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<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 8054814" data-attributes="member: 4348"><p>I think Paizo got stuck between a rock and a hard place. I don't know their schedules or printing calendar, but if it is like some other places, planning starts over a year or two in ADVANCE of the actual publishing date. The work on this was done six months ago, it's already been written. It's could be a year and half completed of work already at this point. Changing things at the last minute can be incredibly expensive and difficult. The fact that they included extra notes at the beginning already shows that they took some effort to try to change things (that includes printing plates or presses, etc).</p><p></p><p>This is not something most publishers can change on a dime. It takes time, and if this AP was about to be released, it is incredibly hard to change it at a few weeks notice.</p><p></p><p>Now, some may say they could have just not released it, and that is true. However, that means an empty gap in their publishing cycle. The next AP, though written probably was not ready to be released yet, and if I recall, they make a LOT of money off of their subscription model. Killing 6 months of money is not a good situation for them to be in either (especially this year when many CONS and other outlets for sales have disappeared).</p><p></p><p>I don't think there was an easy choice in this, and it's a bad road either way they chose. One way they lose a lot of money and make people mad who are subscribers (and who knows, if it's tight enough, even go into bankruptcy). The other way, they might not make as much money, they still make some people mad, but they at least make SOME money.</p><p></p><p>Hard choice, not one that I envy they had to make.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 8054814, member: 4348"] I think Paizo got stuck between a rock and a hard place. I don't know their schedules or printing calendar, but if it is like some other places, planning starts over a year or two in ADVANCE of the actual publishing date. The work on this was done six months ago, it's already been written. It's could be a year and half completed of work already at this point. Changing things at the last minute can be incredibly expensive and difficult. The fact that they included extra notes at the beginning already shows that they took some effort to try to change things (that includes printing plates or presses, etc). This is not something most publishers can change on a dime. It takes time, and if this AP was about to be released, it is incredibly hard to change it at a few weeks notice. Now, some may say they could have just not released it, and that is true. However, that means an empty gap in their publishing cycle. The next AP, though written probably was not ready to be released yet, and if I recall, they make a LOT of money off of their subscription model. Killing 6 months of money is not a good situation for them to be in either (especially this year when many CONS and other outlets for sales have disappeared). I don't think there was an easy choice in this, and it's a bad road either way they chose. One way they lose a lot of money and make people mad who are subscribers (and who knows, if it's tight enough, even go into bankruptcy). The other way, they might not make as much money, they still make some people mad, but they at least make SOME money. Hard choice, not one that I envy they had to make. [/QUOTE]
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