Since Dragon magazine is going the way it is going (i.e. "dodo"), will we get more purchaseable PDFs via Paizo before the inevitable?
I'm curious to know this before the 'con season (July-August) hits me, so I can buy as many as I need (read: all I can get)... and 21 PDFs (so far) is, *sniff*, too little. Getting these magazines in paper format just isn't feasible for me at the moment and I have plans to purchase even those that I do have in paper as PDFs if possible.
I have a credit card! And I'm not afraid to use it! ;)
Now, will you give me more opportunities to splurge before my money goes to non-essentials like train tickets, hotel room and 'con tickets? ;)
We recently hired someone specifically to create more PDFs. There are many more on the way, though we're prioritizing Dungeon, since they're in higher demand.
-Vic.
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Ooo, nice. I'm honestly only interested about 3.*E edition/Paizo run of Dragons, so I believe those might be easier to put into the download section..? (As I think they're in original layout format and whatnot.)
Wait, when paizo stops producing new issues, do they lose rights to the issues they have already published? In other words, will you no longer be able to make PDFs of existing issues or sell back issues? And how does this bode for books like the "Art of Dragon" or "Dragon Compendium"? I am a bit more worried than I already was...
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Ooo, nice. I'm honestly only interested about 3.*E edition/Paizo run of Dragons, so I believe those might be easier to put into the download section..? (As I think they're in original layout format and whatnot.)
Right—we're starting with the Paizo Dungeons, and then we'll do the Paizo Dragons, and then we'll work backwards as much as we can. More or less, anyway.
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Wait, when paizo stops producing new issues, do they lose rights to the issues they have already published? In other words, will you no longer be able to make PDFs of existing issues or sell back issues? And how does this bode for books like the "Art of Dragon" or "Dragon Compendium"? I am a bit more worried than I already was...
Wizards is allowing us to sell all of the products we produced under license as long as we have inventory remaining, but we can't reprint anything after the license expires—at least, not without negotiating specific permission to do so.
Right—we're starting with the Paizo Dungeons, and then we'll do the Paizo Dragons, and then we'll work backwards as much as we can. More or less, anyway.
Kickbutt!
I shall be waiting, and ordering what's available for now as my cred card is still loaded!
A question about the Dragon PDFs, if you may.
With the Dragon (and Dungeon) PDF issues that have poster sized maps (Dragon #287 - 290 (Faerun) and Dungeon #118 - 121 (Greyhawk)) are the maps printable "For Personal Use Only"? What I'm getting at is can I take it to say "Kinkos" (I think they have those in Canada now) to get it printed in it's full size? (They wont accept anything that could possibly be copyrighted for legal reasons, of course.)
Many of these issues don't have PDF formats available yet, but I'm hoping they will eventually.
I have every piece of the Greyhawk map, except of course the one that is "currently unavailable" (Dungeon #118), which is a shame. (I'm missing all of Faerun, but eager to get it.)
Thanks for your help.