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- From: jralph@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Jolyon Ralph")
- Subject: Re: JAM
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- Organization: Compulink Information eXchange
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- Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 22:23:54 GMT
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-
- JAM has been bought and taken over by Larry Hickmott.
-
- Here's a press release:
-
-
-
- 25/1/96
-
- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
-
- JAM SPREADS ITS WINGS
-
- Hello. I'm not the editor any more and I have some
- explaining to do.
-
- Not to mince words, I bit off more than I could chew, so I
- had to spit something out. After much searching of the soul
- and wringing of the hands, I spat out JAM.
-
- Now then. Don't panic. JAM isn't folding. Well, except down
- the middle where the staples are, that is. JAM is in good
- hands. And many of you will know those hands. They are Larry
- Hickmott's hands.
-
- Larry, as long-time subscribers will recall, was my
- assistant a couple of years back. He was with me about eight
- months and then we parted company. Larry went off to pull
- his own cart, you might say. And pull it very well and very
- far he has.
-
- When I took on Larry as my assistant it was with the full
- intention of training him up on all aspects of running and
- producing JAM, and then, once he had a firm grip on the
- ropes, handing over total control to him, leaving me to go
- off and start some new projects. For reasons which are
- unimportant it didn't pan out that way. Nevertheless, that
- urge inside me to do something new kept growing, and shortly
- before Christmas I joined Bookmark Publishing to take on
- some new challenges. Careful thought went into whether I
- could face those challenges and still produce and publish
- JAM. I thought I could.
-
- Book publishing, I have discovered, is a far more time
- consuming business than I anticipated. There are any number
- of little problems that crop up every day, most of which
- have to be sorted out there and then else someone else can't
- get on with their job.
-
- The bottom line is I ran out of time.
-
- Even after only three months it became clear that I was
- doing both jobs---book publishing and JAM---poorly. Unlike
- in the past, because of my new commitments JAM had to take a
- lower priority, and I could see me killing it with neglect
- if I didn't act. So act I did.
-
- JAM now belongs to L H Publishing. As the new owner, Larry
- naturally may do what he likes. I doubt if it'll change all
- that much, and I'm sure whatever changes Larry makes, if
- any, will be only for the better. Strange how things have
- worked out the way I planned, albeit via a different route.
-
- Anyway, as for myself, I fully intend to continue to write
- some bits and bobs for JAM in my spare time. Whether they
- get published or not will of course be up to the new editor.
- Don't imagine I'm turning my back on the magazine. It'll be
- a refreshing change to read it from the other side of the
- fence.
-
- Before I hand over to Larry may I just thank everyone who
- has helped me and JAM over the past six years. There are too
- many of you to mention individually, but you know who you
- are. I hope I've paid my way with you all, but if I've any
- outstanding favours, you know where I am. Don't be shy. And
- don't be strangers. My phone number at Bookmark is 01525
- 713671; my fax number is 01525 713716; my e-mail address is
- bookmark@hisoft.co.uk.
-
- So keep in touch. Bye.
-
- Jeff Walker,
- (ex Editor, JAM)
- Bookmark Publishing.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------
-
- The new contact details for JAM are:
-
- Larry Hickmott
- Just Amiga Monthly
- L H Publishing
- 13 Gairloch Avenue
- Bletchley
- MK2 3HD
-
- Phone 01908 370230
-
-