Quote Originally Posted by Matt James View Post
This was one of the biggest struggles we had to work with prior to going forward with the project. Our margins are already paper-thin when considering writing, editing, and art. Trust me when I say we don't want to charge more than we have to. One way we plan to mitigate this is to pile on stretch-goal benefits that will close that gap. We're a week in and about to reach funding. One reached, we can focus on making that kind of investment more worth while. My goal is to make that $75 level packed full of additional product and services. If funding continues to grow, you'll see the hard-cover version make it's way to lower level tiers.
Low print-run publishing is definitely a costly pursuit, yeah. On the bright side, I'd say you're pretty sure to hit your funding goal, so at least the first stretch goal appears to be a pretty reasonable target. Here's hoping you get the funding to do a big ol' print run of the hard cover!