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<blockquote data-quote="MoogleEmpMog" data-source="post: 2052998" data-attributes="member: 22882"><p>While Eric (or at least someone who's tried this before <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ) would have to address the legal aspects of this question, I can answer the literary ones.</p><p></p><p>Print publication, even in a minor mag, is better than PDF to most editors. If your PDF rocketed up the RPGNow sales charts and blew away the Wizards and Malhavoc entries because it was <u>just that cool</u>, then it might be impressive. I don't know about you, but confident as I am in the quality of my work, I'm not holding my breath for that to happen. <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 ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p></p><p>It really depends on what you're after.</p><p></p><p>If you're a professional writer (or aspiring professional writer) who primarily writes for gaming mags because it's your major interest and you'd like to land a paying position with a Mongoose or WotC, who actually pay you enough to live off of, then a PDF is better than nothing but worse than anything else.</p><p></p><p>If you'd just like to make a quick buck off some cool gaming ideas, PDF is the way to go - it's the only part of publishing that's anything like quick, and you'll probably make a buck. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p></p><p>If you just want to get your ideas out to the gaming public and don't care about payment, you're probably better off submitting to Regdar's Repository on the WotC boards or just posting it there, here and perhaps on RPGNet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MoogleEmpMog, post: 2052998, member: 22882"] While Eric (or at least someone who's tried this before :) ) would have to address the legal aspects of this question, I can answer the literary ones. Print publication, even in a minor mag, is better than PDF to most editors. If your PDF rocketed up the RPGNow sales charts and blew away the Wizards and Malhavoc entries because it was [U]just that cool[/U], then it might be impressive. I don't know about you, but confident as I am in the quality of my work, I'm not holding my breath for that to happen. ;) It really depends on what you're after. If you're a professional writer (or aspiring professional writer) who primarily writes for gaming mags because it's your major interest and you'd like to land a paying position with a Mongoose or WotC, who actually pay you enough to live off of, then a PDF is better than nothing but worse than anything else. If you'd just like to make a quick buck off some cool gaming ideas, PDF is the way to go - it's the only part of publishing that's anything like quick, and you'll probably make a buck. :D If you just want to get your ideas out to the gaming public and don't care about payment, you're probably better off submitting to Regdar's Repository on the WotC boards or just posting it there, here and perhaps on RPGNet. [/QUOTE]
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