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Lynn,
The Dow gardens are on Dow Chemical property
by Midland, Michigan.
I haven't been there yet, but I've heard they
are nice. Maybe it is all
the chemicals running around in the soil
(:>) If the plants glow, then I'll
know something fishy is going on
(:>)
Sandie Parrott
----- Original Message -----
From:
j*@iquest.net
To: g*@lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 4:22
PM
Subject: Re: [GWL] Off topic - Michigan
Gardens for tour
Remember that Meijer's is a sculpture garden...not
so much a gardener's garden. The sculptures are great, but even the
garden designed by Penelope Hobhouse falls very short. I think if
you go into it thinking of it as sculpture surrounded by a few plants, it
becomes acceptable from a horticultural POV.
Where are the Dow
Gardens?
At 01:56 PM 10/27/2004, you wrote:
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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