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INSPIRATION for riters W A Note from Your Publisher Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving. ~W.T. Purkiser With Thanksgiving approaching, I find myself thinking about how lucky I am to have four wonderful children, two living parents, an amazing husband, a great job, and all the comforts of home that anyone could want. It certainly is the time to be thankful, and it is also the time of year that our thoughts turn to giving to others. At Chicken Soup for the Soul, we are blessed to have a vehicle with which to support charities and non-profits all year. We use proceeds from our book sales to support various worthwhile programs and we also use our books as fundraising tools for all kinds of good causes selected by you, our contributors. Earlier this year, we published Chicken Soup for the Soul: Raising Kids on the Spectrum, with a portion of the proceeds going to the Kennedy Krieger Institute, which helps children and adolescents with disorders of the brain, spinal cord and musculoskeletal system, including autism. Last week we published Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive for Kids, with a portion of the proceeds going to coauthor Kevin Sorbo’s children’s education program, A World Fit for Kids! We are also using proceeds from the 20th Anniversary Edition of Chicken Soup for the Soul to benefit global literacy programs, through a couple of literacy programs for children, including the Humpty Dumpty Institute. The Humpty Dumpty Institute is a global organization that our CEO (my husband) cofounded many years ago. Humpty Dumpty runs programs all over the world promoting literacy, fighting poverty and hunger, enabling conservation programs for animals, and providing health care. Chicken Soup for the Soul provides support to Humpty Dumpty through all its books and other products. Don’t forget that you can use our books, at a discounted price, for your own non-profit fundraising as well. You have sold more than 4,200 of our books to raise money for your own good causes during the past year. Please contact our assistant publisher D’ette Corona at [email protected] for more information. Your publisher, Amy Newmark @amynewmark AN EXCLUSIVE MONTHLY COMMUNIQUÉ FOR OUR WRITERS I NNER C IRCLE N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 3 the
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INSPIRATION for
ritersW
A Note from Your Publisher
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true
measure of our thanksgiving.
~W.T. Purkiser
With Thanksgiving approaching, I find myself thinking about how lucky I am to have four wonderful children, two living parents, an amazing husband, a great job, and all the comforts of home that anyone could want. It certainly is the time to be thankful, and it is also the time of year that our thoughts turn to giving to others.
At Chicken Soup for the Soul, we are blessed to have a vehicle with which to support charities and non-profits all year. We use proceeds from our book sales to support various worthwhile programs and we also use our books as fundraising tools for all kinds of good causes selected by you, our contributors.
Earlier this year, we published Chicken Soup for the Soul: Raising Kids on the Spectrum, with a portion of the proceeds going to the Kennedy Krieger Institute, which helps children and adolescents with disorders of the brain, spinal cord and musculoskeletal system, including autism. Last week we published Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive for Kids, with a portion of the proceeds going to coauthor Kevin Sorbo’s children’s education program, A World Fit for Kids!
We are also using proceeds from the 20th Anniversary Edition of Chicken Soup for the Soul to benefit global literacy programs, through a couple of literacy programs for children, including the Humpty Dumpty Institute. The Humpty Dumpty Institute is a global organization that our CEO (my husband) cofounded many years ago. Humpty Dumpty runs programs all over the world promoting literacy, fighting poverty and hunger, enabling conservation programs for animals, and providing health care. Chicken Soup for the Soul provides support to Humpty Dumpty through all its books and other products.
Don’t forget that you can use our books, at a discounted price, for your own non-profit fundraising as well. You have sold more than 4,200 of our books to raise money for your own good causes during the past year. Please contact our assistant publisher D’ette Corona at [email protected] for more information.
Your publisher, Amy Newmark @amynewmark
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Changing your world one story at a time®
Here You Are with the Books in which You Have Stories!
Five lucky winners were picked at random to receive their choice of six of our 2013 books. Congratulations to Pamela Jarmon-Wade, Christine Trollinger, Colette Sasina, Karen Hessen, and Ray Weaver. Their photos with their book displays are on this page, and we have also included additional photos so you can see some of
your other fellow contributors with their books!
Ray Weaver says, “I am proud to put my books right out on the family room table
where all my guests can see them.”
Karen R. Hessen says, “This is at our beach house - our ‘special place.’ Thanks for all you do on behalf of those of us who submit our stories.”
According to Colette Sasina, “The books are a sure fire
conversation starter.”
Look at Christine Trollinger! Wow, Christine, you are prolific!
Pamela Jarmon-Wade says, “I proudly carry the book with me
everywhere as I tell everyone about this amazing book!” That
is great word-of-mouth marketing! Thanks.
Cynthia Lynn Blatchford says, “The cabinet is in my living room so that I can remind myself what I am capable of doing in this life, that anything is possible and that my life in foster care has allowed me to turn a difficult, painful situation into an amazing realistic dream.”
Sallie Rodman does something lovely with her writing: “In every story I write I try to remember a
family member or friend.”
Look at prolific contributor Beverly F. Walker “...with the Chicken Soup books in which I am honored to have stories...”
We’re lucky that “Jobfree Jennifer,” who writes as JC
Sullivan, has time to write for us!
Diane C Nicholson and herrescue pup, Ikin, also have a story in Chicken Soup for the Soul: O Canada The Wonders of Winter.
Our First Eight covers for 2014!
We’re thrilled to show you our covers for the first eight months of 2014.
We’re looking forward to another fabulous year, showcasing your stories and sharing happiness,
inspiration, and wellness all over the world through
your stories.
I received an e-mail from someone at Shelton Interactive asking me
to fill out a form about myself. What is this for?
Shelton Interactive is one of the firms that handle publicity
for our books and for our contributors. They work on obtaining local newspaper stories about our contributors and their Chicken Soup for the Soul stories. They also field requests from TV and radio stations when they want to interview a contributor, and they help journalists who are looking for contributors with particular characteristics or
experiences. The form that Shelton Interactive sends as each book is published gives them the information they need to do a better job creating publicity for you, your story, and our book. There is no obligation for you to fill out the form, but if you would like to have some media coverage, Shelton is there to help you do that.
FUNFACTS
Your Next Books
Holiday Shopping!
Chicken Soup for the Soul:O Canada
The Wonders of Winter
101 Stories about Bad Weather, Good Times, and Great Sports
On Sale: 11/5/2013
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Just Us Girls
101 Stories about Friendship for Women of All Ages
On Sale: 11/5/2013
Many of you know that you can buy books from us at a special contributor price of $7.50 per book. But did you know that you can buy our other books too, not just the ones in which your stories appear?
And now, you can also buy the 100 Backlist books that we have put back in print, classic Chicken Soup for the Soul books that were published between 1993 and 2008.
As always, place your orders with Assistant Publisher D’ette Corona at [email protected]. She will invoice you via Paypal.
Make sure you order at least two weeks before you need to receive your books. Shipping from Simon & Schuster slows down during the holiday season, particular to the western United States. The warehouse is in New Jersey.
The books come in cases of 20, except for certain of our Backlist titles. Those Backlist titles come in cases of 10.
