Re: Off topic - Michigan Gardens for tour

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Hey Garden Writers...

I only received a couple of responses to this question.

Come on...someone must have some ideas...

Thanks,
Sandie Parrott

> Are there any Michigan garden writers that have a private garden 
> you would be willing to share with 50 Master Gardeners from 
> Oakland County?
> 
> OR...do you know of any public or private gardens, growers or 
> great nurseries in the lower peninsula that would be great to visit?
> 
> I am leading a group through Michigan next spring or summer.  
> We have visited Fernwood.  Would like to include Dow and Meijer 
> gardens if we can manage it.
> 
> Please send your ideas to RSBirdy@comcast.net
> 
> Thanks,
> Sandie Parrott
> 
>   
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "bbmackey" <bbmackey@prodigy.net>
> To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum" <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 9:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [GWL] selling your book
> 
> 
> > As an author and an independent publisher, I sell books online in several
> > ways. My publishing biz is fairly small and every book sale helps.
> > 
> > The books I publish are all in the Amazon.com Advantage program, which is
> > for publishers only. They require that you give them a huge discount, but
> > sales are very good there and all I have to do is send Amazon boxes of books
> > from time to time. It is a consignment system. My wholesaler, Great Outdoors
> > Publishing, sells books from their site, and some of the books are carried
> > by retailers such as Powell's and Barnes and Noble. All these book sales
> > involve my giving the resellers a big discount. I have general links to
> > Amazon and Great Outdoors on my site, but not where I list the books. Many
> > people have more trust in Amazon than in me, not surprisingly.
> > 
> > I also sell books directly from my website, with users paying with PayPal. I
> > see that Ellen Zachos is doing this too for her CD and book. These books are
> > selling at full price, whether they are books which I wrote for another
> > publisher and am selling here, or they are the books by other authors which
> > I publish. I don't have all that much traffic at my website but it is
> > increasing all the time. There are sales often enough to keep me interested.
> > To help attract people to the website I have one page that gives free,
> > complete instructions on a quick way to make a trough, plus other useful
> > tips and info. Recently Marge Talt let me put up a nice email she wrote to
> > the list about making a new garden after a move to a home with an old one.
> > (Thanks, Marge!)
> > 
> > There is yet another way to sell books online through Amazon.com. Every book
> > listing has a click-through button that says, "I have one to sell." I use it
> > to sell damaged books that I publish, carefully describing the scuff marks
> > or whatever it is that is wrong. Often I receive more for a dented copy here
> > than I get after giving the normal discount to Amazon for the Advantage
> > program for a perfect copy. But the books must be handled one by one. I do
> > not sell my perfect books here in the "I have one to sell" area because I
> > don't think it is good for my image. Should I rethink this?
> > 
> > Back in 1991 I was the lead author for the Macmillan book, "The Gardener's
> > Home Companion." It has been through multiple printings and three different
> > editions. It is very expensive for me to buy copies of my own book. Same
> > with my other big publisher book, "Cutting Gardens." When I need books for
> > talks I sometimes buy them from Amazon through the "I have one to sell"
> > area, for just a few dollars apiece! There are just thousands of them
> > floating around out there.
> > 
> > My next adventure will be with Print on Demand (POD), which involves the
> > printer printing and shipping the books to the customers, whether wholesale
> > or retail, and sending me reports and checks. No warehousing or shipping for
> > me to do.  I'll keep you posted once I get a POD title out there, sometime
> > this year.
> > 
> > For more info on POD, check out www.BookSurge.com .
> > 
> > With best wishes,
> > Betty
> > 
> > Betty Mackey, Publisher
> > B. B. Mackey Books
> > P. O. Box 475
> > Wayne, PA 19087
> > bbmackey@prodigy.net
> > www.mackeybooks.com
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Marty Wingate" <martywin@earthlink.net>
> > 
> > > This question is for authors who have their own Web sites.
> > >
> > > Do you sell your own books on your Web site?  Do you provide a link to
> > > an online bookseller?  Or do you provide information about your books
> > > (perhaps the cover and a blurb) and encourage visitors to your site to
> > > go out and buy the books elsewhere?
> > 
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