[CREATE] Libre Graphics Magazine Pledgie campaign

[jon at rejon.org]

Why not just sell them?
On Oct 24, 2010 2:25 AM, "Alexandre Prokoudine" <
alexandre.prokoudine at 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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