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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gamerprinter" data-source="post: 5765146" data-attributes="member: 50895">Rite Publishing produces much of it's supplements in-house with a much tighter budget, but any projects that need a larger budget always goes into patronage or kickstarter financing - this is also how Wolfgang Baur's Open Design Project works. And it does work fine. The problem is whether you as a small publisher can sell your product idea well enough to get enough patronage purchases to make your intended budget. Kickstarter program itself is problematic in that once you commit to your budget requirements, even if you find a way to finance the project more cheaply, once you commit with Kickstarter - it can't be changed. Companies like Open Design Project and Rite Publishing has the reputation of putting out solid, top quality products so getting patrons to participate is easier than for a startup publisher with no exposure. This is why I publish as an imprint under Rite Publishing and not my own company. <a href="http://paizo.com/store/byCompany/r/ritePublishing/pathfinderRPG/kaidan" target="_blank">Kaidan: a Japanese Ghost Story</a> setting was completely financed and published as a patronage. Another thing to consider, this isn't 'pre-order' products, because in most cases the patron's buy-in price is greater than the cover price. Patrons are participating in projects they want to see published and get the chance to submit their own ideas into a given publication. Some patrons are paying as much as $100 and in some cases $1000 each to support a project, though most patrons pay $20 - $25 entry price. And as we know, most products range for $4 - $40 depending on the content, page count, inclusion of color, for print, etc. I think this business model will grow and grow, but for the startup company, you'll need to provide free or low priced releases to compel potential patrons that you will follow through and succeed in releasing any patronage project you get involved in. GP</blockquote>

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