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<blockquote data-quote="Aberzanzorax" data-source="post: 5429213" data-attributes="member: 64209">Well, my main concern isn't that articles come out in a clump on Friday...or that there is not an obvious schedule that the customers can see.&nbsp;My main concern is that this provides WotC with the opportunity to take the mags much less seriously, potentially producing less product and inferior product, with less of an overall vision for a given month of the magazine.&nbsp;I may be naive in regards to e-publishing. I still don't understand why someone producing a professional magazine can't or, perhaps, wouldn't have their copy at a minimum of a week in advance, ready to go.&nbsp;&nbsp;What I'm most concerned about (and why I wrote the &quot;history&quot; in the OP) is that this may be the beginning of a backslide to the &quot;standards&quot; they had when WotC first took over the mags.&nbsp;I've already read several recent complaints about a decrease in quality and quantity (haven't verified those myself, but I have noted them). These were before the recent announcements where they have scaled back their own accountability with publishing dates and a monthly compilation.&nbsp;&nbsp;If we see a further decrease in quantity and quality over the next 6 months, I will think my fears have been justified here. If not? Then maybe I'm tilting at windmills.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aberzanzorax, post: 5429213, member: 64209"] Well, my main concern isn't that articles come out in a clump on Friday...or that there is not an obvious schedule that the customers can see. My main concern is that this provides WotC with the opportunity to take the mags much less seriously, potentially producing less product and inferior product, with less of an overall vision for a given month of the magazine. I may be naive in regards to e-publishing. I still don't understand why someone producing a professional magazine can't or, perhaps, wouldn't have their copy at a minimum of a week in advance, ready to go. What I'm most concerned about (and why I wrote the "history" in the OP) is that this may be the beginning of a backslide to the "standards" they had when WotC first took over the mags. I've already read several recent complaints about a decrease in quality and quantity (haven't verified those myself, but I have noted them). [B][I]These were before the recent announcements[/I][/B] where they have scaled back their own accountability with publishing dates and a monthly compilation. If we see a further decrease in quantity and quality over the next 6 months, I will think my fears have been justified here. If not? Then maybe I'm tilting at windmills. [/QUOTE]

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