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And I love them so don't laugh. I believe that my sister took a picture of the happy birthday watermelon when it was lit by candles. It's extremely difficult to both host a party and get pictures. I'll add that in after I ask her nicely to upload it to Flickr tomorrow. Too late to call tonight. But for now I'll leave you with the following advice They're just insulting if you give them as birthday presents. It's like saying, "Hey, you're ugly. Posted by Wendy at PM.

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Though she has many impressive talents, Wendy is not a professional and nothing on this site should be construed as professional advice. Repeating the previous tags but choosing "22" instead of "01" in list 29 gets you access to list ONIX Adult Audience rating. It's not required but, again, it's a good practice to include — even if your book doesn't have any "trigger-warning" worthy material. This is all adult books really require: a market and any potential content warnings.

Including a recommended age range is counter-intuitive and a lot more work. Let's be honest with ourselves, the answer is no. And if you're producing adult-level educational materials, you can pull your codes from the same list.

Though you may sell in multiple markets i. Audience Type should always answer this question: "Who was the product created for? If your book is part of that zany, info-laden world of juvenile products, then hold on to your dragons because it's going to be a bumpy ride. The first thing you need to keep in mind is that you're not marketing to the readers themselves, but rather to their gatekeepers: the teachers, librarians, and parents who are expecting your books to meet certain standards so they feel confident approving your book for their young readers.

This is why you want to make sure that you, as a publisher, do your homework because you're selling to people who actually assign homework. Since you can support values of more than one type, you can get fairly specific with your book's reading age, interest age, grade assessments, and reading levels or quantitative text leveling. These ranges should be narrow. Many experienced librarians and teachers will not consider a book that has a wide or wonky age range.

The difference developmentally between an average nine-year-old and an average three-year-old means that a book is unlikely to satisfy the needs of both, so its purchase by an institution or acceptance into a children's program is also unlikely. Choosing an age range should never be done on a whim; always consult an expert in the field or use scientific evaluation to set this value. Reading levels are quantified measurements of your book's text complexity, which are often set by third-party organizations.

They help to identify the level at which a child is reading and matches them with appropriate books that will help them grow as a reader. Ideally, the organization will learn from this failure and orchestras elsewhere can use this example to design meaningful and sincere campaigns to connect with new media outlets.

As always, the How To Connect With New Media series is available right here at Adaptistration and you can download a free eBook version that was created in conjunction with the National Performing Arts Convention session on institutional blogging.

The other week, my wife asked "why don't you have more friends than you do on Facebook? The behavior of the scroll bars is weird, also. Drew, did you get the impression that any of these firms had any first-hand experience inside the new media orchestral community? My favorite pitches come from PR people who have clearly read and listened to the online work I do I can count them on one hand.

I thought this might be a great fit for your X because of Y and Z. Let me know if I can set something up for you, or if you need any more information. Does that fit your needs at all? All done, and probably sold two stories.