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<blockquote data-quote="Donovan Morningfire" data-source="post: 4745135" data-attributes="member: 39532"><p>I'll be frankly honest in that I really couldn't care less about the whole PDF thing.</p><p></p><p>About the only two WotC product lines I routinely buy stuff for is the Star Wars RPG and the SW minis line, neither of which have been or would ever be available as PDFs in the first place.</p><p></p><p>I also tend to prefer a solid book in my hand instead of something on my computer screen. Now that's not to say I don't appreciate the ability to be able to search through a PDF for specific text, but 9 times out of 10 having the book is more useful to me, especially if I'm away from my computer.</p><p></p><p>Will it acheive what Hasbro (I'm pretty much convinced this was a Hasbro decision forced on Wotc) wants in reducing piracy? Doubtful, especially if these boards are any indication. It didn't slow them down prior to the books being available as PDFs, and I doubt it'd do much to deter them now. Of course, charging full cover price for the PDFs probably didn't help WotC's bottom line either (never understood the logic of that myself, since they don't have to worry about shipping or printing costs for PDFs compared to dead-tree versions).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Donovan Morningfire, post: 4745135, member: 39532"] I'll be frankly honest in that I really couldn't care less about the whole PDF thing. About the only two WotC product lines I routinely buy stuff for is the Star Wars RPG and the SW minis line, neither of which have been or would ever be available as PDFs in the first place. I also tend to prefer a solid book in my hand instead of something on my computer screen. Now that's not to say I don't appreciate the ability to be able to search through a PDF for specific text, but 9 times out of 10 having the book is more useful to me, especially if I'm away from my computer. Will it acheive what Hasbro (I'm pretty much convinced this was a Hasbro decision forced on Wotc) wants in reducing piracy? Doubtful, especially if these boards are any indication. It didn't slow them down prior to the books being available as PDFs, and I doubt it'd do much to deter them now. Of course, charging full cover price for the PDFs probably didn't help WotC's bottom line either (never understood the logic of that myself, since they don't have to worry about shipping or printing costs for PDFs compared to dead-tree versions). [/QUOTE]
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