This time around I'd like to showcase an
excellent self-promotion mailing list from Alternative Comics.
After this review, as an added bonus, I've thrown in a
subscription/access directions for a couple of e-zines that I've
recently subscribed to and found extremely
interesting.
It's my feeling that Jeff Mason,
publisher of Alternative Comics provides an excellent service to
his press fans, as well as shamelessly promoting all things to
do with Alternative Comics.
Review -
Alternative Comics' Mailing List
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Quick
Rating: |
Overall - 5
Content - 5
Writing - 5
Regularity
- 5
Extras - 3
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E-zine Description: This mailing list
is a one way forum for news, press releases, info blurbs and
hype about Alternative comics. Jeff Mason ships out timely
information about the independent/alternative comics world
mostly as it applies to Alternative Comics and its excellent
stable of comics and magazines.
Frequency of
Publication: When needed
Subscription
Instructions:
Send a request to:
Jeff Mason at jmason@gator.net
WWW
location: http://www.indyworld.com/comics/
Contact
Information:
e-mail: jmason@gator.net
Cost:
Utterly Free
Review
Content -
5
Wide ranging but very focused.
Jeff mainly provides news bits and press releases, but inside
these are great tidbits like recent award nominees, new comics,
artist information and convention locations and times. The info
might be slanted, but it effectively gets the Jeff Mason and
associated hype out there while providing tangible and useful
info to subscribers.
Writing
Quality/Style - 5
Very professional.
Each mailer is generally written like a press release imitating
a "newsie" style; looks and sounds objective, but is
properly sprinkled with the news that Jeff wants to get out. (I
guess you can see Jeff's lawyerly writing skill here).
Regularity -
5
No set schedule (as far as I can
tell), but information is very timely.
Extras -
3
Not much for typical extras here.
There are always excellent and appropriate links to further info
on the Web, but the typical e-mail have to haves aren't there.
No how-to un/subscribe info in each mailer. I believe that Jeff
moderates this list himself, but really I can't tell.
Overall -
5
An excellent example of combining
focused industry news with specific/company hype. Well written,
timely, informative and free. Gotta like it! (well you don't
have to but heck I think its snazzy).
E-zine
Title: CCNet
Digest
E-zine
Description: The CCNet is a scholarly electronic network.
Information circulated on this network is for scholarly and
educational use only. The CCNet Digest provides a daily mailer
showcasing opinions and information about geological and
historical neo-catastophism, NEO research and the hazards to
civilization due to comets, asteroids and meteor streams, and
the development of a planetary civilization capable of
protecting itself against cosmic disasters.
Frequency of
Publication: daily+
Subscription
Instructions:
Visit: http://abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/cccmenu.html
Note: Given the volume of information provided via
this list, and its personal list moderation please do not
subscribe to this list lightly.
WWW
location: http://abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/cccmenu.html
Contact
Information:
Visit: http://abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/cccmenu.html
Cost:
Free
E-zine
Title: BotSpot
Newsletter
E-zine
Description: From the site: BotSpot's free monthly
newsletter is emailed to you on the 15th of each month with
previous month's NewBots samples, Best of the Bots summaries,
previous month's happenings and events in the fields of
[Internet/On-line] Bots, Intelligent Agents and Artificial
Intelligence. Links back to BotSpot's valuable information at www.botspot.com are
incorporated throughout this monthly newsletter available in
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Frequency of
Publication: monthly
Subscription
Instructions:
Visit: http://botspot.com/newsletter/index.html
WWW
location: http://botspot.com/newsletter/index.html
Contact
Information:
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Cost:
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