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<blockquote data-quote="The Sigil" data-source="post: 327682" data-attributes="member: 2013"><p>Won't/Can't speak for every publisher out there, but I know I myself have gone with the theory that "there are virtues to the nice borders - and some serious drawbacks." My product, the Enchiridion of Mystic Music, includes two flavors in the Zip file - one PDF with colorful borders, one PDF without. IIRC, Bastion Press has announced they will begin doing the same thing. That way you miss out on none of the quality (with high-quality color art and borders)... but you also have a way of printing things out without killing your ink cartridge (borderless). <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I think more publishers are noticing this and I imagine at some point it will probably become a standard practice to include two (or even three - one without the interior art AND without borders) versions of the same PDF in each download.</p><p></p><p>--The Sigil</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Sigil, post: 327682, member: 2013"] Won't/Can't speak for every publisher out there, but I know I myself have gone with the theory that "there are virtues to the nice borders - and some serious drawbacks." My product, the Enchiridion of Mystic Music, includes two flavors in the Zip file - one PDF with colorful borders, one PDF without. IIRC, Bastion Press has announced they will begin doing the same thing. That way you miss out on none of the quality (with high-quality color art and borders)... but you also have a way of printing things out without killing your ink cartridge (borderless). :) I think more publishers are noticing this and I imagine at some point it will probably become a standard practice to include two (or even three - one without the interior art AND without borders) versions of the same PDF in each download. --The Sigil [/QUOTE]
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