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So why no PDFs? Is their fear of piracy -that- bad?
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<blockquote data-quote="Evenglare" data-source="post: 6404556" data-attributes="member: 63245"><p>So is Wizard's fear of piracy that bad that we have no PDFs on release? I hear every dwindling numbers that only 10-15 people are actually working on D&D at this point? Surely they can afford to release PDFs of their work, like pathfinder. Pathfinder and Paizo have amazing deals and do very well PDF wise. Does Hasbro or Wizards not see this or just refuse to notice their dealings? I'm really curious on why the staunch hatred of releasing PDFS, infact you can point to their D&D classics site but the mind blowing thing is that the core books of each of those editions actually isn't for sale. I mean... wtf on so many levels. It feels like the worst kneejerk reaction that I have ever seen in the industry. I want to give them my money for real PDFs but at this point I have to photocopy and make my own for my own reference. I'm left with no choice if I want a digital copy of the book to work off of. Even more frustrating is the lack of the monster manual in digital form. What a boon it would be to be able to copy and paste monster stats into my session writeups, but now I physically have to either scan and OCR my scan or just retype the entire thing for my benefit. </p><p></p><p>I mean, you KNOW they have them sitting there on their computer. What gives? I don't buy the whole "Pushing online tools" nonsense. Several other companies have done just fine, if not thrived, releasing PDFs. It's frustrating that I have to scan my book to get a facsimile on my computer when I want to give them my money for something professionally done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Evenglare, post: 6404556, member: 63245"] So is Wizard's fear of piracy that bad that we have no PDFs on release? I hear every dwindling numbers that only 10-15 people are actually working on D&D at this point? Surely they can afford to release PDFs of their work, like pathfinder. Pathfinder and Paizo have amazing deals and do very well PDF wise. Does Hasbro or Wizards not see this or just refuse to notice their dealings? I'm really curious on why the staunch hatred of releasing PDFS, infact you can point to their D&D classics site but the mind blowing thing is that the core books of each of those editions actually isn't for sale. I mean... wtf on so many levels. It feels like the worst kneejerk reaction that I have ever seen in the industry. I want to give them my money for real PDFs but at this point I have to photocopy and make my own for my own reference. I'm left with no choice if I want a digital copy of the book to work off of. Even more frustrating is the lack of the monster manual in digital form. What a boon it would be to be able to copy and paste monster stats into my session writeups, but now I physically have to either scan and OCR my scan or just retype the entire thing for my benefit. I mean, you KNOW they have them sitting there on their computer. What gives? I don't buy the whole "Pushing online tools" nonsense. Several other companies have done just fine, if not thrived, releasing PDFs. It's frustrating that I have to scan my book to get a facsimile on my computer when I want to give them my money for something professionally done. [/QUOTE]
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