[bksvol-discuss] Re: business proposal for Bertrice Small
- From: "Jake Brownell" <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 01:26:35 -0500
Hey Sue,
If I were to tell someone about BookShare and suggest that they could
help out by making a donation or volunteering...sounds just like any other
organization that needs financial/volunteer support...
Just my two cents worth,
Jake
PS assuming that the donations are tax deductable is a common course as well
from my experiences
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> <<<smile> I don't want to be a wet blanket, but are we allowed to solicit
> donations withoout permission? Just a thought I had. <smile>>
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> Sue S.
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> From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Also, you can point out, that a donation of books or funds to bookshare is
a
> tax deductible donation, something very prized around income tax time.
>
> All she would need is a receipt from bookshare stating the value of the
> donation.
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> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 2:05 PM
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> I think writing to her is a great idea. You might tell
> her how many fans she has here (you probably were
> already planning t do that) and how many of her books
> are already scanned and in the collection. As for our
> buying her books -- I get mine from the library, but
> I've looked at the bookshelves in the grocery store
> and drugstores where they have popular paperbacks for
> sale and not one so far has had one of hers, though
> they do have other popular authors such as Maeve
> Binchey, Sandra Brown, Grisham, etc. I've wondered
> why. Is that something she doesn't want?
>
> Cindy
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>
> --- Allison Mervis <allisonfm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi all!
> > I wanted to run this by everyone before I went ahead
> > and did it. I was going to email Bertrice Small and
> > see if she could provide bookshare with manuscripts
> > of the books we don't have and whatever new ones she
> > writes. However, I realize that if she does this for
> > free, she won't make a profit. But if we agree to
> > pay regular price for the book in return for the
> > manuscript she might be more willing. I realize that
> > bookshare is a non-profit organization, but some
> > books scanned by the office are store bought, right?
> > I want people's opinions before I do this. If
> > someone higher up would rather do it, please let me
> > know.
> > Allison
> >
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