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PS: where's your best profit?

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Mon, 2014-06-09 23:35
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g33k g33k's picture
PS: where's your best profit?
So, supposing I was gonna buy me some EP books... Supposing I was agnostic as to whether I was killing trees vs contributing to the coming e-waste crisis... Supposing that -- if the e-copies were available for free -- I might be buying these copies in large part so as to support PS... So, hypothetically speaking: Where does PS see their biggest profits, on a $-per-book basis: PDF's or hardcopies? Thanks! - Steve, the g33k
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Tue, 2014-06-10 17:08
Chernoborg Chernoborg's picture
Hmm...complicating matters is
Hmm...complicating matters is that if you buy the books from a local retailer you support that business, who may then order [em] more[/em] copies to replenish stock and extra to cover future demand. Of course,I like books so I may be biased....
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Thu, 2014-06-12 16:05
Maskin Maskin's picture
std::string PurchaseEPBook
[code]std::string PurchaseEPBook(int pricePDF, int pricePrint, int availableMoney, bool bigEPFan) { if (availableMoney >= pricePDF + pricePrint) { // cover all the bases and really support this amazing game return "both"; } // if you know you want it (and you do, don't you) if (bigEPFan && availableMoney >= pricePrint) { // books look great and will eventually go out of print // so priority over PDFs return "print"; } if (availableMoney >= pricePDF) { // read PDFs first to figure out which print books to buy // - if any (or all) return "buyPDF"; } return "downloadPDF"; }[/code]
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Thu, 2014-06-12 16:37
ORCACommander ORCACommander's picture
Maskin you forgot your code
Maskin you forgot your code tags :P
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Thu, 2014-06-12 17:49
Maskin Maskin's picture
ORCACommander wrote:Maskin
ORCACommander wrote:
Maskin you forgot your code tags :P
No good sir I did not, this is how code is formatted on EP forum.
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Fri, 2014-06-27 15:14
RobBoyle RobBoyle's picture
g33k wrote:Where does PS see
g33k wrote:
Where does PS see their biggest profits, on a $-per-book basis: PDF's or hardcopies?
It partly depends on the vendor, where you assign a project's costs (i.e., do the production costs get assigned to the PDFs or just the print copies?), and if you're just looking at the income or the % we get based on the cover price. As a rule, if you ignore production costs and just look at the income amount, we see a bigger profit on paper books on a per-sale basis. (If you were looking at % of cover price, however, we get a greater % on PDF sales). We also see a slightly bigger profit on paper books sold through the retail hobby trade (your FLGS) than we do the wholesale book trade (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc). By far, the best % we get is on the print books we sell through Indie Press Revolution. We literally get twice as much per book from them as we do through regular distribution. So if you really want to throw a bigger % our way, order through IPR. EDIT: Actually, the best way is to buy from us is directly at Gen Con, since that all goes to us. Unfortunately that's the only con we attend.
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Wed, 2014-07-02 21:33
kindalas kindalas's picture
RobBoyle wrote:
RobBoyle wrote:
EDIT: Actually, the best way is to buy from us is directly at Gen Con, since that all goes to us. Unfortunately that's the only con we attend.
If you find a convention in Ottawa I volunteer to help staff the booth. I'm good at talking people into buying things that really sell themselves.
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Wed, 2014-07-02 22:34
uwtartarus uwtartarus's picture
Argh! Another reason to
Argh! Another reason to fulfill the pillar of nerd-lam(?) and complete a pilgrimage to Mec- I mean Gen Con. I have had an absolutely miserable time trying to buy Eclipse Phase in paper book form from B&N, and next to the same for Amazon, so I regularly wander about the few FLGS to acquire their physical loveliness as often as I can. GenCon 2015 it is I suppose.
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