 Is Fanpro planning PDF increases? |
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 Oct 27 2006, 01:24 AM
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Dragon  Group: Members Posts: 4,718 Joined: 14-September 02 Member No.: 3,263  |
I'm asking because some info about the RPGNow/DriveThru *spits* merger has been confirmed by another publisher. http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HLSS/message/3511 For those without a Yahoo Groups login, the pertanent parts is:
Now Fanpro does change the majority of paper copy list price for their PDF. So are you planning on eating that difference, or are you going to start doing the very uncool thing of changing the same price for PDF as for paper? |
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Oct 27 2006, 02:28 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
There are currently no plans for price changes, but this merger did happen very suddenly, so we haven't yet had chance to sit back and run a bunch of numbers.
Bear in mind that not all publishers are seeing such a huge increase in royalties being taken, depending on the way their accounts were configured on each site. |
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Oct 27 2006, 04:39 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 165 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,002 |
Way to really choke the industry that is already strained.
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Oct 27 2006, 05:52 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
Well, it's not like there aren't other options -- e23, Paizo, Key 20, and probably a few more that aren't coming to mind right away. I know at least one publisher [Atlas Games] is moving entirely over to e23. And, of course, some publishers, such as Green Ronin, simply handle their ebook sales in-house.
I think the DTRPG/RPGNow merger is going to confuse people for awhile, though, and that has a potential to hurt business. |
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Oct 27 2006, 02:22 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,333 Joined: 19-August 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9,168 |
lulu.com and Indie Press Revolution are always options as well.
Yeah, I wonder how this is gonna affect things for DTRG/RPGn. And RPGNow has a ton of levels - I'd bet the main increase is on the little guy. |
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Oct 27 2006, 02:38 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
Adam (and others), are there any plans for Fanpro to start handling their own PDF sales, and if not, why?
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Oct 27 2006, 02:42 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 |
Don't forget about Battlecorps. They sell FanPro's PDFs without watermarks.
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Oct 27 2006, 03:17 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,537 Joined: 27-August 06 From: Albuquerque NM Member No.: 9,234 |
Except that you can't acually BUY anything from them, as it errors out most of the time. |
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Oct 27 2006, 03:23 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
<shrug> Always worked for me so far.
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Oct 27 2006, 03:38 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
Not in the near future; there's just too much other stuff that needs to get finished. |
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Oct 27 2006, 03:45 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
Is it a lack of available manpower then? And I assume that there's a good reason if that's the case, such as ROI being too low to have someone specifically working on that.
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Oct 27 2006, 07:40 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 |
Anyone who wants more information might want to check this thread at The RPG Site, where a number of small press publishers voice their (mostly negative) opinions.
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Oct 27 2006, 07:54 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,333 Joined: 19-August 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9,168 |
Indeed. I have yet to hear anything good from a publisher.
Except for Steve Jackson games (aka Warehouse 23), which is now poised to leapfrog DTRPGNow.... |
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Oct 27 2006, 08:55 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 9-August 06 From: The Sixth World Member No.: 9,060 |
Same here. I've never had any problems with downloading pdf products from Battlecorps. |
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Oct 27 2006, 09:07 PM
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King of the Hobos Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,117 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 127 |
Really? I've bought a number of books through them and never had the slightest problem. Has this been happening to you all the time? |
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Oct 27 2006, 09:07 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 |
I'll third that. I've downloaded stuff from them without any problem. |
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Oct 27 2006, 09:17 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Me too. (I love productive posts! ;) )
Maybe it's your connection that is to blame. |
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Oct 27 2006, 09:20 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
What browser are you using? It might be that you have a corrupted file stored somewhere. Try clearing all of its stored information.
And connection is the next thing I'd look at, like Fortune said. |
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Oct 28 2006, 12:33 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
Basically, yes. Since we already had one of the fuller-featured accounts at RPGNow, we already paid the largest royalty fee, and so this hike isn't as painful for FanPro as it is for some smaller publishers and PDF-only publishers. |
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