GB hardcover not dead, just in a coma.
Posted on January 31, 2006
Just got an email from 88mph on the situation of the long delayed hardcover edition of Ghostbusters: Legion.
Hello Everyone!
Long time no “talk”, mea culpa as they say.
Mistakes were done, lessons were learned and here we are.
First off, the Hard Cover situation. The only reason why it is impossibly delayed (not canceled) is caused by a low ordering versus a high printing cost. Now is it fans fault ? Hell no. Is it my fault ? Who else really, so yes.
I probably should have done it in soft cover first, maybe I should have done more advertizing, I should have done more of this and less of that. At the end of the day what is important to know is when do you get your copy.
The only way for me to compensate for the low ordering is to finance the difference myself, hence making this process very slow. However there is something you the fans can do to help out by simply letting me know about a few things. I will post polls tonight and just let me know what you think about various things.
Polls will be posted in the Literature section of http://www.weaverhall.com
Again I apologize for the aggravation this is causing everyone but I can say that there is not one day that I don’t work on solving this unfortunate delay. Apologizing does not absolve all my sins, I realize that but I hope you will all participate in the polls which will definitely help.
Mistakes were done, lessons were learned and better things are to come.
Cheers
Sebastien
Filed Under MISC |
Leave a Comment
If you would like to make a comment, please fill out the form below.
Yay.
I wonder how much $$ in interest he’s earned by holding everyones cash in his savings account for almost a year now…
Well, even if you assume he had a payment for every single one of those thousand books (which he doesn’t, hence the long delay) the interest earned wouldn’t be much and bank fees alone would balance it out. It’s not like business bank accounts make magic money compared to personal accounts.
I disagree… with interest rates the way they are today… ing.co. is at 4.75 percent… I think I paid $30 almost a year ago. so let’s assume he got half the orders filled. at going rates he could at the very least be earning a few hundred dollars a month… over the course of a year this can add up nicely… ill attribute this mess to lack of planning, dedication, and professionalism… ill be surprized if we ever get anything other than the infrequent email simply because he remembered he’s got about 1000 angry ppl waiting patiently… its easy to make excuses, it takes work to make progress.
This is a news site - I typically just report stuff rather than comment on it. Personally, as someone who’s both started a business venture and worked with a major licence holder, karmically I’m not inclined to bad-mouth other people’s attempts. My money’s where you’re money is, but my complaints I’m keeping to myself.
If you’d like to complain in similar company, I’d recommend going to the various GB message boards. (the links are to the left)
Even if he had 15K in the bank, at 4.75% interest, it only works out to $59 a month in interest. That’s hardly a few hundred dollars.
Where’s my money!? Where’s my book?!