PDF and Print Release Timing

Hi, It's me, No One's Favorite Rando! 🤪 I got a question and I promise I won't whine about the answer. I would however like to ask the question and maybe someone can help me out. I was reading old threads and watching Jeff's videos back to January 7th. In a thread entitled "What's Going On With Chaosium and Runequest" (or something like that), some folks wrote they were disappointed with some decision to delay the sale of PDFs until a book was ready to physically ship. Others dis

Chaosium did a fairly detailed analysis on releasing the PDF first, followed by selling the printed version later (with PDF discount coupon). Please note, if your primary or main desire is to get the material (albeit in PDF) as quickly as possible, then there really is no debate about preferring PDF first. We get that, and respect that desire. Before I get into some of the results of our research, please be assured that we will still offer free PDFs with printed books purchased directly from Cha