This message contains images. If you don't see images, click here to view. Click here to advertise in this news brief.   Mobile version   RSS   Subscribe   Unsubscribe   Archive   Media Kit Home   About   Annual Symposium   GWA Foundation   Board of Directors   Contact Us     Chicago registration extended to March 6 GWA    Share    The registration deadline for the March 9 Region V meeting at the Chicago Flower & Garden Show has been extended to March 6. Sign up today. More March 8 is final deadline for RECEIPT of Media Awards entries GWA    Share    Works first published and copyrighted in North America between Jan. 1, 2012, and Dec. 31, 2012, are eligible for entry. You do not need to be a GWA member to enter. View updated entry categories and choose your best work. More Get the latest GWA Symposium news via Facebook GWA    Share    Stay connected to all the latest updates and information for this year's symposium by "liking" the event's Facebook page. 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More How to find your next freelance gig online Digital Trends    Share    With over a million freelancers on each clearinghouse site, the competition can sometimes be brutal until you find a way to distinguish yourself on that stats-focused systems. A great resume and cover letter might get you the first job, but don't hold your breath for a full-time gig — at least, not a great one. There are other options, and also how you can put in the elbow grease to make the big guys work for you. More Self-publishing: A revolution for writers, not readers The Guardian    Share    When people talk about self-publishing, it's common to hear words such as "revolution" and "democratizing." Book industry insiders forget that publishing can seem like a closed shop to those without connections or confidence. Apple's iBookstore has come to the aid of aspiring writers with a new section, Breakout Books, devoted to self-published titles. More The hybrid publisher Good E-Reader    Share    So much industry attention has been given to a concept that first became widespread at this year's Digital Book World conference: the hybrid author. While the term refers to an author who has worked in both the traditional and self-publishing models, there are actually a number of ways that an author could be considered a hybrid. More Nature Publishing Group buys into open access publisher Nature    Share    One of the fastest-growing open access publishers, Frontiers, has been snapped up by Nature Publishing Group, the company announced recently. Frontiers was co-founded in 2007 by its current CEO Kamila Markram, who is a neuroscientist studying autism at the Swiss Federal Institute of Lausanne. (The company itself, a private firm, is headquartered at a technology park in Lausanne). 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