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About InterText Magazine
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Send all correspondence to: intertext@etext.org.
> Editor: Jason Snell (jsnell@etext.org)
> Assistant Editor: Geoff Duncan (gaduncan@halcyon.com)
> Assistant Editor: Susan Grossman (c/o intertext@etext.org)
InterText is a free, on-line bi-monthly fiction magazine. It
publishes material ranging from mainstream stories to fantasy to
horror to science fiction to humor. InterText reaches thousands
of readers on six continents and is now in its fifth year of
publication.
InterText Formats
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InterText publishes in ASCII/Setext (plain text), PostScript
(laser printer), PDF (Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format),
and HTML (World Wide Web) formats.
The ASCII/Setext version can be read by anyone, because it's in
plain text. Users of setext browsers (like the Macintosh
application Easy View and the UNIX application sv) can use their
browser to index InterText and read it more easily.
The PostScript version of InterText is meant to be sent to a
PostScript or PostScript-compatible laser printer. This version
looks like a traditional print magazine, including cover art
(obviously unavailable to ASCII readers) and other layout
touches. If you have access to a PostScript printer and are
planning to read InterText on paper, this is the way to go.
The PDF version of InterText is for Mac, Windows, DOS and UNIX
users who either don't have a PostScript printer or don't wish
to print InterText. The PDF version is based on our PostScript
edition, so it includes all the graphics, fonts, and layouts of
that version -- but you can read it on-screen or print it out to
a non-PostScript printer if you so choose.
Reading it requires Acrobat viewer, available via FTP from Adobe
at:
<ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/Applications/Acrobat/>
How to Subscribe
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Send mail to intertext@etext.org. In the Subject: header,
specify which subscription list you'd like to be on by using one
of the following subjects:
subscribe ascii
subscribe ps
subscribe notification
This will let us automatically process your subscription
request. If you have a special request, be sure not to put any
of the above headers in your subject line.
We offer editions in the following formats:
* ASCII - Our ASCII issue will be sent directly to your mailbox.
(Size: 100-250K, usually split into two or three messages of
less than 100K)
* PostScript - Our PostScript issue will be sent to your
mailbox, compressed and uuencoded as a MIME attachment. NOTE:
subscribers who want to read the PostScript files _and_ have FTP
access are requested to use the 'Notification List' (see below),
since it lightens the load on mail servers and decreases net
traffic. (If you can't accept mail in this form but would still
be interested in getting the PostScript edition, send the
editors some e-mail. We have a few small speciality PostScript
lists for those who can't get our issue in one bulk uuencoded
mime attachment.)
* Notification List - For Internet, CompuServe, and AOL users
who would prefer to use FTP to retrieve our issues (and save on
net e-mail bandwidth), for people who'd rather read our issues
on the World Wide Web, and for users of on-line services like
CompuServe and America Online who would rather download the
issue from a file area on their home system. Subscribers to this
list will just receive a brief note letting them know when a new
issue has been released. If you'd like to read the PDF files,
this is also your way of knowing they're out there.
For Prospective Writers
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If you're interested in writing for InterText, send a message to
intertext@etext.org with the word 'guidelines' in the subject
for a copy of our Writers Guidelines.
Simply put, InterText accepts most kinds of fiction and will
consider non-fiction work. However, the magazine is not
equivalent to an unmoderated newsgroup; the editors accept only
stories which they feel are of publishable quality.
New writers are encouraged to submit; InterText's place as an
on-line publication allows us to give unpublished writers their
first chances. The magazine has published numerous first-time
writers, as well as several established authors.
The electronic medium is faceless; all writers are given an
equal hearing regardless of background or experience.
Back Issues
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If you'd like to see back issues of InterText, you can FTP
them from:
> ftp.etext.org (192.131.22.7) in /Zines/InterText
or (except PDF files)
> network.ucsd.edu (128.54.16.3) in /intertext
Login as anonymous, with your e-mail address as your password.
On the World-Wide Web, point your WWW browser to this URL:
> http://ftp.etext.org/Zines/InterText/
If you subscribe to CompuServe, you can read our issues in the
Electronic Frontier Foundation Forum, accessible by typing GO
EFFSIG. The issues are located in the 'Zines from the Net'
section of EFFSIG. Our recent issues don't appear in the EFF
forum, because it's overcrowded. But CompuServe users can now
use FTP (GO FTP) and ftp to ftp.etext.org (see above) for our
issues.
On America Online, issues are available in Keyword: PDA, in
(Mac users): Software Libraries->Ezine Libraries->Writing->InterText
(PC users): Palmtop Paperbacks->Ezine Libraries->Writing->InterText
or via Internet FTP (see above) at Keyword FTP.
If you have any other questions, feel free to mail the
editors at intertext@etext.org.
Jason Snell
Editor, InterText
Geoff Duncan and Susan Grossman
Assistant Editors, InterText
intertext@etext.org
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