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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bardsandsages" data-source="post: 3143700" data-attributes="member: 28771">If I might point out a few things:1.  For those that are so worried that "lack of competition" will increase the prices.  Firstly, I sell on all three sites, and I have NEVER seen any indication of cross-over competition.  People have their favorite shops for various reasons, and that is where they shop.  If you want to support ENWorld, you will shop through the ENworld affiliate shop.  If you like RPGNow, you'll continue to shop there.  Second, since the publishers are the ones who set the pricing, not the stores, most of us sell our products at the same price at all storefronts.  2.  Second, the owners  have been indicating that they have plans to actually help the PDF market grow, not just try to milk the existing one.  Anyone who knows these guys knows they are in the business of increasing sales, not trying to squeeze an extra nickel out of every sale.  I think James said that right now PDFs account for only 11% of the total RPG market.  Does it really make sense to just continue with the status quo and higher prices for 11% of the market?  Or do you try to grab a bigger share of the total market?3. This is going to help publishers in a variety of ways.  First, instead of having to upload and maintain inventories on multiple sites, we can upload once and the effort will be mirrored on all sites.  This is an enormous time saver.  Second, it will allow us to focus marketing efforts on a single outlet instead of trying to spread ourselves out over five or six.  From an accounting standpoint, I know only have to worry about one sales venue instead of 5 or 6.  For us, that means a huge savings in time and money.  Time and money that is now freed up to invest in actual product production! Smart publishers will take this savings and produce better products, which in turn will benefit consumers.</blockquote>

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