Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sounds good to me, too, Jim. Since it's your idea, it's only appropriate you should choose the charity. >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 -- Regards, Dick