*(don't ask, I worked for a magazine once and I still don't understand why they need to get so far ahead of themselves)

*Actually, as a former journalism instructor, I can explain: You need to have your content ready to go a minimum of 90 days ahead of publication release because of printing and distribution time.  It can take six months to set up an editorial board for a single issue, pick the articles, have the contracts ready and signed, get the articles, have them edited and corrected, notify the writers about corrections (and this can turn into a major legal battle depending on the writer), get all the finished copy ready for galley proofs, proofread, print, and then distribute.

It's an incredible amount of work, actually.  Doesn't pay well either much of the time.

Now I just wish I could get ahold of 3D World on a regular basis.  My budget, being non-existant, makes living in the middle of nowhere inconvenient for subscriptions.