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Right. I submitted a sting manuscript a few months back. It's in production now.
OR DID I???????
DUH-DUH-DUNNNNNNNN!
Right. I submitted a sting manuscript a few months back. It's in production now.
OR DID I???????
Right. I submitted a sting manuscript a few months back. It's in production now.
OR DID I???????
I haven't received an email from them in over a month now. I'm a bad bad girl it seems.
Actually, Neil, it's perfectly easy to predict how much money will be donated to Oprah's Angel Network: precisely nothing.
As Marie Pacha pointed out here, Oprah's Angel Network is no longer accepting donations. From this link:
"However, as of May 24, 2010, the Angel Network will no longer be accepting donations and we plan to dissolve as a 501c3 public charity, after final disbursement of funds has been completed."
(bolding theirs)
Take a look at that date: May 24, 2010. And the PA offer came in mid-September 2010.
That's about as scummy as a scammer can get,pretendingstating they'll send a donation to a charity that stopped accepting donations several months before.
That is potentially actionable, if I recall correctly from my days as a 501(c)3 executive. But the Angel Network would have to be the ones to bring an action.
That is potentially actionable, if I recall correctly from my days as a 501(c)3 executive. But the Angel Network would have to be the ones to bring an action.
The Award will be presented to Oprah Winfrey next month. It includes a framed Certificate of Author Support and a donation to Oprah's Angel Network, as we have done in the past.
Knowing how people are gullible, it's not difficult to imagine that most of the target audience won't know that Oprah's Angel Network is closed since many do not perform any research or simply don't know how so they will assume it's for real and be pulled in hook, line, and sinker.
Neither was Bernie Madoff.Absolutely. The stooges are a lot of things, but they aren't stupid.
~brianm~
Yep, the mailroom guy/gal who takes unwanted packages to the Dumpster....
*PublishAmerica will put your book in the hands of Oprah's staff. ...
But it does include the weasel words donation in hand for her Angel Network.Is this what you were searching for? Just happened to keep all the emails. There is another one but it does not indicate "Angel network." This one, however, does not mention donations to her charity.
BeeBomb
I respectfully disagree. It doesn't indicate in the email offer that a portion of proceeds from author purchases will be used to make the donation. It simply states a donation will be made, which they claim to have done in the past.
PA wishes AW did not exist and we certainly ARE cutting into their bottom line with every blog post, Tweet, and FaceBook warning each of us puts out.
It doesn't always work, but it is making a difference or they wouldn't be scrambling around with all those idiotic "offers" every week.
So stay at it, gang.
Have hopes, but not expectations. Lulu is now moving briskly into dicey behavior. Here is part of a recent solicitation (pay for useless placement at a library conference):. . . The poetry.com domain was bought by Lulu in a sale of remaining assets.
This gives me hope.
Don't let one pothole stop you. Keep writing for your own pleasure.It's good to come back here from time to time and read the posts. Oh woe is me. Newbie? written one book. tricked into failure. hopes flushed. keep writing? not a chance. once is enough for me. unless a miracle happens. I don't see the point, theres no money in it and other than your own personal satisfaction the odds are stacked against you in this business. I keep working my regular job. I'm really glad I found this place. Bless everyone and keep up the good work. l4d
One of the beauties of writing is that one can do it while still holding "day job." Sure, time is limited. But little investment is needed other than time that might go to other pursuits.. . . I keep working my regular job. . . .