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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mach2.5" data-source="post: 1058894" data-attributes="member: 12834">PDFs all the WayPoint 1:No one ever makes a 300+ page book, sends it within a day to your home, and charges you absolutely nothing at all. That's about the amount of pdf material my old 26 k modem was able to download in a day in freebies, web enhancements, pet projects, fan submissions, etc. DSL connection=much more free stuff taking of space on the ol hardrive. Deleting OS to make more room <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Point 2:Game company X puts time effort and energy into a project only to have the plug yanked at the last minute before sending it to the printers. Product becomes available on the net soon after, at no extra cost to company X. Companies can still put out side projects and other material without fear of 'product innundation' to the market due to the low cost of pdfs as well. Gamer Joe spending 5-10 bucks on a pdf or 25-35 bucks on the same book in print means Gamer Joe still has money left . . . we hope.Point 3:Oftentimes replacable. You likely backed up important files on your hardrive before. If you didn't backup something that cost you money, that's your fault. Most companies keep some kind of traceable log that can get you your pdf should the untold happen and your dog eats your floppy of the pdf. In oposition: Try scanning or xeroxing your game books someday and see how time consuming and costly those become to backup in case your overzealous player jacked on Mt Dew and coffee spills a couple of drinks on your book. And try explaining to your game store why you need a new book for free since your old one now has pages stuck together.Point 4:I don't lend out books. Ever. I mean never, ever, ever. I'm either not getting them back if I do (it got lost, I forgot, etc) or its never given back in the 'mint, pristine, I only open the book with sterilized gloves in a Clean Room' condition that I lent it out in. I can though print out a few pages of relevant material off the pdf and lend that out, not fretting about it comming back worn and torn with dog bites, coffee rings, spilled beer and pizza grease stains. If it gets lost, heh, oh well. If you forget, heh, oh well. Plus, no one can *gasp* crack the bindings of my prized pdfs.Point 5:It helps out for those who have Obsessive Compulsive Role-Playing Book Behavior, also dubbed OCRPBB, who take better care of their book collections than their pets, or spouse, or children, or themselves (err  . . . . not that I would do that or anything . . . often . . .). See the rational in point 4.</blockquote>

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