Freder
Thanks, bonebeach!!
I'm aiming for the regular edition to have a retail price of between $20 - $25, and for it come in a tuck box with a LWB, all the bells and whistles that people sometimes miss in print-on-demand decks.
It's the reason that I'm doing this with a Kickstarter, instead of just doing it as a print-on-demand deck as I have done with most of my others. I want it to reach a wider audience and be affordable to more people. I can't make that happen without taking pre-orders -- which is what Kickstarter is best used for. That way, no one is out any money unless the project is fully funded.
Would I _like_ to do it without running a Kickstarter? You betcha! Kickstarter is frankly a pain in the ass! If I thought that I could generate enough pre-orders through my own website to make the publication viable, I would. Barring that, if some rich investor came along... ;-) Eh, no, I think KS is my only option.
I stand by the quality of my print-on-demand decks, and ultimately the fact that they exist in such tiny print runs (fewer than 50 copies of my Tinker's Damn Tarot currently exist in the world! You don't get much more "Limited Edition" than that!) is what justifies the price tag -- but it's a business model that I would like to ditch over the next year or three.
Many thanks to all and everyone who has kindly supported my efforts up to now. Please don't stop!
DT
I'm aiming for the regular edition to have a retail price of between $20 - $25, and for it come in a tuck box with a LWB, all the bells and whistles that people sometimes miss in print-on-demand decks.
It's the reason that I'm doing this with a Kickstarter, instead of just doing it as a print-on-demand deck as I have done with most of my others. I want it to reach a wider audience and be affordable to more people. I can't make that happen without taking pre-orders -- which is what Kickstarter is best used for. That way, no one is out any money unless the project is fully funded.
Would I _like_ to do it without running a Kickstarter? You betcha! Kickstarter is frankly a pain in the ass! If I thought that I could generate enough pre-orders through my own website to make the publication viable, I would. Barring that, if some rich investor came along... ;-) Eh, no, I think KS is my only option.
I stand by the quality of my print-on-demand decks, and ultimately the fact that they exist in such tiny print runs (fewer than 50 copies of my Tinker's Damn Tarot currently exist in the world! You don't get much more "Limited Edition" than that!) is what justifies the price tag -- but it's a business model that I would like to ditch over the next year or three.
Many thanks to all and everyone who has kindly supported my efforts up to now. Please don't stop!
DT