For those of you who know, in November I did a book sales fundraiser for one of my favorite local food banks, FEEDING TINY TUMMIES.
For every book I sold in digital or print, I donated 20% of the royalties to the organization. But then I remembered I had a new release in November, YOU’RE MY MATCH, so I decided to donate 100% of all the royalties on sales of that book to the pot.
When all was said and done, I was able to send a check to the organization for $200.00. Not as much as I’d have liked, but here’s the thing most non-writers don’t know. When I sell an ecopy of my book ( kindle, nook, kobo, ) i make .35 cents a sale. When I sell a print copy of the book, I make $2.10. So you can see why most writers have a day job – we’re never going to get rich off our royalties.
The majority of the sales I made in November were kindle, but some readers, knowing about the fundraiser, went all out and ordered print copies either directly from me or from retailers, so that helped me up the donation a bit.
To everyone who took the time to go on the fundraising journey with me I say a profound and heartfelt THANKYOU! As someone who dealt with food insecurity and working-class poverty as a child, organizations such as TINY TUMMIES do so much good for so many families.
But the need for funds to help them isn’t only relegated to the holiday season. These types of organization need funds all year long, so if you can find it in your heart to donate to the ones of your preference throughout the year, and not just during the Christmas donation-ask rush, you’d be doing a great service to others.
I’m not usually big on Bible verses or quotes, but these two speak to me all the time:
Isaiah 58:7 says “Share your food with the hungry and give shelter to the homeless.”
Matthew 25.35 says,” For I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you welcomed me.”
~Thanks, kids.
~Peg
Peggy Jaeger, Author 