Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!uace0 From: uace0@menudo.uh.edu (Michael B. Vederman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Publishers Message-ID: <1991May16.140706.26180@menudo.uh.edu> Date: 16 May 91 14:07:06 GMT References: <1991May10.185652.19983@lsuc.on.ca> <1059@isgtec.UUCP> Organization: University of Houston Lines: 56 In article <1059@isgtec.UUCP> ken@isgtec.UUCP (Ken Newman) writes: > >In article <1991May10.185652.19983@lsuc.on.ca>, jimomura@lsuc.on.ca (Jim >Omura) writes: >|> >|> I've just finished a program and magazine article and I sent it >|> off to STart Magazine. So right now, I'm planning my next bit of >|> work... >|> All I've seen lately in North America for paying work is STart Magazine. >|> > >Good luck in getting your stuff published in Start. If it does by some >miracle, you will not get paid for it. As far as I have been able to tell, >they have not been paying authors for a long time (including me). Start is >going down real fast. They are not getting any advertising money - advertisers >are staying away in droves. I actually heard recently they've been running >some ads *for free* just to try and keep things alive. Bob Brodie is doing >his new column for free. A great pity, Start's kinda all there is left >in terms of mainstream Atari magazines in North America. >- kn You're not the Lone Ranger! STart is dead! The magazine is not being published any more. Antic software is in (and I quote) "Survival mode" and is selling all their ST software at outrageous prices, and even trying to cut special deals with distributors. They have not paid us for two (2!) years for the sales of Shadow!!! *** As a side note, we have terminated the contract with Antic and now have *** regained complete control of Shadow. WE ARE UPGRADING SHADOW NOW!!! *** Stay tuned for more details about Shadow 2.0! We heard and are doing! They say they have "every intention of paying everyone we owe money to." Sure, sure... We hope so. As an editorial aside... It is truly sad to see this happen. I remember buying Antic #1 when I had my 8-bit. I 'grew up' with Antic, watched them grow and become a major selling point for Atari. They were the last cornerstone in the US market. (OK, so ICD now is the last cornerstone - at least they are doing ok). If anyone wants to keep tabs or follow the creative forces that were once Antic software, then buy AutoDesk software. Many of the Atari greats from Antic work there (Tom Hudson, Jim Kent, Gary Yost, etc...) - mike -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Double Click Me | Double Click Software | P.O. Box 741206 | Houston, Tx, 77274 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Voice: (713)977-6520 | DC DESKTOP | DC FORMATTER | DC UTILITIES | and others