Trade Updates
I have been doing my research on the trade in order to try and save you guys some cash and keep everyone happy as things evolve. I have learned some surprising things, and I thought I would share them with you all and see what your thoughts are on the subject. I must stress the absolute importance of your opinion on these matters. Please, please comment and let me know what you think of these ideas (I will not bite or belittle, I will thank).
The cost of books have risen to the point of a price hike for the existing trades, as I mentioned before. So far no one has expressed that this will dissuade them from buying, so for the next trade, I’m thinking the price for the existing trades will rise to fourteen dollars. I guarantee you it’s not so that I can gouge you guys or make more money, it’s so I can continue to sell the six month trades, which I really want to do.
Initially my thought was to make the two trades ten bucks until Volume Three comes out, and then make them fourteen. However, research has revealed another option. It turns out I can put the first two trades together, slap on a shiny new awesome cover by Dex, and make a YEAR ONE trade available for 25 bucks, complete with the 9,400 word Cura short story INRICTI, about the Dark Everett taking a Preacher Charlie two thousand years into the past (we can only guess why). This seems particularly viable as a cheaper alternative. There will likely be a sketch edition, as well.
With that option in place, I don’t feel so bad offering the first two trades at 14 starting next week (barring objection) as soon as I reveal the volume 3 trade. In other words, fair warning, if you want to, buy it cheap while you still can (limited to stock on hand)!
I also need to know if 14 dollars as a price point is going to dissuade anyone from buying a volume 3 trade. If so, I need to reassess, and figure some things out. If you were going to buy one, and a price jump would change your mind, like I said, PLEASE say so. Pre-Order will begin soon.
Either way, Wednesday’s page is going to look incredible in print. I look forward to hearing what you guys think!
N
$14 sounds like a good price for Volume 3.
Will the short story be available to purchase other than as part of the Year 1 trade?
A good question, and one I’ll have to think about. I think it should be available for people who already bought one and two, so they don’t have to purchase the same stuff twice, but don’t miss out on anything, either.
That sounds pretty good to me. How does it sound to you?
My initial thought on pricing was five bucks for the story… so maybe I could make it available to people who have bought trades 1 and 2 for 3-4 bucks, and for people who have bought 1,2, and 3 for free?
That seems like thinking with gas… what say you?
That sounds like a plan. Looking forward to buying Volume 3!
$14 for a trade is fair. Aren’t softcover trades normally $12-14 with hard cover $19-25?
I get Cura for free on the web. I don’t mind paying $14 for volume 3.
Having the short story available for those of us who have already bought 1 & 2 would be cool. I hate it when I get a trade and a year or two later it gets re-released with more content. Very frustrating. Maybe you could release it as a chap book?
My plan was to release it digitally for folks who got the first trades, having read Kate’s comment as well… Does that sound like a good option to you?
I could print it, I suppose… And offer it as a separate thing, or a bonus for folks who buy 3, even.
Hmmmm. Considering. Either way, I will make sure folks are happy.
A digital release for those of us who got the first trades would be great.
$14 for a trade is more than reasonable. Glad to hear the short story will also be made available to those of us who already have volumes 1 and 2 as well. Good decision all round.
I will post more on this shortly, but I think what I will do is offer it for 99 cents as a digital download, and include it in the first trade as the bonus material. I was overthinking it, I do believe.
The guiding principle, that all should be able to get it, especially if you bought the first trade, is sound, I think.
I’d do $14 for a trade. As long as you still sign it.
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ALWAYS. 🙂 I’m honored.
$14 is about the average price of a trade paperback from most publishers, so I don’t see why it would be unfair for Cura. If I’m willing to pay $15 for the stuff DC churns out, then I definitely won’t have a problem paying that much for Cura (which I enjoy somewhat more than most mainstream comics these days).
Cool! Thanks for the input.
Can’t pick up the latest trade just yet, but I definitely don’t mind paying $14 for it.
$14 per trade seems pretty reasonable. I’m not sure how much postage is (to Australia) and I’m trying to save some money at the moment, so I have not bought the trades yet (Also I have only just read through everything over the last 2 days.)
Having said that, if you are going to bring out a Year One book containing Trades 1 & 2 plus the short story, I’ll likely wait for that.
Then I would wait until trade 3 and 4 were combined into a Year Two trade and buy that and so on and so forth (not the individual trades), as I would prefer my trades to be in as similar format as possible.
Hope that helps. Loving the series 🙂