Trust me; no one gets Bob's points more than I do
But the biggest reason for keeping a print copy going is readers and users need to have something tangible if they are not buying an item on line.
Having said that; thanks to the abomination that was the early years of this decades when it came to new products being released (i.e. 90+ baseball products in 2004 before hitting team issues; etc.) caused the overload of pages.
I do agree with Bob that print is so 2000's but I personally, and I suspect most of the readers of this board, prefer to have something tangible to look up items with.
And the other; unspoken reason for keeping a print publication going is that having such a deadline always keeps on on their toes for new items. Out of sight, out of mind and especially so if such a book like the SC was only on line.
I may write more later, but with my experience I'd hate to see such a book fall by the wayside.
Rich
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