The Cathedral Range: Project Yosemite’s Favorite Spots

Yosemite Park has put up a new blog post about the Cathedral Range, which is one of Project Yosemite’s favorite spots.

The Cathedral Range is an offshoot of the Sierra Nevada mountain range just south of Tuolumne Meadows inside Yosemite National Park. The granite foundations of the range were sculpted during the Pleistocene by glaciation, while the peaks – which were above the highest glaciation – remained untouched.  The lack of glaciation gives the peaks a “spire-like” appearance.  The range is named after Cathedral Peak, which rises 10,916 feet above sea level.

Project Yosemite is a collaboration by Sheldon Neill and Colin Delehanty, who have “teamed up to film Yosemite National Park like never before.”  Their most EXCELLENT first film “Yosemite HD” is a must see.  Links below.

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Three Top Strategies to Guarantee Book Sales

The Savvy Book Marketer has put up a blog post by Kathleen Gage about book promotion strategies.  This is an area where many writers fail, as … well, they’re writers, not marketers.

I’ve heard writers refer to the excellent promotion tools provided by Amazon – like the Select program that allows authors to give their books away for up to 5 days over a 90 day period where the book is exclusively offered by Amazon – as a “gimmick.” These same authors claim that they gave away “hundreds” of books to people and because of that they lost “hundreds” of sales.

These writers don’t know the first thing about marketing, and they need to learn it – and fast.

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CourseSmart Survey: college students are relying more and more on ebooks

CourseSmart has been working with publishers, educators and students since 2007 to integrate ebooks and digital content into college technology ecosystems, bringing digital course materials directly to faculty and student bodies.

While they’re certainly biased towards digital over dead-tree media, they have used Wakefield Research – an independent research firm – to conduct a survey about students and their increasing reliance on technology.  The result is their “Third Annual Survey on Education and Technology.”

From PRnewswire:

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7th Annual Taste of Flight Gala – A Salute to the Mighty 8th!

Mark your calendar for the 7th Annual Taste of Flight Saturday, October 26! The event will center on the stories of veterans of the Mighty Eighth, the greatest aerial force ever assembled. Check back often for updates on the program participants. The 7th Annual Taste of Flight will feature wine and beer tastings and a delicious selection of food stations hosted by local restaurateurs. Bid on wine and aviation-related items in the Silent Auction. And of course, the Museum’s rare aircraft will be on display front and center.

Sponsors will mingle with the speakers at the VIP reception before the event and receive reserved seating for the program. To become an event sponsor, contact Karen Hinton at 909.597.4754 or by email at Karen Hinton. We expect over 350 guests to attend. This event will sell out! Sponsorships are available now. Check back often for updates on the participating wineries and brewers and a list of auction items. Visit the Planes of Fame Air Museum and Taste of Flight Facebook page for all the latest event news.  Join us Where Warbirds Fly and Aviation History Lives!

Find out more about this event HERE.

For more information on the Planes of Fame Museum, you can visit their website HERE.

Yanks Air Museum Open Cockpit Day: P-40 Warhawk July 20th

Yanks Air Museum at the Chino Airport is hosting an open cockpit day on July 20th, 2013.

From the Yanks website:

See the world differently gazing out of a fighter aircraft. Join us for the 1st ever OPEN COCKPIT DAY featuring the P-40 Warhawk. Step back into the 1940’s, Yanks’ authentic fighter cockpits are complete and original.

Tour the Super Constellation, this aircraft flew classified, secret missions to detect invasion from USSR bombers during the 1950’s. She is complete, airworthy and original as any “Connie” we have ever seen. Visit with Connie specialist Gary Harrington to learn more about AEW, Radiomen and their missions.

Train with the 82nd Airborne Living History Re-enactors and jump from the C-47 Skytrain.

Support our cause with Pilot extraordinaire Bob Hayden, he won’t keep his feet on the ground for long. Take to the skies in this PT-17 open-cockpit bi-plane or go aerobatic with pilot Daniel Wotring in the T-6 Texan of WWII fame. AIRCRAFT RIDES start at $50pp.

Packages available include admission, cockpit access, posters, food and fun

You can find out more about Yanks Air Museum and this event at the Yanks website HERE.