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Message: <blockquote data-quote="philreed" data-source="post: 2265577" data-attributes="member: 5968">NOTE: The following numbers ARE MADE UP. They're based on past experience but they're completely MADE UP!!!Okay, if we assume 1,500 have sold that's $60,000 for AEG (rough numbers here, assuming typical distributor terms). If we assume an average of 700 words/page at 800 pages we get 560,000 words. Paying $0.04/word would cost $22,400 just for the writing. Probably $8-$10/book for printing (just a guess based on previous experience) is another $12,000 if we go with the lower number. $1,000 for a cover. I have no idea how much interior art is in there but if we assume 1 full page/10 pages we get 80 full pages. $100/image (low) is $8,000.So now we're at $42,400 and we haven't even discussed editing costs, cartography costs, shipping, marketing, or any other expenses that we're likely involved (such as overhead).Hopefully AEG can sell about 2x and hit 3,000. I would expect the biggest impact would have been on cash flow -- unless everyone was paid 30-90 days after publication AND enough copies were sold on release to cover expenses.</blockquote>