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Message: <blockquote data-quote="w_earle_wheeler" data-source="post: 3575055" data-attributes="member: 35955">When I pay for a .pdf, I expect to be able to print it, edit it, copy and paste from it, and keep it forever. Equally as important: I expect to be able to make electronic notes and comments, and I want a good, descriptive bookmark list. Index and keyword linking is a nice plus.I don't really see how the subscription method will work with this, though. I think it was a poor idea to adopt. D&D utilities online does not equal a MMORPG. A monthly fee just seems like a bad idea. Why wouldn't I just join once every since months for one month, download the documents I want, and cancel? Maybe that's not the plan wizards has for the online articles. It would be a better idea to just sell them for $2 a pop for a .pdf the equivalent of 3/4 an issue of Dungeon or Dragon. Remember, there are no printing costs for .pdf, so don't expect the pricing model to come anywhere near a magazine or hardback -- and if it does, it should take into account the cost of printing it at home and the prevailing price of a similar book on Amazon.com.Why Amazon? Because if this is a DIGITAL initiative, targeted at a DIGITAL community, then it is made up of people who are aware of and can easily buy from Amazon.com, which regularly sells WotC books for 34% off and smaller RPG materials for 10% off -- with no sales tax and no shipping.I would be willing to pay a small monthly fee for access to a members only internet community devoted to DI material. The community should be dedicated to being a think-tank and creating new material. However, I would also expect to be compensated for any work I create that I lose the rights to, or that is distributed in a for-profit fashion -- especially if I'm already paying to be a member of the community. Don't look to the community as a sea of desperate marks willing to pay for the privilege of giving you the next Forgotten Realms for free!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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