Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/02/10/14:16:17
jonklipp AT freenet DOT edmonton DOT ab DOT ca wrote:
: Should be, but it ain't :) It kinda sucks actually, the publishers
: usually make lotsa money and the author doens't get that much. Think
: about this: If your 10% (for example) is $50,000, then the publisher has
: made $450,000. Ouch. :)
This is true for games like DOOM, but ask your local newspaper how
much it costs to advertise, to give technical support, to try
getting a *finished* product (some hints are booklet, boxes, ...)
On the other hand: Consider what is 80 percent from 10.000 of a
poorly marketed product.
Juergen
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