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<blockquote data-quote="jmucchiello" data-source="post: 1122104" data-attributes="member: 813"><p>Oh, sorry, you are saying "Be innovative." Equally good yet useless advice. Innovative how? What can a PDF do that people want them to do besides look like a book? </p><p></p><p>As I said PDF is Portable Document Format. Not "Interactive Program". PDFs are by design pages in virtual books. Books have text and images. Books are read. PDFs can be highly indexed. You can create indexes across multiple PDFs if you know where those PDFs are located. You can use javascript to make the book interactive. But, again, I think an interactive program is a better medium for creating truly dynamic content.</p><p></p><p>You say people aren't buying PDFs of books that they can find in normal stores. That has some merit. Let's look at the top ten at RPGNow:</p><p></p><p>1. Tournaments, Fairs, and Taverns</p><p>2. Fractal Mapper 7.0</p><p>3. Book of Eldritch Might II: Songs and Souls of Power</p><p>4. The Elements of Magic</p><p>5. A Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe</p><p>6. Inns and Taverns Floorplans</p><p>7. Wild Spellcraft</p><p>8. Librum Equitis Compiled</p><p>9. The Book of Hallowed Might</p><p>10. Castles and Keeps Floorplans</p><p></p><p>An Interactive Program, 2 floorplan books and 7 supplements, most of which have already seen print since hitting that top ten. </p><p></p><p>Personally, I think PDF penetration in the RPG market is probably just as deep as e-book penetration in the traditional publishing market. What is needed is not innovation, but education. As today's children enter the gaming market, they will gravitate toward electronic media. Over time, gamers will learn that PDFs are as good as print products.</p><p></p><p>The real benefits to PDFs is that you can print out just sections of the books that you use and reduce the amount of weight (paper) that carry to and from game. I'm sure regulars at RPGNow do this already.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jmucchiello, post: 1122104, member: 813"] Oh, sorry, you are saying "Be innovative." Equally good yet useless advice. Innovative how? What can a PDF do that people want them to do besides look like a book? As I said PDF is Portable Document Format. Not "Interactive Program". PDFs are by design pages in virtual books. Books have text and images. Books are read. PDFs can be highly indexed. You can create indexes across multiple PDFs if you know where those PDFs are located. You can use javascript to make the book interactive. But, again, I think an interactive program is a better medium for creating truly dynamic content. You say people aren't buying PDFs of books that they can find in normal stores. That has some merit. Let's look at the top ten at RPGNow: 1. Tournaments, Fairs, and Taverns 2. Fractal Mapper 7.0 3. Book of Eldritch Might II: Songs and Souls of Power 4. The Elements of Magic 5. A Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe 6. Inns and Taverns Floorplans 7. Wild Spellcraft 8. Librum Equitis Compiled 9. The Book of Hallowed Might 10. Castles and Keeps Floorplans An Interactive Program, 2 floorplan books and 7 supplements, most of which have already seen print since hitting that top ten. Personally, I think PDF penetration in the RPG market is probably just as deep as e-book penetration in the traditional publishing market. What is needed is not innovation, but education. As today's children enter the gaming market, they will gravitate toward electronic media. Over time, gamers will learn that PDFs are as good as print products. The real benefits to PDFs is that you can print out just sections of the books that you use and reduce the amount of weight (paper) that carry to and from game. I'm sure regulars at RPGNow do this already. [/QUOTE]
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