--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "Nafruf" <carlnelson69_at_y...>
wrote:
>
> i may get my ass kicked for suggesting this, but what about offering
> new folios on regular paper at an expanded price? that way you would
> make back some money even if it is posted. you could even release a
> limited number of those so they would be easy to keep track of if
you
> numbered them. of course since i suggested the idea i would beg for
the
> oppurtunity to be reserved one of each copy ;) :D
The only problem with that solution is it would take a lot more
effort to keep track of who bought which portfolio, and in order to do
so, I would have to return to direct sales, rather than use Second Ed
for those transactions.
And I'm not really too concerned about the money, because I don't
draw for the money. I draw because I like to! Making a little extra
money from it helps offset the various costs of producing said art.
Yeah, I could make a LOT more money from mainstream art, but I don't
enjoy drawing that as much as the furry stuff. And like I said, I
don't draw just for the money. People who do that end up losing a lot
of the life in their pictures.
The whole purpose behind the special paper is to prevent the new art
from being posted illegally. Even if there are a few "special
versions" of the folios on standard stock, each one of those has the
potential to become an illegal image post. That's why I just figure
it's better to avoid that whole scenario and simply print the new
stuff on the special paper.
But your ideas were good, though.
--JMH
Received on Mon Jan 23 2006 - 08:34:30 CST