"Scott Schultz" <scott at cjhunter.com> writes: > Well, if you're serious about all this, some random opinions: > > Expect about 25% of the people who think something is a good idea to > actually pony up when it comes down to paying real cash for it. Take this > into consideration when deciding on methods of production that require > advance payment and/or minimum quantities. Sure. *I'm* certainly not investing any money into this in hopes of making money. I'll invest some time in hopes of having fun, though. And that's why I'm happy going with Cafe Press; no cost to play. > To be truly effective, tee-shirt slogans should be based on some > sort of wit that a non-Brust reader could appreciate. The "knife > between the shoulderblades" quote is a good example, because > Tolkein's original is reasonably well-known, especially after the > popularity of the films. "Got Morganti?" is an amusing in-joke and > might even garner a few appreciative nods at a con, but it's > something that that no-one outside of the Brust-reading community > would "get". The former would have a greater chance of making the > viewer smile and possibly go to dreamcafe.com to learn more about > it. It serves the double purpose of selling more tee-shirts and > introducing new readers to Brust/Dragaera, whereas the second only > caters to the inside knowledge of its wearer. I'm not sure I agree with this. It's relevant to selling beyond the Brust community, but I don't think that's especially the goal. I'm more thinking in terms of people *in* the community recognizing each other in person, and in showing Brust interest to others who could talk about it. (I'm actually thinking in terms of pointing to dragaera.info rather than dreamcafe.com, but they point to each other anyway, so that's more a second-order difference.) And since I'm posting on the topic, the accumulated ideas, up-to-date as of right now, are at <http://www.dd-b.net/dragaera-swag.html>. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b at dd-b.net>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>