Friday, January 3, 2020

Doctor Esker's Notebook Project - by the numbers

I did a workup of the finances and sales I've had for the Doctor Esker's Notebook project. I figure this might be of interest to other indie game designers and publishers. The project started in May 2018, with the first printing (1080 copies) ordered in August 2018, arriving misprinted in October, and then fixed and ready to sell by February 2019. The sequel and the second printing of the original game (2160 copies each) were ordered in July 2019 and arrived in late September 2019.

Let me know if you have questions in the comments.



Bigger version of the image is here.



3 comments:

  1. I came across your board game blog completely by accident, but I was interested in your publications. I am a huge fan of board games and I also hobbyist reviewing board games in my country. How do you sell your games? over internet?

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  2. Sorry for the first comment, I accidentally pasted it in Polish. I came across your board game blog completely by accident, but I was interested in your publications. I am a huge fan of board games and I also hobbyist reviewing board games in my country. How do you sell your games? over internet?

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  3. Thanks for your interest.I sell them through Amazon (they pack and ship the orders) and directly from my website. I've also sold a small number to a distributor in Canada, and I've sold a few in person. Amazon sales are about 90% of my sales.

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