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From: hes@ecsvax.UUCP (Henry Schaffer)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: serious problem facing independent developers
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Date: Wed, 11-Dec-85 13:33:23 EST
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> In conversations  between  Eric Lavitsky  and myself we've come upon something
> which troubles  us a great deal. We  are,  as are  many  of  you,  independent
> developers.  That means from  the  minute we get  home from work, till we drop
> off to sleep we work on products for the AMIGA that we hope will sell.
> ...
> Gee, how about an  ad in AMIGA World! That'd be great but there are two really
> negative factors.
> ...
> 
> (2)	The lead times are unusually long. Today, the 11th is the deadline for
> 	the March/April issue. That means  if we  wanted to spend the money we
> 	couldn't get in until May (half a year away!).
> 
   Do check for the date when the March/April Issue comes out.  Dates of 
magazines sold on news-stands are usually for the time when the issue is
*taken off* the news-stand, not for when it arrives.

> While lead times for ads are generally long, correct me if I'm wrong, isn't  6
> months longer than average?
> ...
   Yes.
> 				Perry (sittin on two products) Kivolowitz
--henry schaffer