[comp.sys.amiga.graphics] Marketing advice sought

dart@cat23.cs.wisc.edu (UPL stuff) (03/08/91)

	Hi all,
	  (Sorry if this gets posted twice, but we've had News problems)
	  We would like to inquire about how to go about getting a piece of 
	software published. We are a small group of 3 college students who, 
	over the course of the last 3 years, have developed a rendering 
	program for the Amiga which we believe will be marketable within the 
	next few months. (We are also tentatively planning on porting it
	to the Mac.)

	Since we have no capital and have no experience in marketing or 
	business experience, we are looking for some advice. 
	We would like to know:
	1) How do we get in contact with potential publishing companies.
	2) What is involved in marketing it ourselves.
	3) If we sign with a company, what sort of terms can we expect.
	4) Can we make a living developing the product.
	5) What sort of pitfalls should we look out for.

	We will post some sample pictures and specs for the renderer at 
	abcfd20.larc.nasa.gov in /incoming/amiga/GRAPHICS/Celeritas.lzh
							  Celeritas.Readme1
							  Celeritas.Readme2

		Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

	Many thanks, 
		Abe Megahed, Eric Bazan, Larry Smith.

You can get a hold of us at one of the addresses listed below: 
dart@garfied.cs.wisc.edu	(Abe, Eric and Larry)
bazan@cae.wisc.edu		(Eric)
verbose@saavik.cs.wisc.edu	(Abe)
lawrence@khan.cs.wisc.edu	(Larry)
theboo@picard.cs.wisc.edu	(Eric)