My brother-in-law Christopher Miller has been beavering away in his batcave-like office developing what I can only describe as a Derrenbrowninator - a iPhone app called Passgear which helps you memorize passwords by using pictures to create a story ( Read more... )

This months round-up will be a little different from the usual as I am writing it instead of Simon (he’s off on the continent enjoying the sun) so the Pelgrane torch has temporarily passed to me. There’s been a lot going on in the office this month, the Ashen Stars layout has started, new products are being released and work on all the forthcoming ( Read more... )

The new Page XX is out, with many articles. See here.

One of them follows - an update on Pelgrane Press from a business perspective.

This first half of this article looks at break even points for Pelgrane books, and the second the distribution of sales between channels in 2010.
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As I discussed in Pelgrane Biz Part 1, it’s expensive and risky to print books by offset litho, even though the results are gratifying, and the rewards, if the sales are high enough, are excellent. But there is every chance that Trail of Cthulhu is a one-off success, and won’t be repeated.

That said, I really want to print Ashen Stars as a full ( Read more... )

I’ve looked over my business-related posts on my livejournal, and scoured them for predictions, to see where I have been optimistic and pessimistic.

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The Trail of Cthulhu reprint is due to be completed mid-June, so I've put in a cautious street date of 1st July. I've gone for 2000 copies. The 50 leather-bounds are being printed, too, and I'll complete the long-awaited caption competition when they arrive.

We still have copies of Trail of Cthulhu left at the Pelgrane store for customers not from ( Read more... )