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<blockquote data-quote="SteveC" data-source="post: 5328497" data-attributes="member: 9053"><p>Perhaps because 50% of cover price is extremely generous? Without two levels of distribution involved, each of which roughly double the cost, I'd say that's a pretty good deal for something where you don't have to worry about paper, binding, printing, housing and shipping.</p><p></p><p>You also don't have to spend anything extra on art, writing and editing, because those were already done for the print product. Perhaps you're not familiar with this, but at the time of launch, a set of PDFs were linked from the printer markups WotC used themselves. Those PDFs were very basic, but serviceable for the people who used (and still use) them. It really irked me at the time was that my only method for getting a PDF legally was too much for me to spend, but lots of folks were getting the same thing for free! I did without, which I'll continue to do if the price stays the same.</p><p></p><p>I have done work with printing, and used inDesign to make professional books, and making an ebook is not as simple as printing to a PDF by any means (bookmarks were a real problem for the first couple of projects I did) but the expense is trivial in comparison to, say, art, which is already in the budget!</p><p></p><p>And even if I grant you that somehow there are expenses which make selling a $35 book $30 a necessity, all you've done is ensure you will fail as a product, since consumers (myself included) don't feel it's worth it in any significant degree.</p><p></p><p>Let me be clear: I buy PDFs, but not for $5 off of the cover price. That's too rich for my blood. And it WotC decides that market isn't worth it, too bad. Of course when you're competing with a cost of $0 (pirated PDFs--something I don't endorse in any way at all) you'd better be bringing something fantastic to the market.</p><p></p><p>We shall see.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: on thinking about it, I don't see anything that's going to change anyone's minds here. This is an old argument, and one that's going to get me in trouble if I continue with it. I'll bow out rather than be "that guy."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SteveC, post: 5328497, member: 9053"] Perhaps because 50% of cover price is extremely generous? Without two levels of distribution involved, each of which roughly double the cost, I'd say that's a pretty good deal for something where you don't have to worry about paper, binding, printing, housing and shipping. You also don't have to spend anything extra on art, writing and editing, because those were already done for the print product. Perhaps you're not familiar with this, but at the time of launch, a set of PDFs were linked from the printer markups WotC used themselves. Those PDFs were very basic, but serviceable for the people who used (and still use) them. It really irked me at the time was that my only method for getting a PDF legally was too much for me to spend, but lots of folks were getting the same thing for free! I did without, which I'll continue to do if the price stays the same. I have done work with printing, and used inDesign to make professional books, and making an ebook is not as simple as printing to a PDF by any means (bookmarks were a real problem for the first couple of projects I did) but the expense is trivial in comparison to, say, art, which is already in the budget! And even if I grant you that somehow there are expenses which make selling a $35 book $30 a necessity, all you've done is ensure you will fail as a product, since consumers (myself included) don't feel it's worth it in any significant degree. Let me be clear: I buy PDFs, but not for $5 off of the cover price. That's too rich for my blood. And it WotC decides that market isn't worth it, too bad. Of course when you're competing with a cost of $0 (pirated PDFs--something I don't endorse in any way at all) you'd better be bringing something fantastic to the market. We shall see. EDIT: on thinking about it, I don't see anything that's going to change anyone's minds here. This is an old argument, and one that's going to get me in trouble if I continue with it. I'll bow out rather than be "that guy." [/QUOTE]
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