Cool! This is a great service by the way (printing). The best I can do at home is super b, which is nice, but sometimes you want a poster! I'll be sending a handful your way shortly!
As to POD selling maps, that should be interesting. I sold my maps along with the word docs on culture, demographics, geography on ebay for $14.95 each in electronic format, and they did fairly well, so there is a market for fresh gameplay worlds. You may find a nice little niche market here.
Good luck with it!
It sound like you may have some maps for me to POD
It sounds to me like you have both the experience and the content for Map POD products. I'd be very interested in your submitting some custom maps for printing sales.Originally Posted by Richardb
I seem to have no problem finding RPG publishers like GM Syndicate and E.N. Publishing. What I'd like to see more of, however, is small one-person companies, individual cartographers and home-brewed adventure game designers with their own small line of map products. Very much like what you may have to offer.
True, I want me new business to be successful. But because I'm printing your maps, I want to see the community become successful. The whole reason for posting the announcement here, was to find "wannabe" publishers and making success stories out of their products.
I am still an active participant in the community trying to adapt a graphics background into a cartography... its not my only reason.
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I'm curious as to what 'fairly well' means! (if you're willing to share) I've always done this for recreation and fun (and intend to continue to do so), but if we have people here with talent who have no idea about how to go about marketing their map making skills, then perhaps we ought to look at that.
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I ran 3 different worlds as I recall, each for a 5 day auction, and sold about 30 of each. That was without marketing, and without any real strategy. I thought it was a real good sign of desire to buy independant fresh material. I got really great feedback, and a few buyers contacted me asking for anything else I was willing to give or sell.
What was even more surprising was that these were pure electronic format, nothing printed. So one, it was pure profit, and two, the price would go way up with printed materials available. Many people asked me if I could get them print outs!
That is really awesome news Richard!! Congrats! I guess this is your path to fortune and fame.
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Fame and fortune? Well, its nice to have some people use my stuff and enjoy it, I know I've spent enough time making them! It should be fun.That is really awesome news Richard!! Congrats! I guess this is your path to fortune and fame.
I should think its a path for any cartographer
Granted Richard has an over abundance of excellent map content and worlds ready to market to the world.
But this shouldn't be mine and Richard's path to opportunity, if not fame and fortune.
I've already contacted Terrainmonkey with a similar offer - is their anyone else here among the members who might have a few maps they would like to see what the market will bear...
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It is about developing a new market, and keeping the quality bar high. Avoiding the short term fate of the POD book market is an enviable goal.
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