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<blockquote data-quote="AerosAtar" data-source="post: 677438" data-attributes="member: 5854">Personally, I do not think it has anything to do with the financial or quality differences (whether these differences are perceived or factual is irrelevant) between Print publishers and PDF publishers.I believe it has to do with the cost to Wizards of the Coast.&nbsp; Wizards of the Coast will see no immediate return for doing this, and are unlikely to see any direct long-term return for doing so, since the information will be available in the SRD in July when the revised books are released.Considering how much this will cost Wizards of the Coast (printing and distributing the current revision manuscript), I can quite understand their desire to limit the number of copies they are sending out.Now, some of you disagree on their way of determining who is to receive one of these copies.&nbsp; However, please stop for a moment and think what sort of controversies and calls of favouritism would be thrown into the fire if Wizards of the Coast took some of the suggestions here and used a quality or quantity-based system.&nbsp; Not to mention the way some people will assume that, because some companies received a copy of the document, they must be 'endorsed' by Wizards.Personally, I think that Wizards have done this the fairest way they can, while not risking a) the aforementioned calls of favouritism and 'official endorsement', b) a financial outlay that is beyond their means (that they have no real way of recovering) and c) minimising the risk of the information being prematurely released to the public (since the revisions, from what I understand, are still partly in development).Just my thoughts on the matter.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AerosAtar, post: 677438, member: 5854"] Personally, I do not think it has anything to do with the financial or quality differences (whether these differences are perceived or factual is irrelevant) between Print publishers and PDF publishers. I believe it has to do with the cost [I]to Wizards of the Coast[/I]. Wizards of the Coast will see no immediate return for doing this, and are unlikely to see any direct long-term return for doing so, since the information will be available in the SRD in July when the revised books are released. Considering how much this will cost Wizards of the Coast (printing and distributing the current revision manuscript), I can quite understand their desire to limit the number of copies they are sending out. Now, some of you disagree on their way of determining who is to receive one of these copies. However, please stop for a moment and think what sort of controversies and calls of favouritism would be thrown into the fire if Wizards of the Coast took some of the suggestions here and used a quality or quantity-based system. Not to mention the way some people will assume that, because some companies received a copy of the document, they must be 'endorsed' by Wizards. Personally, I think that Wizards have done this the fairest way they can, while not risking a) the aforementioned calls of favouritism and 'official endorsement', b) a financial outlay that is beyond their means (that they have no real way of recovering) and c) minimising the risk of the information being prematurely released to the public (since the revisions, from what I understand, are still partly in development). Just my thoughts on the matter. [/QUOTE]

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