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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 9395405" data-attributes="member: 7635">Ebooks (Kindle, Nook, etc) have yet to establish a strong market over books, especially hardbacks. They are a niche market and most serious readers prefer ink on page. Like vinyl records (which made a stunning comeback despite how abundantly easy it is to steam music), hardback books aren't going away, they are just going to be a luxury item.And WotC knows gamers love status items. That's why they sell foil, full art MTG card variants. It's why they sell alternative covers for D&amp;D books. You're already paying the luxury markup since D&amp;D Beyond books are on average $20 cheaper than hardbacks. To reach the point where book sales are no longer viable, the cost of paper and printing is going to have to reach catastrophic levels and to be honest, if we reach that point we have far bigger societal worries than not getting Jaraxle's Bag of Everything in print...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 9395405, member: 7635"] Ebooks (Kindle, Nook, etc) have yet to establish a strong market over books, especially hardbacks. They are a niche market and most serious readers prefer ink on page. Like vinyl records (which made a stunning comeback despite how abundantly easy it is to steam music), hardback books aren't going away, they are just going to be a luxury item. And WotC knows gamers love status items. That's why they sell foil, full art MTG card variants. It's why they sell alternative covers for D&D books. You're already paying the luxury markup since D&D Beyond books are on average $20 cheaper than hardbacks. To reach the point where book sales are no longer viable, the cost of paper and printing is going to have to reach catastrophic levels and to be honest, if we reach that point we have far bigger societal worries than not getting Jaraxle's Bag of Everything in print... [/QUOTE]

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