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PRESS RELEASE
Ron Albright Contact: Ron Albright
Disktop Publishing Association 1-205-853-8269 (Voice)
1160 Huffman Road 1-205=853-8478 (FAX)
Birmingham, AL 35215 1-205-854-1660 (BBS)
NEW ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCED TO PROMOTE ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING
BIRMINGHAM, AL: The "Disktop Publisher's Association" ("DPA")
is an association for parties of all levels who share interest
in the dissimination of information in electronic ("computer
readable") format. Those eligible for membership include
authors, publishers, and consumers of on-disk publishing.
"Electronic publishing," in its broadest sense, shall
mean the authorship and production for general consumer access of any
materials which are primarily read by computer and viewed on
"paperless," "digital," and "on-disk" publishing - includes
fiction and nonfiction works that are stored and distributed
on disk or available by modem access on "bulletin board systems"
("BBSs").
Electronic publishing, in this sense, specifically does
not include programs (which are sets of instructions used by a
computer to perform other tasks) unless these programs are
designed to facilitate the reading of written materials.
Examples might include hypertext authoring programs or text viewers.
Statement of Purpose
The purpose of the DPA includes:
1. To promote, though improved public awareness, the benefits
of electronic publishing. These benefits include availability -
often on a 24 hour a day, on demand basis - of electronic
publications, faster production time, cheaper cost, easier
revision and updating, reduced consumption of natural
resources, and - using appropriate reader software - enhanced
presentation and readability.
2. To provide a forum for discussing the unique challenges of
successfully publishing and marketing disk-based publications.
Examples might include matching an author or publisher with
the appropriate medium for a proposed project. Would hypertext be
best? Plain ASCII? Multimedia?
3. A matching service will be organized to place authors -
who may not be interested in complexities of marketing and
publishing - with publishers who may be willing to assist in these
commercial aspects. "Writers write and publishers publish" is
an axiom that applies to electronic publishing as well as
traditional formats.
4. To share resources for mass marketing electronic publications.
Examples might include sharing of costs of mailing publications
to user groups, etc. DPA will also assist new authors and
publishers in getting press releases circulated and media
coverage. Sharing mailing lists with other publishers is
another possibility open to members.
Membership Requirements
The only requirement for membership shall be an interest
in the advancement of electronic publishing. No fees will be
solicited during the start-up phase.
Interested parties can contact the DPA electronically
at:
The DPI BBS - 205-854-1660. Or through electronic mail on
CompuServe (75166,2473), MCI Mail (RALBRIGHT), GEnie
(R.Albright) or through the mail at the above address.
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