From: ray kaliss@pcnet.com Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: SDN Newsletter for Shareware Authors Date: 19 May 1995 23:45:27 GMT SDN International(sm) ===================================== May 18th 1995 The Shareware Author's Distribution Network, is growing again. SDN is the world's largest electronic distribution network of IBM compatible shareware programs. DOS, Windows and OS/2. With the cooperation of the amateur and commercial online communities, shareware files distributed world wide via SDN are posted for millions of users to download. SDN has distributed shareware for seven years. SDN is a cooperation of authors, sysops, moderators, and users in the shareware concept. SDN is starting a mailing list newsletter of SDN activity and general information for shareware author's. Some of the subjects to be covered are... o electronic distribution of shareware o marketing by distribution o download file naming conventions o author associations and organizations o description files and other add-ins o files distributed via SDN o Fidonet, BBS, commercial, and Internet posting o author interviews o satellite and the coming interactive cable pipeline o registration services o information on the next revision SDN Kit o and more... The newsletter will be periodic and available ONLY for shareware authors. To get on the mailing list - send e-mail with your name, postal address and e-mail address, include the name of at least one of your shareware products. Your postal address is kept confidential. It used by SDN for verification. Submissions for the newsletter are welcome, share your tips with other authors, but you must be a shareware author to subscribe to the newsletter of submit items. Please.. let us know what you, the shareware author, would like to see as part of our newsletter. To get on the mailing list e-mail kaliss@sdn.com