werner@ut-ngp.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) (12/10/85)
[ Brief Review of MACBRIEFS, Vol.1 No.1, Oct/Nov 1985, $2.50 ] I took up their offer for a trial-issue, expecting another "waste of my time", but I gladly sent my $12 for a 1-year subscription, 6 bimonthly issues, after reading it. The 70 plus pages contain few ads, small print of reasonable quality, with references to articles, reviews, books, news-items, anything about the MAC classified extensively. brief citations of anything printed, basically. It's as if someone had read everything in print for you, feeding you the information as condensed as possible, so you can find what interests you QUICKLY and EASILY. MacBriefs, PO Box 2178, Huntington Beach CA 92647 (714)842-0518 The newsletter also contained a free offer for the premier issue of MacPublishing, a quarterly to appear with Winter 1986 (I expect this to be *THIS* winter) and I quote: MacPublishing Quarterly, the How-To Journal for Macintosh publishers. Creating magazines, newspapers, bulletins, programs, trade journals, newsletters ... Communicate! * More technology is being developed every day. * Typesetting is rapidly becoming obsolete. * Original Reviews, Editorials on the whole field. * Case Studies of new startups and conversions. * Tutorials by experts help you get on the fast track. WHO? Everyone interested in using Macintosh to publish [anything] 4 issues $20 - same address and phone-number as above. Given that MacBriefs was published using the Mac exclusively (other than the print master on a Linotronic 100P Imagesetter - at 723/1446 lines per inch!) I'd expect Taylor Barcroft (Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, and probably owner of the garage where this is all run out of .. ) knows as much about using the Mac for publishing as anyone. Look it over, is my recommendation. Disclaimer: nope, no connections, other than subscriber. Cheers, ---Werner PS: There is, of course, no telling, if the company will be consistent or even be around for very long. Follow-up opinions are encouraged.