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<blockquote data-quote="HellHound" data-source="post: 1669630" data-attributes="member: 3397"><p>Alright, I'll bite on this one, Acid_Crash. (although I've been dabating it with myself for a few minutes now, I figured you deserve a reply instead of being ignored).</p><p></p><p>First off, the PDF in question is 18 pages, not 16. The full PDF is 21 pages counting cover, credits & OGL, 18 pages of actual content, including some excellent pieces of art by our illustrators.</p><p></p><p>This product would never have been free, even two years ago. There is a significant investment in time and money into each product we release, as well as artists to pay. The only releases I have ever done for free were the Portable Hole series of PDFs and a web-enhancement for Necromancer's Legacy. And the reality is that these free releases do little if anything to improve the sales of our other products.</p><p></p><p>In addition, the PDF buying market has shown, in many cases, that consumers enjoy shorter products such as these (as discussed in the "Invasion of the 5-10 page PDFs" thread). </p><p></p><p>Effectively, where I am going with this, is that the cost to produce these PDFs is far too high to give it away for free (unless I decide to turn into a charity to pay artists and writers without actually collecting any benefit). Thus we have to charge for it.</p><p></p><p>Three years ago, in the beginning of the PDF market, a product of 34 total pages (of which 30 were content, and there were many pages that were 2/3 white space - a total of 22 pages of actual content) written by a new writer without credentials and without professional layout, art and so on would fit in at a price point of $5.95 without issue. (This PDF would have been called Librum Equitis volume 1, which became the best-selling PDF on RPGnow for nearly 6 months).</p><p></p><p>In this case, what would you feel is a fair price-point for 18 pages of content / a 21 page PDF, written by a professional instead of an amateur, and illustrated?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HellHound, post: 1669630, member: 3397"] Alright, I'll bite on this one, Acid_Crash. (although I've been dabating it with myself for a few minutes now, I figured you deserve a reply instead of being ignored). First off, the PDF in question is 18 pages, not 16. The full PDF is 21 pages counting cover, credits & OGL, 18 pages of actual content, including some excellent pieces of art by our illustrators. This product would never have been free, even two years ago. There is a significant investment in time and money into each product we release, as well as artists to pay. The only releases I have ever done for free were the Portable Hole series of PDFs and a web-enhancement for Necromancer's Legacy. And the reality is that these free releases do little if anything to improve the sales of our other products. In addition, the PDF buying market has shown, in many cases, that consumers enjoy shorter products such as these (as discussed in the "Invasion of the 5-10 page PDFs" thread). Effectively, where I am going with this, is that the cost to produce these PDFs is far too high to give it away for free (unless I decide to turn into a charity to pay artists and writers without actually collecting any benefit). Thus we have to charge for it. Three years ago, in the beginning of the PDF market, a product of 34 total pages (of which 30 were content, and there were many pages that were 2/3 white space - a total of 22 pages of actual content) written by a new writer without credentials and without professional layout, art and so on would fit in at a price point of $5.95 without issue. (This PDF would have been called Librum Equitis volume 1, which became the best-selling PDF on RPGnow for nearly 6 months). In this case, what would you feel is a fair price-point for 18 pages of content / a 21 page PDF, written by a professional instead of an amateur, and illustrated? [/QUOTE]
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