Previous Topics In Publishing 5/29/2003 ace pilot: Domain Name Registration Hey Guys,
I'm looking for the cheapest and best domain name registration (not web hosting) service out there- did a quick Google search and there are a bunch that are… In Publishing Participants: ace pilot, Jeffrey Miller, Clay, Dave Panchyk, efindel, Chris Passeno, J B Bell.
5/29/2003 talysman: trading for editing I was discussing game publishing with a friend who is about to publish two of his rpgs and hit on an idea I haven't seen mentioned, so I thought I'd… In Publishing Participants: talysman, Matt Wilson, samdowning, Jerry D. Grayson.
5/28/2003 Matt Gwinn: How many words is your game? The other day Paul asked me how many words my last printing of Kayfabe was. I wasn't sure, so I checked. It came out to be 22, 237 words with… In Publishing Participants: Matt Gwinn, Mike Holmes, clehrich, Paul Czege, Jeffrey Miller, jdagna, Jack Aidley, Matt Wilson, samdowning, ADGBoss, chadu, abzu, Michael Hopcroft, Adam.
5/28/2003 busling: General Business and Marketing books for beginners I intend to purchase the ePublisher guide as a starting point to my PDF business. I also intend to read several books for beginners regarding running businesses and marketing.
My… In Publishing Participants: busling.
5/27/2003 brainwipe: Rule Expansion Books My free science fiction roleplaying game, Icar has a very simple mechanic system. It has been noted by some of my regular players that although this works well for us,… In Publishing Participants: brainwipe, Jack Spencer Jr, Matt Gwinn, Mike Holmes, Valamir, samdowning.
5/26/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Holdiay Weekends and RPGNow How do holiday weekends usually affect the posting of new products to RPGNow? I've been told the prouct I uploaded yesterday morning would be posted this afternoon, but this was… In Publishing Participants: Michael Hopcroft.
5/24/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Dealing with the nerves I have a book cominbg out this weekend (see my board for details) and I've got a bad case of the pre-release stage fright blues. With so much at stake… In Publishing Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Mike Holmes, clehrich, C. Edwards, Valamir, Dav, Adam, Paganini.
5/23/2003 Paul's Girl: Forge Booth 2003 Hi Everyone,
Ron asked me to get things together for the booth this year at Gen Con and I wanted to post about how the plans are going so far.… In Publishing Participants: Paul's Girl, Michael S. Miller, Matt Gwinn, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, rpghost, Matt Wilson, Jeffrey Miller, Nathan, abzu.
5/22/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Press releases How detailed does a press release have to get before it ceases to be a press release and becomes an advertisement? That;s something that;s been puzzling me with some of… In Publishing Participants: Michael Hopcroft, JSDiamond, Matt Wilson, Gold Rush Games.
5/20/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Why the Sponsorship Program is failing As I get ready to tske down the sponsorhip link for HeartQuest Diceless (due to the book's imprending release, after about Wednesday I would not be able to put sponsor's… In Publishing Participants: Michael Hopcroft, ethan_greer, Clay, Valamir, wyrdlyng, ace pilot.
5/19/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Paying the layout guy -- by the project or on retainer? Right now most of the money I make at Seraphim guard is going sttraight into the pkcet of the layout guy. There's been a dry spell between products, and now… In Publishing Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Matt Snyder, Dav, Adam.
5/16/2003 Kester Pelagius: Setting up a small-press 'zine. . .? Howdy,
Does anyone here know how hard it would be to do?
What sort of capital/licenses does one need going into such a venture?
Is it even worth considering in… In Publishing Participants: Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes, Matt, jrs, Jack Spencer Jr, Bankuei, Adam, Clay, Christian Walker.
5/6/2003 Bob McNamee: Marvel RPG publication date What's the release date on the game?
Bob McNamee In Publishing Participants: Bob McNamee, Evan Jones, Michael Hopcroft, rpghost, efindel, Adam, Ron Edwards.
5/15/2003 Simon W: Lashings of Ginger Beer layout/design help I admit it, I'm stuck. I've decided to go the whole route with Lashings of Ginger Beer, probably through RPG.Mall or similar.
I have got an artist on board (Allan… In Publishing Participants: Simon W, rpghost, Jonathan Walton, Michael Hopcroft, max.lambertini.
5/15/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Discussion of marketing strategies. From the d20 Push thread, I've been thinking a bit about how RPGs are produced and marketed and what works or not. Currently what seems to be the main strategy… In Publishing Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, samdowning, busling.
5/14/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Advising Writers One of the roles of a publisher who works with writers, I'm finding, is advising them. I wonder how those of you who manage writers handle this delicate task.
In… In Publishing Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Andrew Martin, Mike Holmes, Dav, samdowning, wyrdlyng, Matt, clehrich.
5/13/2003 Gold Rush Games: GRG releases Instant Action! (OGL) [size=18px][color=red][b]GRG Releases INSTANT ACTION! Quick Play Rules[/b][/color][/size]
[i]May 13, 2003[/i]
(Elk Grove, CA) Are you looking for a super streamlined set of role-playing game rules to play or to use… In Publishing Participants: Gold Rush Games, Michael Hopcroft.
5/13/2003 Gold Rush Games: Action! System in the Queen's English! [a href="http://www.action-system.com"][img src="http://www.action-system.com/images/banners/action-banner06.jpg"][/a]
I'm pleased to announce that we now have a U.K. English edition of the [url=http://www.action-system.com/downloads.html#opencontent]Action! System Core Rules, ver. 1.1[/url].
Thanks to the work of Phil Brennán,… In Publishing Participants: Gold Rush Games, J. Backman.
5/12/2003 Ron Edwards: To GenCon game-release publishers Hello,
Ken Hite asked me to post this here.
He's looking for blurbs about the new games that will be available at GenCon.
Peter Adkison has asked me to put… In Publishing Participants: Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.
5/8/2003 Gold Rush Games: Eureka! Publishing & Distribution Program [url=http://eureka.goldrushgames.com][img]http://eureka.goldrushgames.com/images/Eureka120.jpg[/img][/url]
The [url=http://eureka.goldrushgames.com][b]Eureka! Publishing and Distribution Program[/b][/url] web site is up and running now, with some updates.
The [url=http://eureka.goldrushgames.com][b]Eureka! Publishing and Distribution Program[/b][/url] is our new third party publishing program… In Publishing Participants: Gold Rush Games.
<< more previous topics | | Subsequent Topics In Publishing 5/31/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Handling Outside Submissions Today, like a bolt out of the blue, someone came to me with a game idea. not a HeartQuest supplement, not a Fuzz, supplement, but a complete game idea. I… In Publishing Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jack Spencer Jr, Dave Panchyk, Bailey, ADGBoss, pigames, Clay.
6/1/2003 Gwen: I Have No Idea How to Make PDFs I have several RPGs (some one-shot... some longer) on Word. Is there a way to put these in Adobe?
What is the best way to make RPGs available online?
Any… In Publishing Participants: Gwen, C. Edwards, ethan_greer, Dave Panchyk, Michael Hopcroft, Wormwood, ADGBoss, max.lambertini, Mike Holmes, Reimer Behrends, MistHunter.
6/2/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Public Domain Can anyone provide a link or reference that can help me find out whether a given work is in the public domain? In Publishing Participants: Michael Hopcroft, talysman, Michael S. Miller, Jason E. Roberts.
6/3/2003 Michael Hopcroft: How to advise someone from a Different Industry I got an e-mail over the weekend from a very famous computer game maker. I will not give his name here out of respect for his privacy. Anyway, he was… In Publishing Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Clay, Ron Edwards.
6/4/2003 Jared A. Sorensen: Warning re: Cafepress http://www.giveneyestosee.com/say-no-to-cafepress/
I'll be removing my online store tonight. In Publishing Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Wilson, Alan, Gordon C. Landis, Nathan, samdowning, rpghost.
6/5/2003 Andy Kitkowski: JUNE: Forge/Indies Release Roadmap for the Summer? Hey all, just some standard disclaimers and notices:
1) I'm not indicating that Forge games are better than others. It's easy to find a list of up-and-coming mainstream games, but… In Publishing Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Jared A. Sorensen, Nathan, Paul Czege, Jonathan Walton, Peter Nordstrand, Matt Snyder, Michael Hopcroft, brainwipe, samdowning, Cynthia Celeste Miller, rafael, Marco, S.Lonergan, Simon W, JSDiamond, chadu, Jake Norwood, iago.
6/6/2003 Nathan: New Webhosting: RPGShelf.com Greets folks,
For those that don't know, I've been hosting folks for free for a while. I like doing that, but I decided to take it a step further and… In Publishing Participants: Nathan, Sylus Thane, xechnao, Valamir, Adam, Walt Freitag.
6/7/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Switching Operating Systems and How it Affects a Business After a disastrous system crash, I no longer trust Microsoft products. As a result, I am now running Red Hat Linux 9. I can;t access any of my old Windows… In Publishing Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Nathan, Trevis Martin, talysman, Catalyst, Clay, ejh.
6/7/2003 Christian Walker: Zine circulation figures I publish a print zine by the name of Scrollworks. It's a 20-24 page digest affair, black and white, saddle stitched. The zine serves the d20 system and has been… In Publishing Participants: Christian Walker, Nathan, James V. West, samdowning, Mike Holmes, Kester Pelagius, abzu, C. Edwards.
6/8/2003 Heather Manley: Exclusively online RPG publishing I posted another version of this on the RPGnet forums, but in more concise form here about publishing:
If I want to publish my RPG as a website rather than… In Publishing Participants: Heather Manley, xechnao, Nathan, brainwipe, ethan_greer, gobi, samdowning, Lxndr, Mike Holmes, Matt, Clinton R. Nixon, busling, Clay, wraeththu.
6/10/2003 Simon W: Purchasing a license for an rpg I have approached a company to purchase the rights to produce an rpg based upon one of their authors works and they have come back with a positive response so… In Publishing Participants: Simon W, rpghost.
6/12/2003 Michael Hopcroft: RPGmall print run Size Many of you must have gotten a letter from RPGNow saying they need print books from their vendors for their Origins and GenCon booths. It just so happens that although… In Publishing Participants: Michael Hopcroft, jdagna, rpghost, jgbrowning.
6/12/2003 abzu: GenCon Sales and Stock Hi all. I will be at the Forge booth running demos until I drop. How much stock should I have on hand? This is my first GenCon, and I only… In Publishing Participants: abzu, Matt Snyder, Valamir, rpghost.
6/12/2003 quozl: Fvlminata publishing [quote="Michael S. Miller"]Hey, all.
I'll be there with the [i]very last copies, ever[/i] of FVLMINATA 2nd Edition, as well as bunches of Tali. [/quote]
This should get split out of… In Publishing Participants: quozl, abzu, Jason E. Roberts, Jake Norwood.
6/16/2003 Space Cowboy: Indie Successes and Failures? Hey guys,
First, I’d like to say that there is an absolute wealth of really useful knowledge here for aspiring game designers.
I think that an excellent place to learn… In Publishing Participants: Space Cowboy, Michael S. Miller, Nathan, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Christian Walker, samdowning, Michael Hopcroft, Pramas, Malak, jdagna, rafael.
6/16/2003 Matt Gwinn: Indexing At what point does it become necessary to include an index in your game?
The expanded edition of Kayfabe is about ready to go to print. I have a page… In Publishing Participants: Matt Gwinn, busling, Paul Czege, GreatWolf, Fabrice G., Valamir, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.
6/19/2003 gobi: Tentative cover concept for PUNK I was reading through some old threads about RPG cover art and I noticed someone mentioned that the "collage" theme of old-school movie posters, like Indiana Jones and Star Wars,… In Publishing Participants: gobi, greyorm, Jared A. Sorensen, quozl, samdowning, Lxndr.
6/24/2003 Matt Snyder: Free PDF on making PDFs! Not two hours after ribbing Mike Mearls for his Seminar "activism" at Origins, I went and volunteered to help lead a seminar at Origins. I'll be with Chris Davis of… In Publishing Participants: Matt Snyder, C. Edwards, samdowning, rpghost.
6/25/2003 Michael Hopcroft: The competition has entered my turf! I'm sure Adam Jury, who is on the Forge, can supply us with the full press release, but it appears Guardians of order is going to be selling their out-of-print… In Publishing Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, C. Edwards, Andy Kitkowski, jdagna, Michael S. Miller, ADGBoss, xiombarg, rpghost, Hardpoint.
6/25/2003 ethan_greer: Game Company: Why? So, seems like most indie games are published by a game company. Why is this? When I publish Thugs and Thieves to PDF, why would I need a game company?… In Publishing Participants: ethan_greer, Lxndr, Ron Edwards, Valamir, gobi.
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