Comments on: I am the Happy Fun Publisher

By: Vile

Vile — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:39:44 +0000

Good on ya. My mate at Spica Publishing (the link in my name) has a similar approach, and it makes things much more fun all around. I think PDF prices do tend to reflect the publisher’s clout more than their quality of product. I don’t see this as making money out of games, but as messing about with games and getting some pocket money to go with it.

By: Tim Gray

Tim Gray — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:24:46 +0000

This all sounds very healthy!

Two things on pricing:

* On the PDF side there has long been a fork. What I call PDF-native companies set much lower prices than print-native companies. The latter take a lot of persuading that PDF is a real medium and don’t like discounting from the prices of their print books.

* On print, my own experience is of a squeeze between a cover price that makes sense in the market and the print cost at the other end. This wouldn’t be much of an issue if I weren’t selling in print at IPR and making products available to retailers, giving me just 44% of cover price for those sales. If that’s something you’re planning to do yourself (and it’s worth considering), beware of dropping prices too much! But perhaps there’s more happy fun in avoiding it.

By: Newt

Newt — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:20:53 +0000

Tom I’ve dropped the price, let the people know!

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:08:34 +0000

Yes!!! Keep doing it for fun, and you’ll keep doing it. At, as we all say, higher standards if anything than the so-called “pros”, and prices that people can actually afford to pay. If it becomes a “must-do” drag, that won’t do, not at all. As it is, your enthusiasm shows in the product.

By: Tom Zunder

Tom Zunder — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:28:56 +0000

Newt!

Kudos to you. You will still publish more, better and more often than many ‘pro’ companies.

When the price drop comes through on the website I am going to go and do some guerilla marketing for you on boards and so on.