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<blockquote data-quote="dm4hire" data-source="post: 7729448" data-attributes="member: 14848"><p>I agree.</p><p></p><p>If these were new editions of the books I'd be more inclined to accept the listed value, but they are not. The investment capital SJG put into these books should have long since been paid back since first production. Any sales of the PDF is strictly profit at this point. Not to mention that with a PDF, since there is not investment beyond paying for art, editing, writing, and layout, there is no further expenses towards the book that incur as with print. Once the initial break even point is reached there is nothing left to gain but profit.</p><p></p><p>New PDF only products having high costs seem to reflect that desire to quickly regain the investment and then eventually lower in value until they reach a stable selling margin from what I've seen. I've seen several new PDFs start high on DriveThruRPG only to diminish in cost or be featured in sales that lower the price.</p><p></p><p>Most people also prefer to own printed work (though that medium is shifting). Low PDF prices tend to push print sales; either being sold as part of a bundle or purchased as a method of preview before deciding to buy the final product.</p><p></p><p>I would think SJG would want to get more people into the game and offering a lower entry, at least for the core product would do that. Similar in the way that Paizo offers their core products for $10, but charge a higher amount for everything else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dm4hire, post: 7729448, member: 14848"] I agree. If these were new editions of the books I'd be more inclined to accept the listed value, but they are not. The investment capital SJG put into these books should have long since been paid back since first production. Any sales of the PDF is strictly profit at this point. Not to mention that with a PDF, since there is not investment beyond paying for art, editing, writing, and layout, there is no further expenses towards the book that incur as with print. Once the initial break even point is reached there is nothing left to gain but profit. New PDF only products having high costs seem to reflect that desire to quickly regain the investment and then eventually lower in value until they reach a stable selling margin from what I've seen. I've seen several new PDFs start high on DriveThruRPG only to diminish in cost or be featured in sales that lower the price. Most people also prefer to own printed work (though that medium is shifting). Low PDF prices tend to push print sales; either being sold as part of a bundle or purchased as a method of preview before deciding to buy the final product. I would think SJG would want to get more people into the game and offering a lower entry, at least for the core product would do that. Similar in the way that Paizo offers their core products for $10, but charge a higher amount for everything else. [/QUOTE]
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