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Good e-Reader
BookBaby has just announced that they have a new editing service available to self-published authors. They will copy edit a 60,000-word eBook for under $1,200, which is 50% lower than other competing premium offers.
Finding a good e-book editor can be daunting for a debut or first time author. Many end up Googling around to try and find someone on the cheap or sometimes find themselves dealing with Author Solutions, who employ aggressive up-selling.
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Jane Friedman (blog)
How do certain people become really great at what they do?
That's the question psychology professor Anders Ericsson has been exploring for his entire career. Now, in his new book, Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise, co-written with science writer Robert Pool, Ericsson reveals the answer.
If you've heard of Ericsson, it's probably because his research and ideas have been featured in many articles and books.
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Scientific American
Frisson. What a strange word. It evokes that peculiar intermingling of excitement and fear that can attend momentous events. The spark of electricity when you lock eyes with someone who is yet unknown to you, but who might just be "the one." The queasy sensation of anxious adrenaline when a big news story breaks. The fearful joy as you plunge downhill on a vertiginous rollercoaster. The word "thrill" perhaps comes close. But not quite.
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The Mission
When you're having a difficult time focusing on a project, sometimes all it takes to find your motivation is the right kind of background noise.
I haven't regularly used ambient noise generators in the past, but I find myself drawn to them more and more lately. I like them for several reasons.
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Book Business
The big news about Barnes & Noble is that after 20 years of battling with Amazon, they have finally made a competitive move that Amazon cannot match. Barnes & Noble, with 640 bookstores in 50 states, is giving self-published authors a chance to get access to their hallowed bookshelves. Meanwhile, Amazon runs one bookstore in Seattle (albeit with three more slated). Barnes & Noble wins this contest hands down.
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Inside Indiana Business
Once upon a time, a boy wanted to meet. As an aspiring entrepreneur, he wanted to "network" and "connect" with entrepreneurs already hitting the hard hustle road. So, what did he do?
He reached out to the people who he admired and asked them to coffee and to pick their brains.
If you're on the asking end, there are a few things you should be aware of BEFORE you ask to "pick brains" and "meet for coffee."
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Media Shift
The email newsletter, an old trend that has recently come back in full force, is the intersection of digital media and the 'zine. It's a remedy for people who feel overwhelmed with the impossibility of keeping up with social media.
I did a five-month study on tons of different newsletters, analyzing content and public opinion to figure out what the perfect newsletter would be in format, voice and delivery.
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The large, pure white flowers, are accented by chartreuse, held high above the foliage. A pretty blue appears on the back of alternating petals, showing off with a nodding effect at twilight, very novel for anemones, an excellent choice for partial shade, and non invasive planting. Blooms very long period, cold hardy.
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Innovation and education make the Worm Factory 360 the #1 vermicomposter in the U.S. The patented Worm Ladder and thermosiphon airflow system improve efficiency and ease of operation. A 72-page manual, instructional DVD, and information packed web site make experts out of novices.
Watch How the Worm Factory® 360 Works
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Digiday
Creating original editorial content is expensive. That's why modern publishing is as much an exercise in dusting off and repurposing old content as it is creating fresh posts.
There are a few ways publishers squeeze more out of their content. One is the approach BuzzFeed has honed, to keep iterating. One way it does this is with what it calls "hot frames." It may write up a post with a certain frame, and if does well, try it again across different platforms and geographies.
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Sugru
If you love "Star Trek," can name all of the characters from "Lord of the Rings," have your own gaming avatar, and actually ENJOY fixing and mending things; then you are officially a geek, but that might just work in your favor according to a new study by the world's first moldable glue company, Sugru.
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Grower Talks
"So what have you seen?" That's the question of the day, every day, during the California Spring Trials. And when it's asked of a journalist who is paid (and, hopefully, experienced enough) to know wheat from chaff, the answer is important. After all, at least a thousand new and improved varieties are displayed by the 50-plus companies that exhibit. If a variety stands out enough to be remembered by the most critical observer, it must be something special!
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American Nurseryman
It may seem odd to talk about plants for dry areas when much of Texas has been inundated this spring by rains of near biblical proportions. But climate conditions continue to change — at the beginning of June, areas of the West experienced ongoing abnormally dry to exceptional drought intensities, and much of the Northeast was affected by drought.
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Greenhouse Grower
Public and private sector researchers and educators are developing new ways to deliver education and training to today's horticultural growers. However, university funding at both the federal and state levels continues to decline, with minimal prospects of returning to previous levels. Furthermore, university-based Extension programs have become a shell of what they were when our industry's current generation of established growers ascended to leadership roles.
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Clover Comeback: Mini-Clover is a surefire sustainable, solution to a lush, green, easy, eco-smart lawn alternative or ground cover.
Mini-Clover stays greener longer, grows fast, thrives in sun or shade and acts as a natural fertilizer.
Mini-Clover is eco-friendly, dollar smart, needs less water and is a solution for erosion control.
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Many wild bird feeds contain synthetic additives and ingredients you can’t even pronounce!
Not Cole’s - we offer only the highest quality, pure seed ingredients so your backyard birds stay healthy naturally with No added Synthetics, Chemicals, or Artificial Flavors.
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Digiday
NPR is no stranger to live broadcasts. After all, its flagship news program, "All Things Considered," has been airing live on the radio every day since the '70s. But that's radio. Turns out even one of America's most vaunted media brands can't resist the allure of live video on Facebook.
While experimenting early on with the format, NPR decided to go "all out" with Facebook Live on May 3, according to Scott Montgomery, head of digital news for NPR.
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Fortune
Twitter has been ramping up its commitment to streaming live video fairly rapidly over the past week or so, rolling out an experiment from the Wimbledon tennis tournament, followed by a deal with CBS to stream the network's coverage of the upcoming political conventions. And now the service has signed another deal with Bloomberg Media. The two companies have partnered to live-stream several Bloomberg TV programs on Twitter, including Bloomberg West, What'd You Miss? and With All Due Respect.
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Re/code
Nearly all of the top product and business leaders at Vine, Twitter's three-year-old short-form video service, have left the company in the past four months — many of them in the past few weeks.
And while Vine remains culturally interesting and an "important" part of Twitter's strategy, it seems to be struggling.
Vine's recent executive departures include its head of engineering, head of business development and operations, head of user experience, head of editorial and all three of its product managers.
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GWA
A plethora of peonies greeted Region VII members at the 12th Annual Oshawa Peony Festival on June 12. With more than 300 varieties in colors ranging from pure white to pink, yellow, coral, rose and deep red, the outdoor collection of herbaceous and Itoh hybrid peonies at the Oshawa Valley Botanical Garden was truly impressive. The indoor judged display of hundreds of cut blooms was equally as charming.
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GWA
We are thrilled to welcome you to the Atlanta Sheraton in beautiful downtown Atlanta, Georgia, Sept. 16-19 for a line-up packed with events and experiences you'll never forget, including beautiful gardens, engaging education sessions, essential networking and so much more!
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GWA
On Aug. 6, GWA: The Association of Garden Communicators, will launch its newest educational program, focused exclusively on innovative ideas and the next generation with the inaugural NextGen Summit. This year's meeting, titled "New Routes to Horticulture," is hosted at Longwood Gardens, outside of Philadelphia, and includes sessions with industry experts and access to some of the finest gardens in the county.
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GWA
GWA is excited to announce the launch of GWAWrites, a special online bookstore dedicated to GWA book authors and their publications.
Two specialty shops have already been launched for GWA Annual Conference & Expo and On the QT's "Hot Off the Press" feature, but additional shops will be launched in the coming weeks focused on specialty topics.
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GWA
The GWA Association Outreach Task Force is excited to announce an exciting line-up of special offers and events at this year's Farwest Show in Portland, Oregon, Aug. 25-27. GWA members will have the opportunity to gain special access to the trade show, education sessions and other valuable networking events. For more information about Farwest please visit www.farwestshow.com.
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GWA
In this issue...
- Kate Copsey with another #GWA2016 preview, "Steeped in Atlanta History"
- GWA President Kirk Brown's message, "Share the Love"
- Executive Director Maria Ungaro's message, "Connect, Learn and Grow at #GWA2016"
- Maria Zampini profiles the #plantsomething campaign
- New and returning columns covering: edibles with Steven Biggs, writing with Mary-Kate Mackey, business with Roger Marshall & Melinda Myers, andsustainability with Nancy Taylor Robson
- GWA member profiles on Daniel Mount and Susan Poizner
- GWA Regional News
- Plus much more!
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