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I've written a humorous account of my daily affairs as a mailman, and now I'm looking to move forward with publishing the book.
As a marketing strategy, and something that is good, I would like to give 25% of the proceeds to the "National Marrow Donation Program." This organization is in some way connected to the USPS (They push donations for it on their website). Having that as a prop, it would be good for them and get my work mentioned.
So here's my question. Should I contact National Marrow first about this proposal? Or what? If I contact them, but then cannot get a publisher, then what? That's embarassing, to say the least.
What's normal procedure? Pitch it to a publisher first and then hope that Marrow will go for it?
One more question: Suppose I POD the book. Would using Marrow as a marketing tool be frowned upon under those circumstances? Would they more than likely not be interested in a POD?
Just brainstorming.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Austin
As a marketing strategy, and something that is good, I would like to give 25% of the proceeds to the "National Marrow Donation Program." This organization is in some way connected to the USPS (They push donations for it on their website). Having that as a prop, it would be good for them and get my work mentioned.
So here's my question. Should I contact National Marrow first about this proposal? Or what? If I contact them, but then cannot get a publisher, then what? That's embarassing, to say the least.
What's normal procedure? Pitch it to a publisher first and then hope that Marrow will go for it?
One more question: Suppose I POD the book. Would using Marrow as a marketing tool be frowned upon under those circumstances? Would they more than likely not be interested in a POD?
Just brainstorming.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Austin