Re: Garden & Greenhouse Magazine phony solicitation

**P* R* <p*@yahoo.com>**

I got that too, my response was to hit the delete
button

--- Rich Pomerantz <rich@richpomerantz.com> wrote:

> I just received a solicitation I suspect some others
> here may have also received, and I am wondering how
> legit this guy is, if he is at all. Someone named
> Dr. Christopher J. Kline, who identifies himself as
> a "freelance garden writer and senior staff writer
> and contributing editor" of Gardens and Greenhouse
> Magazine, is inviting me to submit a 500-1000 word
> essay on my favorite gardening tips for a book he is
> compiling - just from contributions of "gardening
> wisdom" from "experts like you". 
> 
> Aside from the fact that he is not a GWA member, the
> magazine is new to me (there is a website), and I
> never knew anyone considered me an expert on
> gardening (I certainly never set myself up as that -
> on garden photography, sure, but not on gardening)
> the most suspicious part is the zinger at the end of
> the email:  " My publisher has asked that each
> author include the following statement with their
> submission. "I (Name) understand that this article
> maybe edited and published by Dr. Christopher J.
> Kline, and I am providing it free of copyright."
> 
> Googling this guy gets a number of hits that
> indicate he is a garden writer, though the only
> credits I find are for this same magazine, he is a
> master gardener in Arizona, and is also an owner of
> a company called Greenhouse and Garden Supply, which
> I would bet dollars to donuts is connected with the
> magazine. So my bet is that his "publisher" is also
> him. Not very forthright of him to phrase it like
> that.
> 
> One interesting link was a review this guy (Kline)
> wrote on Amazon for a book on how to become a
> millionaire using the internet....need I say more?
> 
> One more item from the "Gardens and Greenhouse" 
> Magazine website - they sell reprints of their
> articles. Nothing wrong or uncommon there, except
> that if the writers are not being paid to begin
> with, they are certainly not going to be sharing in
> the revenue stream from the reprints, to which they
> would be entitled to.
> 
> So he wants me to write for free, let him use some
> photos for free, and then he gets to re-use the
> content as a sales tool to help market his primary
> business. The sad part is that he will probably get
> plenty of "experts" to feed him and his family at no
> cost to him.
> 
> Someone please correct me if I am misreading this.
> What responses are you guys (if you got this)
> sending him?
> 
> Rich Pomerantz
> rich@richpomerantz.com
> www.richpomerantz.com
> (860)355-3356
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