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Message: <blockquote data-quote="malladin" data-source="post: 491528" data-attributes="member: 8230">I don't suppose that I'm adding much to this thread.  Forgotten Heroes: Paladin has sold 125 at the point of writing this.  I think we're at the same kind of level as Death: Guardian at the Gate and Joe's.An interesting point, however, is that we recently dropped the price down to $3 for a limited period and it has picked up its sales a bit.  We had one fantastic week of sales in which we made nearly half of our overall sales.  Then it stayed steady at about 10 copies a week until it had been out for 2 months. After that, sales were very slow.  We've had the sale going for about a week now and we've sold 8 this week, as opposed to just 1 the week before.  Trouble is, I'm not sure how clever an idea this is as not only are we getting less money in per book, but it might also lead people to think about holding off from buying our next product until it goes down in price. So we're going to have to be careful how we play it, I suppose...I concur that the PDF market is only going to get you pocket money.  Even moreso in our case; we're a team and so all earnings get split three ways.  However this will theoretically mean that we can get more books out at a steady rate.  We're hoping that this will work out to our benefit.For me there are a few reasons I do it: wanting to test out my ideas after rejections from bigger publishers, wanting to contribute something to the community whilst covering my costs, practicing writing style, editing and page layouts.  However I suppose the biggest motivation is the (perhaps foolhardy) hope that the exposure may bring imprint offers from someone with the money to publish it.  Which brings me to a question: Is there anyone else out there who has got an imprint and can shed any light onto how it occurred, and whether we (and probably others like us) are toiling under foolish presumptions and hopes...?</blockquote>

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