newsbytes@clarinet.com (02/04/90)
SURREY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, 1990 FEB 1 (NB) -- UpDate Publishing has introduced a package of clip art for PC Paintbrush, and is planning a home business computing magazine. Robert Allinson of UpDate told Newsbytes the Desk Art package will be sold mainly in Canada, at least initially. It contains clip art on more than 50 topics, scanned at 300 dots-per-inch. PC Paintbrush Version 3.5 or later, PC Paintbrush Plus or Publisher's Paintbrush is required to retrieve and manipulate the images, which can be used with PC PageMaker, Ventura Publisher, WordPerfect and other packages. The price is C$49.95. UpDate also plans to launch a magazine for home-office computer users, also called UpDate, in March. The monthly magazine will be similar to the United States' Home Office Computing, Allinson said. "Most of the mainstream computer magazines are aimed at the so-called power users," he remarked, and offer little for those using computers for home businesses or telecommuting. Initial distribution will focus on Canada's four western provinces, he added. UpDate has previously published three books on personal computing topics. (Grant Buckler/19900202/Press Contact: Robert Allinson, UpDate Publishing, 604-597-0881)