Hey, guys!
I’m looking for more ways to reduce pricing on my books. I know that times are tough and people are struggling with gas prices and inflation. Comics really are the least important thing in the grand scheme of things, but I still want to be able to provide people with economical options to things that do break up the monotony of daily life like comics, graphic novels and more.
COMICS FOR CHEAPER?
Neon Dreams 2: Heavy Metal Madness is looking like it’ll be around 100-106 pages. Typically I’d have to charge around $30-35 to make it profitable enough to bother, BUT if I could reduce print costs by 2-3x, I could lower prices considerably for customers. This may be possible by entertaining some various print options that I’m looking into.
Instead of $30-35, I might be able to offer physical copies of Neon Dreams at $15-20 each. I may even offer cheaper shipping options where possible to ease the burden further.
I would also offer pricier reward tiers for those who want more stuff but the basic physical rewards tier would be relatively cheaper compared to previous campaigns to allow those feeling the pinch in dire economic times to still get some cool comics.
I’M NOT CERTAIN YET, but I’m hoping that I’ll be able to cut costs on my end to allow this. Stay tuned. I’m trying, guys, and looking out for you.
What do you think? Let me know in the comments!
Back to work for me!
Shade
I think if you want to do a more affordable option, digital is the way to go, but if you are buying a physical comic/book/etc you want it to be high quality. Don't cheap out on the quality (now of course if you can get a lower price for the same quality sure, go for it. While it's always good to help out, where you can, cutting things to close to the bone almost always ends up ending poorly in the long run. If you can't make a living off of this, then you stop doing it, then nobody get's comics.
For comics I am pretty much digital all the way for cost and storage space in my house. But appreciate you customer orientation.