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Subject: Re: [CREATE] Libre Graphics Magazine Pledgie campaign
From: "jon () rejon ! org" <jon () rejon ! org>
Date: 2010-10-24 8:32:58
Message-ID: AANLkTikpMH8rvDvqBWtaWH96F2MbrDK5AAZZp4mMEP7L () mail ! gmail ! com
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Why not just sell them?
On Oct 24, 2010 2:25 AM, "Alexandre Prokoudine" <
alexandre.prokoudine@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/23/10, Jon Nordby wrote:
>
>> On 23 October 2010 10:55, ginger coons wrote:
>>> I can indeed shed some light. We're planning to print a 96 page
>>> publication,
>>> half colour, at Mardigrafe in Montreal. It costs $7,403 CAD to print
1000
>>> copies. For double that price, we could do 5000 copies, but $15,000
>>> dollars
>>> seems like an unrealistic goal right now. The extra money built into the
>>> goal is there with the intention of having a little wiggle room, as well
>>> as
>>> being able to finance shipping large boxes of magazines, which is the
>>> heart
>>> of our distribution strategy. Essentially, within the number of copies
we
>>> have, we'll gladly send a box to anyone who is attending an event and
>>> wants
>>> to hand some out. This issue, we're hoping to send some along to
FOSSASIA
>>> and I'll be taking some to the HTMlles festival (a digital art fest in
>>> Montreal) as well as on classroom visits to design schools. We'll also
be
>>> offering copies for sale online. At the moment, I'm looking into order
>>> fulfilment services which might be suited to doing this job.
>>> Hope that gives an idea of printing goals and distribution strategy.
>
> Okay, thanks, Ginger :) But pretty please add that to both pledgie and
> lgmag pages.
>
>> Some sneak peaks/teasers might be beneficial too.
>
> Yes, a couple of good looking spreads never do a harm :)
>
> Alexandre Prokoudine
> http://libregraphicsworld.org
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<p>Why not just sell them?</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 24, 2010 2:25 AM, "Alexandre Prokoudine" \
<<a href="mailto:alexandre.prokoudine@gmail.com">alexandre.prokoudine@gmail.com</a>> \
wrote:<br type="attribution">> On 10/23/10, Jon Nordby wrote:<br> > \
<br>>> On 23 October 2010 10:55, ginger coons wrote:<br>>>> I can \
indeed shed some light. We're planning to print a 96 page<br>>>> \
publication,<br>>>> half colour, at Mardigrafe in Montreal. It costs $7,403 \
CAD to print 1000<br> >>> copies. For double that price, we could do 5000 \
copies, but $15,000<br>>>> dollars<br>>>> seems like an unrealistic \
goal right now. The extra money built into the<br>>>> goal is there with the \
intention of having a little wiggle room, as well<br> >>> as<br>>>> \
being able to finance shipping large boxes of magazines, which is the<br>>>> \
heart<br>>>> of our distribution strategy. Essentially, within the number of \
copies we<br>>>> have, we'll gladly send a box to anyone who is \
attending an event and<br> >>> wants<br>>>> to hand some out. This \
issue, we're hoping to send some along to FOSSASIA<br>>>> and I'll \
be taking some to the HTMlles festival (a digital art fest in<br>>>> \
Montreal) as well as on classroom visits to design schools. We'll also be<br> \
>>> offering copies for sale online. At the moment, I'm looking into \
order<br>>>> fulfilment services which might be suited to doing this \
job.<br>>>> Hope that gives an idea of printing goals and distribution \
strategy.<br> > <br>> Okay, thanks, Ginger :) But pretty please add that to \
both pledgie and<br>> lgmag pages.<br>> <br>>> Some sneak peaks/teasers \
might be beneficial too.<br>> <br>> Yes, a couple of good looking spreads never \
do a harm :)<br> > <br>> Alexandre Prokoudine<br>> <a \
href="http://libregraphicsworld.org">http://libregraphicsworld.org</a><br>> \
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