[Rasputin]

Originally Posted by demonsbane

Thinking only in myself, then I would definitely prefer a thicker, single 4e Low Tech volume. But surely there are really strong reasons for that "multipart" treatment of the product, as "the murderous costs associated with long hardbacks these days" (Sean).

I also assume the margins are better. I'm not begrudging SJG from trying to make money -- far from it -- but I should point out:

• Smaller books cost less to ship.
• Short PDFs make much more per page than do hardcover books.
• Books are not cheap to make.
• Low-Tech has a number of different audiences anyways. You have historical realism folks, you have folks just looking for more weapons and armor (and lower weights). You have folks who only care at gaming at specific Tech Levels, especially TL 3. You have folks who are looking to use this for fantasy games, as opposed to most folks with High-Tech, who are running games on a semi-realistic Earth. Having the core book go to all of them and the smaller PDFs go to the target audiences satisfies everyone.