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<blockquote data-quote="UngainlyTitan" data-source="post: 9333441" data-attributes="member: 28487">I honestly do not have a clue but I do wonder if Wizards does not micromanage books from beginning to end anymore. I think they have a pipeline and a set of publication windows and when some possible book on the pipeline hits critical mass it gets the go ahead to process to full publication within that window. That is why we are still not sure on when exactly the new PHB is coming out. This is probably good for their resource management and they do seem to use a lot of free lancers but makes it impossible to coordinate with third parties who need greater lead times that WoTC can commit to. So, it is easier to do it afterwards. On the other hand perhaps, the whole thing could be on Whizkids side. May be experience tells them that if a book hits a certain sales target, it is a good bet for a mini line. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🤷‍♂️" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" title="Man shrugging&nbsp; &nbsp; :man_shrugging:" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="UngainlyTitan, post: 9333441, member: 28487"] I honestly do not have a clue but I do wonder if Wizards does not micromanage books from beginning to end anymore. I think they have a pipeline and a set of publication windows and when some possible book on the pipeline hits critical mass it gets the go ahead to process to full publication within that window. That is why we are still not sure on when exactly the new PHB is coming out. This is probably good for their resource management and they do seem to use a lot of free lancers but makes it impossible to coordinate with third parties who need greater lead times that WoTC can commit to. So, it is easier to do it afterwards. On the other hand perhaps, the whole thing could be on Whizkids side. May be experience tells them that if a book hits a certain sales target, it is a good bet for a mini line. 🤷‍♂️ [/QUOTE]

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