{"id":6088,"date":"2013-06-04T06:47:54","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T20:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/?p=6088"},"modified":"2013-06-04T06:48:30","modified_gmt":"2013-06-03T20:48:30","slug":"pdf-downloads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/2013\/06\/04\/pdf-downloads\/","title":{"rendered":"PDF downloads"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since putting my new pattern<\/a> up on Facebook, my blog and on my website I’ve had a particular question a few times (or variations of it!).<\/p>\n

“Why don’t you sell this as a PDF download?”<\/p>\n

This is an excellent question, so let me answer it for you.<\/p>\n

PDF delivery is fraught with so many problems. It is SO open to people sharing the pattern electronically with 100s of their nearest and dearest friends. There are websites specifically set up for the illegal sharing of patterns. (If you didn’t know this, please don’t go looking for them. And if you are a member of one of these sites, may I encourage you to leave it.)<\/p>\n

I put many, many hours of time into pattern development, and I need a return on that time. Coming up with a new pattern is no small deal. There is the designing time, the stitching time, the instruction writing time, the diagram creating time, the photographing time, the graphic design time, the checking time. It is a long and involved process, and it is only fair that I am paid for that. (Otherwise where will I find the time to design more?)<\/p>\n

Whenever someone illegally shares a pattern, they are stealing from the designer. You may be familiar with the now-closed online embroidery magazine “The Gift of Stitching”. Kirsten had to close the magazine because of people illegally sharing.<\/p>\n

While PDF delivery is a great thing for the customer, it is too dangerous, in my opinion, for me as a designer. While others have weighed up the risks and decided to offer their patterns via PDF download, I have decided the risk for me is too great.<\/p>\n

Usually this question is asked by someone who would NEVER consider illegally sharing patterns. It is so easy for stitchers to forget that not everyone is as honest as they are. But unfortunately dishonest people are out there, and the difference that they make can be large – as in Kirsten’s case with The Gift of Stitching.<\/p>\n

I understand that downloading patterns is terribly attractive to stitchers – you can have it almost instantly, and assuming you’ve got a lovely large stash from which to draw, you could get started on it almost immediately. You wouldn’t have to wait for the pattern to be posted to you. I get that. I think it would be great too! However, post does not actually take that long. My patterns are sent as large letters, and the Australia Post website generally says that even if they are being posted internationally, they should only take 3-10 working days to arrive. Within Australia it can be much quicker, sometimes even arriving the next day!<\/p>\n

If technology changes to the point where PDF downloads become possible to control in terms of illegal sharing, then I will certainly consider it. However, at the moment I just don’t feel the technology is there. I am sorry if this disappoints you!<\/p>\n

This is a conversation I am very willing to have, so if you have thoughts on the matter, I am happy to hear from you. You can leave your comments below, and then we can all join in the conversation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since putting my new pattern up on Facebook, my blog and on my website I’ve had a particular question a few times (or variations of it!).<\/p>\n

“Why don’t you sell this as a PDF download?”<\/p>\n

This is an excellent question, so let me answer it for you.<\/p>\n

PDF delivery is fraught with so many problems. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-embroidery-musings","category-new-products","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6088"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6093,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6088\/revisions\/6093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}