<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 6:43 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alexandre.prokoudine@gmail.com">alexandre.prokoudine@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On 10/23/10, Jon Nordby wrote:<br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">> On 23 October 2010 10:55, ginger coons <<a href="mailto:ginger@adaptstudio.ca">ginger@adaptstudio.ca</a>> 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>
>><br>
>> Hope that gives an idea of printing goals and distribution strategy.<br>
> This information should be readily available on your Pledgie page. To<br>
> actually get donations, it is fundamental to communicate what people<br>
> are helping to achieve by donating. Some sneak peaks/teasers might be<br>
> beneficial too.<br>
<br>
</div></div>Bump :-)<br></blockquote><div><br><a href="http://pledgie.com/campaigns/13812">http://pledgie.com/campaigns/13812</a> Now with more details about goals and distribution.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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P.S. There is a space missing between ", blog." and "Contact us." at<br>
<a href="http://libregraphicsmag.com/" target="_blank">http://libregraphicsmag.com/</a><br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
Alexandre Prokoudine<br>
<a href="http://libregraphicsworld.org" target="_blank">http://libregraphicsworld.org</a><br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>ginger "all-lower-case" coons<br><a href="http://adaptstudio.ca">adaptstudio.ca</a><br>647.865.7757 (Toronto)<br>514.213.1318 (Montreal)<br>