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<blockquote data-quote="jezter6" data-source="post: 2244811" data-attributes="member: 6567"><p>SMAll PDF BAD!!!</p><p></p><p>that's my story and i'm sticking to it. not going to start another argument about it.</p><p></p><p>these threads come up from time to time, and it all ends up the same. small pdf == higher margins with less work. it's not some mystical formula that is beyond the grasp of buyers or publishers, it's simple. why do more work and charge less (bulk rate) when you can do less and charge more (premium rate).</p><p></p><p>some publishers choose bulk rate for their products and some don't. i rather dig the ones that do, as i feel SATISFIED at the end of my purchase that while i may not use all of the material, i at least got what i paid for. not so with short products (for me at least)...i end up seeing 1 class (which i can't get a preview for because it's so small and a preview would end up being 90% of the class anyways), and if i find i don't like it...i suddenly wasted my money on something that i'll never use, as opposed to wasting my money on something i MAY not use, but at least get an hour or two stimulation out of reading.</p><p></p><p>this is in no way a bash on any 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, or even 6) publishers. if you feel i'm singling you out, give it up. i've had really good and really bad experiences from publishers who publish both larger and smaller pdf's, so i'm not going to write off any 1 publisher for putting out some smaller products if they put out something good and worth my hard earned cash.</p><p></p><p>So, to help out and not directly bash anyone in particular:</p><p></p><p>Adamant - Hot Pursuit was pretty good. I'm kind of unhappy that the foot chase addon that was talked about by fans of the original book was released as a sale product instead of an enhancement to the original, or even a nice freebie to those who purchased the original (back in the day, some d20 publishers did neat things like have some free small products around just so you could check them out). I also purchased the GM guide to pulp, even though I had written the entire line off because of 1) small class based products instead of a nice full product with a bunch of classes so i wouldn't have to run around trying to collect 15 $2 pdf's and have an additional bunch of files in my already confusing pdf folder, and 2) something another poster touched on before. I took a chance on the publisher because I thought I found a good value for my money, an I am really happy with the product, and was worth the ching for me.</p><p></p><p>LPJ Design - I've crapped in a few of Louis's threads about his short pdf's that just don't do my wallet any good. I purchased Haven from him, and was pretty well satisfied even if it didn't have bookmarks (which still ticks me off...come on people, bookmarks are one of the BIG advantages of PDF's).</p><p></p><p>Ronin Arts - I haven't purchased anything from Phil because I won't buy short PDF's, and having to wait 6 months (or longer) for the individual sales to die off enough to put together a compilation means that I have to wait until a collection is put together, that by the time I get it is already 'old material.' If bunches of products were put out in collections as they come out, I'd likely purchase them...but the thing that I don't want (see above) is having about a thousand pdf files in my pdf folder that i have to search forever through because I have 800 3 page pdf's in it.</p><p></p><p>Like I said, I'm not bashing anyone. I'm stating my opinion to the original poster and hopefully we can all leave it at that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jezter6, post: 2244811, member: 6567"] SMAll PDF BAD!!! that's my story and i'm sticking to it. not going to start another argument about it. these threads come up from time to time, and it all ends up the same. small pdf == higher margins with less work. it's not some mystical formula that is beyond the grasp of buyers or publishers, it's simple. why do more work and charge less (bulk rate) when you can do less and charge more (premium rate). some publishers choose bulk rate for their products and some don't. i rather dig the ones that do, as i feel SATISFIED at the end of my purchase that while i may not use all of the material, i at least got what i paid for. not so with short products (for me at least)...i end up seeing 1 class (which i can't get a preview for because it's so small and a preview would end up being 90% of the class anyways), and if i find i don't like it...i suddenly wasted my money on something that i'll never use, as opposed to wasting my money on something i MAY not use, but at least get an hour or two stimulation out of reading. this is in no way a bash on any 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, or even 6) publishers. if you feel i'm singling you out, give it up. i've had really good and really bad experiences from publishers who publish both larger and smaller pdf's, so i'm not going to write off any 1 publisher for putting out some smaller products if they put out something good and worth my hard earned cash. So, to help out and not directly bash anyone in particular: Adamant - Hot Pursuit was pretty good. I'm kind of unhappy that the foot chase addon that was talked about by fans of the original book was released as a sale product instead of an enhancement to the original, or even a nice freebie to those who purchased the original (back in the day, some d20 publishers did neat things like have some free small products around just so you could check them out). I also purchased the GM guide to pulp, even though I had written the entire line off because of 1) small class based products instead of a nice full product with a bunch of classes so i wouldn't have to run around trying to collect 15 $2 pdf's and have an additional bunch of files in my already confusing pdf folder, and 2) something another poster touched on before. I took a chance on the publisher because I thought I found a good value for my money, an I am really happy with the product, and was worth the ching for me. LPJ Design - I've crapped in a few of Louis's threads about his short pdf's that just don't do my wallet any good. I purchased Haven from him, and was pretty well satisfied even if it didn't have bookmarks (which still ticks me off...come on people, bookmarks are one of the BIG advantages of PDF's). Ronin Arts - I haven't purchased anything from Phil because I won't buy short PDF's, and having to wait 6 months (or longer) for the individual sales to die off enough to put together a compilation means that I have to wait until a collection is put together, that by the time I get it is already 'old material.' If bunches of products were put out in collections as they come out, I'd likely purchase them...but the thing that I don't want (see above) is having about a thousand pdf files in my pdf folder that i have to search forever through because I have 800 3 page pdf's in it. Like I said, I'm not bashing anyone. I'm stating my opinion to the original poster and hopefully we can all leave it at that. [/QUOTE]
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