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<blockquote data-quote="3catcircus" data-source="post: 3860951" data-attributes="member: 16077">It isn't about ease of stealing or criminal energy.&nbsp; It is above perceived fairness.Right now (i.e. 3.x books) I don't think that WotC charging full hardcover price for a pdf that they had to generate *anyway* in order to generate the hardcover is fair.&nbsp; Judging from others' complaints, the consensus is that charging hardcover prices for a pdf is just gouging the customer.What is so hard to grasp about the concept of charging one price for a hardcover and charging a different price for a pdf, with no strings attached either way?1.&nbsp; Not everyone who buys a hardcover wants a pdf.2.&nbsp; Not everyone who buys a pdf wants a hardcover.3.&nbsp; An even smaller portion of #'s 1 and 2, above, want access to WotC's DI/VTT/whatever.WotC will maximize profit by taking those factors into account, which it doesn't appear as if they've done, judging by the &quot;if you buy the book and buy a subscription, we'll give you the privilege of charging you even more money to allow you to purchase a pdf with all of these DI features.&quot;I think the most annoying point about pdf's vs. hardcovers is that printers almost always *require* you to give them a pdf for them to pre-flight before starting a print run.&nbsp; The costs are already accounted for in their print stream, so *any* price that they charge a customer is almost entirely pure profit.For a small publisher that uses POD and vanity press work, it is different than for a big publisher like WotC.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="3catcircus, post: 3860951, member: 16077"] It isn't about ease of stealing or criminal energy. It is above perceived fairness. Right now (i.e. 3.x books) I don't think that WotC charging full hardcover price for a pdf that they had to generate *anyway* in order to generate the hardcover is fair. Judging from others' complaints, the consensus is that charging hardcover prices for a pdf is just gouging the customer. What is so hard to grasp about the concept of charging one price for a hardcover and charging a different price for a pdf, with no strings attached either way? 1. Not everyone who buys a hardcover wants a pdf. 2. Not everyone who buys a pdf wants a hardcover. 3. An even smaller portion of #'s 1 and 2, above, want access to WotC's DI/VTT/whatever. WotC will maximize profit by taking those factors into account, which it doesn't appear as if they've done, judging by the "if you buy the book and buy a subscription, we'll give you the privilege of charging you even more money to allow you to purchase a pdf with all of these DI features." I think the most annoying point about pdf's vs. hardcovers is that printers almost always *require* you to give them a pdf for them to pre-flight before starting a print run. The costs are already accounted for in their print stream, so *any* price that they charge a customer is almost entirely pure profit. For a small publisher that uses POD and vanity press work, it is different than for a big publisher like WotC. [/QUOTE]

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