A word to teachers, librarians, and people who want to donate money to me
Every time I put a book online for free, I get emails from readers who want to send me donations for the book. I appreciate their generous spirit, but I’m not interested in cash donations, because my publishers are really important to me. They contribute immeasurably to the book, improving it, introducing it to audiences I could never reach, helping me do more with my work. I have no desire to cut them out of the loop.
But there has to be some good way to turn that generosity to good use, and I think I’ve found it.
Here’s the deal: there are lots of teachers and librarians who’d love to get hard-copies of this book into their kids’ hands, but don’t have the budget for it (teachers in the US spend around $1,200 out of pocket each on classroom supplies that their budgets won’t stretch to cover, which is why I sponsor a classroom at Ivanhoe Elementary in my old neighborhood in Los Angeles; you can adopt a class yourself here).
There are generous people who want to send some cash my way to thank me for the free ebooks.
I’m proposing that we put them together.
If you’re a teacher or librarian and you want a free copy of Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow, email freegbbtbook@gmail.com with your name and the name and address of your school. It’ll be posted to http://craphound.com/gbbt/donate/ by my fantastic helper, Olga Nunes, so that potential donors can see it.
If you enjoyed the electronic edition of Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow and you want to donate something to say thanks, go to http://craphound.com/gbbt/donate/ and find a teacher or librarian you want to support. Then go to Amazon, BN.com, or your favorite electronic bookseller and order a copy to the classroom, then email a copy of the receipt (feel free to delete your address and other personal info first!) to freegbbtbook@gmail.com so that Olga can mark that copy as sent. If you don’t want to be publicly acknowledged for your generosity, let us know and we’ll keep you anonymous, otherwise we’ll thank you on the donate page.
I’ve done this with six of my titles now, and gotten more than a thousand books into the hands of readers through your generosity. I am more grateful than words can express for this — one of my readers called it “paying your debts forward with instant gratification.” That’s a heck of a thing, isn’t it?
.:: USA
.: California
1 Copy Needed:
Chris Freeman
City Librarian, Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library
Deputy Director of Community Services
605 N. El Dorado Street
Stockton, CA 95202
.: Kentucky
1 Copy Needed:
Adam Nickel
Hazard Community And Technical College – Stephens Library
One Community College Drive
Hazard, KY 41701
.: Massachusetts
1 Copy Needed:
Matthew Despres
Revere High School
101 School Street
Revere, MA 02151
.: Michigan
1 Copy Needed:
Evan J. Farmer
Reference Department
Jackson District Library
244 W. Michigan Avenue
Jackson, MI 49201
.: Nebraska
1 Copy Needed:
Richard Graham
Media Services Librarian-Associate Professor
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
N220 Love Library
Lincoln, NE 68588-4100
..::: DONATOR LIST
1 Copy Donated by Tracy S Lunquist
Paw Paw High School Library
Paw Paw, IL
