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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr. Strangemonkey" data-source="post: 2363560" data-attributes="member: 6533">No doubt, no doubt.  Many a masters thesis has come undone for such reasons among many others.  The road to publishing is frought with peril.I probably will get the pdf.For me, I purchase them under two circumstances:-the book is short, but interesting, and unlikely to show up at my local game store.-the book is the major component of a game I expect to spend a lot of time on.  If that is the case then I view the .pdf as a means to save the book wear and tear and as a means to get to know the work better.  I'm one of those people who really learns things by both writing and typing them, viewing the content in two different mediums tends to cement it in my mind.Naturally the above condition implies that such a substantial investment will pay off over a long period of time.  Also, the .pdf tends to make things easier to explain to players as there are pieces I can print out such as feat and spell lists.I think IH will fit into the second category.  Also the timing of the .pdf release is particularly good for me, I will need something like a really great rule book to read on that particular date.Plus by DTRPG standards IH is cheap.  AE was a bigger book, but it cost a great deal more and there are far smaller books that have cost only slightly less.  IH looks like it will be a good deal.</blockquote>