[Bastion Press] Minions - Rebirth and a question (or two)...

[The Sigil]

RAVE: Sweet! An honest-to-goodness PDF of a VERY nice d20 product! I am delighted to see this. *applauds so hard his hands get sore* Seriously, I think this is a fantastic move - I really hope to see more companies put out copies of their work in PDF (after print sales slow down considerably, which I imagine has happened here) - while both formats have their virtues, I really do find PDF exceedingly useful, perhaps slightly moreso than print (sure saves on bookshelf space and it means if I want to use OGC, I don't have to re-type it myself).

QUESTION: So, Jim, how long before we see PDFs of Arms & Armor, Spells & Magic, Alchemy & Herbalists, et al? Will these also be approximately one year from their original release date?

--The Sigil
(who doesn't have the PDF version of Minions yet, but only because he has a birthday coming up and has decided to wait on getting a couple of products that he is jonesing on so he'll actually have some d20 representation on his "birthday/Christmas wish list")

 

[Jim Butler]

My plan has been to wait between 10 and 12 months before releasing the PDF version of our print products. Some products, like Arms & Armor, have longer sales cycles, so you'll probably have to wait a few more months for that release.

In addition, the sales cycle for gaming products (once pegged at 90 days) is diminishing to 45-60. That will also have an effect of shortening the amount of time between the print release of a product and its PDF re-release.

Releasing them as PDFs lets us input all the errata we've uncovered, redo artwork and borders, and do other things we wish we'd have gotten right the first time around. ;-)