Now that I can use a PDF as easily and effectively as I can use a physical book, sure. The iPad made all the difference.

Quote from: Spinachcat;429426If I buy the dead tree, I want a free PDF.

If PDF only, I want a POD option with a free PDF.

If PDF only and no POD, then my interest wanes greatly.   I have not spent more than $10 on a PDF, but I would in theory if the game would have to rock my shiznack.

Just so you know if you ever want a PDF from me and you have the print, just ask. (Hey just asking goes a long way anyway.)  


I'll pay up to $15 for a PDF, more than that is pushing it, but a lot depends on how it looks, and how useful I find the material. I might pay 20 bucks for Septimus or something similar. Although I'm also a huge supporter of print. (PDF is useful, but I love books in my hands.)

I'm not going to pay more than $10 for a PDF.

I haven't bought that many of them, but I prefer having dead tree versions of the books that I read. Hard Copy + PDF included is always an attractive purchase.

I'll go up to $15 but only if I there's no hardcopy available or it's impossible for me to get it. I do compare the total cost of buying, printing and binding the pdf to buying and shipping a hardcopy to estimate how reasonable the pdf's pricing is.

A free pdf with the purchase of a hardcopy is not necessary but much appreciated.

No.  Any pdf with a high enough page count to make it worth more than $10 is too long to read as a pdf.  I can only stare at a screen for so long.

EDIT-Actually, I might if there is no print version for sale and I want it bad enough to print it out myself.

The problem I have with many pdfs is the fucking two column layout. It makes thing very tedious to read on a laptop screen.

I lurvs me some digital content.

But considering the market price for something with infinite supply is a big old zilch, you better make it worth it.  I'm more than willing to pay more than $10 if the content justifies the price -- I do it all the time with digital download PC games -- but have you convinced me to donate more money because of your hard work?  Because after all, the only thing I'm paying for is labor/creative output, not a physical product.  An idea by itself, with no ties to a physical product, needs to be good to be worth something substantial, or should I say, good enough to convince someone that providing the creator with means to create more stuff is worth it.

Most of the time, though, for your standard RPG book, absolutely not.  $10 for a corebook and $5 for smaller supplements are what I'd consider "fair" standard prices, or at least as fair as you can get for a market price that's impossible to calculate.

Fuck no.  If it ain't in print, it ain't worth shit.  PDF (and other ebook formats) are worthless without the hardware and infrastructure to use it, and it's far too open to tampering without your permission or notice; print doesn't have that problem, which is why I insist upon it if folks want my money.

Quote from: Bradford C. Walker;429614Fuck no.  If it ain't in print, it ain't worth shit.  PDF (and other ebook formats) are worthless without the hardware and infrastructure to use it, and it's far too open to tampering without your permission or notice; print doesn't have that problem, which is why I insist upon it if folks want my money.

Well, the PDF itself isn't worth anything, but the means to obtain it is.

A lot of times you're paying for the convenience to access data easily.

Quote from: Bradford C. Walker;429614Fuck no.  If it ain't in print, it ain't worth shit.  PDF (and other ebook formats) are worthless without the hardware and infrastructure to use it, and it's far too open to tampering without your permission or notice; print doesn't have that problem, which is why I insist upon it if folks want my money.

Quoted for truth.  It has to either be print or I don't give it the time of day.

Quote from: MonkeyWrench;429382Ten dollars is my preferred max, but I will not pay more than half the hard copy price.

That's more or less my thumbrule. I'd have more Mongoose Traveller books now if they didn't tend to price them closer to 60% of hardcopy cover price.

But I don't really have a hard limit. More a limit of the ratio of dollars to page count (or similar measure of perceived value.)

Only in cases where the product would be invaluable to have as a PDF do I spend more than $10. As I do quite a bit of homebrewing, being able to copy and paste material from the PDF proves to be worth the cost of it only if there is a good chunk that I want for cross-use or conversion.

I have been wanting to get the Ptolus PDF, as there is plenty in the book that I don't want to have to rewrite, but $60 makes my wallet ache as it would eat up 24% of my monthly spending money.

$10 is generally my upper limit. And for that I expect a printer friendly copy (e.g. layers so things like page backgrounds, unnecessary pictures, etc. can be 'turned off' before printing or the like). If I really wanted a game a lot, I might pay over $10, but I'd REALLY have to want it. In no case will I pay more than 50% of the price of the printed copy.

Like most, $15 is my checkpoint, where I ask is it worth it before proceeding or going away.

-clash

Over $10, sure if the PDF is really interesting to me.  Over $15... probably not.  This may change once my tablet shows up but I doubt it.