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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 2039756" data-attributes="member: 8447">I like pdfs for two reasons.First up, they tend to be far cheaper for the same amount of information as printed books.  Since I tend to do a lot of "pick n choose" with rules and creatures, buying a book in pdf format makes a lot of economic sense.  PDFs that go at full cover cost are pointless for me, however, so I tend to stay away from most of the stuff over at DriveThruRPG.  Second, I am starting to run out of room in my place!  With pdfs I simply print out the pages that I actually want and put them in a binder, as opposed to having a full-sized book taking up its full-sized volume.So I like 'em, but I think they are a limited market.  First up, you have to be internet-savvy, which is a sub-set of All Roleplayers, possibly a large one, but possibly not.  Secondly, you have to be willing to read them on-screen or else be willing to pay out to print the whole book, which tends not to be cost-effective.  Personally I read them on-screen and print out small portions as needed/desired.PDFs will have a hard time catching up with fully printed volumes.  Who knows?  Maybe someday there won't be any printed volumes anymore.  But that probably won't be happening soon.</blockquote>