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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 6044342" data-attributes="member: 22424">It sucks for you. To be honest, it doesn't thrill me all that much.But print is dying. If WotC don't at least make 5e available in eBook format, it would be a horrible mistake. And of course, the moment you go to an electronic format, there's so much more you can do by not being bound to the notion of "books".Additionally, as I also noted up-thread, it's no longer sales of books that form the foundation of the strategy for either 4e or Pathfinder. In both cases, the key thing is subscriptions - to DDI in the case of 4e, and to all the various product lines in the case of Pathfinder. Guaranteed sales beats uncertain sales, even if the overall total is somewhat smaller.(Incidentally, within the next 2-3 years, I expect to see Paizo start offering a PDF-only version of their subscriptions at a reduced price. A few years after that, once adoption has reached a critical level, I would expect them to start phasing out the print versions of some of their supplements altogether, probably starting with the Pathfinder Modules and Pathfinder Companion lines. For the same reason - print is dying.)So do I. But in the last two years I've seen widespread adoption of iPhone/iPad usage at my table - a couple of my players use their devices for SRD lookups. And the ability to do so is incredibly useful.I really think it is that iPad that's the game-changer. Suddenly, lugging around all those physical books looks like madness (not least because my back just won't take it any more). If instead of bringing 30+ books, any of which might be useful in a session, I can instead bring one device loaded with all the same information, it's really a no-brainer.</blockquote>

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