WOTC's Dummy mistake
Heya Guys, if you haven't heard, WotC has done one of the dumbest things that I have ever seen a company do. They forced all the legally selling PDF's of all their products on all sites that were selling them,(I.E. sites like Paizo, and DrivethruRPG) to be taken down.
There has been no official statement from WOTC at this point but there is word that is filtering down that it has to do with pirating and copies attained through online distributors.
I find this whole thing rather stupid, this action will not stop those who pirate and will only hurt WOTC's bottom line..
In fact WotC's closest competition, White Wolf, has used this whole debacle to their advantage using the following press release.
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In light of recent announcements, some fans have expressed concern over the future of electronic (PDF) format book sales in the RPG industry. White Wolf Publishing today has announced that it currently has no plans to discontinue its existing PDF products.
“Quite the opposite,” says Eddy Webb, the Alternative Publishing Developer for White Wolf. “I believe this is a growing market with potential we haven’t yet had a chance to fully explore, both as publishers and as fans of role-playing games.” Eddy remarked that he has dozens of upcoming PDF-exclusive products on his schedule in addition to continuing to provide PDF versions of upcoming products, and that White Wolf is still actively looking into returning to the print-on-demand arena.
To celebrate White Wolf’s continuing devotion to PDF products and reward their growing, loyal fan base, the company is offering a free download of the Exalted Second Edition rulebook as well as a one-time 10% discount on the purchase of any White Wolf PDF titles through DriveThruRPG.com and RPGNow.com from 1 Am Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. Simply enter the coupon code “wwlovesyou” to receive the discount. Both offers expire by midnight (EST) on Sunday, April 12th.
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Thats right folks a free core book for one of White Wolf's best selling products,
For those of you who don't know Exalted is a High Powered Fantasy Setting that White Wolf has made, an absolutely free download is a good deal I recommend taking advantage of the offer, yeah you have to make a DrivethruRPG account, but you don't have to buy anything else so its not a big deal.
I also recommend to take advantage of that 10% discount on White Wolf products...
There has been no official statement from WOTC at this point but there is word that is filtering down that it has to do with pirating and copies attained through online distributors.
I find this whole thing rather stupid, this action will not stop those who pirate and will only hurt WOTC's bottom line..
In fact WotC's closest competition, White Wolf, has used this whole debacle to their advantage using the following press release.
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In light of recent announcements, some fans have expressed concern over the future of electronic (PDF) format book sales in the RPG industry. White Wolf Publishing today has announced that it currently has no plans to discontinue its existing PDF products.
“Quite the opposite,” says Eddy Webb, the Alternative Publishing Developer for White Wolf. “I believe this is a growing market with potential we haven’t yet had a chance to fully explore, both as publishers and as fans of role-playing games.” Eddy remarked that he has dozens of upcoming PDF-exclusive products on his schedule in addition to continuing to provide PDF versions of upcoming products, and that White Wolf is still actively looking into returning to the print-on-demand arena.
To celebrate White Wolf’s continuing devotion to PDF products and reward their growing, loyal fan base, the company is offering a free download of the Exalted Second Edition rulebook as well as a one-time 10% discount on the purchase of any White Wolf PDF titles through DriveThruRPG.com and RPGNow.com from 1 Am Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. Simply enter the coupon code “wwlovesyou” to receive the discount. Both offers expire by midnight (EST) on Sunday, April 12th.
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Thats right folks a free core book for one of White Wolf's best selling products,
For those of you who don't know Exalted is a High Powered Fantasy Setting that White Wolf has made, an absolutely free download is a good deal I recommend taking advantage of the offer, yeah you have to make a DrivethruRPG account, but you don't have to buy anything else so its not a big deal.
I also recommend to take advantage of that 10% discount on White Wolf products...