DTRPG print costs will increase on April 1

DriveThruRPG is set to significantly raise the cost of print-on-demand products, with an increase ranging from 20% to 80%, as mentioned on Reddit (see below).

This is a good opportunity to get Teratogenicon if you're interested.

This book has impressive art - take a look at the previews to see for yourself! It is a book I enjoy having in print.

I have no idea how much it will it cost after the change.

I will get a few books for myself too, although I'm still not sure what to get. These are all book I already have and recommend:

* Dungeon Master's Guide (1st Edition)

* Monster Manual (1st and 2nd Edition, with 2e being my favorite)

* Fiend Folio

* Rules Cyclopedia

* Dark Sun Boxed Set

These are books I enjoy browsing and referencing. The Dark Sun Boxed Set is probably my favorite to sit down and read, study, etc. 

I don’t want to have any modules because I run games mostly online nowadays, so I’m exploring other settings. (If I were to buy a module, I'd probably get B10, which I'm running now). I don't think I need any more monsters either.

Unfortunately, many books I'd like to own have no POD available, so I must get them elsewhere. This includes Moldvay's Basic and 0D&D, the original D&D.

But I might pick some classics such as: 

* Chainmail: Rules for Medieval Miniatures (0e)

* D&D Expert Set Rulebook (B/X ed.) 

* Hollow World Campaign Setting (Basic)

* Ravenloft Domains of Dread (2e)

* Dark Sun Campaign Setting (4e)

BTW: if you don't want to give money to WotC, I think this is perfectly reasonable. I avoid it nowadays too. There are several good reasons that I won't discuss here.

Other games I might get, based on impressions and recommendations from others, are:

* Tales of Argosa (and you get the PDF for free). 

* ORWELL – Role-Playing in a Dystopian Future (you also get the PDF for free). My impressions here.

* ... and that is what I've got so far.

Do you have any other recommendations? 

Things with good art, price, etc., are preferable, but mainly I just want stuff I can sit down and read.

Anyway, here is the text from DTRPG:

Upcoming Print-on-Demand Book Price Changes – Effective April 1, 2025

We always want to keep print costs as low as possible, and it has been years since we passed any price increases through to our publishing partners.

However, our print supplier, Lightning Source/Ingram, has announced a price adjustment starting April 1, 2025, that will be reflected on DriveThru sites.

Key Changes

Due to increasing supply costs in the US, Black & White print costs in the US will increase significantly, from around 20% for low-pagecount hardcover titles up to about 50% or slightly more for large hardcover books, and with softcover titles seeing an even greater increase.

UK print costs for Black & White books will also increase, but generally only by 3-4%.

Standard Color print costs will increase, by roughly 12-13% for US printing but only around 3% for UK printing.

On the whole, Premium Color print costs will decrease slightly for US printing but increase slightly for UK printing.

Example 1: A 180-page large premium hardcover currently costs $32.10 to print in the US; after April 1, that same title will drop to $27.80.

Example 2: In the UK, the same 180-page book currently costs £20.23, which will increase to £20.93 starting in April.

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