Re: II Alive

[kindall@falcon.ic.net (Jerry Kindall)]

I asked Joe Gleason about this the other day, and this is the official 
word on II Alive:

1) There will be exactly six more issues of II Alive, including the 
May/June issue which is currently in production.  (There is no 
March/April issue.  However, this doesn't mean you have missed an issue; 
when you subscribed we signed you up for six issues; we don't just blindly 
cut you off after a calendar year).

2) Since we will cease publishing after six more issues, we are not 
accepting renewals.  You are, however, considering making individual 
issues available as they are released, for those whose subscription runs 
out before we stop publishing.  Pricing has not yet been set.  Possibly 
we might offer some sort of mini-subscription (2-3 issues at a time).  We 
are still considering what to do about this.  Drop me a note and let me 
know what you think.

3) At the end of II Alive's run, any subscriber who is still owed issues 
will receive a refund for unfulfilled issues.  (It is possible that we 
might arrange for subscription transfers to another publication, but it 
seems unlikely.)

Sadly, II Alive subscriptions have been continuing to fall off and 
our Apple II business now represents less than 15% of our total sales 
volume.  It's still profitable for us to sell Apple II products at the 
moment, but with the way things are going we will be very surprised if 
the Apple II market is still profitable for us this time next year.

On an unrelated note, I will no longer be employed by Quality Computers 
after June 6, 1995.  (I will be doing consulting and freelance writing 
full time, in case anyone is wondering.)  The parting is amicable and it 
is likely I'll be working on QC projects in the future, on a contract 
basis.

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Jerry Kindall (kindall@ic.net) -- Manual Labor -- Writer for Hire