Comments on: How best to share building instructions for my creations? http://www.brickpile.com/2010/02/12/how-best-to-share-building-instructions-for-my-creations/ Building a brighter tomorrow with LEGO® bricks Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:33:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Bill http://www.brickpile.com/2010/02/12/how-best-to-share-building-instructions-for-my-creations/comment-page-1/#comment-78348 Bill Fri, 10 Dec 2010 22:30:25 +0000 http://www.brickpile.com/?p=572#comment-78348 I just posted a <a href="http://www.brickpile.com/2010/12/10/building-instructions-and-buying-my-models/" rel="nofollow">new article</a> on this topic. My <a href="http://www.brickpile.com/2009/12/24/lego-nutcracker/" rel="nofollow">Nutcracker</a> model is one of the models I plan to make available for sale as instructions or as a kit. I just posted a new article on this topic. My Nutcracker model is one of the models I plan to make available for sale as instructions or as a kit.

]]> By: Kevin Bryant http://www.brickpile.com/2010/02/12/how-best-to-share-building-instructions-for-my-creations/comment-page-1/#comment-78272 Kevin Bryant Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:20:07 +0000 http://www.brickpile.com/?p=572#comment-78272 Hi. My son is trying to build a nutcracker and he is having difficulty with the opening mouth mechanism. Any step-by-step instructions out there somewhere that anyone knows of? No luck so far on any search engines. Thank you. Hi. My son is trying to build a nutcracker and he is having difficulty with the opening mouth mechanism. Any step-by-step instructions out there somewhere that anyone knows of? No luck so far on any search engines. Thank you.

]]> By: Shawn http://www.brickpile.com/2010/02/12/how-best-to-share-building-instructions-for-my-creations/comment-page-1/#comment-57546 Shawn Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:48:41 +0000 http://www.brickpile.com/?p=572#comment-57546 As far as cost, I would offer the LDraw and pdf files for free and work on monetizing the blog. The free content will attract traffic, and the traffic is where you'll be able to make your money from your effort. Perhaps you could also offer printed instructions for a price, or even publish an entire book of instructions. But it's the free content that will drive your site. Just my two cents As far as cost, I would offer the LDraw and pdf files for free and work on monetizing the blog. The free content will attract traffic, and the traffic is where you’ll be able to make your money from your effort. Perhaps you could also offer printed instructions for a price, or even publish an entire book of instructions. But it’s the free content that will drive your site. Just my two cents

]]> By: Iain http://www.brickpile.com/2010/02/12/how-best-to-share-building-instructions-for-my-creations/comment-page-1/#comment-56289 Iain Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:14:08 +0000 http://www.brickpile.com/?p=572#comment-56289 Bill, have you considered looking at what options the newest version of LDD (Lego Digital Designer) offers? Bill, have you considered looking at what options the newest version of LDD (Lego Digital Designer) offers?

]]> By: Jim http://www.brickpile.com/2010/02/12/how-best-to-share-building-instructions-for-my-creations/comment-page-1/#comment-55991 Jim Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:49:02 +0000 http://www.brickpile.com/?p=572#comment-55991 Hi, Bill. This is an interesting question to me, too. In the past, I've posted quite a few instructions on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/anoved/tags/lpub/) as images saved from LPub PDF pages. The current version of LPub can save directly to images. As an experiment, I have also had an LPub instruction PDF printed with Lulu (see http://www.flickr.com/photos/anoved/sets/72157615162512108/ and http://lulu.com/). I think the market for finished instructions is much bigger than for raw LDraw files. If I were selling instruction files or booklets, I might provide the LDraw files as a freebies. I've posted quite a few on Brickshelf, too, although I have used Brickshelf in a while. I'll be curious to see what you decide! Jim Hi, Bill. This is an interesting question to me, too.

In the past, I’ve posted quite a few instructions on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/anoved/tags/lpub/) as images saved from LPub PDF pages. The current version of LPub can save directly to images. As an experiment, I have also had an LPub instruction PDF printed with Lulu (see http://www.flickr.com/photos/anoved/sets/72157615162512108/ and http://lulu.com/).

I think the market for finished instructions is much bigger than for raw LDraw files. If I were selling instruction files or booklets, I might provide the LDraw files as a freebies. I’ve posted quite a few on Brickshelf, too, although I have used Brickshelf in a while.

I’ll be curious to see what you decide!
Jim

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