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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 4670483" data-attributes="member: 2012">It is good that WotC offers PDF versions of older books. They don't have to do that, which is why I try not to villify them when voicing my displeasure for 4e. It's true, I don't like 4e or the DDI model but that simply means that I'm no longer D&D's target audience. I can live with that.As for your second point, it would be an interesting experiment for WotC to make certain older books available on Lulu.com or another web site that allows for POD books. I'm certain that there would be MANY older edition books that people would be willing to buy through a POD model.However, I don't think it would be feasible. The PDF scans that WotC provides on RPGNow aren't of high quality. I don't think those scanned products would "print well," which means that WotC would have to devote time, money, and staff to laying out the older books to print "properly" as POD books.And as mentioned on another thread, WotC doesn't have a complete library of all D&D products ever produced.Now, perhaps older edition D&D fans could work in conjunction with WotC to help re-layout those older D&D products for a POD model that could work but it would have to be done so that WotC doesn't have to tap its own internal resources too much while being ensured a reasonable profit from the POD book sales.Personally, I think it would be highly profitable for WotC to do so but the fans would have to be willing to help and be willing to pay a premium for a POD OD&D/1e/2e/3e book through a site such as Lulu.com.If it's going to cost WotC time and money then it isn't going to happen.So the question becomes, are there D&D fans out there willing to help WotC re-layout older edition books without being paid for it?(Fans would get a credit in the revised book, however.)</blockquote>

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