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<blockquote data-quote="TrippyHippy" data-source="post: 7729589" data-attributes="member: 27252"><p>A year later for the reasons stated. Still later, and deliberately so.</p><p></p><p>Who's judging them? I'm not. You're the one who seems to want to advocate their business practices as a moral stance here. I couldn't care less, frankly. </p><p></p><p>They didn't have the actual GURPS 4th Edition core on PDF till much later - after multiple printing runs.</p><p></p><p>It shows that they are willing to release PDFs at drivethrurpg. Anything else is your own interpretation. </p><p></p><p>Fate Core is a free/pay what you want PDF. They lower the price to encourage more buy in from casual gamers, and potentially get more subscribers. SJGames isn't really interested in this type of promotion with GURPS.</p><p></p><p>I'll refer you to points made already. </p><p></p><p>You have made my point for me. Sales aren't strong enough to do a print run, so they're putting it out on PDF as it makes no difference to traditional sales. The actual PDF market is a fraction of the physical book market, so Drivethrurpg is not a replacement for it, it's merely a cheap alternative to keep GURPS in existence without a print run. They don't feel obliged to manipulate the prices in order to stimulate a market, because for them the e-book market is negligible. </p><p></p><p>The citations didn't provide evidence for your claims. That was the point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TrippyHippy, post: 7729589, member: 27252"] A year later for the reasons stated. Still later, and deliberately so. Who's judging them? I'm not. You're the one who seems to want to advocate their business practices as a moral stance here. I couldn't care less, frankly. They didn't have the actual GURPS 4th Edition core on PDF till much later - after multiple printing runs. It shows that they are willing to release PDFs at drivethrurpg. Anything else is your own interpretation. Fate Core is a free/pay what you want PDF. They lower the price to encourage more buy in from casual gamers, and potentially get more subscribers. SJGames isn't really interested in this type of promotion with GURPS. I'll refer you to points made already. You have made my point for me. Sales aren't strong enough to do a print run, so they're putting it out on PDF as it makes no difference to traditional sales. The actual PDF market is a fraction of the physical book market, so Drivethrurpg is not a replacement for it, it's merely a cheap alternative to keep GURPS in existence without a print run. They don't feel obliged to manipulate the prices in order to stimulate a market, because for them the e-book market is negligible. The citations didn't provide evidence for your claims. That was the point. [/QUOTE]
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