tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post7614240817059708433..comments2024-03-26T19:19:35.144+00:00Comments on Eolake Stobblehouse thoughts: Ganesha Games app (and giving away stuff)Eolake Stobblehousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-46815158256054887572011-01-05T20:05:40.104+00:002011-01-05T20:05:40.104+00:00Good point.
However I think it stands that giving...Good point. <br />However I think it stands that giving away *something* is one of the ways that you can attract the traffic so you can get the sales. <br /><br />People need a reason to come visiting, after all it is using their time. And people will not often talk about you and link to your site "just because you rock", but if you have some freebies they will, much more often.Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-14228202650376335552011-01-05T12:30:55.204+00:002011-01-05T12:30:55.204+00:00Eo,
Google is a multi-billion dollars thing. you c...Eo,<br />Google is a multi-billion dollars thing. you can see that Google, in a way, IS traffic on the internet.<br />Charging for ads etc would never be feasible for niche publishers-- there are simple not enough tabletop wargamers in the world to make it work.ganesha gameshttp://www.ganeshagames.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-51869537018918661072011-01-05T12:25:43.642+00:002011-01-05T12:25:43.642+00:00Actually we make much less money on the ipad sales...Actually we make much less money on the ipad sales than on "traditional" PDF sales because Apple takes a hefty 30% and of course we have to share 50/50 any profits with the guys who developed the app and host the files. But we think that this is a step in the right direction. Our PDF sales are already much larger than our printed book sales (but we aren't traditional publishers: we started as pure digital publishing and offered printed versions later, using part of the money from digital sales to fund printed editions or using print-on-demand services).ganesha gameshttp://www.ganeshagames.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-49286513434878885342011-01-05T03:01:33.523+00:002011-01-05T03:01:33.523+00:00the ebooks are NOT free, of course (well, some are...<i>the ebooks are NOT free, of course (well, some are, and there is a free preview of each book).</i><br /><br />That makes more sense. The way Eolake put it, I wondered what kind of way that was to run a business. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-77610325217423297692011-01-04T20:17:35.411+00:002011-01-04T20:17:35.411+00:00it's actually an iPad only app, not iphone. It...it's actually an iPad only app, not iphone. It won't work on iphones (well technically the app could work but the screen is too small to read)<br />You can use the app as a free pdf reader even if not interested in my rulebooks - you can import the PDFs from iTunes.<br />As a further clarification: the ebooks are NOT free, of course (well, some are, and there is a free preview of each book). If you know someone who has an iPad and plays tabletop wargames (battles with toy soldiers, fantasy or historicals) please recommend this app, they'll like it. Thanks!ganesha gameshttp://www.ganeshagames.netnoreply@blogger.com