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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gamerprinter" data-source="post: 4982236" data-attributes="member: 50895">I disagree about the small market of PDFsI disagree with the point about the PDF market being small, I'd say comparatively the print market is small compared to PDF products market and that will increase over time. Getting print publications out there is expensive and only the most successful companies can do it. Its a matter of having successful enough product that the distribution channels will accept your product to get it into the game stores.While still in existence, that may fade and perhaps, all or most products will only be through PDF. Its easier and cheaper to do that. Also if you work with a Print-on-Demand (POD) then the PDF can still be ordered as a printed product.To dismiss PDF out of hand as being too small (?) is kind of silly.I see a not too distant future situation, where the big companies fall down due to a shrinking market, and the only market will be small publishers in the PDF market (and still have thousands of products available).I will agree that quality of the finished product may go down with the smaller publishers, but that's not necessarily true either.I have my own PDF product, and while I do need to improve the writing, editing, mechanics part of my product - I have mostly full color, high quality, high production value standards in my Kaidan - The Gift: Part 1 and its my first publishing product. Adventure 2 should be greatly improved over the first adventure - learning as I go, so to speak.Basically, if a PDF product by a less skilled publisher uses crappy artwork only, they will have a more difficult time getting market share - so only the best will succeed.But your point about PDF market being so small, is abjectly wrong.There are far more publishers and products in PDF only format, then print will ever be. (Of course this may not be true for those publishers in the industry longer, but then PDF market is relatively young by comparison.) Its too easy and inexpensive to create one compared to any printed product - so there's obviously more marketing done that way. Even the big companies do it (except for WotC...)GPPS: as a young RPG publisher, looking at the future, though I hope to get into print market RPGs. I will never discard the PDF market, in fact, I am sure that will always be the primary market I work in, rely on and grow into. The print market is mostly "pie in the sky" for all but the largest, most well funded or successful companies (and those aren't the majority of publishers) So too small?!?! That's crazy talk!</blockquote>

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