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Hi all, 

Yes, it will be a challenging year for us all.
Check out this from one of Media Bistro's "Galley Cat" -seems like a great
way for all of us to get noticed!

http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/bookselling/amazon_launches_new_author_
pages_104561.asp?#email

Cheers,
Cathy

Cathy Wilkinson Barash
Author, Photographer, Editor, Speaker, Consultant
Edible Flowers from Garden to Palate
753 17th St. 
Des Moines, IA 50314
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>    1. Re: where is the blog site on Gardenweb (Mary Ann Newcomer)
>    2. Re: where is the blog site on Gardenweb (Doug Green)
>    3. Re: Future of Newspapers (Catriona Tudor Erler)
>    4. Re: Future of Newspapers (frielster@aol.com)
>    5. Re: where is the blog site on Gardenweb (carlobal@netzero.net)
>    6. Garden Center Content for 2009 (Doreen Howard)
>    7. Careful how you advertise (Christopher P. Lindsey)
>    8. Re: Future of Newspapers (Dee Nash)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:37:52 -0700
> From: "Mary Ann Newcomer" <idahogardener@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [GWL] where is the blog site on Gardenweb
> To: "'Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum'"
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> Doug,
> How very generous and helpful of you.
> Thank you,
> Mary Ann Newcomer
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:01:54 -0500
> From: "Doug Green" <deegeeguy@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [GWL] where is the blog site on Gardenweb
> To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum"
> <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
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> Carlo  - why offlist?  Because I'm thinking of this as a future-business
> venture.  Plainly and simply put. :-)   And I do believe in sharing and
> working out details with partners - folks who are sharing and taking the
> risks with me.
> As you know, I'm a contrarian when it comes to the Net and instead of saying
> that X won't happen because of Y or because it's always that way, I prefer
> to find the reasons why it can happen.  Instead of focussing on the
> why-not's - I prefer to look at the how-to's. :-)   And as you know, I make
> an increasingly comfortable living with those beliefs.
> 
> My problem is not in trying to describe the paradigm shift but more
> importantly how to help others see that shift - to understand the old rules
> don't necessarily work anymore - and that we largely invent our own rules
> and future roles now.  I hate to go back that far but "you're either on or
> off the bus". (60's alert!) :-)
> 
> I believe there's a role for edited Net content in the future.  How far in
> the future I don't know. (shrug shoulders) :-)   I've already worked out two
> or three possible monetization models for this but have no idea if they'll
> work (shrug shoulders) :-)  And to make things ever scarier, I'm pretty sure
> what I'm thinking is only stage 1 of what we can do with this notion and how
> we can tie a lot of information  together out there.   There's a ton of
> i-dunno's in this work and possibly a dead-end  as well.  The folks that
> sign on can be assured that there's no money for the work for some time -
> until we get it up and rolling.  But if nothing else, it will be a learning
> process in new media for us all.
> 
> So - bottom line.  I'm looking for some partners who want to work together
> to put some form of edited content aggregation on the Net - all the details
> will be discussed and negotiated by those folks.  As I said, there's
> absolutely no guarantee that this will make anybody any money - you'd be
> better off, at least in the immediate future, financially getting one query
> accepted.  I can handle the backend but I need folks for all other parts of
> the concept.
> 
> Garden Voices may come back - or ??  But we may do that or we may push
> beyond that - ?
> 
> I'm still putting it together in my own mind and will discuss it (again
> offlist) with folks who have a mind to join.
> 
> All the best
> 
> Doug
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 10:24 AM, carlobal@netzero.net <carlobal@netzero.net
>> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Oh, but why off-list? This is the kind of discussion most of us are HERE
>> for. Keep it going on-list please.
>> 
>> Carlo A. Balistrieri
>> The Gardens at Turtle Point
>> Tuxedo Park, NY 10987
>> Zone 6  (845.351.2849)
>> Visit:   www.botanicalgardening.com and its BGBlog
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:57:41 -0500
> From: Catriona Tudor Erler <cterler@gardenvista.com>
> Subject: Re: [GWL] Future of Newspapers
> To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum
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> Re Godin's final comment that tree farmers will have to find a new use
> for newsprint makes me realize that gardeners will have to find a
> substitute for newspapers for mulch.  I find newspapers indispensable
> for mulching under bark paths and for keeping grass out of the mulch
> around tress in a lawn.  A shortage of newsprint would be a real
> hardship! :-)
> Catriona
> 
> Doug Green wrote:
>> Seth Godin today on the future of newspapers
>> http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/01/when-newspapers.html
>> 
>> now I really have to get back to work - coffee break is over
>> 
>> Doug
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:07:41 -0500
> From: frielster@aol.com
> Subject: Re: [GWL] Future of Newspapers
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> 
>  Yeah, and old computers make lousy kindling, too.
> 
> 
>  
> 
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Catriona Tudor Erler <cterler@gardenvista.com>
> To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum
> <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 2:57 pm
> Subject: Re: [GWL] Future of Newspapers
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Re Godin's final comment that tree farmers will have to find a new use
> for newsprint makes me realize that gardeners will have to find a
> substitute for newspapers for mulch.  I find newspapers indispensable
> for mulching under bark paths and for keeping grass out of the mulch
> around tress in a lawn.  A shortage of newsprint would be a real
> hardship! :-)
> Catriona
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:24:04 GMT
> From: "carlobal@netzero.net" <carlobal@netzero.net>
> Subject: Re: [GWL] where is the blog site on Gardenweb
> To: gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
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> 
> Doug,
> 
> Fair enough...and I certainly wasn't pushing an on-line discussion to be privy
> to private business dealings.
> 
> However...you have been instrumental in the continuation and expansion of a
> fascinating discussion of the broader issues--and I hope those don't disappear
> into a private email discussion because of private interests.
> 
> Best of luck to you and your collaborators--but let the discussion here
> continue...
> 
> 
> Carlo A. Balistrieri
> The Gardens at Turtle Point
> Tuxedo Park, NY 10987
> Zone 6  (845.351.2849)
> Visit:   www.botanicalgardening.com and its BGBlog
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:46:36 -0600
> From: "Doreen Howard" <gardendiva@charter.net>
> Subject: [GWL] Garden Center Content for 2009
> To: <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
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> I'm looking for someone to quote who can speak with authority about the
> product mix garden centers will have in 2009.  How much space will be devoted
> to vegetable transplants, seeds and associated products for veggie gardening?
> And, how big of a percentage increase will this be over last year and previous
> years?  You can reply off-line.
> Doreen Howard
> gardendiva@charter.net
> 
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:04:23 -0500
> From: "Christopher P. Lindsey" <topica.com@spamfodder.com>
> Subject: [GWL] Careful how you advertise
> To: gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
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> This article was interesting to me, and may be applicable to some here:
> 
>    
> http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/13/news/companies/amazon_lawsuit.reut/index.htm
> 
> Basically, Amazon contested having to pay sales tax for sales in New York
> since they don't maintain offices or advertise in New York state.
> 
> The state contended that the Amazon click-through/affiliate program amounts
> to solicitation, so Amazon needed to pay sales tax.
> 
> Amazon's case was tossed out of court on Tuesday by a New York Supreme
> Court justice.  A similar case by Overstock.com was also tossed out.
> 
> If you encourage people to buy your books on Amazon to avoid sales tax,
> those days may be numbered.
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 8
> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:51:55 -0600
> From: "Dee Nash" <nashgarden@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [GWL] Future of Newspapers
> To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum"
> <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
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> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:19 PM, <frielster@aol.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> I cannot agree with most of Mr. Godin's points or conclusions. Comics are
>> NOT better online. Am I to carry my laptop outdoors on a sunny Sunday? I
>> can't read the screen. Weather? Okay. It might be more current than what was
>> printed last night. In fact, it had better be more current or what's the
>> point?
> 
> 
> JF,
> 
> I believe laptops are only the beginning.  I watched an interview between
> Jeff Bezos and Martha Stewart about the
> Kindle<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FI73MA/ref=amb_link_7645962_1?pf_r
> d_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=10APCAWCBFTY78S0AS9B&pf_rd_t=101&pf
> _rd_p=467301551&pf_rd_i=507846>.
> Although I don't want Amazon totally in control of all media dissemination,
> I think we need to be aware of its importance.  It is the best ereader of
> its kind right now, and the screen is easily viewed in the sunlight.   It
> has a large battery that doesn't need constant charging (unlike my laptop).
> You can subscribe to most major magazines and newspapers; your NYT crossword
> can be sent to you now.  However, I wouldn't suggest writing on the screen.
> :)  Bezos said their R&D people are working on a color screen which is easy
> to read, and they are almost there.
> 
> I recently wrote about print media and the changing landscape on my
> blog.<http://reddirtramblings.com/?p=9243>
> I believe we won't lose print entirely, but books, newspapers and magazines
> will radically change in the near future.  Newspapers are the ones having
> the most trouble, but we've seen national magazines also fold. In my
> hometown, slick, well-written, local magazines are emerging and are quite
> popular, gaining local advertising dollars.
> 
> I don't have any answers, but the times, they are a changin'.
> 
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Have bloggers convinced themselves that everybody spends most of his/her
>> waking hours eyeballing a monitor?
> 
> 
> What, you don't read my blog everyday?  Darn.  Eventually, l think people
> will subscribe to their choice of online media (of which blogs are a part)
> through a personal reading device. The positive is it will hold much more
> data, and you won't need to lug around as many books and other things.  The
> negative is that change is always difficult for human beings.  BTW, many
> people spend an hour or more reading blogs each day, which is what many used
> to spend reading their newspaper.
> 
> Just something to think about if we're trying to attract the elusive twenty
> somethings.
> 
> Dee
> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Dee Nash
> Freelance Writer
> www.reddirtramblings.com
> Oklahoma Gardening Examiner @
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