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<blockquote data-quote="TrippyHippy" data-source="post: 7729567" data-attributes="member: 27252"><p>That just means that, over the course of the 10-15 years since some of these books were published, putting them through extra printing runs is overly costly, whereas the overheads are less on PDFs. The actual number of units sold on PDFs, however, is a fraction of what is sold in hardcopy. </p><p></p><p>SJG <em>were</em> late-adapters to PDF, even on their own site, but have gradually caught up with other companies. When Drivethru first became a thing, they expressly stated concerns through editorials on the SJGames site about the impact on the three-tiered model and skepticism towards the idea. They have released PDFs at a slower rate than other companies accordingly, and not done an awful lot about promoting them through lower prices, etc. This last move is probably just an acknowledgment that their GURPS hardcopy sales are diminishing in recent years (hardly surprising), and they are trying other avenues as it makes minimal impact on the sales of physical copy. </p><p></p><p>But does it mean that the see PDF as a primary format for selling their games? No.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TrippyHippy, post: 7729567, member: 27252"] That just means that, over the course of the 10-15 years since some of these books were published, putting them through extra printing runs is overly costly, whereas the overheads are less on PDFs. The actual number of units sold on PDFs, however, is a fraction of what is sold in hardcopy. SJG [I]were[/I] late-adapters to PDF, even on their own site, but have gradually caught up with other companies. When Drivethru first became a thing, they expressly stated concerns through editorials on the SJGames site about the impact on the three-tiered model and skepticism towards the idea. They have released PDFs at a slower rate than other companies accordingly, and not done an awful lot about promoting them through lower prices, etc. This last move is probably just an acknowledgment that their GURPS hardcopy sales are diminishing in recent years (hardly surprising), and they are trying other avenues as it makes minimal impact on the sales of physical copy. But does it mean that the see PDF as a primary format for selling their games? No. [/QUOTE]
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