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Old 07-13-2008, 03:13 PM   #124
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Originally Posted by delphidb96 View Post
We came into this *vastly* underfunded. We're not in a financial position to make such a 'block' purchase. (If we were, I'd opt for buying about 200 up-front and re-ordering whenever we got down to 50.) And restructuring the price we pay requires large orders - like 1,000 units at once. (We'd need to have about $800,000-$900,000 to do that. Don't have it so it ain't gonna happen.)
I was partially following the discussions on the Baen forums which became NAEB. I missed it for a while due to other priorities, and when I picked up again, I discovered the idea had morphed into "our own custom hardware dedicated ebook reader". My first reaction was "Are they nuts?", since I know a little about the process involved with OEM deals and custom branded versions of someone else's product. You really need to start with a reasonable pool of capital, and some knowledge of the industry and the practices.

To be honest, I still have that reaction, though I stand in awe of what you've been able to accomplish thus far.

If you knew back when you were first planning the venture what you've learned since about what is involved in doing it, would you still have done it?
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