Machine pistol blues, As usual, could use some advice for a bullet hose. Options

[Sid Nitzerglobin]

You can still have the "extra" stuff in the books on your tablet... Just take a picture of it... You may not be able to search/index it but you will still have it.

What really gets my noodle is the obsession with hard-cover books... Why would I want to pay 50+% more for a book... Why do they not produce soft-cover books? Palladium does, and their core books are around $25 for 300+ pages. And, I still have their books (and in good condition) over 20 years later. The core SR4 books are around 200 pages and are $40+. Sorry, no offense, but I am not wasting my money. I did buy the core books for SR4 but anything else.... No! If the only format is hard-cover.

Now, I don't know if the book in question is hard-cover or not (I was making a separate point) but I bought the PDF's of the other books, someone else in my group will buy the book and I will just take pictures of the stuff I am missing.

Or better yet, scan and OCR it... IANAL, but I think this is still legal under fair use. I'm definitely not a fan of exclusive content, or paying full price for an electronic copy of a physical product I already bought.

I personally usually prefer hardcovers as they tend to hold up longer and are usually printed on higher quality stock in color. I have a bit of a fetish for nice books though. Having the option for either soft or hardcover would be nice, but I doubt they'd do this and even if they did I'm not sure we'd wind up w/ anything close to that kind of pricing. Seems like most of the CGL softcover books are ~100-150 pages and still $20-30.

Runner's Black Book is a pretty well executed hardcover w/ really good color and a pretty beefy binding.

[lorechaser]

Or better yet, scan and OCR it... IANAL, but I think this is still legal under fair use. I'm definitely not a fan of exclusive content, or paying full price for an electronic copy of a physical product I already bought.

I personally usually prefer hardcovers as they tend to hold up longer and are usually printed on higher quality stock in color. I have a bit of a fetish for nice books though. Having the option for either soft or hardcover would be nice, but I doubt they'd do this and even if they did I'm not sure we'd wind up w/ anything close to that kind of pricing. Seems like most of the CGL softcover books are ~100-150 pages and still $20-30.

Runner's Black Book is a pretty well executed hardcover w/ really good color and a pretty beefy binding.

I'm probably showing my age here, but I don't know if I've ever owned a Shadowrun book that was Hardcover. When I used to play, everything was soft cover, and when I got back in, everything was PDF.

[Tymeaus Jalynsfe...]

I'm probably showing my age here, but I don't know if I've ever owned a Shadowrun book that was Hardcover. When I used to play, everything was soft cover, and when I got back in, everything was PDF.

Indeed, all my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Edition Shadowrun Books were Softcover. It was only in 4th Edition that I began seeing any Hardcover books (and a sore lack of Softcover main books). However, The Precious is a work of art. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Sid Nitzerglobin]

Indeed, all my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Edition Shadowrun Books were Softcover. It was only in 4th Edition that I began seeing any Hardcover books (and a sore lack of Softcover main books). However, The Precious is a work of art. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Hmmm, I thought I remembered my 1E core book as hardcover but it's been a long time ago now since most of my 1E books got lost, only one I still have is Shadowtech. Only ones I've bought since then are the 4E ones.

[lorechaser]

Hmmm, I thought I remembered my 1E core book as hardcover but it's been a long time ago now since most of my 1E books got lost, only one I still have is Shadowtech. Only ones I've bought since then are the 4E ones.

I'm about 99% certain my old core book (Sally, Ghost and Dodger in 80's glory) was softcover - I have a memory of creases across the cover. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[CanRay]

I just ask what Machine Gunn Eddie would do.

[Cabral]

I'm about 99% certain my old core book (Sally, Ghost and Dodger in 80's glory) was softcover - I have a memory of creases across the cover. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

The normal runs were softcover, the limited editions were hardbacks. I think I technically have all the pages of my first edition softcover; my BBB (Big Blue Book) is in fine shape.

[Tymeaus Jalynsfe...]

The normal runs were softcover, the limited editions were hardbacks. I think I technically have all the pages of my first edition softcover; my BBB (Big Blue Book) is in fine shape.

Indeed... I have my 1st and 2nd Edition Main Books in excelent condition, as well as ShadowBeat and Rigger Black Book 1. All my 3rd Edition books (I think I had all of them) were stolen. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif)