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<blockquote data-quote="D20Dazza" data-source="post: 673751" data-attributes="member: 4260">The Sig said &quot;However, when you convert &quot;time&quot; by a PDF publisher to the equivalent &quot;money&quot; for a print publisher (e.g., paying the writer), you find they are closer than you'd like to believe. Print publishers have an easier time quantifying costs in terms of money, because they see a check that they send their writers. PDF publishers usually do the writing themselves - there is no check to send, making it harder to quantify the &quot;writing&quot; cost. But the cost is still there.&quot;<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused:"&nbsp; data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /> Don't some of the D20 print publishers do their own writing? It seems to me that except for AEG, SSS and WoTC most of the other quality print operations do their own writing. Privateer Press, do their own writing and art. Don't the FFG guys write a lot of their own product, and Doug from Mystic Eye has written (and drawn) more than his fair share of D20 print product and that's just the tip of the iceburg.I've read&nbsp; more than a couple of interviews with print producers that talk about not having the money to pay themselves for their own written work, particularly in their formatitive years. And when some of these guys were starting out a PDF was probably a type of acid <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />or, at the least, was a relatively sparsley used medium. I don't know that writing their own material helps these guys&nbsp; (PP, FFG, MEG) quantify their costs any more than it would a pdf publishers.Good luck with the bub!CheersDaz</blockquote>

[QUOTE="D20Dazza, post: 673751, member: 4260"] The Sig said "However, when you convert "time" by a PDF publisher to the equivalent "money" for a print publisher (e.g., paying the writer), you find they are closer than you'd like to believe. Print publishers have an easier time quantifying costs in terms of money, because they see a check that they send their writers. PDF publishers usually do the writing themselves - there is no check to send, making it harder to quantify the "writing" cost. But the cost is still there." :confused: Don't some of the D20 print publishers do their own writing? It seems to me that except for AEG, SSS and WoTC most of the other quality print operations do their own writing. Privateer Press, do their own writing and art. Don't the FFG guys write a lot of their own product, and Doug from Mystic Eye has written (and drawn) more than his fair share of D20 print product and that's just the tip of the iceburg. I've read more than a couple of interviews with print producers that talk about not having the money to pay themselves for their own written work, particularly in their formatitive years. And when some of these guys were starting out a PDF was probably a type of acid :Dor, at the least, was a relatively sparsley used medium. I don't know that writing their own material helps these guys (PP, FFG, MEG) quantify their costs any more than it would a pdf publishers. Good luck with the bub! Cheers Daz [/QUOTE]

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