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<blockquote data-quote="w_earle_wheeler" data-source="post: 4251669" data-attributes="member: 35955">I don't think the .pdf will hurt sales. First, the cost of printing out the books would be around $58.00, not including the cost for binding (the cheapest being a 3-ring binder of some kind) or tax. This assumes around 7 cents a page, which is the cheapest rate any of my local copy shops offer.The cost of the 3-book set on Amazon.com? Right now it's $57.72. And that's for hardcovers printed in full color.Anyone internet savvy enough to find bootleg .pdfs is internet savvy enough to find Amazon.com. People with access to free printing, or people who much prefer .pdfs to hardcopy, were unlikely to buy first day releases of the books anyway.If anything, it's a teaser. It's exciting to people who don't have the books in their hands yet, and it gives them the opportunity to talk about 4e and prep their first games before release.I think that brick-and-mortar or online stores breaking the street date will be much more damaging to the FLGS than the .pdfs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="w_earle_wheeler, post: 4251669, member: 35955"] I don't think the .pdf will hurt sales. First, the cost of printing out the books would be around $58.00, not including the cost for binding (the cheapest being a 3-ring binder of some kind) or tax. This assumes around 7 cents a page, which is the cheapest rate any of my local copy shops offer. The cost of the 3-book set on Amazon.com? Right now it's $57.72. And that's for hardcovers printed in full color. Anyone internet savvy enough to find bootleg .pdfs is internet savvy enough to find Amazon.com. People with access to free printing, or people who much prefer .pdfs to hardcopy, were unlikely to buy first day releases of the books anyway. If anything, it's a teaser. It's exciting to people who don't have the books in their hands yet, and it gives them the opportunity to talk about 4e and prep their first games before release. I think that brick-and-mortar or online stores breaking the street date will be much more damaging to the FLGS than the .pdfs. [/QUOTE]

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