GURPS On Demand: Your Experiences

[Imbicatus]

1: Yes (Gurps Magic)
2: Fast - Less than a week, I’m thinking 4 days.

[bocephus]

I have to update my original post.

Yes I have purchased PoD, No I will not anymore for source books, maybe supplements but no more source books that were originally hard back in color.

I may not be the target market, the price is maybe 3rd on my list of considerations below Function and durability. The lack of color for Magic makes indexing horrible. I like having the printed book, but it is so frustrating that I have taken color sharpies to my GURPS Magic so that I can find stuff faster. It looks like crap now, but its functional.

I love having hard copies of the source books, but in B&W they aren't a significantly better experience than the PDFs. That's a negative about the POD book, not a positive to the PDF. The PDFs are practical to search, but sitting at a table its books or nothing in my opinion.

[xlyce]

Yes
Typical Amazon delivery

I know why you use Amazon, I am always uncomfortable using it so I always try to use my FLGS, although sometimes this is impossible (DFRPG Companion 2, GURPS Psionic Powers).

It doesn't matter what you POD, as long as it is not only POD, and I can still support my FLGS.

[Prime Evil]

Can anyone comment on the quality of the binding for the PoD GURPS books? Do they seem to be durable?

[bocephus]

Originally Posted by Prime Evil

Can anyone comment on the quality of the binding for the PoD GURPS books? Do they seem to be durable?

Thus far my Magic & Lowtech PoD is doing fine, they are only a year old though. There's no sign of the glue cracking or releasing, the binding has stayed flat and uncreased and the pages are holding up fine. I have had other books fail and start loosing pages, but thus far there is no indication of that with these.

My books see mostly use as a Research source for game development and as table books during sessions. They dont see much travel time (stuck in a backpack or bag). I would say it gets 2-5 hours a month between several people and I haven't seen anyone being particularly gentle with it.

Im not displeased with the quality of the materials thus far, especially with the price point and availability in Germany.