (I've never taken a class in business, but it seems logical to me). So, 'pimp' away.</p><p></p><p>Dave</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vrecknidj, post: 1693136, member: 7301"] Bob, Just go buy a bunch of companies' PDFs. Chalk it up as a business expense, and then take a bunch of lunch breaks to read all the stuff. After a few thousand pages you'll have a good idea of what is being charged and what quality goes with what price. You'll also have a feel for the font sizes, white space, and all that stuff. I get that, in effect, you're hoping this leg-work has already been done by the folks on the messageboard, but if you're the one doing the selling, then your opinion of where your material will fall on the spectra will matter most. But, to answer your questions . . . . 1) I don't know what's okay and what's not. I'd go with Times New Roman because a bunch of other products either use it or their own. 2) I don't know that there's a standard size, but 8, 9 and 10 all seem to be somewhere within the "small enough" to "big enough" range for comparing readability to words-per-page. Well, that's for the Times New Roman that I mentioned above. 3) Compare what you're planning to do with what's out there. There are a lot of things in the "less than 10 pages" category that probably are selling at $3 or less. There are quite a few products in the "32 page" (or nearly so) category, and perhaps we're shooting between $5 and $10 based on quality of material and art and stuff. There are then the 64-page and the 100+-page categories (I'm making these up, don't assume I know what I'm talking about) that have appropriately higher prices. 4) The more you want to sell, the more you'll need to advertise, I'd wager (I've never taken a class in business, but it seems logical to me). So, 'pimp' away. Dave [/QUOTE]
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