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<blockquote data-quote="Mark CMG" data-source="post: 5706368" data-attributes="member: 10479">There's a strange contradition about PDFs and how many people will use them (on screen or print them out).&nbsp; On the one hand, some folks will say that WotC can't make money on them, yet when they were available WotC was constantly atop the best sellers list on the top ePub sites (and acceptance of electronic products just keeps exponentially growing, if things like tablets and readers, and the demise of so many B&amp;M stores, are anything to judge by) and on the other hand apparently piracy of current edition books at the time was enough to cause WotC to completely reverse their policy on all PDF products, even older edition (but if nobody wants them or will use them, how can they damage the profits?).So, lines like &quot;The pdf's never sold in numbers to actually matter all that much&quot; really doesn't track for me.As for 4E support once 5E is out, and compatibility of 4E with 5E?&nbsp; I think those situation will be in line with 3.XE support once 4E was out and 3.XE compatibility with 4E.&nbsp; It's a matter of bolstering the value of the most recent edition.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mark CMG, post: 5706368, member: 10479"] There's a strange contradition about PDFs and how many people will use them (on screen or print them out). On the one hand, some folks will say that WotC can't make money on them, yet when they were available WotC was constantly atop the best sellers list on the top ePub sites (and acceptance of electronic products just keeps exponentially growing, if things like tablets and readers, and the demise of so many B&M stores, are anything to judge by) and on the other hand apparently piracy of current edition books at the time was enough to cause WotC to completely reverse their policy on all PDF products, even older edition (but if nobody wants them or will use them, how can they damage the profits?). So, lines like "The pdf's never sold in numbers to actually matter all that much" really doesn't track for me. As for 4E support once 5E is out, and compatibility of 4E with 5E? I think those situation will be in line with 3.XE support once 4E was out and 3.XE compatibility with 4E. It's a matter of bolstering the value of the most recent edition. [/QUOTE]

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