Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, go for it! Peter Dzwig > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Shulman" <jshul@comcast.net> > To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 1:25 PM > Subject: [Leica] LUG Book Update, and a Question for the Contributors > > >> 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 >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.17.11/652 - Release Date: >> 25/01/2007 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >