Marine 3.0 beta yet? - Page 4

Marian Nichols · 10-29-2007, 04:07 AM

Oh I see. Well, try and stay alert. It is time for me to get Lauren up for school. You and Jim have a most productive night. Don't work too hard.

Surferminn · 10-29-2007, 04:10 AM

Thanks! You have a good productive day too.

Jim Sachs · 10-29-2007, 10:01 AM

Pat - Prolific is the online publisher, Encore is the hard-copy publisher. Online is easy; when a new version is ready, we just put it on the Internet. Hard copy is the one that requires package design, disk manufacturing, SKU-number assignments, and scheduling of shelf-space with Costco, Best Buy, Wal-Mart, etc.

My per-copy profit on the hard-copy version is so microscopic that I never really took it seriously. But then we lost all the big chain stores due to the age of the product, and my online sales also dropped dramatically. It appears that having the packages visible in a lot of stores was acting as advertisement (since we have never had any actual advertisement). So, instead of cutting into on-line sales as I had originally feared, it was actually greatly increasing them.

patscarr · 10-29-2007, 03:52 PM

Interesting.

10-29-2007, 04:07 AM	#61
Marian Nichols ~Author~ Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Rocky Mount, NC Posts: 7,429	Oh I see. Well, try and stay alert. It is time for me to get Lauren up for school. You and Jim have a most productive night. Don't work too hard. Write paranormal mysteries. Six books so far.

10-29-2007, 04:10 AM	#62
Surferminn Senior Puddle Jumper Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: California Posts: 6,017	Thanks! You have a good productive day too. Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes.

10-29-2007, 10:01 AM	#63
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	Pat - Prolific is the online publisher, Encore is the hard-copy publisher. Online is easy; when a new version is ready, we just put it on the Internet. Hard copy is the one that requires package design, disk manufacturing, SKU-number assignments, and scheduling of shelf-space with Costco, Best Buy, Wal-Mart, etc. My per-copy profit on the hard-copy version is so microscopic that I never really took it seriously. But then we lost all the big chain stores due to the age of the product, and my online sales also dropped dramatically. It appears that having the packages visible in a lot of stores was acting as advertisement (since we have never had any actual advertisement). So, instead of cutting into on-line sales as I had originally feared, it was actually greatly increasing them. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium Last edited by Jim Sachs; 10-29-2007 at 05:48 PM.

10-29-2007, 03:52 PM	#64
patscarr Pet Shark Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Back in Buffalo Posts: 5,455	Interesting. Patrick