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<blockquote data-quote="Rifter" data-source="post: 483443" data-attributes="member: 2530">Is there a way to get this in stores?The biggest advantage that print books have, is they have people pushing them at a store, because they turn a profit.&nbsp; .PDFs do not have that same luxury.&nbsp; Is there a way to move the .pdf business to the store?&nbsp; I know some stores have PCs hooked up already.&nbsp; Throw on a decent black and white laser printer, and you have the perfect set up.&nbsp; Another idea, that would be far cheaper for a store, is having a CD-ROM burner.&nbsp; So, a store would have a setup, where they have the books online.&nbsp; They make a sale, and that gets wired back to RPG Host that a purchase has been made... or maybe, it is done once a night, or what not.&nbsp; The store charages probably double what the RPG Host price is... and that person gets either an electronic or printed format.&nbsp; I can see a lot of problems with this, right now, but others may be able to take this concept and make it better.&nbsp; There are a few tradeoffs though.&nbsp; If you go printing route, you have all the products, and don't have to pay to keep a physical inventory, which is a good thing.&nbsp; Though, you have paper costs and toner costs, which really are not all that much.&nbsp; Though, the time to print could be an issue, and printer maintenence.If you go the CD-ROM route, you still have the advantage of no inventory, plus, CDs are very cheap, and reliable, as well as extremely fast.&nbsp; I think the CD version is the way to go.&nbsp; Any other ideas/comments?&nbsp; I know the store owner of the store I work at kind of frowns on me trying to sell the .pdfs I find in his store, since he doesn't make a dime off of them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rifter, post: 483443, member: 2530"] [b]Is there a way to get this in stores?[/b] The biggest advantage that print books have, is they have people pushing them at a store, because they turn a profit. .PDFs do not have that same luxury. Is there a way to move the .pdf business to the store? I know some stores have PCs hooked up already. Throw on a decent black and white laser printer, and you have the perfect set up. Another idea, that would be far cheaper for a store, is having a CD-ROM burner. So, a store would have a setup, where they have the books online. They make a sale, and that gets wired back to RPG Host that a purchase has been made... or maybe, it is done once a night, or what not. The store charages probably double what the RPG Host price is... and that person gets either an electronic or printed format. I can see a lot of problems with this, right now, but others may be able to take this concept and make it better. There are a few tradeoffs though. If you go printing route, you have all the products, and don't have to pay to keep a physical inventory, which is a good thing. Though, you have paper costs and toner costs, which really are not all that much. Though, the time to print could be an issue, and printer maintenence. If you go the CD-ROM route, you still have the advantage of no inventory, plus, CDs are very cheap, and reliable, as well as extremely fast. I think the CD version is the way to go. Any other ideas/comments? I know the store owner of the store I work at kind of frowns on me trying to sell the .pdfs I find in his store, since he doesn't make a dime off of them. [/QUOTE]

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