Bastion Press PDF Changes

[Jim Butler]

Greetings!

For some time now, I’ve been eavesdropping on various conversations regarding PDFs across the range of websites devoted to RPGs. I’ve been listening to everyone talk about what they loved and hated about PDFs. I took that knowledge back and have been working on ways to eliminate some of the barriers to PDF sales.

The first thing I heard was that bright, colorful borders look wonderful, but they’re real hard on printer cartridges. In response to this concern, we’ve gone back through our entire library of on-sale PDFs and bundled two versions together (bordered and unbordered). These new bundles are available at all of the stores that carry our electronic downloads (RPGNow, SVGames, and our own website).

I also heard that downloading and storing those PDFs was a pain, and losing the PDF due to a hard-drive crash was a huge nuisance. To combat this, we’re now offering all the PDFs for sale on CD-ROM. We’ve divided them up into Adventures and Sourcebooks.

We are also providing a Mega Pack that contains both the Adventure and Sourcebook materials.

And while we’re looking for an affordable way to get our full-color PDF products to you in a printed form, I don’t have any news to report on that front… yet. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the Bastion Press Message Boards about what else you’d like to see us do with PDFs.

And, in related PDF news, Mike Cantrell has some new maps to supplement the Danger in Deadwood adventure. You can see those at his website.

I hope to see some of you at Gen Con!

 

[Mystic Eye]

Jim, Good move bud. Your da man!!!

 

[Ashy]

Groovy!! New maps for Deadwood? WOO HOO! I kinda like that adventure...

 

[Lost_and_Damned]

this is what i like to see, poeple who take their customers seriously, well done Jim, as soon as i have some spare credit on my card, you'll have a few more sales

 

[Heph]

Lauds!!

I think this is an excellent way to go on PDFs as well as providing electronic supplements in CD form for customers that desire it. Congratulations Jim!

 

[Jim Butler]

Thanks for the encouraging words, everyone! As always, we'll keep looking for better ways to deliver our products to you in the fatest and most efficient manner possible.

 

[rpghost]

I also heard that downloading and storing those PDFs was a pain, and losing the PDF due to a hard-drive crash was a huge nuisance. To combat this, we’re now offering all the PDFs for sale on CD-ROM.

Just an FYI here, www.RPGNow.com already allows people to purchase a "burn to CD" option for $6.95 (includes shipping). This allows people to put any product we carry on a CD and save downloading time.

Also, RPGNow.com has logs and tracking enough to allow people with harddrive failures to get their books again directly from us.

See you at GenCon!
James

 

[Jim Butler]

Re: Re: Bastion Press PDF Changes

Just an FYI here, www.RPGNow.com already allows people to purchase a "burn to CD" option for $6.95 (includes shipping). This allows people to put any product we carry on a CD and save downloading time.

Also, RPGNow.com has logs and tracking enough to allow people with harddrive failures to get their books again directly from us.

See you at GenCon!
James

Excellent news! One more reason why you guys rock!

 

[rpghost]

ANNOUNCEMENT:

Bastion Press has chosen www.RPGNow.com as its primary vendor for e-Books!

We are excited about one of the major contributors to the PDF industry supporting us in a big way. We look forward to a continued excellent relationship.

James
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