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<blockquote data-quote="ShinHakkaider" data-source="post: 1584804" data-attributes="member: 9213"><p>The main reason I buy PDF's is portability. </p><p></p><p>I need to be able to move the PDF's from one computer to the next depending on where I am. For example I start reading a PDf at home and want to continue reading it at work. I put it on a ZIP disk or other media and put it on one of my work PC's and read it on my lunch break.</p><p></p><p>When I'm putting together adventures and I want to use source material I need to be able to copy and paste from the PDF to the document that I'm creating for easy reference. If my PC's find a spell book in game with a new spell in it, I want to beable to HAND them a document with the new spell and what it does. The same with feats and other special abilities instead of having to hand copy them word for word. The same thing with Maps. PDF's are AWESOME for distributing maps and stuff. Import into Photoshop, get rid of the stuff that you dont want the PC's to see, print. The PC's buy a map in game, JUST HAND THEM A PHYSICAL COPY OF THE ALTERED MAP. The PC's appreciate the time and the work put in and they like having this stuff in thier hands. </p><p></p><p>Anything that makes it difficult for me to do these things will not be purchased by me in either format. I have stuff from Malhavok in either sometimes both formats. I have Banewarrens and Requiem for a God in both PDF and physical formats for no other reason than I liked the products that much and I wanted physical copies of them. If this new service is going to make things more difficult then the money that I would have spend on the PDF will be spent elsewhere.</p><p></p><p>It's that simple for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ShinHakkaider, post: 1584804, member: 9213"] The main reason I buy PDF's is portability. I need to be able to move the PDF's from one computer to the next depending on where I am. For example I start reading a PDf at home and want to continue reading it at work. I put it on a ZIP disk or other media and put it on one of my work PC's and read it on my lunch break. When I'm putting together adventures and I want to use source material I need to be able to copy and paste from the PDF to the document that I'm creating for easy reference. If my PC's find a spell book in game with a new spell in it, I want to beable to HAND them a document with the new spell and what it does. The same with feats and other special abilities instead of having to hand copy them word for word. The same thing with Maps. PDF's are AWESOME for distributing maps and stuff. Import into Photoshop, get rid of the stuff that you dont want the PC's to see, print. The PC's buy a map in game, JUST HAND THEM A PHYSICAL COPY OF THE ALTERED MAP. The PC's appreciate the time and the work put in and they like having this stuff in thier hands. Anything that makes it difficult for me to do these things will not be purchased by me in either format. I have stuff from Malhavok in either sometimes both formats. I have Banewarrens and Requiem for a God in both PDF and physical formats for no other reason than I liked the products that much and I wanted physical copies of them. If this new service is going to make things more difficult then the money that I would have spend on the PDF will be spent elsewhere. It's that simple for me. [/QUOTE]
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