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The latest e-book buying trends
Publishers Weekly
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Dedicated e-readers as well as multifunctional devices continued to gain in popularity this spring as the favored way to read e-books, while computers continued to lose ground. That was one of the findings of the newest edition of the Book Industry Study Group's "Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading."
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Unlike other spurges, 'Bonfire' smolders red all summer long and into fall – it’s still going strong! Glowing chartreuse-gold flowers contrast strikingly in spring. All the virtues of Euphorbia polychroma -- neatly domed habit, drought-resistance, ease of care -- plus maroon red foliage that really heats up the sunny perennial border.
Works well in containers, too. From Blooms of Bressingham®.
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The life (and salaries) of magazine and book editors
Forbes (blog)
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According to the anonymous job website, Glassdoor, New York editors in the publishing industry (which includes books, magazines, and newspapers) have an average salary of $53,500 a year. An editor
at Penguin averages $55,125 a year while an editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt averages $49,920 a year. An associate editor at Random House averages $44,920 a year; this figure is based on five different salaries ranging from $42,000 to $49,000.
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Garden Media GOLD Awards to be announced Aug. 29
GWA
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GWA will announce the highest honors for gardening communications recognitions when it announces the 2011 Garden Media GOLD Awards at the 63rd Annual Symposium in Indianapolis on Aug. 29. Eligible
candidates come from the SILVER Award winners posted on the GWA website.
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Debut novels are big business again, but what are publishers shelling out for?
New York Magazine
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Chad Harbach was, until March 2010, an underemployed freelancer whose biggest job, co-editing the journal n+1, was unpaid. He'd recently been laid off from a gig copy editing for McKinsey, the consulting firm, when, after nine long years, Harbach finally decided his first novel was ready for the market. The market agreed: Little, Brown beat seven other bidders and paid $650,000 for it.
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What makes a great tomato? In parts of Asia pink tomatoes
are are considered the best, as pink tomatoes are
typically sweet to the taste with low acid levels. If you
are looking for a mild tomato, this pink tomato is sure to
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Facebook webinar recording available
GWA
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GWA members who missed the webinar on Creating A Compelling Facebook Page, presented by Jean Ann Van Krevelen of White Willow Media, can view a recording of the full presentation on the GWA website.
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Predicting the next 10 book trends
Julia Barrett's World (blog)
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Erotic science fiction, paranormal and contemporary romance author Julia Barrett predicts the future. Expect to see a lot of books about vampires and demons, but nonfiction also has a bright
future.
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Headed for Indianapolis? View symposium FAQs before you go
GWA
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Make your time and experience more productive at the symposium by reviewing these helpful hints.
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US indies lead the way on digital royalty shift
The Bookseller
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Publishers are becoming more flexible on e-book royalty rates, as U.K. agents receive offers of 30–35 percent of net receipts as standard from some U.S. publishers. A P Watt agent Caradoc King said he was recently receiving offers of 30–35 percent from some medium-sized independent publishers in the U.S. He said he expected the situation to shift to a similar
position in the U.K.
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The state of the word is strong at WordPress
Read Write Web
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WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg has given his 2011 State of the Word address, and the state of the word is strong. Nearly 15 percent of the world's websites are powered by WordPress, up from 8.5 percent last year. For every 100 new active domains in the U.S., 22 of them run the popular open-source blogging software.
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What's wrong with the tomatoes? Blame the weather
KARE-TV
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"People are panicking about their tomatoes not ripening, either that or they're all getting some type of fungus and they're rotting on the stems," says Abby
Davis, a master gardener in Brooklyn Center, Minn. Gardeners can blame the weather — a cold wet spring followed by an oppressively hot stretch of summer. "None of these things are conducive to plant health."
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Garden writers are on a constant search to find the best
innovations and products to recommend to their readers. Frost Protek plant covers earned a 98% satisfaction rating from National Home Gardening Club members. But personal experience speaks volumes, so we hope you will test our covers for yourself. Click here to send us your name and affiliation, and we’ll send you a FREE cover! more
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Newspapers need a DNA transplant
Editor & Publisher
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The tradition-bound and risk-averse nature of the newspaper culture is the single greatest reason publishers are losing readers and revenues while competing
digital products run circles around them. With new technologies, media formats and business models emerging at an ever-quickening pace, newspapers must learn to think and act like start-ups — or risk falling to the margins of the media world.
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Why should you care about typography?
Co.Design
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If you think typography is simply about personal whim, you just haven't been looking at it the right way. ... "Don't try to be original, just try to be good" — Spoken, originally, by a master of
typographic clarity, Paul Rand. And one to remember, always.
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2011 new varieties guide: Dazzling debuts from California Spring Trials
Greenhouse Grower
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Looking for something new to add excitement to your offerings next year? There's no excuse for growing the same old, same old, when you have this comprehensive directory of all the hot new varieties that were introduced at the California Spring Trials. More than 40 companies introduced hundreds of new plants this year.
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