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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 5771377" data-attributes="member: 87792">What do you mean &quot;Support&quot;?&nbsp; The margins in new material are too thin to be worthwhile.&nbsp;On the other hand the overheads for producing PDFs for out of print editions are ... negligable.&nbsp; Release most of the 1e, 2e, and BECMI catalogue as PDFs at a few dollars each, and that's almost pure profit.&nbsp; Not huge profit, but still.&nbsp; Don't release PDFs of the previous edition (you're competing with yourself - always a bad plan) so only put out PDFs up to 3.0 with 3.5 turning up at the release of 5e.&nbsp; Or do a rolling &quot;Seven year lag&quot; or something.&nbsp; But as long as you aren't competing with your core market you've already done the work, so what's left is pure profit.&nbsp;And for an extra flourish, add a PoD function to all these old books.&nbsp; Black and white printing at Lulu is 2.5 cents a page plus $15 for the casewrap or $20 for a hardback black and white 200 page book.&nbsp; Which means that given you already have the PDFs and proofs you've got a decent markup on a black and white AD&amp;D 1e DMG at $25.&nbsp; Isle of Dread?&nbsp; $5 at Lulu prices including a nice markup.&nbsp; This, remember, costs you next to nothing - you already have and own the PDFs and proofs.&nbsp; And people who want AD&amp;D aren't going to be the same market who would otherwise spend their money on your latest stuff.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 5771377, member: 87792"] What do you mean "Support"? The margins in new material are too thin to be worthwhile. On the other hand the [I]overheads[/I] for producing PDFs for out of print editions are ... negligable. Release most of the 1e, 2e, and BECMI catalogue as PDFs at a few dollars each, and that's almost pure profit. Not [I]huge[/I] profit, but still. Don't release PDFs of the previous edition (you're competing with yourself - always a bad plan) so only put out PDFs up to 3.0 with 3.5 turning up at the release of 5e. Or do a rolling "Seven year lag" or something. But as long as you aren't competing with your core market you've already done the work, so what's left is [I]pure profit[/I]. And for an extra flourish, add a PoD function to all these old books. Black and white printing at Lulu is 2.5 cents a page plus $15 for the casewrap or $20 for a hardback black and white 200 page book. Which means that given you already [I]have[/I] the PDFs and proofs you've got a decent markup on a black and white AD&D 1e DMG at $25. Isle of Dread? $5 at Lulu prices including a nice markup. This, remember, costs you next to nothing - you already have and own the PDFs and proofs. And people who want AD&D aren't going to be the same market who would otherwise spend their money on your latest stuff. [/QUOTE]

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