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On second thought, DriveThruRPG isn't as bad as i initially thought...
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<blockquote data-quote="Bagpuss" data-source="post: 1586981" data-attributes="member: 3987"><p>But it doesn't as all it takes is one determined pirate to break it then the cracked copy will spread around the P2P networks to all the casual pirates.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think you are mistaken, for a start the PDF market isn't that big, and one of the main selling points of PDF is ease of transport, copy/pasteing and cost. The majority stuff on DriveThru fails to even beat RPGNow on any of these, let alone pirated products.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Actually looking at the PDF's on sale at DriveThru I'll be amazed if they even spent 5 minutes producing them! At least the small PDF press that sell stuff through RPGNow put bookmarks in their products. The pirate copies are often OCR'ed and bookmarked, so I'ld expect at least that from offical copies, this isn't the case.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Hmm if the choice is between $24.99 for a shop bought hardcopy (I can scan through before purchase), $24.00 for a DRMed electronic version, $19.99 for a Amazon hardcopy, or free for a pirated non DRM electronic version I know which one I would choose.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>These are all limitations or aditional hurdles to jump through, the PDF market isn't exactly massive to start with and it surely doesn't help to alienate existing PDF users by presenting problems that didn't exist previously. The no internet connection is a major one, while you might assume someone downloading a ebook would have an internet connection, for RPG gamers that use PDF's they often transfer the files from a online PC to an offline laptop or PDA for when they are at the gaming table, so this can be a deal killer. </p><p></p><p>b]Pricing:[/b] Ouch, some of the companies that are selling their products at only a buck under retail, that means that some of the products are more expensive then bought in print form (a lot of online vendors give a 20%-40% discount on printed products).[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p>These companies are either have mentally unstable individuals in their sales department, haven't a clue about the PDF market, or believe their customers are mental unstable and have six figure incomes.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Guess you have a six figure income and/or are mentally unstable. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Considering that non-professional e-Book publishers have produced better quality PDF's it isn't much to show off about. (Malhavoc being a notable exception as they don't just scan print products)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I wouldn't be so sure, they aren't going to shift a lot of product if its priced as poorly as some of the stuff is now. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Assuming you exclude print version for cheaper and electronic pirate version for free then yeah they are exclusive.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>They might indeed, but unless they heavily discount from the retail prices hey aren't going to shift anything and people will still grab pirate copies (same product but free) or retail print copies (same product, same price, but better quality and thanks to DRM more transportable).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Everyone is entitled to an opinion.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Bagpuss, post: 1586981, member: 3987"] But it doesn't as all it takes is one determined pirate to break it then the cracked copy will spread around the P2P networks to all the casual pirates. I think you are mistaken, for a start the PDF market isn't that big, and one of the main selling points of PDF is ease of transport, copy/pasteing and cost. The majority stuff on DriveThru fails to even beat RPGNow on any of these, let alone pirated products. Actually looking at the PDF's on sale at DriveThru I'll be amazed if they even spent 5 minutes producing them! At least the small PDF press that sell stuff through RPGNow put bookmarks in their products. The pirate copies are often OCR'ed and bookmarked, so I'ld expect at least that from offical copies, this isn't the case. Hmm if the choice is between $24.99 for a shop bought hardcopy (I can scan through before purchase), $24.00 for a DRMed electronic version, $19.99 for a Amazon hardcopy, or free for a pirated non DRM electronic version I know which one I would choose. These are all limitations or aditional hurdles to jump through, the PDF market isn't exactly massive to start with and it surely doesn't help to alienate existing PDF users by presenting problems that didn't exist previously. The no internet connection is a major one, while you might assume someone downloading a ebook would have an internet connection, for RPG gamers that use PDF's they often transfer the files from a online PC to an offline laptop or PDA for when they are at the gaming table, so this can be a deal killer. b]Pricing:[/b] Ouch, some of the companies that are selling their products at only a buck under retail, that means that some of the products are more expensive then bought in print form (a lot of online vendors give a 20%-40% discount on printed products).[/b][/quote] These companies are either have mentally unstable individuals in their sales department, haven't a clue about the PDF market, or believe their customers are mental unstable and have six figure incomes. Guess you have a six figure income and/or are mentally unstable. Considering that non-professional e-Book publishers have produced better quality PDF's it isn't much to show off about. (Malhavoc being a notable exception as they don't just scan print products) I wouldn't be so sure, they aren't going to shift a lot of product if its priced as poorly as some of the stuff is now. Assuming you exclude print version for cheaper and electronic pirate version for free then yeah they are exclusive. They might indeed, but unless they heavily discount from the retail prices hey aren't going to shift anything and people will still grab pirate copies (same product but free) or retail print copies (same product, same price, but better quality and thanks to DRM more transportable). Everyone is entitled to an opinion. [/QUOTE]
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