APRIL 1, 2020 — LEOMINSTER, MA — Gamebits, publisher of quarterly Juiced.GS magazine, is celebrating its storied magazine’s 25th volume by increasing its publishing frequency.
“When Juiced.GS debuted in 1996, our readers were connecting to GEnie and Delphi on archaic dial-up modems, downloading files at a snail’s pace,” reflected editor-in-chief Ken Gagne. “Whether they were getting their Apple II news digitally from the Internet or from our magazine in the mail, they would be waiting for three months either way.”
But advancements in information technology and social media have led to a near-constant news cycle of Apple II development. To adapt to this fast-paced era and to ensure timely content, Juiced.GS will be transitioning from a quarterly publication schedule to twice-monthly, with twenty-four physical issues being mailed to readers every year.
“We’re very excited to offer our subscribers the same amount of news, reviews, interviews, and how-tos that Juiced.GS has always delivered,” promised Gagne. “By which I mean, it’ll still total eighty pages a year. What, did you think our hard-working staff of volunteers was just going to magically sextuple the amount of content?”
Each issue of Juiced.GS will consist of a three-page article on a single topic, giving readers time to pore over the content and try the new hardware, software, or programming techniques being covered. Two weeks later, they can expect another three-page issue, with a special four-page issue planned for KansasFest 2020. Subscribers can upgrade to a premium edition that comes pre-punched for collecting into three-ring binders.
“Australia has always had more Apple II gatherings than Juiced.GS has issues, making it difficult to stay up on events like WOzFest,” noted Juiced.GS staff writer Andrew Roughan. “Now we’re cutting months off the delay from when you read about something on Facebook or in Slack to when it appears in Juiced.GS. Once you fall into the cadence of our regular morsels of content, you’ll wonder how you ever had the attention span to read a full twenty pages.”
“I used to complain about Juiced.GS‘s slow postal delivery on a quarterly basis,” complained fellow Australian Michael Mulhern. “Now I get to complain about my favorite magazine biweekly!”
As an introduction to this streamlined product, Gamebits is now selling individual pages from Volume 24 (2019) of Juiced.GS. Orders can be any combination of consecutive or non-consecutive pages from any of the year’s four issues. By reviewing the index of articles from that volume, customers can assemble their own custom hardcopy issues of Juiced.GS.
“We’re excited by this transition to better serve our loyal customers,” affirmed Gagne. “And no, we’re still not going to make PDFs available; please stop asking.”