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Started by Banjo Destructo, April 03, 2025, 02:10:43 PM

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JanDevries

Quote from: Omega on April 05, 2025, 04:57:45 PM
Quote from: Daosus on April 04, 2025, 11:26:00 PM
Quote from: JanDevries on April 04, 2025, 03:38:09 PMThat link says the price for a smyth-sewn, 48 page hardback is $268.50.

Edit: and that's digest sized.

That's for one.  There is a setup cost.  If you increase quantity to 100, the price goes to $9.53 per book.  At 1000, it's $7.28.  Not cheap, but not crazy expensive.

Does that include shipping? Moving the books can jack the price in freakish ways.

The possible speedbumps would be...

A: shipping to you.
B: shipping to the customer.
C: shipping to overseas customers. This one has killed quite a few KS games as no one thought to check and it can be insanely high to ship. And theres possibly customs too to worry about.

Nope. Shipping is just under 17 bucks on top of that, to the US (presumably from the US).

Dracones

RPGs and tabletop games are about the easiest thing to move to the US these days. The best 3d printers for printer farms are now being made in the USA: https://blog.prusa3d.com/we-are-now-manufacturing-3d-printers-and-filaments-in-the-usa_99148/

Print on demand and PDFs are well established these days. There are plenty of people making money in tabletop gaming without bulk printing product from China. If SJG can't adapt, then it'll just be an opportunity for the new players that are already doing things differently to shine.