A Novel Approach: Free Books For Donations : NPR

Connotea Imports 2012-07-31

Summary:

"For the past two years, the Concord Free Press, has been publishing books and giving them away for free....Books from the Concord Free Press are available free at several dozen independent bookstores across the country or online. But customers are asked for something in return...."We just ask people, one, make a voluntary donation to a charity or person in need; two, chart your donation on our website," Fitch says. "And three, pass the book along to someone else so that this project keeps going." In the last two years, Fitch says readers have donated more than $142,000 to charity...."

Link:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128775487

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Tags:

oa.new oa.business_models oa.books oa.audio

Authors:

petersuber

Date tagged:

07/31/2012, 17:22

Date published:

07/28/2010, 14:08