Ailith wrote: > snip > > >> The version of the FAQ currently on sca.org says that they have about 29,500 >> paid members, but that's still small by publishing standards. >> > > You do not have to be a paid member to participate, however, you must be a > paid member if you fight or if you're an officer. > > Figures vary as to how many people really play in the SCA, but I've heard as > many as 3 to 4 times the number of paid members. The actual number of > participants could be as high as 118,000.
This, I think, is high. Since the non-member surcharge at events has been in effect, the ratio in my area seems much closer to approximately one non-member for every paid member. I think something in the range of 60,000 members is reasonable and might even be a bit high. In standard book publishing circles, this is a small audience. However, in academic book publishing circles, where many works struggle to sell 500 copies, it's considered a decent-sized audience. Susan _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
