I'm sure there are many reasons why someone might or might not purchase a copy of the annual. Most tend to do more with the cost of a book than anything else, but even such seemingly trivial things as bookshelf space count as a limitation that could prevent a purchase.
"Never degrade quality to expand sales: increase perceived value to expand sales" is the only way to go. Book pricing is relatively fixed to a certain minimum for the page count unless you move to cheaper paper, less expensive covers, and such, but I wouldn't do any of those as they can degrade perceived value. My thought is that various ex-PDML folks left the list when they moved to other equipment, for whatever reason. Inviting ex-PDML folks to join in producing the 10th Anniversary edition with *whatever* equipment they're using now, wanting to enjoy their photography regardless of what brand of snappy box they use, might encourage more to participate AND buy. ... Because, in the end, I buy the PDML Annual to enjoy seeing photographs by the other folks on this forum and to support the charity, that's the value proposition of my payment, and what brand of equipment they used of only passing interest.. (I must admit that this is also somewhat self-serving: I haven't used a Pentax camera or lens to make photographs now for quite a few years. So opening up the annual in such a way that recognizes my enthusiasm for the PDML and for photography regardless of what brand of camera I use is pretty much the only way I'll submit anything I've done in the past short eon of my photography.) G — "Equipment is transitory. Photographs endure." > On 29/12/17, Jack Davis, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> My guess is that those who don't >> buy a book includes primarily those >> who see that they, again, have only >> one image chosen. >> Perhaps even a slight quality softening would increase sales. Not >> encouraging it understand, but would >> increase the page count. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
