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Because I was born into an extremely hate-filled, insanely abusive home, and my universal human rights all but obliterated, I am NOT willing to sell or give away any of my rights to my story! I am, however, more than willing to give a sizable (yet to be determined) percentage of the profits of my book’s sales to the programs I mention in this letter (below).
+ALIGNING OUR NATION WITH UNITED NATIONS CHILD RIGHTS IS AGAINST OUR OWN LAWS
+AMERICANS MUST NOT BELIEVE THAT CHILDREN ARE HUMAN BEINGS — THUS, NO HUMAN RIGHTS
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From here on out, any post with WORD WARRIORS in the title will have information about the progress being made to get the first book about the abuse of my childhood (in stories) into publication.
A Word document was created last night of everything I have already written at +DEVIL’S CHILD – My Childhood plus related background information posts, and emailed in attachments to Amy Elaine Long, my writing assistant and editor.
I know just as certainly as I know I am alive that this book will not be born without Amy’s assistance. I am grateful to her for being the amazing woman she is, for her talents, and for her efforts well beyond the power of words to describe.
I am including here the letter I just emailed to her and family involved in helping this process along. This is a low budget (actually zero budget) operation to start off with, but I have high hopes. This letter also makes mention of the nonprofit funding support channels I want to build into the financial structure of support this book has the potential for creating.
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Hi again
LOTS OF INFO HERE BUT VERY IMPORTANT!!
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I sent this link previously:
http://www.sfwa.org/for-authors/writer-beware/pod/
but it’s worth a good read
“Booksellers don’t like dealing with POD services. E-commerce currently accounts for about 20% of book sales. But brick-and-mortar bookstores, especially the large chains, still represent the most significant single sales source. For volume sales, most books require a balance of online and offline presence.”
Makes me think about a ‘business plan’ even if sketchy
If the book goes onto Kindle, and if it generates any ‘buzz’ at all – and if people want to recommend it to others they know who do not have Kindles – the book HAS to be available via some kind of hard copy edition
From a biz plan point of view, I would count on low priced Kindle edition as marketing and advertising. Book would then pay its own way. (If the book cannot sell enough copies via kindle to do this, then there might be something wrong-missing with the whole deal)
Availability of hard copy and source has to be included in the Kindle edition.
Part of the issue for me is to avoid ‘used copy selling’ of the book before I/we have it settled firmly into its sale’s source.
I think print on demand could accomplish this – but would it list on Amazon? (will have an ISBN and protected rights) I suppose it could be listed the way our family lists any book on Amazon.
A print on demand limited signed edition would only work if orders for the book were made through me – the book would first have to come to me for signing and I would ship to customer. If Amy Long is listed as a ‘with’ author, the book would also have to travel to her for signing – so obviously shipping would be slow and ridiculous!
But actually paying to print a limited run of 100 books would cost more than the book would sell for. So, that’s probably out.
At double the profit for run of $500 (cost to print around $7, sale at $12.95) would need initial investment of around $3300. The first 250 books sold would have to go toward covering the $3300 first investment. (again question as before if another printing of 500 would have to be listed as ‘2nd printing’)
All money made from book for some time would have to go toward cost of printing more copies. But the print on demand option would allow this to happen simultaneously – no huge initial investment, no books sitting around unsold.
I have to know if there is a contract required for POD – I will not give away or sell ANY rights to this book
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Another point: I want the percentage of profit that’s going to nonprofit clear from first.
How is ‘profit’ determined when just getting started, don’t want to be deceptive – needs to be clear, right and up front from beginning.
I think I know what I want to do on this – is easy, solid, practical:
I want to send the first completed copy of the book to Dr. Bruce Perry (“Boy who was raised as a dog, with new book out on empathy”) – I want his, and only his ‘blurb’ on the book if it’s going to have one.
He has a nonprofit organization called The Child Trauma Academy see educational products
We could set up some kind of a ‘scholarship – grant’ process to help disseminate their information. I particularly want to reach teens!! I guess I’m thinking some kind of ‘small’ partnership with their organization and their work to channel my book’s $ contribution to helping prevent child abuse and provide healing for survivors.
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If the timing is right and the book takes off, another thing I would support is to get copies of Siegel’s book on parenting, Parenting From the Inside Out, out into the hands of people nationwide who are teaching and/or taking part in the STEP parenting programs . SEE: Center for the improvement of child caring, their site.
I just called them, they also are a nonprofit. AND, they have a mailing list of over 30,000 – if we send a copy of the book to their director, Dr. Alby, and approved, they will add it to their list of recommended readings and market it! How sweet is that!
Leonard and I were most fortunate to be able to take a STEP parenting class right after we went through treatment and began to recover. I do not believe there is a more worth while channel for investing $.
I can ear mark the ‘donation’ – and if the book is very successful, they need $50,000 to put together the arm of their curriculum that is specifically geared for Native American communities. (they lost the funding they had for this a few years ago). They have targeted programs currently for African American and Latin American parents. Absolutely WONDERFUL work they do – and they also have programs targeted specifically for ‘high risk for abuse’ parents!
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All feedback, input, ideas, suggestions, inspirations welcome. Blog readers, send comments – thanks!
AND, for your information:
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11 May 2010 – Child Rights at the Human Rights Council 62
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– Human Rights Council: Session 14 [event]
– UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW: Reports and analysis of child rights references [reports]
– ELECTIONS: Membership to the Human Rights Council [event]
– SPECIAL PROCEDURES: Upcoming Vacancies [news]
– MIGRATION: Consultation in the context of children’s rights [event]
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