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- Subject: ATARI CLASSICS SUBSCRIPTION DRIVE
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- Date: 7 Sep 92 19:09:58 GMT
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- ********************** A T A R I C L A S S I C S **********************
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- ------------------- ATARI CLASSICS SUBSCRIPTION DRIVE --------------------
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- In response to inquiries about subscriptions to Atari Classics, we
- apologize for any confusion and beg your patience and understanding as we
- struggle through our startup phase. AC is still in process of being formed,
- and our main priority is to have the Premier Issue ready in time for WAACE.
-
- AC is NOT officially accepting paid subscriptions at this particular time.
- We will begin accepting paid subscriptions by mail as of October 12, 1992.
- Look for an announcement on all networks around the 2nd week of October,
- giving details on subscription plans and fees.
-
- We plan to start our official subscription drive at the WAACE Fest in
- Reston, Virginia October 10-11. If all goes according to plan, we will have
- advance copies of the Premier Issue of Atari Classics- and subscription forms-
- available at the Unicorn Publications booth. I plan to be there in person,
- along with Bill and Pattie Rayl, to hawk our wares and collect subscriptions.
-
- People should understand there is a slight element of risk involved. AC will
- require a subscriber base of 500 to maintain its proposed bimonthly publication
- schedule. If fewer than 500 people subscribe, we can't guarantee you'll get
- 6 issues for your money. If only a very few subscriptions are received, the
- magazine may sputter on for several more issues then die out completely. If
- we die, there will be no refunds. Officially, we are really only in business
- for one issue. We are gambling that the interest expressed by the 8bit
- community in the Atari Classics concept will be followed through with enough
- subscriptions to make AC a viable enterprise in 1993.
-
- The Premier Issue will be distributed for free to all individuals who sent in
- their Mail Campaign pledge cards over the past winter/spring. It will also be
- sent to those who have mailed in their postal address in response to the
- announcements posted since AC became official on August 5, 1992. Although we
- are making every effort to insure these people will get their free issue,
- demand has been unexpectedly heavy, and we are considering possibilities for
- increasing our initial print run from 800 to perhaps 1000 or more. We want to
- assure the 600 people who sent in pledge cards that they are our FIRST priority
- and will absolutely receive the free Premier Issue (and, along with it, the
- opportunity to become a paid subscriber). Without the Faithful 600, AC would
- never have come into being, and we have not forgotten that!
-
- We are delighted with the enthusiastic response we have thus far received, and
- would prefer all interested parties to just send us their name and postal
- mailing address at this time instead of trying to subscribe. Send your address
- to:
- Atari Classics
- 179 Sproul Road/Rt. 352
- Frazer, PA 19355
- ATTN: B. Poehland, Mging. Ed.
-
- You can also send your mailing address via email to me on GEnie or Internet:
-
- GEnie : B.POEHLAND
- Internet: poehland%phvax.dnet@smithkline.com
-
- Compuserve or Delphi users who don't have Internet access can send their postal
- mailing address to our Telecommunications Editor, Lawrence Estep:
-
- Delphi: LESTEP
- CIS : 71450,1050
-
- who will forward them to the magazine. Several folks have sent us their email
- address; that doesn't help us much since it's kinda hard to send a hardcopy
- magazine to an email address. Postal addresses only, everyone!
-
- The Premier Issue will contain a Subscription Form. We want you to see and
- feel our product before you plunk down your cash. To some extent your
- subscription will be an act of faith. But the Premier Issue itself will be
- an act of faith, extended to those members of the 8bit community who have
- already expressed their faith in us and their willingness to take a chance on
- their- our- own future.
-
- AC asks all potential subscribers to be patient, wait for things to develop at
- a pace we can handle. We on the Staff of AC are part-timers and amateurs;
- after only a few weeks in operation we are at best a disorganized rabble. We
- need time to shake down as a team and set schedules we can keep. Please give
- us that time, and hold aside your subscription money until October 12. But if
- you really just can't wait, then present yourself at the Unicorn booth at WAACE
- on October 10 where I'll be glad to assist you in making a withdrawal from your
- wallet in support of Atari Classics <grin!>.
-
- A final note: The mass mailing of the Premier Issue is tentatively scheduled
- for the last week of October, and it will contain a Subscription Form.
-
-
- - BEN POEHLAND
- Managing Editor
- Atari Classics
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