We’ve been selling books in the marketplace for five years this month, and I’ve been collecting publisher resources for much longer. At some point, every game designer considers publishing their own work, a few that have done it told me … Continue reading →
I started selling things with OBS in July 2017, and by August I was trying to figure out their sales and marketing tools. Here is an excerpt of the sources of sales that I had in August 2017. Notice the … Continue reading →
One of Tim Ferriss questions for different experts is what activity is a waste of time and while I’m not going to be totally binary on that front, I would like to talk about business activities you need to start … Continue reading →
Today I’d like to talk a little bit about firearms in your 5e game, I’m not going to have the firearms don’t belong in fantasy discussion, I want to focus primarily on modern 5e settings where firearms are appropriate. The … Continue reading →
In the beginning I wanted to write a huge core rulebook for my sci-fi setting, that would have been a terrible mistake. I spent thousands of dollars on worldbuilding the art bible and very few people can afford to go … Continue reading →
Owen mentioned that game companies rely heavily on institutional knowledge and not documented processes and procedures. This happens at small businesses,consulting shops, non-profits and government agencies of various sizes. If the process is “we call Bob” its not a process, … Continue reading →
When you’re trying to promote something to social media, you’ll need something called a permalink to your original post. On Facebook, go to your post, click on the Timestamp for the post. That will bring you to the Permalink for … Continue reading →
A while back I made a post on the cost of creating the Pirate Fighter, it had a $1.33 piece of stock art on the cover and a handful of stat blocks. There were several other stock art spaceships. On … Continue reading →
So in the Pre and Post publication checklist post I mentioned a few different ways (Facebook, Reddit, Twitter) you could announce your new product to the world and the most common feedback that I received was that I didn’t include … Continue reading →
As part of the series on the RPG Publishing business I am trying to describe what the different stages are in making a game book. At each stage I want to present what different people contribute to the book. One … Continue reading →
