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<blockquote data-quote="McXanaxinAlcohol" data-source="post: 9313534" data-attributes="member: 7045364"><p>Maybe the higher cost is required for some legal reason? I don't know for sure obviously, but I speculate that maybe the IP for some books is joint held by WoTC and the writers. If this is the case perhaps the writers want more money per copy sold? I've noticed that Dragonlance books seem to be notably higher in price compared to Similar Forgotten Realms, Greyhawk, or Ravenloft content, unless there is another party that wants more money I cant imagine why a 30~70 page booklet of one campaign setting would be more than another in PDF form.</p><p></p><p>Regardless, I think its more on the WoTC side of things. A couple months ago I poked Drivethru about WGR4 The Marklands not being available, but there was a Sample PDF in their style you could find on google. You could also find reviews for it listed under Drivethru's User profiles and a cached google page. I figured WGR4 must have been removed by accident when they tinkered with the website.</p><p></p><p> It could have been a lie but when I asked Drivethru about it they said:</p><p><em>"We don't have much information or control over which products or formats are available on our site. We recommend you submit suggestions on release schedule to Wizards of the Coast on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dungeonsanddragons" target="_blank">D&D Facebook page</a> or via their <a href="https://dnd-support.wizards.com/hc/en-us" target="_blank">Customer Support page</a>." </em></p><p></p><p>This indicates that they don't really have control on anything except the distribution of approved material. Although a few days later after I responded to a customer satisfaction survey negatively I received an email with the following:</p><p><em>"We have reached out to our Partner Relations team to see if they might have any information available. We will let you know as soon as they respond."</em></p><p></p><p>Followed by;</p><p><em>"We are very sorry for the delay. It seems that the product is now available, you can find it here<link>"</em></p><p></p><p>So nothing consequential but Drivethru does seem to be at the whims of WoTC for many things. If it was an inflation or hosting costs thing I'd imagine that everything would go up a noticeable amount.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="McXanaxinAlcohol, post: 9313534, member: 7045364"] Maybe the higher cost is required for some legal reason? I don't know for sure obviously, but I speculate that maybe the IP for some books is joint held by WoTC and the writers. If this is the case perhaps the writers want more money per copy sold? I've noticed that Dragonlance books seem to be notably higher in price compared to Similar Forgotten Realms, Greyhawk, or Ravenloft content, unless there is another party that wants more money I cant imagine why a 30~70 page booklet of one campaign setting would be more than another in PDF form. Regardless, I think its more on the WoTC side of things. A couple months ago I poked Drivethru about WGR4 The Marklands not being available, but there was a Sample PDF in their style you could find on google. You could also find reviews for it listed under Drivethru's User profiles and a cached google page. I figured WGR4 must have been removed by accident when they tinkered with the website. It could have been a lie but when I asked Drivethru about it they said: [I]"We don't have much information or control over which products or formats are available on our site. We recommend you submit suggestions on release schedule to Wizards of the Coast on the [URL='https://www.facebook.com/dungeonsanddragons']D&D Facebook page[/URL] or via their [URL='https://dnd-support.wizards.com/hc/en-us']Customer Support page[/URL]." [/I] This indicates that they don't really have control on anything except the distribution of approved material. Although a few days later after I responded to a customer satisfaction survey negatively I received an email with the following: [I]"We have reached out to our Partner Relations team to see if they might have any information available. We will let you know as soon as they respond."[/I] Followed by; [I]"We are very sorry for the delay. It seems that the product is now available, you can find it here<link>"[/I] So nothing consequential but Drivethru does seem to be at the whims of WoTC for many things. If it was an inflation or hosting costs thing I'd imagine that everything would go up a noticeable amount. [/QUOTE]
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