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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 3469972" data-attributes="member: 19675">Given that there are many periodicals (The Sun, The Economist, The NY Times, The NO Times-Picayune, and the entire Guitar Player/Bass Player stable of magazines, to name but a few) that have both a print form and an online form, it is quite probable that every one of WotC's customers could have come first.WotC had a chance to have a Win-Win situation and blew it.You support what works.  You support what your customers view as a significant reason for giving you their money.Personally, I think WotC is overestimating the popularity of e-zines.  My personal experience with the 2 mags is that usually, one person in the group buys the magazine, and everyone else borrows it.  While not impossible, it's a bit more difficult to do that with an e-zine.(And, for the record, I'm no technophobe- I've been mixing computers & gaming since the mid-80s.  I have always gone back to non-electronic gaming supplies & techniques.  They're a supplement, not a replacement)While Pyramid is cited as an exemplar of the shift from print to e-publishing, even that decision cost them readers.  Myself, for instance.</blockquote>