GURPS On Demand

Willy · 08-12-2021, 06:18 PM

That´s the old problem with small production lines and scalability. A printed version allways needs more money pre production work and investment, even if all runs well and you even sell enough to make another print of the same version viable, downloads are by far cheaper in production.

You have to pay only for the writing, editing and layout, no further costs than the serverinfrastructure SJG already has. The costs for SJG are nearly the same if SJG sells 100 or 10K of a product, it´s nearly worldwide available with no shipping costs and hazards, if there is a update you just swap the file to the new version on the server and that´s is. Yes economical it makes a lot of sense to go this way.

While I love paper books there is little chance that I buy ever a POD product, because I can print my personal version, If I need it and that´s just due to bad eyesight and easier reading.

08-12-2021, 06:18 PM	#11
Willy Join Date: Dec 2020	Re: GURPS On Demand That´s the old problem with small production lines and scalability. A printed version allways needs more money pre production work and investment, even if all runs well and you even sell enough to make another print of the same version viable, downloads are by far cheaper in production. You have to pay only for the writing, editing and layout, no further costs than the serverinfrastructure SJG already has. The costs for SJG are nearly the same if SJG sells 100 or 10K of a product, it´s nearly worldwide available with no shipping costs and hazards, if there is a update you just swap the file to the new version on the server and that´s is. Yes economical it makes a lot of sense to go this way. While I love paper books there is little chance that I buy ever a POD product, because I can print my personal version, If I need it and that´s just due to bad eyesight and easier reading.