Susan Speaks: Donation to Haiti total
So back on January 11, I said that I’d be donating a portion of my royalties to the Red Cross, to help with Haiti. I wish I could donate them all, but I’m still a little bit in the red.
Let’s see how I did…
On January 13, I got a payment from Smashwords.com. My royalties there were $11.41
On January 18, I got a payment from Lulu.com. My royalties there were $9.80
That comes to $21.21
But there’s more… the royalties from what you guys bought that haven’t been paid out yet.
At Smashwords, there’s $1.81 waiting to be paid.
At Lulu, there’s $6.55 waiting to be paid.
And at the Kindle store, there’s … a mystery. Their reports are hard to read; I’m not sure if they owe me 3.50 or 7.00 — excluding anything you bought during January, as there are NO January records available yet. So we’ll have to exclude the Kindle store and reiterate that if you buy Demo Tapes: Year 1 and send me the receipt, I’ll send you a coupon for a free Year 2 via Smashwords.
If we figure a minimum of $3.50 for Kindle, we have $33.07
I still have some overhead to pay off — print copies of the books, promotional money spent — so instead of donating the whole amount like I wish I could, let’s halve it and see what we get…
$16.535
That’s not a monetary amount!
So let’s round that UP to the nearest nickle and we get … $16.55.
I like even numbers. Let’s call it a $17 donation, shall we? That’s just over 50% of the royalties that arrived either via payments or sales during the twenty days my offer ran.
There ya go. $17 to Haiti via the Red Cross.
Thanks for supporting me, The Demo Tapes project, and reading in general. Not to mention the people who really need it right now.
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Just a reminder… once I break even on my expenses, I’ll be donating larger portions to various charities. Stay tuned and keep supporting the books, even if all you do is spread the word. That helps more than I can tell you.
[...] Those of you who know I pledged to donate my royalties from The Demo Tapes sales between January 11 and yesterday, the 31st may be interested in seeing the outcome. [...]
February 1st, 2010 at 1:29 pmGood for you, Susan! What an awesome thing to do!
February 1st, 2010 at 1:51 pmYou rock my friend.
February 1st, 2010 at 5:06 pmRobin´s last blog ..The Magic Carpet is Ready to Take Off – Get Your Ticket to Ride
You are awesome!
I meant to blog about your book when you were doing this, but it just didn’t end up happening. I will get a review up for Year 2 soon though.
February 1st, 2010 at 7:17 pmL-Squared´s last blog ..Star Spangled Treats
Rabbit, Rabbit
This is very wonderful of you.
February 1st, 2010 at 7:22 pmNessa´s last blog ..Rabbit, Rabbit
It’s a really nice thing you’re doing here, Susan.
February 1st, 2010 at 7:55 pmPatricia Stoltey´s last blog ..Mystery/Thriller Book Giveaway–We Have a Winner!
That’s great! I need to get into a position where I can do more things like that.
February 2nd, 2010 at 12:08 amPetula´s last blog ..Lazy teachers?
I think you’re wonderful for doing that.
February 2nd, 2010 at 2:08 pmWow, wonderful!
May these donations increase exponentially.(as well as your income, obviously
February 2nd, 2010 at 5:33 pmMariana N. Blaser´s last blog ..Limited Mind Sets
You are as generous as you are talented, Susan. I’m not sure there’s another person on the planet willing to give 50% of their income to charity. Kudos.
February 3rd, 2010 at 7:16 amWylie´s last blog ..Outlander and The Lost Symbol on my Keeper Shelf