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THUMBS UP/THUMBS DOWN
AWARDS AND OTHERWISE TO SHAREWARE DISTRIBUTORS
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Once in a while you spot a shareware distributor who adds a
little twist of value, education or just plain old fashioned
service and want to pass along an "attaboy" for a job well done.
Other times you might want to turn thumbs down. Do you have a
favorite (or not so favorite) disk vendor? Drop us a line!
This issue we offer two thumbs up awards and one thumbs down:
Our first thumbs up to THE SOFTWARE LABS, 3767 Overland Ave -
#112-115, Los Angeles, CA 90034. 800/359-9998. Several shareware
authors have written me to confirm my own suspicions. This
shareware vendor is a POWERHOUSE! Authors, for some reason
are reporting MORE REGISTRATIONS from this source than any
others. I am seeing the same thing myself in an emerging pattern.
They are doing something different, better and magical. A thumbs
up is in order.
Our second thumbs up to Public Brand Software, POB 51315,
Indianapolis, IN 46251. 317/856-7571. I could award the thumbs
up for their consistently high quality catalog, superb selection
of software, world class BBS or eagle-eye reviewer Marcia Meier,
but no, the award is for one simple fact: their sponsorship of
the 1991 Summer Shareware Seminar (June 21-23 in Indianapolis).
This is a vendor who looks into the future and is willing to put
something back into the industry. Thumbs up well deserved!
A mild thumbs down this issue goes to Gemini Marketing, POB
640, Duvall, WA 98019-0640. 800/346-0139. Gemini is a solid
vendor with good catalogs, prompt service and an aggressive
advertising campaign in national magazines, most notably
Computer Shopper. My concern is that they seem to be falling
behind the pack in maintaining current versions of shareware and
offering the latest and best which other vendors seem to locate
and list quickly. Perhaps their plunge into shareware for the
Macintosh, Atari, Commodore and Apple plus a plethora of newly
opened retail outlets in major cities has them spread a little
thin at the moment. Their next day delivery (at no extra charge)
system is to be commended but one wonders if their main
collection of shareware is about 6 months behind other industry
vendors . . .