I love it.
Quill & Quire is the publishing industry’s magazine of gossip, news, reviews and commentary. It used to be on tabloid size paper, 11 x 17, staple-bound. Quill & Quire is now 8.5 x 11–although I haven’t pulled out a ruler–and perfect bound. The Q&Q is still on newsprint, but now it is 100% ancient forest friendly paper. Legacy Brite, to be exact. Thank you Quill.
The new format gets full marks in my book. It is easier for me to cart around. I can read it and eat my lunch in a limited space. The new size makes the mag seem more chunky. The interior design and layout is much better, easier to read, and in colour.
My only compliant about the Quill and Quire is that often the newsstand has issues on sale before my subscription arrives in the mailbox. Someone explained to me that the newsstand copies and the subscriptions are sent out two different ways and that’s why there’s a discrepancy. I understand, but I don’t care. I’d really like to read each issue as soon as possible and it rots my socks to see it on the newsstand and then wonder how long it will be for my lone copy to wander over the Rockies.
All in all, one compliant and millions of praise. So far the praise is out weighing the compliant.