On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, LaPierre, Bob wrote:
> I have no dobt that _all_ of us on this list are willing to accept a page or
> two of legal text. The _big_ question is will the people who _buy_ the
> products accept it? I would have no problem with it in a 30+ page adventure
> or a 100+ page source book but, 2 pages out of 16? I would rather have more
> detail in the module. Of course it could be worse, having to _add_ pages to
> include it most publications use a 4-page system (IE: you must add pages in
> 4s). So this means 2 added pages that might be just filler. A consumer may
> interpret this as padding the costs to take more money out of their pocket.
Of course, some printers are only financially practical if your book comes
in multiples of 16. Given that most writers produce more material than is
strictly required, some real content is likely to have to be cut to fit in
OGL/D20 legalese as well as tables of contents, index, advertising at the
back ...
While it is (thankfully) less painful for solely electronic products,
I can foresee that the Guild Companion will *not* be counting legalese
pages in our d20/OGL products, either for determining royalties to
authors, artists, and editors, or for determining the sale price.
Regards,
Nicholas HM Caldwell
General Editor for The Guild Companion
http://www.guildcompanion.com/
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