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     How to become an e-book superstar The Guardian    Share    It has never been easier to publish your own book. Traditional publishers may take a year to turn your manuscript into print on a page, but you can get your own e-book on sale around the world in about four minutes. The real battle, however, is the same as it ever was: How do you find an audience? A growing number of authors have become editor/designer/marketeer/sales director for their own e-books. More REMINDER: GWA office is moving GWA    Share    The GWA office will be closed June 15-25 as we relocate to new facilities in Texas. See details in our new slide show posted on the website. More Google's e-book deal could slow rise of Amazon Kindle in Europe Paid Content    Share    Google announced a major deal this week with French authors and publishers that clears the way for the sale of millions of e-books that have been caught in legal limbo until now. The deal could spur digital publishing in Europe and also shape which companies gain control of the continent's fledgling e-book market. More Final call for Region II meeting in Connecticut GWA    Share    June 15 is the last day to register for the Region II meeting in Bethlehem, Conn., and Washington, Conn. See details at ... More DK is the growing authority Turn to DK for authoritative, step-by-step guides to growing flowers, herbs, and fruits and vegetables—in your house, on a terrace, or in a garden. You’ll find practical techniques, inspirational ideas, and problem-solving advice—all beautifully illustrated—in books designed for both beginner and more experienced gardeners. MORE E-publisher offers wide distribution and sweet deals to authors Forbes    Share    As the CEO of Smashwords, a 14-person company in Los Gatos, Calif., Mark Coker gives authors free self-publishing software that converts Word documents into e-book files — and lets them set the price. Through distribution partnerships, those e-books line the shelves of digital bookstores run by Apple, Barnes & Noble, Sony and Kobo. No deal yet with Amazon. More Have you updated your Authors Coalition Survey? GWA    Share    The Garden Writers Association works with other groups as part of the Authors Coalition to distribute non-title-specific royalties from photocopies made outside the US. GWA's share of these funds for the coming year will be determined by our members' response to the Coalition genre survey. Please take a few minutes to update your survey data ... More Good books are worth the wait Publishing Perspectives    Share    From book publisher Tim Schaffner: Perhaps you read the article in the New York Times last month titled: "Writer's Cramp: In the E-Reader Era a Book a Year is Slacking." In short, the premise was that publishers are having to crack the whip on their already bestselling authors to produce more product for the voracious appetites of the "impatient readers who have become used to downloading any e-book at the touch of a button." My response to this is: "What's the rush?" More AZAMAX - BOTANICAL INSECTICIDE, MITICIDE, NEMATICIDE AzaMax is a concentrated all natural broad spectrum pest control, antifeedant and insect growth regulator, controls pests through starvation and growth disruption for a broad variety of plant applications. Effectively controls spider mites, thrips, fungus gnats, aphids, whiteflies, leaf miners, worms, beetles, leafhoppers, scales, mealy bugs, nematodes and other soil borne pests. Can be applied up to the time or day of harvest. more 64th annual symposium program — make plans now GWA    Share    The program for the 2012 GWA symposium in Tucson, Ariz., is posted for viewing. Registration will open as soon as our office move is completed next week, but make your travel plans now. More To land a publisher, an author prints sample copies for stores The Wall Street Journal    Share    Sometimes an independent bookseller's word can help push an author's manuscript toward publication. Author Michael Ennis submitted a draft of his novel, "The Malice of Fortune," to New York publishing houses but was rejected. He revised, edited and submitted once more but was rejected again. Then he got a tip from his agent: Try booksellers first. More The antidote to e-books The Associated Press via The New York Times    Share    Clare Dickens only wanted to share her story to help others. But in the process, she became a successful independent author — with the help of a local bookstore and its instant publishing machine. Though Dickens found a publisher in Iceland to release the book in 2007, she still wanted a broader reach. The Espresso Book Machine at Politics and Prose in Washington enabled her to bring the memoir to local bookshelves and beyond. More Casa Flora Inc. Casa Flora’s vast geographical representation ensures dependable product, consistent supply, and cost-efficient selections. Our corporate office, production greenhouses and a new state of the art laboratory are located in Dallas, TX. Since 2010, our new tissue culture laboratory and greenhouses in China have been supplying the Chinese market while producing Heuchera for Casa Flora in the US. more Recognizing a new medium: the Kindle PC Magazine    Share    Media theorist Marshall McLuhan coined the term "the medium is the message," indicating that the delivery mechanism for information often affects the way the message is perceived — sometimes to the point where the medium dominates the information and becomes the information itself. This is still a radical idea, and one that has been interpreted a lot of different ways. More Can Zola Books disrupt Apple and Amazon? Portfolio    Share    It wasn't that long ago that Amazon and Apple's e-book storefronts and the recommendation algorithms that went with them were being heralded as the death of the traditional bookstore. But Zola Books, which has launched its app in beta, is planning to disrupt the disrupters, wagering its success on its belief that human curation works better than algorithms when it comes to recommended reading. More How freelancers should prepare for full-time work Mediabistro (blog)    Share    When times are tough, even the most independent of freelancers may be lured by the steady paychecks and 401k of a full-time job. Before taking the plunge and accepting that 9-5, however, it is important to consider all of the potential changes, and even risks, that come with quitting the freelance life. For example, does taking a full-time job mean giving up your side gigs? Possibly. More Do plants think? Scientific American    Share    How aware are plants? This is the central question behind a fascinating new book, "What a Plant Knows," by Daniel Chamovitz, director of the Manna Center for Plant Biosciences at Tel Aviv University. A plant, he argues, can see, smell and feel. It can mount a defense when under siege, and warn its neighbors of trouble on the way. A plant can even be said to have a memory. But does this mean that plants think — or that one can speak of a "neuroscience" of the flower? More   GWA News Clippings Colby Horton, Vice President of Publishing, 469.420.2601 Download media kit Dennis Hall, Senior Content Editor, 469.420.2656    Contribute news This edition of GWA News Clippings was sent to ##Email##. To unsubscribe, click here. Did someone forward this edition to you? Subscribe here -- it's free! Recent issues June 13, 2012 June 6, 2012 May 30, 2012 May 23, 2012 7701 Las Colinas Ridge, Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063