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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 6344858" data-attributes="member: 37579">We have to get PDFs eventually. It'd be ridiculous not to in this day and age. If not PDFs then some other form of e-book.I mean, for the PDFs WotC releases (ones without hyperlinks and limited bookmarks) there's almost zero extra work required. PDFs are generated to create the files needed to send the books to the printer.When they do go on sale I imagine PDFs will be released the general release date rather than the two weeks early WPN stores get the products. I imagine the holdup is one of legal reasons and the D&D team being unable to get the lawyers and suits to sign off on products that are easier to pirate. It's one thing to sell copies of long OOP book was PDFs, especially when the brand is making money off other people's work, as is the case in any sales of 1e-2e products. It's another for first run books that still need their production costs paid off.WotC is a company of 200+ people. The D&D brand is 14 dudes. Very literally 90% of the company is unrelated to D&D. Getting lawyers to sign off on anything is likely arduous. Mearl's sends something to his boss, who sends it to the legal liaison who sends it to the appropriate person who reviews the matter, then sends it back. With a few hours at each step, even if the lawyer is quick and approved things, the process takes two full business days. If the lawyer makes any changes then the changes need to be approved and the lawyer informed they're approved. Each tweak likely kills a week. Then you need approval from upper management which is likely even more slow with even more bureaucracy. It doesn't help that the legal team and marketing team and upper management are likely slightly ignorant regarding book publishing. Again, 90% of the company is dedicated to card games, board games, and the like with 5% dealing with getting books printed and 5% dealing with licensing for said books. PDFs make no sense for MtG or Kaijudo. So much of making D&D is likely delayed by explaining the nuances of publishing and the needs of the audience to suits who spend the most if their time dealing with an unrelated product. I'm sure someone high up in a WotC believes annual D&D books, like the MtG core sets, would be a good idea and regular revisions of the core books are desirable...</blockquote>

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