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Posthuman 2010 Year End Review

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Tue, 2011-02-15 17:53

AdamJury

Posthuman 2010 Year End Review

Here's our big Year in Review report, check it out! -- http://eclipsephase.com/posthuman-2010-year-end-review

Tue, 2011-02-15 18:21

CodeBreaker CodeBreaker's picture

Re: Posthuman 2010 Year End Review

Very glad to hear that everything seems to be going well - if EP goes, where will I go when I want to argue about rules while watching people much smarter than myself argue about FTL physics? Interesting to see actual sales numbers as well. I understand that it might be protected information, but how do the numbers you guys are seeing compare to those you got while working on SR? Also, I think this might be the first we have heard about Transhuman? I expected a Players Companion sooner or later, but I don't think we had ever gotten a title or anything. Thanks for sharing :D Keep up the excellent work and I can promise you will always have my monies whenever a new product comes out.

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Tue, 2011-02-15 19:42

The Green Slime The Green Slime's picture

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Two final aspects to the Creative Commons license that rarely get discussed are simple accessibility and permanency. Our game is available to anyone regardless of their income or their ability to afford it. While we live in a capitalist society and we hope to make money from our creativity so that we can continue to produce more games and still feed ourselves, we take satisfaction in the fact that people do not need to have money to access that creative output. That availability is perpetual: no matter what happens to us or Eclipse Phase in the future, our Creative Commons works can be legally distributed and redistributed forever. Even if we all suddenly pass away in a Red Bull, vodka, and enthusiasm "incident" (#16 in the list of reasons that game companies suddenly disappear...)—Eclipse Phase won’t disappear with us.

*stands and salutes* As one who discovered EP via a late night, idle browsing of soulseek, and has been captivated and inspired ever since, I hereby pledge preferential upload status to this wonderful game as long as my connection shall last. Good show, sirs. May your memes propagate rapaciously and carry us forth unto the stars.

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Tue, 2011-02-15 23:00

root

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The Green Slime wrote:
May your memes propagate rapaciously and carry us forth unto the stars.

This.

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Wed, 2011-02-16 09:35

Prime Mover Prime Mover's picture

Re: Posthuman 2010 Year End Review

Any chance we'll be seeing a preview of the new art for 3rd printing separate from the book?

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Wed, 2011-02-16 10:15

AdamJury

Re: Posthuman 2010 Year End Review

Prime Mover wrote:
Any chance we'll be seeing a preview of the new art for 3rd printing separate from the book?

Yup, art previews will be forthcoming once we're closer to release. :-)

Thu, 2011-02-17 15:14

valen

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I'm a big fan of the kindle stuff and I'm excited to see that your working on some custom formatted books for Kindle.

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Wed, 2011-03-09 23:50

Thunderwave Thunderwave's picture

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Another measure of strength is PDF sales. We took the lower price point route on the core book PDF and sold it at $15. We did this for several reasons. For one, PDF pricing is still in flux, and $15 seems to be the upper limit on what many consumers are willing to pay. When you price a PDF at $20+ or somewhere near the print cover price, you lose people who might throw down a few bucks to check it out. We also had to balance against the fact that with our Creative Commons license, people are free to share the PDF. We are, in effect, giving it away. That said, we do think PDFs have value above print books (especially when they are bookmarked as ours are and layered for easy printing), and they do cost money beyond print production costs—at least if you’re doing them right. And given the thin profit margins on print publishing, PDF sales are essential for small publishers like ourselves to stay afloat. So we needed a balance between "free" and "too pricey for a PDF," a range where the people who want to support us for our work will still feel comfortable paying for a PDF.

This. Oh my gods this. More publishers need to do things like this.