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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greg K" data-source="post: 2618238" data-attributes="member: 5038">I think pdfs have their place, but I will not purchase them and stick to free pdfs.   My reason for this has to do with not being able to make an informed decision ( based upon my glancing through  or reading the entire product) as to whether or not a given product is worth purchasing.  With a "dead tree" product, I can examine the entire product in the store and decide whether or not it is worth my purchasing.  Being able to view an entire product has saved me numerous times from what would have been "buyer's regret" especially with regards to WOTC supplements.  Unfortunately, despite their being many talented individuals writing pdfs,  pdfs. (with rare excpetions) do not allow me to be as discerning since I am lucky to get a few pages of select material which I might like, but such previews do not guarantee that I will enjoy the rest of the content.  Now, if by some chance, pdf publishers allowed us to preview entire products, I would be more likely to buy pdfs.  However, for non-print on demand, I would have to consider the page count , product price and price of printing.  The purchase price and cost of printing  including any fees for just opening the file (currently $4 the last time I went to Kinkos) should be less than purchasing a similiarly sized softcover print product since the durability, paper quality etc. is probably less than a printed product.</blockquote>

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