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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5431897" data-attributes="member: 82106">There is another dimension to this as well, print on demand. This is already a reality in the self-publishing world, but it hasn't made a huge impact yet everywhere else. If everything is available in small focused articles on line with a good index then you would be able to go in, say &quot;I want everything there is about Vecna&quot; and get a list of articles, pick the stuff you want, and they can then print and bind you a book at a pretty reasonable cost and ship it to you. Don't like on line content? Then just get exactly what you want. Heck, pick the artwork you like to go with it.Better than that even, they can do this with ANY content. It doesn't have to originate with WotC. Got a great adventure that tons of people like? It can go up on DDI and if someone wants a printed copy they can get it. Nothing ever has to go out of print, nobody ever has to print reams of stuff that might end up as overstock, etc. Honestly I think all Dragon and Dungeon will end up being in the long run is an editorial service. Here's what we think is the best stuff this month, some if it is stuff we developed, some is stuff other people submitted. If it is good enough to get in here, we send you a check. The game doesn't even need to remain one single monolithic set of material at that point. Different people can put out different variations by making lists of stuff. &quot;Here's what you need to play hardcore Swords and Sorcery&quot; etc. Digital publishing and curation really is enormously more flexible than the world of mass printed material. We probably can't even imagine all the possibilities right now, but it can all be enabled by just pushing forward with the digital model. I think in the long run we'll find that we'll all get a much better gaming experience.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 5431897, member: 82106"] There is another dimension to this as well, print on demand. This is already a reality in the self-publishing world, but it hasn't made a huge impact yet everywhere else. If everything is available in small focused articles on line with a good index then you would be able to go in, say "I want everything there is about Vecna" and get a list of articles, pick the stuff you want, and they can then print and bind you a book at a pretty reasonable cost and ship it to you. Don't like on line content? Then just get exactly what you want. Heck, pick the artwork you like to go with it. Better than that even, they can do this with ANY content. It doesn't have to originate with WotC. Got a great adventure that tons of people like? It can go up on DDI and if someone wants a printed copy they can get it. Nothing ever has to go out of print, nobody ever has to print reams of stuff that might end up as overstock, etc. Honestly I think all Dragon and Dungeon will end up being in the long run is an editorial service. Here's what we think is the best stuff this month, some if it is stuff we developed, some is stuff other people submitted. If it is good enough to get in here, we send you a check. The game doesn't even need to remain one single monolithic set of material at that point. Different people can put out different variations by making lists of stuff. "Here's what you need to play hardcore Swords and Sorcery" etc. Digital publishing and curation really is enormously more flexible than the world of mass printed material. We probably can't even imagine all the possibilities right now, but it can all be enabled by just pushing forward with the digital model. I think in the long run we'll find that we'll all get a much better gaming experience. [/QUOTE]

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