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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 1778948" data-attributes="member: 8461">That doesn't really strike me as true at all. For one thing, just because you'd have some RPG books in a remote location doesn't mean you'll have the latest releases of anything. When I was in Japan, I was able to find exactly one store that sold d20 material. A significant portion of it was WotC, but I still didn't see anything newer than three months previous. For people who want the book now, PDF is often the way to go.Likewise, just because WotC books (theoretically) make up the bulk of the books available in some remote location doesn't mean they'll have all of them. Selling out is a real possibility if the store doesn't purchase too many.Finally, the idea that WotC's books are the easiest to acquire is reversed in terms of PDFs. If you have more PDF's than hard copies because it's expensive to buy the physical books where you are, then WotC books are a rarity. It's not like there are places to legally download the MMIII or the Eberron Campaign Setting.While it may not have been their intent, I think WotC is making a smart move releasing it now in a PDF format. The idea that it's for the same price is probably a shrewder move than I see them getting credit for. The people who would buy the book anyway will still do so, and the people who prefer PDF to hard copy (for whatever reason), now can also buy it, at the same price (which means no loss of revenue for WotC). In short, they have something to gain, and virtually nothing to lose. I think we'll be seeing more of this in the future.</blockquote>

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