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<blockquote data-quote="ced1106" data-source="post: 472486" data-attributes="member: 7551">Now, **that's** a smart idea. Hardcopy publishers already provide web support of their material, including material that couldn't make it (ie. were cost-prohibitive) into the book. This would go on the CD. And this would also prompt the purchaser to actually put the CD into his drive and open it. Then he'd also browse the freebies and intro product -- of not only your PDF material, but upcoming releases by the same publisher. Much cheaper to put a full-page color ad into a CD than in the hardcopy or a magazine. **And** the purchaser wouldn't mind see it, since said ad doesn't take up precious space in the hardcopy.Okay, here's how everyone benefits <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt="(:" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; (:"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname="(:" />* Original PDF publishers &amp; PDF sales site: Greater exposure of products.* Hardcopy publisher: Customers do not need to go to site for a download. Publisher can put in material that would be cost-prohibitive for the hardcopy. Customers **know** websites are more current than CDs, so would still go to the publisher's site.* Retailers &amp; distributors: No shelving, no stocking, no orders, no risks. Taken out of the loop. * Customers: Probably wouldn't notice any slight price change (to cover costs of cutting a CD), since game prices don't make sense, anyway!Good luck,Cedric.aka. Washu! ^O^</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ced1106, post: 472486, member: 7551"] Now, **that's** a smart idea. Hardcopy publishers already provide web support of their material, including material that couldn't make it (ie. were cost-prohibitive) into the book. This would go on the CD. And this would also prompt the purchaser to actually put the CD into his drive and open it. Then he'd also browse the freebies and intro product -- of not only your PDF material, but upcoming releases by the same publisher. Much cheaper to put a full-page color ad into a CD than in the hardcopy or a magazine. **And** the purchaser wouldn't mind see it, since said ad doesn't take up precious space in the hardcopy. Okay, here's how everyone benefits (: * Original PDF publishers & PDF sales site: Greater exposure of products. * Hardcopy publisher: Customers do not need to go to site for a download. Publisher can put in material that would be cost-prohibitive for the hardcopy. Customers **know** websites are more current than CDs, so would still go to the publisher's site. * Retailers & distributors: No shelving, no stocking, no orders, no risks. Taken out of the loop. * Customers: Probably wouldn't notice any slight price change (to cover costs of cutting a CD), since game prices don't make sense, anyway! Good luck, Cedric. aka. Washu! ^O^ [/QUOTE]

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