From:	ry90 AT www DOT punkt DOT de (Juergen Egeling)
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Subject:	Re: Publishing a game
Date:	10 Feb 1997 12:56:30 +0100
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jonklipp AT freenet DOT edmonton DOT ab DOT ca wrote:

: Should be, but it ain't :)  It kinda sucks actually, the publishers
: usually make lotsa money and the author doens't get that much.  Think
: about this:  If your 10% (for example) is $50,000, then the publisher has
: made $450,000.  Ouch. :)

This is true for games like DOOM, but ask your local newspaper how
much it costs to advertise, to give technical support, to try
getting a *finished* product (some hints are booklet, boxes, ...)

On the other hand: Consider what is 80 percent from 10.000 of a 
poorly marketed product.

Juergen
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