I'm curious about the price difference also. Granted, the expense of paper and ink/toner are not applicable when distributing PDFs, but I would think that the real value is the content, not the physical materials.
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Paul Hayden <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow -- great replies! Your comments bring up a couple of other issues: > > 1. I assume that PDFs should be priced lower than paper copies. If they're > not, I would think there would be a greater incentive to pirate the PDF > rather than just buy your own copy. Does 50% lower sound right? > > 2. Adam Engst (TidBITS founder) was kind enough to offer some advice: > don't bother password protecting your PDFs -- they're easily removed. Even > so, he said that it's probably a good idea to stamp (in Acrobat) the PDF > with the price and buyer's name. This is similar to what Christopher Smith > wrote ("This score and set of parts is for the exclusive use of [the > buyer]"). > > Paul Hayden > > > Magnolia Music Press > <www.paulhayden.com> > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
