I'm aspiring to compile my stuff together into a ebook to sell via dm's guild, but I'm struggling to gauge how much to put in, or whether to split things up.
As an example, I am writing a supplement at the moment which will feature a selection of monsters (30 or so), rules for creating the area they live in, artwork, random tables for terrain and hazards, and potentially a short adventure.
How do I quantify the value of this? I can't go by hours spent, as A) I don't know and 2) pay per hour won't be fixed as any number of people might download it!
I'm up to 14 pages and I'm 7 creatures in, so I'm guessing it'll be somewhere around 80 pages when I'm done with it. how much would you normally charge for such a book?
I would recommend just finding other catalogues that might be similar to what you're establishing and using that as a baseline, tweaking it against how you want to release it and on what format you're willing to release it in/on. Unfortunately it's not so much a matter of "what it's worth" as much as it's going to be, "The market values it as this much." in my opinion, and then considering the saturation on the market for similar products. I wouldn't want you to sell yourself short but there are, unfortunately, too many people out there looking for too much by paying little-to-nothing. It becomes heartbreaking to see something worked on so hard go for so little T_T
I've seen some creators recommend pricing at so many cents a page. For instance, if you had a 30-page supplement, you would charge $3 for your work. I would also recommend taking into account how dense the work is and how much value it provides. You may have a 300 page document, but if its mainly referential it (probably) isnt worth $30. Then again, you may have a 10 page one shot, but if its packed with dense, unique information and riveting encounters its almost certainly worth more than $1.
In your case, it seems like you are creating a small, but fairly dense supplement. Depending on how many pages you end up at, I would price at 5$ to $10. But make sure you are pricing at a place you are happy with and feel like you are getting paid enough to be fulfilled in your work. Best of luck!
I usually price mine around $1 per 5 pages and then subtract a penny. So a 40 page product is $7.99.
Less than that and it's PWYW. You won't make anything on the PWYW products, but it can drive your back catalogue, since the Guild displays your other works underneath.
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I'm aspiring to compile my stuff together into a ebook to sell via dm's guild, but I'm struggling to gauge how much to put in, or whether to split things up.
As an example, I am writing a supplement at the moment which will feature a selection of monsters (30 or so), rules for creating the area they live in, artwork, random tables for terrain and hazards, and potentially a short adventure.
How do I quantify the value of this? I can't go by hours spent, as A) I don't know and 2) pay per hour won't be fixed as any number of people might download it!
I'm up to 14 pages and I'm 7 creatures in, so I'm guessing it'll be somewhere around 80 pages when I'm done with it. how much would you normally charge for such a book?
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I would recommend just finding other catalogues that might be similar to what you're establishing and using that as a baseline, tweaking it against how you want to release it and on what format you're willing to release it in/on. Unfortunately it's not so much a matter of "what it's worth" as much as it's going to be, "The market values it as this much." in my opinion, and then considering the saturation on the market for similar products. I wouldn't want you to sell yourself short but there are, unfortunately, too many people out there looking for too much by paying little-to-nothing. It becomes heartbreaking to see something worked on so hard go for so little T_T
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I've seen some creators recommend pricing at so many cents a page. For instance, if you had a 30-page supplement, you would charge $3 for your work. I would also recommend taking into account how dense the work is and how much value it provides. You may have a 300 page document, but if its mainly referential it (probably) isnt worth $30. Then again, you may have a 10 page one shot, but if its packed with dense, unique information and riveting encounters its almost certainly worth more than $1.
In your case, it seems like you are creating a small, but fairly dense supplement. Depending on how many pages you end up at, I would price at 5$ to $10. But make sure you are pricing at a place you are happy with and feel like you are getting paid enough to be fulfilled in your work. Best of luck!
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I usually price mine around $1 per 5 pages and then subtract a penny. So a 40 page product is $7.99.
Less than that and it's PWYW. You won't make anything on the PWYW products, but it can drive your back catalogue, since the Guild displays your other works underneath.