What is the best length and price of a pdf

[Corvidae]

Hey all,
I am thinking of writing a pdf and I was wondering what you all think is the best length (approximately) and price for a pdf. Obviously it depends on content, but I for one have a hard time paying $20 or more for a pdf because there is no printing cost involved. However, for a pdf that would be comprable to a book, that is over one hundred pages, I don't mind too much.

So I was wondering, what is your opinion. And do you even buy or use pdf's? I find them very useful, especially because they are cheap and I can use them immediately, but they are a bit hard to read.

Anyway, the questions are, do you use pdf's, what is the best length, and what is the best price.

THanks guys

John

 

[Crothian]

I don't like to pay more then five dollars for a PDF until a publisher has proven itself.

 

[diaglo]

under 16 pages.

best price = free

 

[Glyfair]

For me, it has to not be too long (I don't read books on a computer) but not too short (2 or 3 pages is something I could get out of Dragon magazine with other good stuff). 20-30 pages is about right for me.

The exception is a product that is a support product, something I'm not expected to read. A book of NPC statblocks, for example. I can look to the area I need, find an appropriate statblock and print it out.

Price? Depends on the book but $5-$10 is about right. Any more than that and I can get a print product that serves my needs far better.

 

[Sammael]

Up to 30 pages for $5.

 

[Corvidae]

Another thought, what should be the fluff to crunch ratio. Just wondering, cause I am more of a fluff guy.

 

[Glyfair]

Another thought, what should be the fluff to crunch ratio. Just wondering, cause I am more of a fluff guy.

Fluff heavy PDFs aren't something I'm interested in. Those are reading material and I don't read PDFs except when I print them out. Fluff heavy products I buy in print.

 

[Sammael]

I prefer crunchy PDFs and fluffy physical books.

 

[Wystan]

I vote as follows:

Price - 1-10$
Page Count (based on price) - 10-30 or so pages
Fluff to Crunch Ratio - 20/80

 

[Voadam]

Price the lower the better.

I like large pdfs, but bookmarks help significantly.

As for fluff, I copy a lot of ecology things from 2e pdfs for lore knowledge and I use pictures from pdfs all the time, but I don't generally get novels in pdf form.