Privateer Press Digital e-reader App

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**Mattman154**

http://privateerpress.com/privateer-press-digital

With Privateer Press Digital, you have access to an extensive catalog of No Quarter magazine issues, WARMACHINE and HORDES rulebooks, Iron Kingdoms Full-Metal Fantasy Roleplaying Game material, and much more! Take your Privateer Press rulebooks with you wherever you go for quick, easy reference. Download the latest No Quarter magazine straight to your device. Privateer Press Digital is the ultimate reference tool for the Privateer Press gamer!

The Privateer Press Digital e-reader app offers:
Digital subscriptions to No Quarter magazine!
WARMACHINE and HORDES books!
Iron Kingdoms RPG content!
Rulebooks for Privateer’s board and card games, including LEVEL 7 [ESCAPE], Heap, and Infernal Contraption!
Errata updates to ensure your digital rulebooks are up-to-date!

More information from PPS_Simon here:
http://privateerpressforums.com/showthread.php?135864-Announcing-the-Privateer-Press-Digital-Reader-App!

**Alfndrate**

Looks good, too bad the rule books are just expensive

The app might be worth the No Quarters alone, depending on how far back you can go.

**Mattman154**

Alfndrate wrote:
Looks good, too bad the rule books are just expensive

The app might be worth the No Quarters alone, depending on how far back you can go.

Simon says (lel) that it will have every single issue of NQ since MKII available.

http://privateerpressforums.com/showthread.php?135864-Announcing-the-Privateer-Press-Digital-Reader-App!

**Alfndrate**

Mattman154 wrote:
Alfndrate wrote:
Looks good, too bad the rule books are just expensive

The app might be worth the No Quarters alone, depending on how far back you can go.

Simon says (lel) that it will have every single issue of NQ available.

http://privateerpressforums.com/showthread.php?135864-Announcing-the-Privateer-Press-Digital-Reader-App!

What's the going rate on a NQ? This app might be worth the costs lol. If they could cut a discount on the subscription, it would probably be no different than any other digital magazine description and with the ability to buy specific issues, nice...

**Mattman154**

Alfndrate wrote:
Mattman154 wrote:
Alfndrate wrote:
Looks good, too bad the rule books are just expensive

The app might be worth the No Quarters alone, depending on how far back you can go.

Simon says (lel) that it will have every single issue of NQ available.

http://privateerpressforums.com/showthread.php?135864-Announcing-the-Privateer-Press-Digital-Reader-App!

What's the going rate on a NQ? This app might be worth the costs lol. If they could cut a discount on the subscription, it would probably be no different than any other digital magazine description and with the ability to buy specific issues, nice...

No word from Simon on the price, but there are some pictures from the press release that have prices in them.

**cincydooley**

Looks like about a 20% discount across the board. For comparison, that's about the same that GW is offering White Dwarf at in the eFormat.

However, the GW digital rulebooks certainly are not discounted. Like many, I may have to check this out simply for the No Quarter issues.

**spiralingcadaver**

I don't know why people like NQ-- just like WD before it, I dropped it when I realized I was paying a dollar or more for content that was both actual content and not going to be available elsewhere...

**Alfndrate**

spiralingcadaver wrote:
I don't know why people like NQ-- just like WD before it, I dropped it when I realized I was paying a dollar or more for content that was both actual content and not going to be available elsewhere...

The only reason why I'd want it is for the various hobby articles. Mostly the terrain pieces... Thus why I want the ability to buy specific issues.

**BrookM**

Apple only again?

**pretre**

BrookM wrote:
Apple only again?

Privateer Press Digital will be available in the first quarter of 2013 for iPhone, iPad, and Android devices.

**BrookM**

Well, that's a bit of a relief then I guess.

**Alfndrate**

BrookM wrote:
Well, that's a bit of a relief then I guess.

Unnnngghhh.... *bites lip*

Dem reading skills

lol

They're just testing it on an iPad, it was probably Wilson's own personal one

**pretre**

I'm hoping some other companies take note.

**cincydooley**

Hopefully it works on all androids this time. They had a LOT of trouble with all the various android platforms working before.

**Alfndrate**

cincydooley wrote:
Hopefully it works on all androids this time. They had a LOT of trouble with all the various android platforms working before.

I still have issues with War Room... I'll start it up, close out to save power, and I go to open it up and it says it has to close. I think Tinkerhouse Games believes it's a feature. Also I dislike how it doesn't take into account point cost changes, all my Magnus lists look illegal when looking at the point costs...

**silent25**

Interesting, though no real good answer as to why they need a third party app. GW has already demonstrated live updates are possible through Apple's iBook and I'm pretty sure similar features exist with the Kindle Reader.
Only logic I can think of is to avoid having to pay Apple or Amazon a cut to sell the product. Strikes me a bit of penny wise, pound foolish. Especially given their track record with apps currently.
Also there was no firm commitment to price beyond an "Industry Standard". That leaves a lot of wiggle room.

**Laughing Man**

Also cuts piracy if they're using a proprietary format and software. It's pretty damn easy to pirate ePubs, PDFs and such.

**silent25**

Laughing Man wrote:
Also cuts piracy if they're using a proprietary format and software. It's pretty damn easy to pirate ePubs, PDFs and such.

I'm pretty sure that the PP e-reader will be hacked as easily as other e-readers. Worse, by going with their company specific e-reader, PP will have to commit its own resources to fix these issues and any other bugs that pop up. By going with Kindle/Apple, software maintenance would handled by those companies.

**agustin**

PDFs of everything hits the torrents in no time anyway. It'll stop casual piracy and sharing files among friends, but that's about it.

It's a rough trade off as they limit their customer base for digital products to those with iOS and Android devices.

Me? I won't buy any document linked with a special app, OS or licensing agreement where the publisher can theoretically turn off my access in the future. I only support DRM free eBook publishers, so I won't be getting this.

**Laughing Man**

silent25 wrote:
Laughing Man wrote:
Also cuts piracy if they're using a proprietary format and software. It's pretty damn easy to pirate ePubs, PDFs and such.

I'm pretty sure that the PP e-reader will be hacked as easily as other e-readers. Worse, by going with their company specific e-reader, PP will have to commit its own resources to fix these issues and any other bugs that pop up. By going with Kindle/Apple, software maintenance would handled by those companies.

Actually, LeewayHertz would be the ones addressing those issues and bugs. You know, the guys making the e-reader?

**cincydooley**

The more I think about it, the fact that NQ won't be avail in the iBook store sucks. I imagine it will simply be a lazy PDF port with no value added except this proprietary interface.

Say what you want about the content of white dwarf: the digital version is absolute aces.

**RiTides**

I need an android device... mostly for War Room, but it'd be nice to be able to get this later on (once they work out the kinks

)

Windows Phone, why do you hate me so?

**Laughing Man**

cincydooley wrote:
The more I think about it, the fact that NQ won't be avail in the iBook store sucks. I imagine it will simply be a lazy PDF port with no value added except this proprietary interface.

Say what you want about the content of white dwarf: the digital version is absolute aces.

Wouldn't be entirely sure of that. Given what we know of the developer, I'd expect something beyond just a scanned copy of the magazine.

**darefsky (Flight Medic Paints)**

I'm willing to give it a shot. So long as Tinkerhouse had nothing to do with it.

**silent25**

Laughing Man wrote:
silent25 wrote:
Laughing Man wrote:
Also cuts piracy if they're using a proprietary format and software. It's pretty damn easy to pirate ePubs, PDFs and such.

I'm pretty sure that the PP e-reader will be hacked as easily as other e-readers. Worse, by going with their company specific e-reader, PP will have to commit its own resources to fix these issues and any other bugs that pop up. By going with Kindle/Apple, software maintenance would handled by those companies.

Actually, LeewayHertz would be the ones addressing those issues and bugs. You know, the guys making the e-reader?

Yea, and they will be asking for money from PP to fix it.

**cincydooley**

Laughing Man wrote:
cincydooley wrote:
The more I think about it, the fact that NQ won't be avail in the iBook store sucks. I imagine it will simply be a lazy PDF port with no value added except this proprietary interface.

Say what you want about the content of white dwarf: the digital version is absolute aces.

Wouldn't be entirely sure of that. Given what we know of the developer, I'd expect something beyond just a scanned copy of the magazine.

Yeah. I looked at their portfolio. They have some experience with ereader type apps, so we shall see. Here's to thinking positively.