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<blockquote data-quote="Thomasson" data-source="post: 272192" data-attributes="member: 4929"><p><strong>Regarding timing . . .</strong></p><p></p><p>The problem with having a bimonthly magazine is that it seems like you're always either two months early or two months late when it comes to hyping a new product release. With the Epic Level Handbook, we figured releasing the adventure early would lend to the anticipation of the product's release (I'd like to think we were partially successful) as well as support the product once it was out. Also, our release schedule is really weird, although not that strange for the publishing industry at large. For example, our July/August issue goes to subscribers in late May and hits newsstands near the first of June. This is just a fact of life in magazine publishing. So it might seem early, but the adventure does appear in the July issue, the month the product was released.</p><p></p><p>Okay, so that justification is a bit of a stretch. The reality is that I was already re-examining our support policy for just this reason. As an example of the attempted change, we have an adventure scheduled for issue #95 (that's the November/December 2002 issue) in support of a certain vile product releasing in October. So the magazine will hit newsstands just before the book hits the shelves. </p><p></p><p>This sort of feedback is just the type of information I'm always hungry for. Thanks, everyone! Keep it coming.</p><p></p><p>As an aside, I'd like to mention that Erik Mona, Jesse Decker, Johnny Wilson, and I will actually be attending Gen Con this year (our attendance was in doubt until just a couple weeks ago). We have a number of cool events planned, including two Dungeon playtests. Our area is in the Wizards of the Coast castle, and we're hoping that we'll be able to get a list of our events posted online sometime in the near future.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thomasson, post: 272192, member: 4929"] [b]Regarding timing . . .[/b] The problem with having a bimonthly magazine is that it seems like you're always either two months early or two months late when it comes to hyping a new product release. With the Epic Level Handbook, we figured releasing the adventure early would lend to the anticipation of the product's release (I'd like to think we were partially successful) as well as support the product once it was out. Also, our release schedule is really weird, although not that strange for the publishing industry at large. For example, our July/August issue goes to subscribers in late May and hits newsstands near the first of June. This is just a fact of life in magazine publishing. So it might seem early, but the adventure does appear in the July issue, the month the product was released. Okay, so that justification is a bit of a stretch. The reality is that I was already re-examining our support policy for just this reason. As an example of the attempted change, we have an adventure scheduled for issue #95 (that's the November/December 2002 issue) in support of a certain vile product releasing in October. So the magazine will hit newsstands just before the book hits the shelves. This sort of feedback is just the type of information I'm always hungry for. Thanks, everyone! Keep it coming. As an aside, I'd like to mention that Erik Mona, Jesse Decker, Johnny Wilson, and I will actually be attending Gen Con this year (our attendance was in doubt until just a couple weeks ago). We have a number of cool events planned, including two Dungeon playtests. Our area is in the Wizards of the Coast castle, and we're hoping that we'll be able to get a list of our events posted online sometime in the near future. [/QUOTE]
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