White Wolf offers Exalted 2nd Ed. PDF free 'til 4/12

Robotech_Master · 04-08-2009, 12:50 PM

Free from RPGNow or DriveThruRPG with the coupon code "wwlovesyou" 'til 4/12. Also, 10% discount on all White Wolf PDFs until that time.

Details here.

http://www.teleread.org/2009/04/08/w...f-exalted-pdf/

Cute move to take advantage of Wizards blinking in regard to its own PDF sales. I especially like the coupon code.

JSWolf · 04-08-2009, 12:57 PM

I do wish they'd see the futility of PDF and switch to ePub for their eBooks.

Robotech_Master · 04-08-2009, 12:59 PM

Write them and suggest it.

PDF is basically the industry standard for the RPG-publishing industry. It might take some doing to get them to change it.

JSWolf · 04-08-2009, 01:01 PM

The advantage of ePub for them would be increased sales to people who have readers that can support ePub. As it is, I do not ever purchase PDF. And I shall email them sometime later today.

Robotech_Master · 04-08-2009, 01:09 PM

Except that I don't think they really care about the reader market. Their buyers are generally people who want the whole thing on their computer, or to print out.

Elfwreck · 04-08-2009, 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I do wish they'd see the futility of PDF and switch to ePub for their eBooks.

EPub would take drastic re-formatting, many many hours of work, for a market that basically doesn't exist. Role-playing game rulebooks have extensive formatting--lots of charts and graphs, lots of images, lots of "see related chart on page 183"--and players want a digital version for reference & search purposes, not for casual reading.

They're technical reference books, and none of the non-PDF formats support that well. While it'd be possible to make an ePub that contained all the info, and re-organize it, no RPG companies have a clamoring of players demanding standard ebook formats, and so none of them are putting in the hours it'd take to make each book.

Robotech_Master · 04-08-2009, 01:30 PM

On the bright side, at least the PDFs do not have DRM on them, just watermarking with your identity. (And a limit as to how many times you can download from the store...but then, if you keep it secure, once is all you really need.)

ahammer · 04-08-2009, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The advantage of ePub for them would be increased sales to people who have readers that can support ePub. As it is, I do not ever purchase PDF. And I shall email them sometime later today.

I think fanpro the comp that may own shadowrun right now (not sure been a few months but I know they where trying) and does the publishing of the books. sells them in epub (I think) not sure how good they are was going to buy them when I make the jump and buy at reader but I want a 9.7 if I need to read them in pdf so that it will look right on the screen so im still waiting.

04-08-2009, 12:50 PM	#1
Robotech_Master Fanatic Posts: 514 Karma: 2954711 Join Date: May 2006	White Wolf offers Exalted 2nd Ed. PDF free 'til 4/12 Free from RPGNow or DriveThruRPG with the coupon code "wwlovesyou" 'til 4/12. Also, 10% discount on all White Wolf PDFs until that time. Details here. http://www.teleread.org/2009/04/08/w...f-exalted-pdf/ Cute move to take advantage of Wizards blinking in regard to its own PDF sales. I especially like the coupon code.

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04-08-2009, 12:57 PM	#2
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 74,037 Karma: 129333114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I do wish they'd see the futility of PDF and switch to ePub for their eBooks.

04-08-2009, 12:59 PM	#3
Robotech_Master Fanatic Posts: 514 Karma: 2954711 Join Date: May 2006	Write them and suggest it. PDF is basically the industry standard for the RPG-publishing industry. It might take some doing to get them to change it.

04-08-2009, 01:01 PM	#4
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 74,037 Karma: 129333114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	The advantage of ePub for them would be increased sales to people who have readers that can support ePub. As it is, I do not ever purchase PDF. And I shall email them sometime later today.

04-08-2009, 01:09 PM	#5
Robotech_Master Fanatic Posts: 514 Karma: 2954711 Join Date: May 2006	Except that I don't think they really care about the reader market. Their buyers are generally people who want the whole thing on their computer, or to print out.

04-08-2009, 01:30 PM	#7
Robotech_Master Fanatic Posts: 514 Karma: 2954711 Join Date: May 2006	On the bright side, at least the PDFs do not have DRM on them, just watermarking with your identity. (And a limit as to how many times you can download from the store...but then, if you keep it secure, once is all you really need.)

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