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Kitch said:Anyway, I'm starting to consider options for publishing and am wondering whether anyone can recommend certain tarot publishers to look into?
Hi there and welcome. The Gilded was published by Llewellyn, my experience with them was very positive. They allowed me every artistic freedom with minimum interference. Which considering that I am no tarot expert was considerate on their part. It would be unethical for me to publicly discuss any of the financial arrangements, but if you care to pm, I'd be quite happy to share some insights with you.
Having said that I'm publishing the follow up deck myself. So i can also add some insight to the pros and cons of that as a comparison.
Last but nor least I should add, that in strictly economic terms, however you decide to proceed, i.e. royalties from a major publisher or go it alone, do it for the love, personal satisfaction, or whatever, because financially in either case I would have earned more per hour serving hamburgers
I get the impression sometimes from this forum in particular, that the amount of work is seriously underestimated when someone is still enthusiastically producing the third or fourth card, serious doubts sink in around about half way through the Majors, and then, if you go in that order, by the time you start on the two of cups you actually feel like the ten of swords, and have completely given up on the dreams of the ten of coins.
Just kidding...but just make sure its fun....