How about this?

how many copies owned by acaeum members? I'd like to have one, but i think it is nigh-impossible.

rpggeek.com/rpgitem/109195/frp-made-eas ... core-rules

by whom was it reprinted? by the original authors?

I contacted a guy who owns it some time ago, he said to me the authors used to live near him in Connecticut but he doesn't even know if they are still alive and has no way of reaching them.

650 is a lot of pages for bringing it into print, maybe in electronic format? I don't know.

Mars wrote in FRP made easy:This copy is reprinted by me.  I have the electronic files from the authors.  They are open to allow me to reprint them and then send them a fee but I'm not sure how to make this cost effective.

Electronic format is a possibility but I generally don't like it - once a copy gets out ...

....the world would end, I know.  Isn't some distribution and some money making it to the author's hands better than, well, nothing?

650 pages is probably too many to do in a cost effective way, except as a vanity print.  You could take orders to gauge interest, then print only the copies ordered, maybe a few extra to auction or sell.  Any print shop can give you a ballpark figure it would cost to reprint the entire thing.  I bet advertising here on the Acaeum would get you more than a few orders, out of curiousity if nothing else.

I think the NTRPG con could figure out some way to make this work but honestly we have far too much on our plate right now....we are still looking at reprinting Steve Marsh's Mistworld and a few other Wee Warriors items, as well as some other goodies.

Mike B.

Badmike wrote:Isn't some distribution and some money making it to the author's hands better than, well, nothing?

That is a question open to much debate.  It would seem that companies such as WotC do not agree - pulling all of their pdf products and actively filing lawsuits against those that pirate the work.

Not the same scale with small press but then again most authors of small press stuff have more personally invested into the work and many would rather not release it all than cheap whore it out for a couple of bucks.  

I have other small press reprint projects on the go but a big part of that is I am not in the industry so getting things formatted for printing and finding a place that will do it for a reasonable price can be very time consuming.  One I want to do is a boxed set edition of the Acquitaine series but I still haven't figured out how to get the Alchemist's Abode floorplans scanned and printed effectively or even looked at boxes, etc.

Maybe I shoot too high in what I want out of these products since realistically, we are looking at around maybe 25 people who will want copies.

Mars wrote in FRP made easy:
Maybe I shoot too high in what I want out of these products since realistically, we are looking at around maybe 25 people who will want copies.

I bet you would be surprised at how many collectors aren't interested in the quality, they simply want a copy in their hands to read, use, or study.

Most the small press guys I run into that published something 30 years ago are flattered that someone remembers their self-published digest or module, and happy for anything they can sell it for at this late date.  They are especially puzzled that anyone would still want a copy, either the original or a reprint. While money doesn't motivate some of them, it does for others, especially if you offer them a fair price.

Mike B.

I'd buy one, if the cost was around .10$ a page... which I guess means $65.

I'm intrigued by this system and would love to see the work within.

Is there a way to reprint it in parts, keeping the costs down?  Are there pages that are fluff that aren't integral to the system itself?  Any way to do what was done for the 1st ed DMG (reduce the font size and margins)?

I might be interested...

~throwi

I am still working out options for a reprint - reformatting the document is one that would reduce the page count by a few hundred and then there are options on whether to print everything or not.

I only received PDFs of everything so I am inquiring about getting the original files where I can play with the formatting.  I will also ask about selling it as an electronic version.

Thank you, i would be grateful.

I look forward to hearing from you.

VK