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<blockquote data-quote="El Mahdi" data-source="post: 4952350" data-attributes="member: 59506">I used to feel this way also about pdf prices, until I read some very interesting articles and posts by people in the industry.&nbsp; I don't remember the exact numbers, but IIRC, the actual publishing only accounts for about 1/4 to 1/3 of the price of a book (of course though, this varies from book to book).&nbsp; (I wish I had bookmarked or saved the threads/articles.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />)&nbsp;I used to feel that I wouldn't spend any more than $5-$10 on a pdf, but now I feel it's only fair to pay 2/3 to 3/4 the hardcopy price for a pdf.&nbsp; Of course, if publishers want to only charge $5-$10, I'll more than gladly pay only that.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp;Right now, for most people, I think pdf's are just an accessory to the hardcover (although I tend to prefer the pdf to a hardcover) and therefore expect a lower price (and rightly so).&nbsp; But as time goes on I think that may change.&nbsp; When (and if) electronic versions become the standard, publishers will have no choice but to charge the 2/3 to 3/4 of hardcover price.&nbsp; They'll end up going out of business if they don't.&nbsp; (Of course, this only really applies to large works, such as D&amp;D books - doesn't really apply to small, 3pp, pdf only products - like a lot of what you see on RPGNow).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="El Mahdi, post: 4952350, member: 59506"] I used to feel this way also about pdf prices, until I read some very interesting articles and posts by people in the industry. I don't remember the exact numbers, but IIRC, the actual publishing only accounts for about 1/4 to 1/3 of the price of a book (of course though, this varies from book to book). (I wish I had bookmarked or saved the threads/articles.:() I used to feel that I wouldn't spend any more than $5-$10 on a pdf, but now I feel it's only fair to pay 2/3 to 3/4 the hardcopy price for a pdf. Of course, if publishers want to only charge $5-$10, I'll more than gladly pay only that.;) Right now, for most people, I think pdf's are just an accessory to the hardcover (although I tend to prefer the pdf to a hardcover) and therefore expect a lower price (and rightly so). But as time goes on I think that may change. When (and if) electronic versions become the standard, publishers will have no choice but to charge the 2/3 to 3/4 of hardcover price. They'll end up going out of business if they don't. (Of course, this only really applies to large works, such as D&D books - doesn't really apply to small, 3pp, pdf only products - like a lot of what you see on RPGNow). [/QUOTE]

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