THE MESSAGE of Sinclair is spreading quickly all over the world. On the basis of sales of Sinclair User, ZX-81s are being plugged into television sets throughout most of the developed and developing world.
The magazine now sells about 4,000 copies each month overseas. The largest number goes to the Scandinavian countries — Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark — with the next major area of sales being France and the Benelux countries — Belgium. Netherlands and Luxembourg.
Benelux and Scandinavia are areas where Sinclair User has been read almost from the first issue in April. Much of the rest of the world has been convered by agreements with distributors in the last few months.
The magazine now goes to the Far East. the Middle East — mainly Saudia Arabia most parts of Europe, North America and South Africa. The major exceptions are West Germany and Australasia.
Terry Cartwright. managing director of ECC Publications, which publishes Sinclair User, says that as yet sales in the U.S. are not very great but he expects them to improve in the next few months as sales of the Timex Sinclair 1000 grow.