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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6279036" data-attributes="member: 22779">Sorry, by reprints, I was also including the pdf versions available as well.The idea that print books are the way of the future is not really tenable IMO.  I highly doubt that WOTC ever had the consistent income that it has with the DDI.  Sure, one subscription is only 7 bucks, but, how much do you think WOTC got from a single book sale?  At a guess, I'd say in terms of income for WOTC, a single DDI sub is similar to selling a single book every month.  Yup, you have to pay server costs and whatnot, but, we're talking far, far less overhead than actually producing a physical book every month.  Most book sales are (more or less) finished within 3 months of publication.  After that, it's pretty much not selling anymore.  But the DDI sub just keeps going and going.When people talk about sales, they mean gross, not net.  Paizo's 11 million a year is in sales, not profit.  Which do you think is more profitable, 8 million in an electronic product that has recieved no new content in months, or 11 million in book sales that require new physical titles every month to maintain?As far as subscriber numbers go, you can go on the site and see how many have a subscription and have signed into the WOTC forums.  That number has been about 80k for a long time now.  And it's fairly reliable.  But, it's also the low ballpark figure since it doesn't include anyone who doesn't go on the forums.Like I said, I think that the days of "the D&D Book Club" are pretty much over.  It's going to be subscription based services that is going to define the landscape going forward.  DDI and Paizo have both proven that.</blockquote>

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