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The Bookseller
At what point does a writer earn the right to declare they are A Writer without a self-deprecating smirk? When does a website of online fan fiction, run as a passion project, become part of The Publishing Industry? How many copies of your ebook do you have to sell before your mate, who sorted the cover, is A Bona Fide Book Designer?
The line between amateurs and professionals in the publishing world is increasingly blurry.
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Medium
Then, the Australian stumped me with this question:
"I understand, mate. But what TOPICS should I write about?"
I'd been extolling the benefits of stream-of-consciousness writing with a new friend halfway across the world. I think I sounded like some kind of wizard.
"Start writing, and the ideas will flow!" I exclaimed, rubbing my magic crystal ball and straightening my aluminum foil hat.
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MediaShift
Instagram has gone through a mountain of changes in the last year, adding features like Instagram Stories, live-streaming and carousel photo albums. These features are delivering, too — more than 250 million users create Instagram Stories everyday, according to a recent report.
With so many new features, how are publishers dividing their content and how do engagements for different formats stack up?
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Poynter
Last month, a group of local newsrooms began working with Facebook as part of a project by the social media platform to establish stronger ties to local news.
Six newsrooms are part of the first six-month pilot program, with another six to follow. Those newsrooms, Berkleyside, Honolulu Civil Beat, Texas Tribune, QCityMetro, Philadelphia Public School Notebook and Homepage Media Group, are members of Local Independent Online News Publishers and the Institute for Nonprofit News.
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Recode
Facebook has a new way of identifying false news and spam in users' feeds, and it's changing its News Feed algorithm again to try and remove that content from view.
Facebook claims that users who post a lot — meaning 50-plus times per day — are very often sharing posts that the company considers to be spam or false news. So now Facebook is going to identify the links that these super-posters share, and cut down on their distribution on the network.
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The Washington Post
In what may be one of the most successful adaptive-reuse projects in history, New York's High Line is a compelling shrine to the postindustrial life of a great city.
Some might say too successful: The former elevated rail line on Manhattan's West Side draws close to 5 million visitors a year and is a catalyst in Chelsea's long — and to those who remember the district's bohemian flavor, not entirely welcome — gentrification.
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Greenhouse Grower
Mealybugs and scales are insect pests of many horticultural plants grown in greenhouses, nurseries and interior plantscapes. One option associated with plant protection is the use of biological control by releasing parasitoids. A number of parasitoids are commercially available currently to address problems with specific mealybug and scale species.
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Total Landscape Care
Taking a romantic or relaxing stroll around the garden is not just a fantasy enjoyed on Downton Abbey or in homes around the United Kingdom.
Many of your customers are probably fans of English cottage gardens and the quaint atmosphere they produce, so why not give them a bit of that across the pond charm right in their own backyard?
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The Ringer
There's a new ritual in media. A Silicon Valley plot point becomes an actual, journalistic homicide becomes gallows humor on media Twitter. Over the past couple of weeks, this is what happened with the "pivot to video."
On Wednesday, MTV announced it was trashing MTV News' hub of political and cultural reporting and "shifting resources into short-form video content more in line with young people's media consumption habits."
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Digital Book World
Writing is not the same as publishing. That may seem obvious to most. But picture a young author with a lot to say — this person writes and writes, day after day. Amasses a seven-foot-tall stack of words on paper. This person then thinks everyone would love to read what they wrote.
Why not? They enjoyed writing it. They know it's good. They send one of their stories off to a publishing house — maybe two. Okay, they send it off to five dozen.
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PetaPixel
Since 2003, the popular photo hosting service Photobucket has been letting users upload and host images for free on their servers. They have over 10 billion images stored by 100 million registered users. But now they're going to start charging, and that means billions of images around the Web are now broken.
Hotlinking (AKA inline linking) is when someone takes an image file hosted on a server and embeds it on a different webpage elsewhere.
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GWA
In the June-July 2017 issue ...
- Sally Cunningham previews one of the private gardens featured on the #GWA2017 Tours
- Tips for first-time #GWA2017 attendees from Carol Michel
- Reflections from GWA President Kirk Brown
- New and returning columns covering: Food with Denise Schreiber and Sustainability with Nancy Taylor Robson
- Overview of publishing contracts with GWA attorney John Hazard
- GWA member profiles on Allen Bush and Teresa Watkins
- Recaps of recent Gro1000 events
- GWA regional, publishing and industry news
- Plus much more!
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GWA
GWA congratulates the winners of the 2017 Media Awards Silver Medals, a special designation recognizing the top talent in competition categories. These winners will now be entered for judging in the Gold Medal Round, where awards will be given for the best of each award class. Gold Medal winners will be announced during the 2017 Awards & Honors Dinner at the GWA Annual Conference & Expo in Buffalo, N.Y.
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GWA
GWA congratulates recipients of its 2017 Honors, recognizing excellence and service in the green communicators industry. Honorees will be presented their awards during the 2017 Awards & Honors Dinner at the GWA Annual Conference & Expo in Buffalo, New York, on Monday, Aug. 7.
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GWA
GWA is pleased to announce a new venture with Master Nursery Garden Centers which will help our members connect with local and regional garden centers for garden communications opportunities. In this special edition of GWA Grows, Jamie Grangier Cummins describes how GWA members can benefit from this cooperation.
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GWA
Time is running out to join GWA for our biggest event of the year, the 2017 Annual Conference & Expo, heading to Buffalo, New York, Aug. 4-7.
This year's conference features a lineup of unforgettable events and experiences, including beautiful gardens, dynamic education sessions, industry all-stars, essential networking and so much more.
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