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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Axegrrl" data-source="post: 1469441" data-attributes="member: 17584">I can't give you any answers, but I can tell you some things you need to think about: What is the minimum turn-around time, from the time you say "go" until the books hit the shelves, for a given print run? For example, suppose you do a small initial run of 500. Then suppose that it sells like mad, and you need another 1000 fast. How soon can the printer get them done? Are you willing to pay your printer a premium to bump someone else's print job? Next, how fast can they be shipped? That is directly related to how much you're willing to spend on shipping. And consider the fact that you will have errors that aren't found until you get to hard copy. You want to figure out in advance how long you will want to take to fix them. These aren't big changes to the text; these are adding one more name to the credits, fixing a typo or xref here or there, and that kind of thing. (Hint: prioritize the types of errors you want to fix, preferably right after you send it to the printer.) If you choose to make any corrections, you need to add this time to the number of days between print runs.When Unearthed Arcana came out for 1st ed, TSR gave everyone a 2-week holiday. They underestimated how well the books would sell. That left a lot of people waiting for the second printing -- and led to some anger towards TSR. Larger print runs can be significantly cheaper on a per-copy basis. But you have to balance all of that against the thought of "What if it doesn't sell?"Good luck.</blockquote>

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