Comments on: One Quarter Worth of Dresden Files Sales

By: Grind: The Figures 1

Grind: The Figures 1 — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:46:36 +0000

[...] the long running trend set by the uber-transparent Fred Hicks of Evil Hat Productions, here’s a breakdown of the Cobweb Games [...]

By: Dresden Files RPG -Seite 9 - Blutschwerter

Dresden Files RPG -Seite 9 - Blutschwerter — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:49:55 +0000

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By: John Fiala

John Fiala — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:22:05 +0000

Neat.

Quite nice books, too. I’m really enjoying the byplay in the margins.

By: Fred Hicks

Fred Hicks — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:38:19 +0000

Depends on the book. For Your Story the unit reprint cost at 3000 copies is just under $8, probably just over after shipping gets factored in. For Our World the unit reprint cost at 3000 copies is a little over $5.50. Still, Taylor does good work at a good price, and fast (about a 4 week production timeframe). I’m happy to be using them.

By: Fred Hicks

Fred Hicks — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:34:26 +0000

Believe me, I’m standing on top of the warehouse as much as I can to get them pushing those things out as fast as they can, but I gotta give them enough space to actually do the work!

By: Jason Pitre

Jason Pitre — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:34:20 +0000

I am very pleasantly surprised that your per-unit costs are so low for printing hardcover colour beauties like DFRPG. That comes to what, just over $6 a book for the print? Very impressive, I expected closer to double that even at volume.

Congrats and do enjoy sending that big fat check to Jim.

By: Edward Lynch

Edward Lynch — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:19:46 +0000

Congrats to all Mr. Hicks. Now, can I have my books please? Preordered on April 4th here…

By: Andrew Betts

Andrew Betts — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:37:12 +0000

Congrats, and after the ninja shipment arrived today gotta say they look awesome

By: Steve Russell

Steve Russell — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:25:33 +0000

Congrats!

By: Ludomaniac

Ludomaniac — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:18:07 +0000

Ah, I see where you said that now. Caffeine deficiency robs me of my ability to concentrate…

By: Fred Hicks

Fred Hicks — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:23:39 +0000

Nope. Like I said up top this is a visualization of the webstore’s sales only. Origins sales were approximately 180 Your Story, 150 Our World, though I’m still waiting to find out exact quantities after DOJ gets a chance to chase down a few declined cards.

By: Ludomaniac

Ludomaniac — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:20:35 +0000

Do the graphs and table cover all sales? I figured there would be a little spike corresponding with direct sales at Origins.

By: Fred Hicks

Fred Hicks — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:06:01 +0000

Ha! No, that’s not likely to be something that can happen. The economics of such things are usually (as in this case) that the second printing is a smaller number of units, and thus have a higher cost per unit printed. If we followed that logic, the cover price of the products should increase, not decrease, in the interests of sustainability and company growth. As it is we keep the cover price the same and use it as a guide to determine what the minimum acceptable size of a reprint run should be (in this case between 2 and 3 thousand).

By: John Powell

John Powell — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:05:50 +0000

Congrats!

By: Neal Dalton

Neal Dalton — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:02:35 +0000

That is really great. I’m glad for the Evil Hat team.

By: Ryan Faricelli

Ryan Faricelli — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:49:30 +0000

That’s fantastic! Maybe the second printing could find a slightly lower price point? RPG books have become incredibly expensive for the average gamer in the last few years.

By: meg_evonne

meg_evonne — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:44:25 +0000

Best wishes on such a successful run! Simply amazing Fred!

By: Jim Henley (Unlabeled)

Jim Henley (Unlabeled) — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:43:13 +0000

This proof that there’s such a thing as well-deserved success is extremely heartening.

By: Rick Neal

Rick Neal — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:25:41 +0000

That’s great stuff. I am hugely pleased for you folks – it’s a great game, based on a great series of novels, and I am very glad it’s doing so well for you.

Rick