Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, Go for it - its an excellent idea. Cheers Jayanand On 1/27/07, Jim Shulman <jshul@comcast.net> wrote: > > Evidently the success of the LUG book continues, according to blurb.com. > It's one of their all-time successes, but what they find most interesting > is > the concept of a collective book effort from a diverse (and widely > dispersed) group. > > Today I was asked by blurb.com if I would like to be interviewed by NPR > (National Public Radio) about the LUG blurb.com project. I said I'd be > thrilled to describe the group, the project, and the confluence of > technologies (high-speed web, digital imaging, and digital color > printing). > > > Blurb.com noted that there would likely be a spike of interest in the book > and, "you might have a lot more people buying the book, which would make > you > more money." > > Ah, there's the rub. The whole project has only been intended to be a > non-profit activity. I mentioned that to blurb.com (and think that they > were a bit surprised.) > > So, I have a suggestion for the group. For the past week or so we've been > discussing the ethics of photographing the homeless. If there's an > opportunity to sell books, why not donate the proceeds for homeless > services? > > Looking at this optimistically, we might be able to raise a few hundred > dollars from book sales (fifty more copies would probably be VERY > optimistic). For that reason, the donation would have the greatest impact > going to one organization. > > My suggestion is that the profits go to Project H.O.M.E., a Philadelphia > organization that's been providing housing, medical and vocational > assistance to homeless women since 1989. You can see more information > about > Project H.O.M.E. at http://www.projecthome.org/ > > If there are no objections about this from the book's photographers, I > will > change the retail price to $60 hardcover/$50 paperback on February 1, with > profits going to Project H.O.M.E. That gives anyone on the LUG who hasn't > ordered a copy a few days to do so for at-cost rates. I will also ask > blurb.com to donate their profits from the book sale for this as well (the > PR alone should more than compensate them for the loss of LUG book > profits.) > > And again, apologies to all who had to suffer through blurb.com's > still-creaky fulfillment process. Evidently the finished product was worth > the wait. > > Best, > Jim Shulman > Bryn Mawr, PA > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >