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Introducing the New Kickstart Magazine /newsletter
Posted 08-08-2009 at 12:10 PM by quarkx
Its no secret. I have been working on the sidelines to put a Amiga based magazine /newsletter out, that I would want to read. Well, I can't quite say it's perfect yet, far from it. But with a week turn around time from pitch to a paper copy, I have been working hard.
This is a magazine for the Amiga public, BY the Amiga public, not just me. So I invite, and if I have to DARE you all to take 5 minutes ad write down an article. It can be anything Amiga related. Tips for the new bee's, the latest Iphone/Amiga game converstions, Step- by -step walk Thu guides, Comic strips or even just pictures sent in of your rig. Remember, this is YOUR magazine also.
The Magazine will be published once a month, no matter how big it is, and you can get a PDF copy for free. (You will just have to come to the website to get it) Mind you it is just a rough "first issue".
I planed to use Amiga's own Pagestream software, but the "Demo" kept crashing in Windows, so I guess I will have to dig up my old copy of Quark Express to do it properly for 4 color seps., for if it goes well, I plan to have it printed up on high quality magazine stock, -if the magazine hits 50 pages or more. Remember this is a totally Free publication, for now, there will be no subscriptions, heck we don't even have a sponsor, so you will have to hit the site around the first of the month to get it.
I welcome questions, comments and such, you can e-mail me at the website's usual address (amiga(AT)amigalounge.com.
This is a magazine for the Amiga public, BY the Amiga public, not just me. So I invite, and if I have to DARE you all to take 5 minutes ad write down an article. It can be anything Amiga related. Tips for the new bee's, the latest Iphone/Amiga game converstions, Step- by -step walk Thu guides, Comic strips or even just pictures sent in of your rig. Remember, this is YOUR magazine also.
The Magazine will be published once a month, no matter how big it is, and you can get a PDF copy for free. (You will just have to come to the website to get it) Mind you it is just a rough "first issue".
I planed to use Amiga's own Pagestream software, but the "Demo" kept crashing in Windows, so I guess I will have to dig up my old copy of Quark Express to do it properly for 4 color seps., for if it goes well, I plan to have it printed up on high quality magazine stock, -if the magazine hits 50 pages or more. Remember this is a totally Free publication, for now, there will be no subscriptions, heck we don't even have a sponsor, so you will have to hit the site around the first of the month to get it.
I welcome questions, comments and such, you can e-mail me at the website's usual address (amiga(AT)amigalounge.com.
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Hi Glen! I love your idea for a new magazine, I've been thinking of trying to start one myself for some time, or at least contribute to any others that are being made. There's also the Amiga Point of View magazine which is also available only as a PDF but it's mainly about classic games, and not so much current Amiga news.
I do a lot of betatesting of new Amiga software, games and hardware, as well as contributing to some upcoming game projects, and I like to follow all the latest happenings in the Amiga community as best I can, trying to keep informed. Although I'm currently pretty busy with all these projects, I'd love to write up an occasional article for your magazine. I'm currently designing a couple of websites, one was going to be a site about Amigas for girls with the intention of trying to get more girls to use Amigas, and for this I was going to write an occasional article and review a game. If you don't mind publishing an article that I would also have on my personal site, I could contribute those too if you'd like.
I was also thinking, would you mind if we tried to make a CD version of the magazine that would contain all the articles as well as a few videos, demos, and software that will boot up on a CDTV, CD32 or any Amiga with a CD drive (or hard drive/CF card with enough space)?
I'm sorry if you're not into any of these ideas, my head is just full of them, and I'm incredibly passionate about the Amiga and trying to revive the scene a bit.
MoyaPosted 08-16-2009 at 03:27 AM by Cammy 
