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<blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 1933698" data-attributes="member: 5171"><p>While I am definitely bummed, I don't want to totally dismiss what the editor is saying out of hand. I'm sure that he's putting a happy spin on whatever's going on, but it is possible for too much success to hurt a publisher. If demand for a magazine outstrips their capability to supply it, they have to either spend a lot more money to get their supply up on short notice or admit that they're sold out and some people who want their stuff can't get it -- both of which hurt the magazine.</p><p></p><p>I also know that it's been really tough to find <em>Amazing</em> on magazine racks, and that almost all the sales of the magazine have come from people signing up with subscriptions. This'd seem wonderful, but if I'm remembering a talk at WorldCon correctly, most magazine publishers would rather that people buy a magazine every month off the rack instead of signing up for a subscription, because they make more money off the rack. If they have a special introductory deal (which they did, I think) on their subscriptions, and a lot of people signed up, and that's the only money coming in because they had trouble getting on magazine racks, then it's possible that the success of having a ton of people sign up for subscriptions ended up making Paizo take a loss.</p><p></p><p>Sorry if I'm not saying that well. I know just enough economics to know that I don't understand economics, but that was what I heard at the convention from a bunch of magazine publishers -- "We ended up going out of business because so many people who bought us off the rack subscribed... and stopped buying us off the rack." That <strong>may</strong> have something to do with it.</p><p></p><p>Or, possibly, Tacky's mystic curse strikes again, and publishing my fiction has caused the magazine to fold... :\</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takyris, post: 1933698, member: 5171"] While I am definitely bummed, I don't want to totally dismiss what the editor is saying out of hand. I'm sure that he's putting a happy spin on whatever's going on, but it is possible for too much success to hurt a publisher. If demand for a magazine outstrips their capability to supply it, they have to either spend a lot more money to get their supply up on short notice or admit that they're sold out and some people who want their stuff can't get it -- both of which hurt the magazine. I also know that it's been really tough to find [i]Amazing[/i] on magazine racks, and that almost all the sales of the magazine have come from people signing up with subscriptions. This'd seem wonderful, but if I'm remembering a talk at WorldCon correctly, most magazine publishers would rather that people buy a magazine every month off the rack instead of signing up for a subscription, because they make more money off the rack. If they have a special introductory deal (which they did, I think) on their subscriptions, and a lot of people signed up, and that's the only money coming in because they had trouble getting on magazine racks, then it's possible that the success of having a ton of people sign up for subscriptions ended up making Paizo take a loss. Sorry if I'm not saying that well. I know just enough economics to know that I don't understand economics, but that was what I heard at the convention from a bunch of magazine publishers -- "We ended up going out of business because so many people who bought us off the rack subscribed... and stopped buying us off the rack." That [b]may[/b] have something to do with it. Or, possibly, Tacky's mystic curse strikes again, and publishing my fiction has caused the magazine to fold... :\ [/QUOTE]
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