EyeAmEye
Hi All,
I am in the beginning phase of developing my first tarot deck (hopefully the first and not the only!). I have some artistic talent that has been dormant for many years, so really wanting to create the best deck possible, I chose to team up with a very talented artist I know personally. I plan on creating the full concept of the deck, which may very well once fully put together veer off the main RWS or Marseilles road (maybe even integrate both, who knows). From there, I am going to give the artist a few key words per card and nothing more with which to create the imagery. I want to give her as little knowledge of tarot and stock tarot imagery as possible, thus allowing her to create her own unique vision.
Many self published decks do not include even so much as a LWB. If my vision of this deck comes to fruition, I plan on a full, possibly even hardcover book to accompany the deck. This, of course, would ramp up the production cost considerably.
So the question at hand is this: From a buyers point of view, is it preferable to buy a deck by itself first and then later buy a book if one was needed, or would you prefer to buy the full package at once?
Decks published for mass market can obviously charge far less for a deck/book combo (anywhere from $20-40 from what I've seen on Amazon, etc), so the choice is fairly easy for the consumer to pick up a mass produced deck/book. Self-published is obviously going to be substantially more (upwards of $50 to anywhere around $100 given estimated publishing prices), so to me, it is important to try to gauge the interest in such an endeavor before embarking on it.
As I said, right now, I am at the concept phase, and given my nature, the entire project could change multiple times before the final product. Your input would help greatly in shaping this, so any opinions/tips/general observations would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance. Look forward to your comments!
I am in the beginning phase of developing my first tarot deck (hopefully the first and not the only!). I have some artistic talent that has been dormant for many years, so really wanting to create the best deck possible, I chose to team up with a very talented artist I know personally. I plan on creating the full concept of the deck, which may very well once fully put together veer off the main RWS or Marseilles road (maybe even integrate both, who knows). From there, I am going to give the artist a few key words per card and nothing more with which to create the imagery. I want to give her as little knowledge of tarot and stock tarot imagery as possible, thus allowing her to create her own unique vision.
Many self published decks do not include even so much as a LWB. If my vision of this deck comes to fruition, I plan on a full, possibly even hardcover book to accompany the deck. This, of course, would ramp up the production cost considerably.
So the question at hand is this: From a buyers point of view, is it preferable to buy a deck by itself first and then later buy a book if one was needed, or would you prefer to buy the full package at once?
Decks published for mass market can obviously charge far less for a deck/book combo (anywhere from $20-40 from what I've seen on Amazon, etc), so the choice is fairly easy for the consumer to pick up a mass produced deck/book. Self-published is obviously going to be substantially more (upwards of $50 to anywhere around $100 given estimated publishing prices), so to me, it is important to try to gauge the interest in such an endeavor before embarking on it.
As I said, right now, I am at the concept phase, and given my nature, the entire project could change multiple times before the final product. Your input would help greatly in shaping this, so any opinions/tips/general observations would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance. Look forward to your comments!