Testing prices at local retailers for MSRP optimization. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘publishing’
MSRP Optimization
Sunday, June 24th, 20125 RPG Products You Can Fit Into A 63,206-Character Facebook Status
Thursday, January 5th, 2012The recent Mashable article on Facebook’s new status limit included everything from Bambi to the Bible. Here’s my version, using RPG products. (more…)
Customer Lifetime Value (CLV)
Monday, September 5th, 2011Customer Lifetime value (CLV) is a pretty simple, yet important and powerful, concept. Basically, you’re asking this: How much profit can I expect to see from my relationship with an average customer? (more…)
Hobby Game Incubator?
Saturday, October 9th, 2010
What would it be like if a half dozen aspiring publishers got together and spent a few months in intense product development? (more…)
Print vs PDF Pricing for Roleplaying Games
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
Vincent Baker posed an interesting question on Twitter today:
“Hey, fellow RPG publishers, I’m thinking about PDF pricing. How do you price your PDFs compared to your books, and why?” (more…)
Transparent PDF Pricing
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009I called John to tell him what I found out about the prevailing prices for PDFs in the 96-page and 128-page range. (more…)
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Transparent Business
Thursday, October 1st, 2009John and I decided we need to find a new home for this project. We also talked about money, doing market research, and putting hard-core development on hold until we can integrate Jess into the mix. (more…)
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Transparent Benjamins
Thursday, October 1st, 2009NOTE: This email is part of the Transparent Publishing experiment John Wick and I are playing with. (more…)
Transparent Morality
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009John and I talked about some higher-level stuff; the game’s going to be about moral choices. We riffed about some crunchy stuff, such as alignment, favors, and social combat. Right now, John’s contacting Jess Heinig to see if he’ll be our system monkey. Fingers crossed. (more…)
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