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Get the newest show listings by going to www.wheretheshowsare.com/fastsearch 14 “Where The Shows Are !!!” Spring 2015 to Winter 2016 Show Reviews & News! The City of New Smyrna Beach Parks & Recreation Presents Two of Central Florida’s Premiere Events... The 54th Annual show features 250 artists & craftsmen with some of the nest work anywhere in Florida. Crowds are al- ways huge and buying is brisk! There is no “of cial” deadline, but the show is usually full within days of application availability. 210 Sams Ave New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168 (386) 424-2175 www.cityofnsb.com kshelton@cityofnsb.com February 20 & 21, 2016 November 14 & 15, 2015 The 26th Annual show takes place just off the beach in New Smyrna. Over 150 artists & craftsmen line the street as an over ow crowd buys holiday gifts. Art & crafts both sell welland the show lls fast so make sure to apply early! T he world has changed a lot over the last two and a half decades since we started“WhereTheShowsAre!!!”and for a good number of those years the way we accessed the information we use to find showshasprettymuchstayedthesame.Over the last few years though, the internet has become a much more powerful and practical way for people to find the shows they need. At the same time the costs of providing all that information in the traditional way in a printed book has risen dramatically! In fact, we haven’t had a price increase since 2003 and in that time the actual cost of printing, binding,mailingandputtingthatprintedcopy in your hands has tripled! We’ve had a few people who have gotten very upset with the subscription price increase of $30.00... but the vast majority have understood that if all a company does is break even, they won’t stay in business for long! That brings us to this moment in time. For those of you who haven’t noticed yet, we’ve made a big shift in both our print editionandouronlinepublication. Ouronline presence has been an important part of our business, but not as strong as the print edition of our guide. For the last couple of years we’ve been working hard to change all that and at the same time increase the quality of what we print. This issue represents the first partofthechangesinprintandifyou’vebeen to our online site lately you’ll see that we’ve made some substantial changes there too. Although we are strongly encouraging as many of you as possible to become an online subscriber... we recognize that not that is not what suits everyone best. As a result, we will continue to produce the print publicationforaslongasthedemandjustifies the cost of providing that to you. Many huge print publications have simply disappeared primarily because it’s very difficult to compete with what the internet has to offer. On the online part of our publication we’ve tried to make the experience very intuitive and easy for you to use. One of the things that has made “Where The Shows Are!!!” a success in print is the fact that we’ve made find shows work like you do. Some people like to plan months and months ahead... other people wait until the very last minute while the majority of exhibitors are somewhere in between. Our online experience works the same way. In fact, the amount of information you’re able to access far exceeds what we offer in the book. If