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<blockquote data-quote="MonkeyDragon" data-source="post: 3015096" data-attributes="member: 23929">I'd suggest changing what you offer online once you're ready to publish the setting.&nbsp; So you'd start off with having all your beta stuff online for everybody to see, use, test.&nbsp; Then the book comes along.&nbsp; Take down the beta versions, and to get the whole package, they have to buy it.&nbsp; But still offer plenty of supplementary material and extra goodies on the site for free.&nbsp; So I go to your site, and playtest your material.&nbsp; I like it.&nbsp; Then I come back to your site...the beta stuff is gone, oh, noes.&nbsp; (Ok, so I may still actually have it, if I downloaded it to start with)&nbsp; But I can see that the full version with all the art and pretty layout and all that extra fluffy goodness is up for sale.&nbsp; So I buy it.&nbsp; But I don't feel ripped off, because look, free monsters!&nbsp; Sample treasures!&nbsp; NPCs and profiles of the different cultures and adventure ideas!&nbsp; My biggest word of advice to you and anyone else wanting to put out books:&nbsp; If you can, include a selectable PDF of just the text and tables.&nbsp; I like having electronic copies of books as well as hard copies.&nbsp; I want the hardcopies to look good on my shelf, to look at the art close up, and to have with me at the table.&nbsp; I like electronic copies so that I can select out the parts that I need for my game that day (especially monsters) and print them out with my notes.&nbsp; The thing that keeps me using the SRD monsters most of the time is not having to retype stat blocks.&nbsp; I know there would be issues to work out considering that it would make pirating the book easier without having to scan it, but that's just my two cents.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MonkeyDragon, post: 3015096, member: 23929"] I'd suggest changing what you offer online once you're ready to publish the setting. So you'd start off with having all your beta stuff online for everybody to see, use, test. Then the book comes along. Take down the beta versions, and to get the whole package, they have to buy it. But still offer plenty of supplementary material and extra goodies on the site for free. So I go to your site, and playtest your material. I like it. Then I come back to your site...the beta stuff is gone, oh, noes. (Ok, so I may still actually have it, if I downloaded it to start with) But I can see that the full version with all the art and pretty layout and all that extra fluffy goodness is up for sale. So I buy it. But I don't feel ripped off, because look, free monsters! Sample treasures! NPCs and profiles of the different cultures and adventure ideas! My biggest word of advice to you and anyone else wanting to put out books: If you can, include a selectable PDF of just the text and tables. I like having electronic copies of books as well as hard copies. I want the hardcopies to look good on my shelf, to look at the art close up, and to have with me at the table. I like electronic copies so that I can select out the parts that I need for my game that day (especially monsters) and print them out with my notes. The thing that keeps me using the SRD monsters most of the time is not having to retype stat blocks. I know there would be issues to work out considering that it would make pirating the book easier without having to scan it, but that's just my two cents. [/QUOTE]

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