Editing PCMag (section)

===Early transition to square binding=== 
By its third issue ''PC'' was [[square binding|square-bound]], because it was too thick for [[saddle-stitch]]. At first the magazine published new issues every two months, but became monthly as of the August 1982 issue, its fourth.<ref name="bunnell19820607">{{Cite news |last=Bunnell |first=David |date=June–July 1982 |title=For Ten Minutes PC Was Free |volume=1 |page=19 |work=PC Magazine |issue=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w_OhaFDePS4C&pg=RA2-PA19 |access-date=2020-11-18  |archive-date=2023-12-19  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219105223/https://books.google.com/books?id=w_OhaFDePS4C&pg=RA2-PA19#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> In March 1983 a reader urged the magazine to consider switching to a biweekly schedule because of its thickness.<ref name="siebert198303">{{Cite news |last=Siebert, Bill |date=March 1983 |title=Double Time |page=31 |work=PC Magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7wCiNAUEuAMC&pg=RA1-PA31 |access-date=2020-11-18  |archive-date=2023-12-19  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219105224/https://books.google.com/books?id=7wCiNAUEuAMC&pg=RA1-PA31#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> Although the magazine replied to the reader's proposal with "Please say you're kidding about the bi-weekly schedule. Please?",{{r|siebert198303}} after the December 1983 issue reached 800 pages in size,<ref name="pcmag198312">{{Cite news |date=December 1983 |title=Front cover |work=PC |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=05wAGZQlo9QC&pg=PP1 |access-date=2020-11-18  |archive-date=2023-12-19  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219105226/https://books.google.com/books?id=05wAGZQlo9QC&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> in 1984 ''PC'' began publishing new issues every two weeks, with each about 400 pages in size.<ref name="sandler198411">{{Cite news |last=Sandler |first=Corey |date=November 1984 |title=IBM: Colossus of Armonk |page=298 |work=Creative Computing |url=http://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v10n11/298_IBM_colossus_of_Armonk.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928013638/http://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v10n11/298_IBM_colossus_of_Armonk.php |archive-date=2013-09-28}}</ref> In January 2008 the magazine dropped back to monthly issues.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=PC Magazine issues list |url=https://www.pcmag.com/previous_issues/0,1881,p=4,00.asp |url-status=dead |magazine=PC Magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328224315/http://www.pcmag.com/previous_issues/0,1881,p=4,00.asp |archive-date=28 March 2012}}</ref> Print circulation peaked at 1.2 million in the late 1990s. In November 2008 it was announced that the print edition would be discontinued as of the January 2009 issue, but the online version at pcmag.com would continue. By this time print circulation had declined to about 600,000.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lance Ulanoff |date=November 19, 2008 |title=PC Magazine Goes 100% Digital |url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2335009,00.asp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108074718/http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2335009,00.asp |archive-date=2011-01-08 |website=PC Magazine}}</ref><ref name="NY Times Nov 19 2008">{{Cite news |last=Clifford |first=Stephanie |date=November 19, 2008 |title=PC Magazine, a Flagship for Ziff Davis, Will Cease Printing a Paper Version |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/business/media/20mag.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713175007/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/business/media/20mag.html |archive-date=2017-07-13}}</ref> In the December 2022 issue, it was announced that the issue was the last one following the magazine format, and focus was shifted to the pcmag.com website.

The magazine had no [[ISSN]] until 1983, when<!-- when exactly? Feb 1983 issue still had no ISSB, Dec 1983 issue had ISSN --> it was assigned {{ISSN|0745-2500}}, which was later<!-- when exactly? 1991-02 issue already was 0888-8507, but probably much earlier --> changed to {{ISSN|0888-8507}}.

PC Magazine uses [[Google Books]] as the official archive of its 27 years as a print publication.<ref name="griffith20220927">{{Cite magazine |last=griffith |first=eric |date=2022-09-27 |title=40 Years of PCMag: An Illustrated Guide |url=https://www.pcmag.com/news/40-years-of-pcmag-an-illustrated-guide |url-status=live |magazine=PC Magazine |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129161810/https://www.pcmag.com/news/40-years-of-pcmag-an-illustrated-guide |archive-date=2023-01-29}}</ref>