Posts Tagged ‘publishing’

MSRP Optimization

Sunday, June 24th, 2012

Testing prices at local retailers for MSRP optimization. (more…)

5 RPG Products You Can Fit Into A 63,206-Character Facebook Status

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

The recent Mashable article on Facebook’s new status limit included everything from Bambi to the Bible. Here’s my version, using RPG products. (more…)

Get Inspiration from GetGlue

Monday, December 5th, 2011

GetGlue is a new social network for entertainment. (more…)

Customer Lifetime Value (CLV)

Monday, September 5th, 2011

Customer 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, 2009

I called John to tell him what I found out about the prevailing prices for PDFs in the 96-page and 128-page range.  (more…)

Transparent Business

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

John 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…)

Transparent Benjamins

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

NOTE: This email is part of the Transparent Publishing experiment John Wick and I are playing with. (more…)

Transparent Morality

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

John 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…)