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<blockquote data-quote="philreed" data-source="post: 663843" data-attributes="member: 5968">The Reason for Print OnlyFirst off, thanks for the encouragement. Each time I'm mentioned as a &quot;quality D20 PDF publisher&quot; I blink and read it again. I'm still getting adjusted to people enjoying my work when it isn't under the banner of an established company.I think the reasoning behind &quot;print only&quot; is to cut down on the number of applications they have to process. I could see where some game groups would become PDF publishers so that they can get advance info. I don't know why they didn't set some ground rules (PDF publishers with product for sale as of February 1st or something) but I do know that there's nothing I can do about it.PDF publishers may have an advantage. It's much easier to revise and release a PDF than it is to recall a printed product. I hope that many gamers who have so far avoided PDFs will now take a chance on a few of them. PDFs purchased today will, likely, be updated as necessary when the revised books are released. Most PDF publishers offer free upgrades. How many print publishers off to mail a free copy of the book when it's reprinted as a new edition (or even with errata fixed)?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="philreed, post: 663843, member: 5968"] [b]The Reason for Print Only[/b] First off, thanks for the encouragement. Each time I'm mentioned as a "quality D20 PDF publisher" I blink and read it again. I'm still getting adjusted to people enjoying my work when it isn't under the banner of an established company. I think the reasoning behind "print only" is to cut down on the number of applications they have to process. I could see where some game groups would become PDF publishers so that they can get advance info. I don't know why they didn't set some ground rules (PDF publishers with product for sale as of February 1st or something) but I do know that there's nothing I can do about it. PDF publishers may have an advantage. It's much easier to revise and release a PDF than it is to recall a printed product. I hope that many gamers who have so far avoided PDFs will now take a chance on a few of them. PDFs purchased today will, likely, be updated as necessary when the revised books are released. Most PDF publishers offer free upgrades. How many print publishers off to mail a free copy of the book when it's reprinted as a new edition (or even with errata fixed)? [/QUOTE]

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