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WotC to publish D&D PDFs again?
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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 5899342" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><span style="font-size: 12px">OK, so this isn't much to go on. However, if you listen to </span><a href="http://www.agcpodcast.info/2012/04/agc-163-april-30th-2012-conglomeration.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">this podcast</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> (<em>All Games Considered</em>) at the 18.30 minute mark, Sean Patrick Fannon of DriveThruRPG and RPGNow says:</span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 12px">Certain people who thought, maybe, doing PDFs wasn't the best choice and decided to stop doing PDFs through us, there's a chance they may have changed their mind.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">He doesn't actually mention WotC specifically, so he may be referring to someone else. But it does sound to me like that's who he's getting at.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">As you may recall, WotC used to sell PDFs of older edition products via third-party outlets, but stopped, citing piracy as the main reason. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Thanks to <!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE: dbtech_usertag_mention -->@<u><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=52905" target="_blank">darjr</a></u> <!-- END TEMPLATE: dbtech_usertag_mention -->for the scoop!</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">As a side note, I've seen a few people in the <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/" target="_blank">forums</a> float an idea which I think sounds pretty cool. When it comes to D&D Next specifically, the idea of an Apple-style app store whereby third-parties could sell content <em>which plugs into WotC's own online tools</em> would be pretty awesome. Not only does WotC make money directly off a OGL/GSL style license, but those publishers don't have the barrier to sales that "it doesn't work with the character builder" has often caused.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 5899342, member: 1"] [SIZE=3]OK, so this isn't much to go on. However, if you listen to [/SIZE][URL="http://www.agcpodcast.info/2012/04/agc-163-april-30th-2012-conglomeration.html"][SIZE=3]this podcast[/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=3] ([I]All Games Considered[/I]) at the 18.30 minute mark, Sean Patrick Fannon of DriveThruRPG and RPGNow says:[/SIZE] [INDENT][SIZE=3]Certain people who thought, maybe, doing PDFs wasn't the best choice and decided to stop doing PDFs through us, there's a chance they may have changed their mind.[/SIZE] [/INDENT][SIZE=3]He doesn't actually mention WotC specifically, so he may be referring to someone else. But it does sound to me like that's who he's getting at.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]As you may recall, WotC used to sell PDFs of older edition products via third-party outlets, but stopped, citing piracy as the main reason. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Thanks to <!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE: dbtech_usertag_mention -->@[U][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=52905"]darjr[/URL][/U] <!-- END TEMPLATE: dbtech_usertag_mention -->for the scoop![/SIZE] [SIZE=3]As a side note, I've seen a few people in the [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/"]forums[/URL] float an idea which I think sounds pretty cool. When it comes to D&D Next specifically, the idea of an Apple-style app store whereby third-parties could sell content [I]which plugs into WotC's own online tools[/I] would be pretty awesome. Not only does WotC make money directly off a OGL/GSL style license, but those publishers don't have the barrier to sales that "it doesn't work with the character builder" has often caused.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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