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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davelozzi" data-source="post: 2042570" data-attributes="member: 771">I vastly prefer physical books to PDFs but buy PDFs occassionally (probably about 6-8 ever).  There are two basic reasons why I'd buy one:1.  buying out of print books that are too hard to find or too expensive in hard copy.  For example, I've bought a few of the classic modules like B3, T1-4, etc. as PDFs to fill some notable holes in my collection.2.  buying PDFs that are reasonably priced and that fill an immediate need in my game that could not be served as efficiently by anything I'm aware of in print.  For example, I bought the EN Press book about Tournaments & Fairs when I had a couple of days to prep for a big festival in my campaign, and I bought Mindscapes as a PDF when I was in the middle of reworking some psionics rules with a player and it was not yet out in physical form.  I will likely also buy Hot Pursuit in the near future as I have need for some good chase rules within the next couple of sessions.As for buying trends among non-EN Worlders, one person in my group has bought a PDF, and though he very rarely hangs out here or at other RPG sites, he is internet savy and heard about the PDF in question from me.  One other player in my group prefers the SRD to a hard copy of the PHB and would likely buy a PDF if he was aware of one that would be useful to him.  The rest of my players probably would not buy a PDF, and a few of them haven't even bought any game books at all, even the PHB.</blockquote>

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