bighara wrote:I agree that hard copies of rule books and adventures will still drive some OSR sales. I know having our products in print (as opposed to pdf only) is a big factor in what we sell.
If something is available in any form of print, and not outrageously priced compared to the PDF (not say more than 2x the PDF price, not including shipping costs), I will ALWAYS go with the physical version. (Of course, I tend to wait for discount codes from Lulu etc. if I am wanting several items in the same time-frame.) There are a few things that I am still waiting to see if any sort of POD option appears, even though it has been months or (even) a year or two since the PDFs showed up.
I will probably be about the last person to get any sort of e-reader for recreational reading, unless my vision starts failing and I need something to read it aloud for me (assuming I can still hear at that point).
I will be watching the secondary market to see if print copies of those few B/X - 1E modules I don't already have fall any; if they don't move much I will probably relent and buy the PDFs. However I will still keep half an eye out for a chance to get the physical modules without breaking the bank.