Re: B. B. Mackey Books is 25 Years Old this month!

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happy birthday to you!  xx mp

On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 4:23 PM, Betty Mackey <BettyMackey@verizon.net>wrote:

> B. B. Mackey Books Celebrates 25 Years of Garden Publishing
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> In 1986, twenty five years ago this month, I innocently ventured into
> publishing--vanity publishing. I had been invited by garden guru Marian Van
> Atta ("Florida's Mother Nature") to attend an authors' party and book
> festival with her in central Florida, where I then lived. Would I be the
> only non-author present?
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> My first book, "A Cutting Garden for Florida," born in a hurry, wasn't
> finished in time for the author party but at least I had flyers. I did the
> typesetting on a Commodore 64 computer (remember those?) with a "Write Now"
> cartridge and a very noisy daisy wheel printer plus my own line drawings.
> When the book came out I learned that I was supposed to talk to garden
> clubs
> and I also got onto a morning talk show in Orlando. I allowed chapters of
> the book to be serialized in a Gannett chain paper in return for including
> ordering info. Soon people were sending me checks and I was hooked. My
> crowning achievement? I was invited to plant a cutting garden at beautiful
> Harry P. Leu Gardens in Orlando, and a few months later I saw a wedding
> party having their pictures taken there in front of my long border of big
> pale yellow sunflowers and other annuals.
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> Now it is twenty five years later and B. B. Mackey Books publishes a number
> of garden books including some authored by members of GWL: Duane Campbell,
> Nellie Neal, and (coming soon), Betty Earl. I no longer live in Florida but
> I work with author Monica Brandies who does.
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>
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> I have seen huge changes in garden publishing in the 25 years since I
> ventured in. In the early 'nineties there was a boom in glossy garden
> books.
> A few years later the publishers of those books were acquired by huge
> conglomerates interested in best sellers that could be movies, and stopped
> doing garden titles. Startups and mom-and-pops suddenly had the field to
> themselves.
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>
> Celebrating and looking back, I am having a big book sale at
> http://www.mackeybooks.com/asale1.html If you blog or write a column,
> it's a
> great time to review books as holiday gift suggestions, so let me know if
> you'd like a review copy of something I offer.  Your readers can take
> advantage of the sale which lasts from today through December 16, 2011.
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> For info or a review copy, write to me off list at betty@mackeybooks.com .
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> To see details of all the books, go to my website home page,
> www.mackeybooks.com, and navigate from there. Cheers and thanks!
>
>
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> Betty Mackey, Publisher
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> B. B. Mackey Books
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> P. O. Box 475
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> Wayne, PA 19087
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