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

[John Elliott]

Bruce,

Can you contact me offline

jelliott at blacksmithsupply.com

John

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From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Freeman
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 7:30 AM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] Why the price has gone up on the Grasshopper plans

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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