[Black]

ouch! indeed.  14,000E or $18,477 US or $17,620 Australian (the best currency of course )  Not sure what the margins are on Shadowrun books or how many are actually sold etc, but I am sure that would cut pretty heavily into any profit which might be made...

[Crimsondude]

I wouldn't pay ten cents a word for a translation if my life depended on it, and even with a bulk discount (economies of scale and all) there is very little reason to expect Catalyst to do that on top of having to foot the bill to license the original content from Pegasus.


I'm translating the original material from Pegasus' version on Street Legends myself.

[Bull]

Lets put it this way.  Most SR freelancers (and most RPG writers in general) make less than half that rate for original writing.

[CanRay]

Lets put it this way.  Most SR freelancers (and most RPG writers in general) make less than half that rate for original writing.

Especially when being paid in US dollars. 

[Crimsondude]

Hence,

Oh, man. That hurts.

[Ajax]

Lets put it this way.  Most SR freelancers (and most RPG writers in general) make less than half that rate for original writing.

I have a ten-year old civil judgment against Palladium Books and Kevin Siembieda... some freelancers in the industry aren't paid at all.