[CREATE] Libre Graphics Magazine Pledgie campaign

[Alexandre Prokoudine]

On 10/23/10, Jon Nordby wrote:
> On 23 October 2010 10:55, ginger coons <ginger at adaptstudio.ca> 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.
> This information should be readily available on your Pledgie page. To
> actually get donations, it is fundamental to communicate what people
> are helping to achieve by donating. Some sneak peaks/teasers might be
> beneficial too.

Bump :-)

P.S. There is a space missing between ", blog." and "Contact us." at
http://libregraphicsmag.com/

Alexandre Prokoudine
http://libregraphicsworld.org