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How will OGL 1.1 affect Pazio, PF1 and P2?
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<blockquote data-quote="FormerLurker" data-source="post: 8884843" data-attributes="member: 7031660"><p>Ballparking based on the "20/20/20/40" rule where you spend 20% on printing, 20% on distribution, and the store/ retailer gets 40% with the publisher getting 20% to offset costs. Because it's a good baseline. With a $50 book that's $10 to Paizo and $10 to the printer. </p><p>Not precisely accurate, at Paizo also sells directly so they also get a taste of the retailer money. And there's also now shipping costs from the printer to factor in, which have gone up and up. </p><p>But it's a good rule of thumb and starting point for back-of-the-envelope math.</p><p>It's not like anyone is sharing more precise numbers...</p><p></p><p>Of course, the number I threw out was just printing and didn't take into account the other production costs: art, writing, editing, layout. And since Paizo doesn't collect from crowdsourcing, that would all have been paid in advance.</p><p></p><p>Take what it cost you to do a Level Up core book then triple the art budget and that's how much they might be in the whole. For three or four books.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FormerLurker, post: 8884843, member: 7031660"] Ballparking based on the "20/20/20/40" rule where you spend 20% on printing, 20% on distribution, and the store/ retailer gets 40% with the publisher getting 20% to offset costs. Because it's a good baseline. With a $50 book that's $10 to Paizo and $10 to the printer. Not precisely accurate, at Paizo also sells directly so they also get a taste of the retailer money. And there's also now shipping costs from the printer to factor in, which have gone up and up. But it's a good rule of thumb and starting point for back-of-the-envelope math. It's not like anyone is sharing more precise numbers... Of course, the number I threw out was just printing and didn't take into account the other production costs: art, writing, editing, layout. And since Paizo doesn't collect from crowdsourcing, that would all have been paid in advance. Take what it cost you to do a Level Up core book then triple the art budget and that's how much they might be in the whole. For three or four books. [/QUOTE]
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