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What do you wear to Seven Magic Mountains?
Seven Magic Mountains is an art installation located in the Nevada desert, and the weather can be quite hot and dry. Therefore, it is recommended to wear comfortable and breathable clothing, such as shorts, t-shirts, and sandals or sneakers. You may also want to bring a hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen to protect yourself from the sun. It's also a good idea to bring a bottle of water to stay hydrated. While there is no strict dress code, it's important to dress appropriately for the weather and…
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I am fortunate to be of an age that by the time the next generation grows up into the prime of their consumerdom I will be dead or in a long-term care facility.
But so much of what I read and hear on this topic is US-centric. Other countries and cultures are not like you. There are different values which start in the home and go to school and evolve out in society.
The other point, I find frustrating, is that the talking heads on this topic don't really have a business background. They may have studied business in university, but that's not the same as being bloodied by actual management or entrepreneurship. They have never owned a newspaper or magazine or radio station or television station. I have owned newspapers, I have friends who own newspapers and magazines. One of our neighbours owned a small radio network. I know people who still are active owners and who have continued to make money in this economy.
I just don't believe it is as black and white as some people would have us believe. Some publications are making money, some are returning to profit, some are expanding. There are stories of titles being revived and new ones started.
It's about believing in your business vision and knowing your reader. I listen to writers complain about the loss of markets. I saw a slump for a while, but I still worked throughout it. I still pitched articles and I'm still selling. I've sold three feature ideas in the last 10 days and am negotiating a new book deal.
If you stop working your business you stop working.
Another issue: When (or if) will the industry make it possible for libraries to, say, download a digital book onto your e-reader and then, when you're done, recapture it and lend it to another library user? Right now that's not legal, so for the present, it's a boon for print and an obstacle to digital media.
My US markets are buying. My Canadian markets are buying. A chain of Canadian newspapers sold recently in a bidding war. The country's largest national paper just invested $1.9 billion in a new look, new paper and new print deal.
If anything I think print may become a premium product read by decision makers/an upper income demographic, which means they still have money to buy products and services advertised.
Yesterday I read a short item that says one-third of iPad owners don't use it to read books and that with "multiple use devices, reading gets pushed aside with other features and apps".
I have some inside information about e-book sales. I can't disclose it or the source, but while the head of an e-book company was in the news bragging about how a particular headline-grabbing book was their best selling title, and I don't doubt it, the sales were shockingly pathetic. I don't buy the concept that print is dead. It, like the rest of the economy, got hammered by bad management and the decline in other sectors.
And while I think the Huffington Post is great, are they paying?? Have I missed something?
Hi its http://www.medraft.com sorry i should have posted our international web address.
John, I went to your website, but couldn't find a place to click for the English version.
I only suggested advertising as the lesser of two evils, between no access to entertainment at all vs. free with an occasional commercial.
Of course, we all bring books to read, in the airport as well as onboard. But I still enjoy listening to classical music as I read. Even if I want to mess with my iPod, there seems to be more and more flight time when "all electronic devices must be stowed."