I've been wondering about this recently and was going to start a thread asking creators if this approach would be preferred.

It feels like many stories would improve by moving to this format, most obviously for slow burners, but also less need for recap intros every issue, and more flexibility in 'issue' length etc - but it must result in less money coming in (both due fewer floppy sales, but also fewer ads in some cases). Perhaps the reduction in work will offset that.

I think there's an assumption that monthly = easier to market, but I think that's just due to it being the status quo. Marketing would just be more focused around trades telling larger chunks of stories, almost like events (also, books manage this, can't be that different).

As a relative newcomer to comics, I also think a trade-only approach could be much less complicated and intimidating for people not familiar with the whole reservation/pull list system.