[TheForge] Why the price has gone up on the Grasshopper plans

[peter fels]

Time to raise the price...a lot!
It's a great design.

On Apr 4, 2011, at 4:29 AM, Bruce Freeman wrote:

> That's not possible.  The plans are in paper form.  The effort
> required to produce an on-line version would be considerable.  We're
> talking about ~130 sheets, 8.5"x11".
> 
> Even scanning them in would be a major effort.  Every scan would have
> to be proofed, and probably edited in some art software to insure
> legibility and completeness.   And there's no money to do this
> commercially.
> 
> And, of course, once they were on-line, I could say good-bye to any
> further chance of controlling their distribution, revision, etc.  For
> me, it's a lose-lose idea.
> 
> On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 10:31 PM, Gabriel Cain <gabriel at dreamingcrow.com> wrote:
>> You could, you know, just release them online... As an open source
>> project.  That's what all the cool kids are doing these days. ;)
>> 
>> Or make delivery digital and cut a lot of your costs.
>> 
>> Good luck.
>> 
>> -Gabriel
>> 
>> 
>> <snip price increase>
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> Bruce
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