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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Funksaw" data-source="post: 1595064" data-attributes="member: 20181">George, over the past week, I've spent $15 on Guardians of Order PDF stuff from RPGnow (before they became DRMed at the same price) and I've spent $8 on Mutants and Masterminds PDF stuff.  Of course I'll BUY stuff.  Hell, I really want to buy In The Pit, because my FLGS/Comic shop can't get it.  I really wish I could honestly tell you that I'd go "hell yeah" and buy the products once the DRM was removed, but the DRM is only the first barrier to market.  The second is price - now, frankly, high prices aren't something to boycott you for and that'd get me to buy Eden Print stuff again, but, prices being as high as they are (and you admittedly intentionally priced them so that getting the print books would be the better value,) I can't see buying stuff from DTRPG at those high prices.  There are two exceptions: 1) In the Pit - which is just SO damn tempting you wouldn't believe how much I want to give into the evils of DRM and pick it up at $2.  (Mostly because comics are small enough and text-light enough that you can read them without having to print them out, which kills that cost for me.  Besides, I prefer RGB to CYMK anyday.) 2) I *might* pick up future issues of Eden Studios Presents at the price you have because if I only pick it up for two or three articles, I only have to print out those articles, and only then if there's some sort of game I have to take it to.  It's just that the first issue doesn't really offer a whole lot that I'd be interested in.  I can't guarantee a sale, but I can guarantee that you'd at least have me looking from month to month.  Magazine formats are particularly suited to PDF publication for this reason.  I really don't know what to say, George.  I can tell you that I can and do buy non DRMed PDF material when I want the product offered and it's priced reasonably.  There's stuff on RPGnow that I don't get because I think it's too expensive, too... I can't think of any offhand, but I'm sure that they're there.  To answer your question: Offer a good product at a reasonable price in a way that lets me use it, then, well, yeah, I'd buy.</blockquote>

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