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<blockquote data-quote="satori01" data-source="post: 1053990" data-attributes="member: 7859">I love PDFs.&nbsp; The product quality is very high and very inexpensive.&nbsp; I am curious at why so many people print out their PDFs, given that most PDFs are refrence work why not leave them on your computer?&nbsp; As I generaly write my adventures on my computer this is invaluable and saves me from having a pile of books laying next to my workspace.I even find adventures are fine in PDF form, I just print out the sections as I think I need them, which can be nice as well, since say if you were running the Banewarrens,(probably the largest PDF adventure I know of) and wanted to add some rooms etc, you can print and insert your material right with the printed adventure.&nbsp; I hate shuffling from different books, I think it gives an unorganized appearance which cuts down on player immersion, and find it is easier to go to a game armed with a large spiral notebook filled with the PDF adventure section, my own notes, and juicy bits of the SRD.Did I mention PDFs are cheap.&nbsp; I fried my harddrive about a year ago, lost everything on it including many PDFs.&nbsp; Beyond chiding myself for not backing up the relevant files, I was able to replace all my Malhavoc PDFs for around $20.&nbsp; Burn your hardbound core books and do that.Given an option between hardbound books and a cheaper PDF version I would go with the PDF first.&nbsp; Frankly I dont know why more larger publishers offer PDFs, in many cases people might buy the product twice,(once in PDF, another in hardbound).I would buy more gaming products from large publishers if they released more PDF forms of their books.&nbsp; Perhaps they dont realize how prevalent internet usage is:70% of housholds in US have Internet13% of housholds,(39 million) have broadband, up 49% from 2002and with the proliferation of broadband carriers and the affordabiltiy of the service,(40 bucks a month), I would assume the percentage increase&nbsp; to increase by an order of magnitude.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="satori01, post: 1053990, member: 7859"] I love PDFs. The product quality is very high and very inexpensive. I am curious at why so many people print out their PDFs, given that most PDFs are refrence work why not leave them on your computer? As I generaly write my adventures on my computer this is invaluable and saves me from having a pile of books laying next to my workspace. I even find adventures are fine in PDF form, I just print out the sections as I think I need them, which can be nice as well, since say if you were running the Banewarrens,(probably the largest PDF adventure I know of) and wanted to add some rooms etc, you can print and insert your material right with the printed adventure. I hate shuffling from different books, I think it gives an unorganized appearance which cuts down on player immersion, and find it is easier to go to a game armed with a large spiral notebook filled with the PDF adventure section, my own notes, and juicy bits of the SRD. Did I mention PDFs are cheap. I fried my harddrive about a year ago, lost everything on it including many PDFs. Beyond chiding myself for not backing up the relevant files, I was able to replace all my Malhavoc PDFs for around $20. Burn your hardbound core books and do that. Given an option between hardbound books and a cheaper PDF version I would go with the PDF first. Frankly I dont know why more larger publishers offer PDFs, in many cases people might buy the product twice,(once in PDF, another in hardbound). I would buy more gaming products from large publishers if they released more PDF forms of their books. Perhaps they dont realize how prevalent internet usage is: 70% of housholds in US have Internet 13% of housholds,(39 million) have broadband, up 49% from 2002 and with the proliferation of broadband carriers and the affordabiltiy of the service,(40 bucks a month), I would assume the percentage increase to increase by an order of magnitude. [/QUOTE]

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