we meet our customers in a dark alley with the comics hanging off the inner pockets of a trenchcoat.

ccbill has huge fees to allow credit card use from the customer, so it isn't realistic for small indie creators. but, they are the ones I've seen used most often for adult stuff. at this point we may as well ask ppl to snail-mail cash to a PO box.

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Nope! Most dont even keep track of inventory for self-published books.

once I figured out my printer, I just called the bookstores and asked if they buy/sell self-published books and zines, and if adult stuff was okay. And then they'd say yes and I'd bring them in and they'd pay me. It is exactly as simple as it sounds.

I think if you have different prices for a PDF vs a print that would be a different case. Or you could label your inflated hardcopy with a perpetual 50% off sale? lol

sure, you can DM me

I was also hesitant at first but pretty much every bookstore/comic store said yes to my very explicit adult zines. Most were even excited about it since i guess they sell well. Although I'm on easy mode in california lol

but, they do have steep consignment fees (usually 50% cover price). So it's only profitable if you inflate your prices to compensate. Regardless, I've sold 100s of copies in just a handful of stores in my area to the point that I can hardly keep up with printing them.

someone mentioned to me that little printed books and other small things may become more popular during economic hardships. Like the lipstick effect but for art.
Also the internet getting crappy from AI + no covid lockdowns = more people will go to physical stores/cons
but that's just speculation

yeah in terms of profits i get the most % from selling them online. The bookstore consignment fees are really high. They usually take half the cover price. I assume conventions could be in-between if multiple artists pool their merch into one person's table or something (if that's allowed).

i recently started printing my stuff and dropping them off at local bookstores. dunno how the profits compare to conventions since I've never been, but apparently lots of people are buying my little porn zines. i sold over 60 copies in 3 weeks. basically ran out of copies. so there is a demand

that is also my fear/expectation. They'll make it so you can't reference their characters specifically, but screw everything/everyone else.

thanks! which store?