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Originally posted by philreed I'm hoping early April.
I'm also finding out that one 150 page PDF may be a bad idea. Opinions?
Is it better to break it into two smaller PDFs and sell them as separate items?
I have a 56K modem, and I'm not bothered by a single large file (it isn't worst than two average).
Depending on how you want to separate them, I would say,
Yes for:
-A cheap player book, and a more expensive GM book
-A book for each side of the story
and No for:
-a crunch book and a flavor book
If there would be some overlap between the two books, do one big PDF, but ensure that it has a good index, and all the nifty feature that a PDF can have.
Originally posted by philreed One of the problems is that this is a very art and graphics heavy PDF (the preview is streamlined and on a diet).
I know some people don't care about art. I do.
Is a 20MB PDF too big?
Oh 20mb....
yes that may too big my friend for most, I owuld prefer it in one big bundle but for most...it may be better to break it up....you should see if RPGNow would set up s survey for you on its forums since that seems to be a solid pdf customer base.
What I plan on doing for our first release (because it is definatly gonna be a large pdf ) is to break it down into a few small pdfs that are sold together...kinda like an eBoxed set...i guess I'll have to wait and see how that works out when we cross that bridge...just my .02 worth
(as an aside...I've really enjoyed your work phil..keep it up)
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I think our largest was 15MB.
I didn't get too many complaints from the customers. But I complained... as I only have a dialup and it took me ages to get the file there
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Originally posted by philreed One of the problems is that this is a very art and graphics heavy PDF (the preview is streamlined and on a diet).
I know some people don't care about art. I do.
Is a 20MB PDF too big?
In the worst case scenario, it would cost an additional 1€ from phone call, not a big deal.
Though Hal has a good idea, you might ask RPGnow to do a survey, and see if size matter or not
If you can set up your e-mail program based on the subject line, you might want to send the question to your customer form RPGnow (as those are the most likely to buy your product first), and ask for an answer in a specific format in the subject line, and see how much e-mail you receive in each folder (and eventually, the ability to know now if it is worth to work on a follow-up book).
If it is only 150 pages, sell it as one bundle, but you MAY want to make a more printer friendly version... either break it down by chapter, so you only spool a chapter at a time, or something. As for a large file, 20 megs is not THAT bad. When I was on dialup, I did that quite a bit. Now that I have cable, it is not a big deal at all. Hell, if people really complain, get something set up on your web page, and offer say $3 to burn and mail it. You are probably looking at around a 3hr download. I don't consider that too bad, especially with modern programs that resume downloads and throttle them.
Originally posted by tensen I think our largest was 15MB.
I didn't get too many complaints from the customers. But I complained... as I only have a dialup and it took me ages to get the file there
I wonder if the lack of complaints is an indication that the majority of PDF purchasers have high bandwidth connections. If so, then the PDF market might naturally expand as more and more people switch to high speed access.
20 MB would be no problem for me, but for someone on dial-up, it would be pretty hefty.
I'd suggest either:
1. offer the product in 2 pieces - a small, inexpensive player's book (with very limited art), and larger, more expensive GM's book (with the bulk of the art); or
2. offer the product in 2 formats - one zip with both the graphics heavy version and a printer-friendly option; and one zip with only the printer-friendly version, for those who don't have the connection to d/l a large file.
I wonder if the lack of complaints is an indication that the majority of PDF purchasers have high bandwidth connections. If so, then the PDF market might naturally expand as more and more people switch to high speed access.
I would bet my granny on that. I think PDF fans are probably "early adopters" of technology in general. Folks who haven't yet moved away from dial-up, are probably the same folks who aren't yet willing to move away from print.
Just a hunch... Though you would think that rpgnow could do a survey to ask folks what kind of connection they have. Heck, I would add a drop down to the order form itself, so they get feedback from every order.
Wulf
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