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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wulf Ratbane" data-source="post: 426799" data-attributes="member: 94">Steve, I don't know if you have had a chance to see both Bad Axe books-- DWARVES and HALF ORCS-- but the difference there is night and day.Dwarves is 50# stock. Half-Orcs is 60# stock. Half Orcs has better heft, a better spine width, and although I didn't have terrible "bleed" with Dwarves at 50#, there was enough bleed through that the pages all ended up looking grey. Half Orcs is much better.I am eager to tackle a hardback soon and see the reality of those printing and shipping costs. I tend to think like Clark where this business is concerned. I'm in it for the love. So, my costs went up switching from 50# to 60#, both in terms of per-unit and freight, but I kept the retail price the same. I am just too happy delivering what I am at that 9.95 price point. On the other hand, like Pramas and especially Dancey, I would love to see this as an industry folks can really make a living at, most especially ME. I am fortunate to have extremely low overhead costs, and as I never intended to make a living as "the publisher," I can pay artists and writers a little more. I would hate to think that those of us with "day jobs" are making things worse for the full-timers.Wulf</blockquote>