Taking the Publishing Plunge (with some questions)

[JustinB]

Jake, how long is Panty Explosion?
I'm worried that I'm pricing my game too high even though it will be a full-length, professionally laid-out game. I was planning on charging $20 for PDF and $25 for hard-copy (and eating the drop in profit, just to get hard-copy in people's hands).

[Jake Richmond]

Panty Explosion is 96 pages. The PDF is sized at 6x9 (the same as the book), so it woul dactually be several pages shorter if it we're sized at the traditional 8 1/2 x 11.

[xenopulse]

I'm also planning to offer Beast Hunters at $10/$20 for the initial period at least.  It's probably going to be a bit longer than Panty Explosion, but I'm not sure about its final size, since it hasn't been laid out yet.

[sean2099]

Hey Troy,

I promise to post my experiences once the post production starts to pick up. I just placed Divinity on the market and so that end of the story is not written yet.  I can start to write about pre-production and design with the intent of helping others if I am able to do so.

Here is my site through "Bookshelf"...http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=20946&src=MySourceCode

So, at this point, I want to thank everyone on the Forge for their help. 

Sean

[Troy_Costisick]

Hey Troy,

I promise to post my experiences once the post production starts to pick up. I just placed Divinity on the market and so that end of the story is not written yet.  I can start to write about pre-production and design with the intent of helping others if I am able to do so.

Here is my site through "Bookshelf"...http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=20946&src=MySourceCode

So, at this point, I want to thank everyone on the Forge for their help. 

Sean

Grats, Sean!  I hope you learn a lot from this endeavor.  I look forward to your write-ups

Peace,

-Troy

[JustinB]

Panty Explosion is 96 pages. The PDF is sized at 6x9 (the same as the book), so it woul dactually be several pages shorter if it we're sized at the traditional 8 1/2 x 11.

Oh, okay. Fae Noir is going to clock in between 250 and 300 8.5X11 pages, probably, after art and layout. That makes me feel better about the price point.

[Jake Richmond]

Oh, okay. Fae Noir is going to clock in between 250 and 300 8.5X11 pages, probably, after art and layout. That makes me feel better about the price point.

yeah, I'd charge more.

[sean2099]

I appreciate the advice given so far but I think the bit on price probably needs its own thread after this reply.  It seems like more people would benefit if price was clearly stated rather than buried within another thread...like this one.  I did ask for advice on that but it veered a bit after that (INHO of course).

Sean