I know ala carte will be more expensive, but only if I buy a lot of issues. I don't expect I will. 3/1 was good, but it wasn't $7.95 good. Out of all of the stuff there, I think the gemstones article was nice, so was the guild (with maps, even), and the Necromantic Tools article was excellent. Otherwise...it just wasn't stuff I need. If I'd previewed the magazine first, say, in a store, I wouldn't have bought it.
I'd actually prefer a model I've seen elsewhere:
Issues cost $7.95 each. A year costs $70. Individual articles cost $2.50 each. That way, you are still better off with a sub than individual issues, and issues instead of articles, but if you want just one article you can get that.
That's how, for example, Performance Menu magazine operates. I've gotten individual issues, individual articles, and now I maintain a subscription to it.
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I'd actually prefer a model I've seen elsewhere:
Issues cost $7.95 each. A year costs $70. Individual articles cost $2.50 each. That way, you are still better off with a sub than individual issues, and issues instead of articles, but if you want just one article you can get that.
That's how, for example, Performance Menu magazine operates. I've gotten individual issues, individual articles, and now I maintain a subscription to it.