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Originally Posted by NickMiddleton
The observation I'd make is that it's NOT a license for "casual" use - the product requirement (at least 1, no more that 4 books a year), the necessity for royalty copies BEFORE a product enters distribution and the discount for Chaosium purchase of further copies all mean that a licensee needs a robust business plan in place before they commit to this...
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Yes, it's indie friendly but professional.
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I think some additional clarity on how Electronic / PDF sales will work is needed (Chaosium currently only sell PDF's via DTR / RPG Now, who are the main PDF retailer - so how's that going to work if the original publisher is ALSO with DTR?) and also on true PoD services like Lulu - I assume they'd want the royalty copies up front, and that they'd expect the next set when sales roll over the next threshold - but there are some details that I'd want ironing out before signing up myself.
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Having both chaosium and the third party selling via DTR / RPGNow could create some issues, but as I sell only via YGN I have not considered all the implications so far, and in fact this could even be an advantage should I want to publish something for BRP. I think it requires some careful "coupon policy" planning on the part of the third party publisher to avoid been eaten up by Chaosium. But again, it is way better than paying fees up front before knowing whether you will sell a lot of copies.
As for Lulu, Dustin told me it qualifies as a "less than..." run, so they require 50 copies up front. Which might be too much, as you can actually sell less than 50 books in total (I have sold some 40 physical books so far with lulu). But better ask Dustin yourself.