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<blockquote data-quote="Keith Robinson" data-source="post: 2248953" data-attributes="member: 21330"><p>I think there's a place for both large and small PDFs and that is one of the great things about PDF publishing in the present market. Choice.</p><p></p><p>From a publishers point of view, I can certainly understand why small is beautiful - the profit margin is almost certainly higher, as production costs are going to be lower and more people are willing to shell out $2 than $12.</p><p></p><p>We also offer a 300 page PDF at $15. It seems that a lot of the popularity of PDF publishing is the expectancy of a low price. Of course, as a purchaser of PDFs (and I purchase quite a few), you have to take into account the cost of printing it out. But as a publisher, $12 or $15 for 250 to 300 page PDFs is cheap. The problem is, no one would buy them if we hiked the prices.</p><p></p><p>The Kyngdoms won't be going into short PDF productions either - we'll release the short stuff for free on our website, as part of the setting. We will, however, be releasing 30+ page adventures as PDFs.</p><p></p><p>The main thing, however, is that the PDF market remains viable, as it offers a real alternative to both buyers and publishers to the traditional publishing market. Some of the smaller productions and smaller companies would otherwise never see the light of day and that, IMO, would be a bad thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Keith Robinson, post: 2248953, member: 21330"] I think there's a place for both large and small PDFs and that is one of the great things about PDF publishing in the present market. Choice. From a publishers point of view, I can certainly understand why small is beautiful - the profit margin is almost certainly higher, as production costs are going to be lower and more people are willing to shell out $2 than $12. We also offer a 300 page PDF at $15. It seems that a lot of the popularity of PDF publishing is the expectancy of a low price. Of course, as a purchaser of PDFs (and I purchase quite a few), you have to take into account the cost of printing it out. But as a publisher, $12 or $15 for 250 to 300 page PDFs is cheap. The problem is, no one would buy them if we hiked the prices. The Kyngdoms won't be going into short PDF productions either - we'll release the short stuff for free on our website, as part of the setting. We will, however, be releasing 30+ page adventures as PDFs. The main thing, however, is that the PDF market remains viable, as it offers a real alternative to both buyers and publishers to the traditional publishing market. Some of the smaller productions and smaller companies would otherwise never see the light of day and that, IMO, would be a bad thing. [/QUOTE]
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