tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306620386900409890.post6766701078974794428..comments2023-10-08T12:40:01.752-04:00Comments on In the Mind of a Mad Man!!!: Should LPJ Design to do "No Frills" editions for their campaign settings?LMPjr007http://www.blogger.com/profile/08789902828046077032noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306620386900409890.post-50289521048990326832011-02-21T11:19:47.459-05:002011-02-21T11:19:47.459-05:00Look like I might be testing this idea sooner than...Look like I might be testing this idea sooner than I thought.LMPjr007https://www.blogger.com/profile/08789902828046077032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306620386900409890.post-13467324958119792142011-02-21T10:55:52.897-05:002011-02-21T10:55:52.897-05:00To be honest, I'd like to see a lot more '...To be honest, I'd like to see a lot more 'no-frills' publications. Not to save money on their purchase (I can pretty easily handle that part), but to reduce cost and effort when I print them out... and I miss having margins I can scribble in.<br /><br />Making it ebook-reader friendly as well and printer friendly just makes it better.<br /><br />'Pretty' can be nice, but I prefer something that better suits how I want to use the material.Keith Davieshttp://www.kjd-imc.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306620386900409890.post-55046275159669614202011-02-07T13:33:05.259-05:002011-02-07T13:33:05.259-05:00The no frills edition would be GREAT for my Kindle...The no frills edition would be GREAT for my Kindle... =DJonathan Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06133232985480734844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306620386900409890.post-26864371880092069792011-02-03T17:16:01.722-05:002011-02-03T17:16:01.722-05:00As a publisher I'd wonder... is it worth the e...As a publisher I'd wonder... is it worth the effort? If you are making the nice edition, why do extra work to make the cheap one and make less per copy sold?<br /><br />I suppose it depends on how much work it is to make one that is no frills and how consumers feel if there are formatting issues of the like in the page breaks and so on.<br /><br />I do think that there is wisdom in having multiple price points for a product. Some gamers have green and some don't and with no reproduction cost, you really want to sell to all of them. My gut tells me time based fluctuation is better. Sell premium for a time, then as the product slopes down in sales, run a sale on it and pick up those interested but where full price was an issue. I often buy games this way, not because I plan to wait, but I just don't bite at price A, but will take the bait at price B once it comes around.Sigfried Trenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446641133568672657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306620386900409890.post-10221816958274319622011-02-02T17:24:51.059-05:002011-02-02T17:24:51.059-05:00The real no frills products would be html text on ...The real no frills products would be html text on a wiki like web site for free. ;-)Joe G Kushnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02454826299896049587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306620386900409890.post-76079478031254267992011-02-02T12:06:16.204-05:002011-02-02T12:06:16.204-05:00I only have issues when the PDF costs as much as t...I only have issues when the PDF costs as much as the print version of the same book like Wizards was doing. I understand that getting books printed costs money, but so does producing the books. As long as the PDFs are priced reasonably then I'm ok with it. Don't cut out your production value to lower the prices. <br /><br />I would suggest looking into Epub or Kindle formats though. A lot of people In know are getting new e-readers this year. I can read PDFs on my Android Tablet but it's more difficult then Kindle or Epub format. <br /><br />If you do decide to do cut back versions of your products on PDF then make them part of a bundle, a print and screen version. That way the limitations I have on some PDFs doesn't crop up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16490241439657277942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306620386900409890.post-48875676884775288722011-02-02T11:30:26.394-05:002011-02-02T11:30:26.394-05:00Not sure... I like having art, it livens up the na...Not sure... I like having art, it livens up the narratives. Sure it would be cheaper but it would feel incomplete.JPChapleauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05783051524957278979noreply@blogger.com