Well some sites do let you effectively order prints-on-demand, or buy print-worthy digital copies, although always have to deal with the problems of those who'd buy them and distribute them all over the place, but really that's a problem to worry about no matter how you package something. Only way to guarantee someone can't copy something is never make it available in the first place and well that wouldn't make anyone happy, artist or fan. Just have to find which way or ways of distributing them fit within your level of tolerance for unauthorized copying.
----- Original Message -----
From: xmewxchanx
To: SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 1:28 PM
Subject: [SkunkworksAMA] Re: "in through the outdoor"
Having a digital copy is nothing like having the physical though :P
I mean, somebody could download them off your site then print them out
but it's just not the same.
~Mew the Skunk~
--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "Take a wild, friggin guess"
<a_change_of_plans_at_...> wrote:
>
> --- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "xmewxchanx" <xmewxchanx_at_>
> wrote:
> >
> > Thats why we should have a little donation thing to help you pay for
> > the publishing costs.
>
> Actually, it's not going to cost me anything more than my time to
> publish the books, since AV Press has expressed interest in the title
> (s). I just have to get everything scanned and prepped so they can
> get it printed.
>
> If you're talking about folios and prints, well, the cost of
> production is figured into the retail price of the folio. For
> example, a $25 dollar folio (retail) equals $17 wholesale. Subtract
> the cost of production (about $10 average), and you're left with a
> whopping seven dollar profit per folio. Thankfully, this genre is
> just a hobby, since one could never expect to make a living from such
> wages and still manage to have a decent standard of living. Since I
> don't live in a commune and eat ramen noodles all day, such an
> arrangement just won't work. ;P
>
>
> >
> > Just a shot in the dark, would you consider bringing back some out
> of
> > print portfolios if that system was up?
>
> Unfortunately, a lot of the out-of-print folios cannot be reprinted
> since I don't have the originals to them anymore. A couple
> were/are "limited edition" runs, so they couldn't be reprinted
> without pissing folks off. The website, however, will feature every
> folio page and print that I've produced, even the ones that were
> never published and/or sold to the public, so folks could at least
> see some of the hard-to-find pictures.
>
> --JMH
>
Received on Wed Jan 16 2008 - 23:30:04 CST