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<blockquote data-quote="Warden" data-source="post: 1841296" data-attributes="member: 11006"><p>It's been said before and is worth saying again. Campaign settings are a tough sell, particularly for PDF. My own publishing house is working on our own campaign setting and this is the kind of stuff that I worry about myself. But I'll be buggered if I can drop this project completely and it seems that neither can you. PDF sales can be disappointing, so there's only one cure for those blues: passion. If these ideas are in your head and you can't restrain them, then give in and work on more material. Type until your fingers fall off.</p><p></p><p>One thing that I've noticed is the lack of support for campaign settings. It's very easy to find a new setting's core book, but then to find anything else afterwards is rare. I find that I will actually take notice of a setting when I begin to catch various supplements proceeding it -- it gives the perception that the material is popular and there must be something to it. While this may seem like more work for less, I do think it's a factor and should be worth considering. Perhaps focusing your energy on new material rather than promoting something that has already been released (because your new material will promote that core book at the same time to anyone that hasn't bought it). You're not taking away from your core book because it becomes even more valuable to someone who might find the subject of a particular supplement to be interesting.</p><p></p><p>And all that stuff about the website and such is good too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warden, post: 1841296, member: 11006"] It's been said before and is worth saying again. Campaign settings are a tough sell, particularly for PDF. My own publishing house is working on our own campaign setting and this is the kind of stuff that I worry about myself. But I'll be buggered if I can drop this project completely and it seems that neither can you. PDF sales can be disappointing, so there's only one cure for those blues: passion. If these ideas are in your head and you can't restrain them, then give in and work on more material. Type until your fingers fall off. One thing that I've noticed is the lack of support for campaign settings. It's very easy to find a new setting's core book, but then to find anything else afterwards is rare. I find that I will actually take notice of a setting when I begin to catch various supplements proceeding it -- it gives the perception that the material is popular and there must be something to it. While this may seem like more work for less, I do think it's a factor and should be worth considering. Perhaps focusing your energy on new material rather than promoting something that has already been released (because your new material will promote that core book at the same time to anyone that hasn't bought it). You're not taking away from your core book because it becomes even more valuable to someone who might find the subject of a particular supplement to be interesting. And all that stuff about the website and such is good too. [/QUOTE]
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