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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Darrin Drader" data-source="post: 649435" data-attributes="member: 7394">OK, so I'm not in the PDF market anymore myself, so I'm strictly speaking out of frustration here. Not frustration as in the kind you have because a business venture failed (because it didn't and there are still people from that venture plugging away at it) but frustration caused by a general attitude that doesn't make any sense to me. Whenever I see a print Vs. PDF topic come up, there's always someone that makes the statement that they prefer print (and are willing to pay good money for it) because they don't like reading PDF's. Well, here's a big shocker, PDF's aren't intended to be read on your computer screen! If they were they would use fonts that are more friendly to the eyes on computer screens, and there is a difference. You're supposed to print them out (or at least the parts you want to use)! Then you bind, them, and use them like any other book. Sure you can argue the cost of printing/binding, but that doesn't address the issue that once printed and bound, there is essentially no difference between the PDF and a printed copy except for the type of binding. When it comes to the cost, even after these expenses are added in, it is still cheaper (depending on the binding you use, much cheaper). This brings up another issue. Most people prefer perfect binding. I actually do myself. The fact is that when you're gaming, you need a book that will stay opened to a page so you can reference it as you go. Spiral binding does this far better than perfect binding. With the amount of money you save by buying a PDF and the convenience of a spiral bind, how is this not the ideal format? The only issue is whether or not your work lets you print out large jobs on the company laser printer.Now you can argue that the companies producing them are smaller with fewer, less professional staff, and you may have a point there, but I've seem some extremely good stuff produced by these small publishers - Check out RPG Objects, and hmm, Malhavoc Press. In this regard its kind of a mixed bag, but at least you don't have to pay much to take a sample.Sorry for the rant. I just hate it when people sumarily dismiss a perfectly viable printing option for reasons that aren't logical.</blockquote>

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