Another Bad Sign: Diamond plays bully

I think before Diamond does things like this, they can look at other avenues to cut costs. For instance, the Previews Magazine. Im pretty sure almost everyone of us has purchased at least one. Ive got like a dozen sitting on top of my comic boxes now. I got them cheap from DCBS when I was buying new comics (I miss it bad), I'll admit I flipped through it each month, but I also have to admit that about 60% of the book had shit in it I never cared about or never will. The book is too big for its own good. No one likes collecting or saving them. Its just a big book that you want to get rid of eventually. I think they would be better served going the way they did with Marvel Previews and make it more like a comic format. It could still be pretty thick, but nothing like that god awful small city phone book they have now. Maybe they can reduce listing sizes and get rid of product that arent about comics 100%. I mean if it isn't a comic book, then make another book for the other stuff with a lower print for those who are interested in the other stuff which you know are less people but they are out there. Maybe even have 2 Previews. One with the normal Big Guys including the likes of course the big two but as well as the likes of Image, Dark Horse, IDW, Avatar and a few of the other bigger guns. And then a separate smaller publication for the more obscure Indies and other oddball collectibles related to all comics they always have.

Sometimes I think Previews as it is is half the problem. This isn't 1993 anymore and comics aren't booming and everyone doesn't wants a phone book sized book to wade through product anymore. As the market has changed, they are the one who hasn't. They still have pretty much the same Publication they had then. Which besides listings, pretty much has little to no reading content in it. They should cut their own fat and then look at trimming out other creators who cant make the cut, going from the bottom up. But only after they revamp themselves 1st.