I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I can’t even link all the reviews and media mentions of the book here if I wanted to– they’re all over! I haven’t even had time to gather them all up and sort them out yet. We’re getting mentions in newspapers across the US, the UK, and Canada so far, our authors are participating in numerous radio and TV shows, we’re getting great word-of-mouth from the blogosphere… it’s overwhelming and a bit surreal.

I counted the number of times I cried on the day of this book’s release: twice. Once when I read an essay about this project from one of the writers, Frank Baron, and once when I saw that we had already surpassed $500 in donations in less than a day.

So today makes three cries. This was the review that did it…

“Dedicated to ‘the survivors of Hurricane Katrina and all those who are helping them,’ Stories of Strength represents a highlight in the history not only of print-on-demand publishing, but of the entire book publishing industry…”
–Karen DeGroot Carter (read her full review on Compulsive Reader).

I’ll share more of our reviews and articles about this project soon!

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We surpassed $2000 in donations today, and it looks like we’re picking up steam! The media mentions of this book are all over the place, and we’re thrilled. It’s also now available on Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.co.uk, and BN.com! Click on the red text for ordering links. You can also visit here to compare prices and shipping costs at various online bookstores. (Scroll to the bottom to change your currency or shipping destination.) Thank you to everyone who’s ordered this book. You’re helping us make a big difference.

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Who deserves kisses? Well, lots of people, really. There are so many people right now who believe in what we’re doing and are working hard to let the world know about Stories of Strength. I’d like to tell you about a few of them…

Bookmarks Magazine just offered us a free 1/6th-page ad in their next issue. Thanks, Bookmarks! That’s a book review magazine that summarizes hundreds of reviews from other publications, and includes author profiles, recommended reading lists, and more, in each issue.

Library director Toni Whitney, who is including ordering information about Stories of Strength in her newspaper ads because Absolute Write members once came to her aid and donated lots of books to her library!

The wonderful staff at Borders in Fairfield, CT, who will fill an entire endcap with Stories of Strength in time for the holidays and has invited our authors to come talk and sign books.

POD-dy Mouth, who has just informed us that she loves the book and will review it this Friday.

To these fine people and many others, we love you! Keep watching… our flight is just beginning.

To find out about our author appearances in the media, please visit here. Stories of Strength writers are taking over the airwaves across the U.S. and Canada!

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Well, we smashed right through my first goal– I was hoping to raise $1000 in the first three days, and we beat it! We’ve raised about $1040 thus far, and I know we’ve barely begun. It feels pretty amazing. Every time I hear of a celebrity donating a million bucks to disaster relief, I think, “Boy, I wish I could do that.” Okay, so a thousand bucks isn’t a million– but it’s something. Something more than I could have done on my own. And who knows how far we’ll go? Who knows how much we can accomplish? We can help medical clinics, rebuild schools, deliver clothes and toys… just because we’re all pitching in and using our love for writing to do something good.

Thank you to all the bloggers and Website editors who are helping us spread the word!

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Well, the “net-sneeze” Richard referred to was pretty bad timing– my cable went out just before the book’s official release, so I didn’t get to see the “grand opening”– but right now it’s 9:36 on the night of the release… and we’ve already sold 101 books and raised more than $500 for disaster relief. In less than one day. I can’t tell you how excited all of the other writers and I are about this. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Please help us keep the donations flying in. Put up a flyer or two around the office, link to us from your website or blog, tell people about our project.

Our goal is $100,000. Bookmark this site and see how long it takes for us to beat it!

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