Re: PDML Book update and expenses
Mark, I wonder if there is any way to capitalize on the Boston Marathon next week...? Dana-Farber fields a large team of runners every year to help them fund-raise (this is my brother's 3rd year on the team), maybe there is a sales opportunity there somewhere? Of course, time is short now, but it's a thought for the future, anyway... -c On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Daniel J. Matyola wrote: How much will it cost to do all that you would like? Thank you again for all you hard work on our behalf. We all appreciate it. A good start would be able to buy 10 books - there's a 10% discount for ordering 10 or more, so that brings the wholesale price down to 29.66 each (plus shipping, so say about $30.00 each). So $300.00 would be a reasonable target. Any extra can go into either extra books to sell (at GFM for example) or possible placing a small ad somewhere. Anyone have any advertising or promotion ideas/suggestions. I thought of T.O.P. but Mike's cheapest ad is $300.00 for one month, which is way beyond our price range. Cheap/free suggestions welcomed. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PDML Book update and expenses
On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: On 9 April 2011 23:20, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Anyone have any advertising or promotion ideas/suggestions. I thought of T.O.P. but Mike's cheapest ad is $300.00 for one month, which is way beyond our price range. Cheap/free suggestions welcomed. Did everyone that was out of pocket with MJ a few years back receive a refund? It might be that a favour from him is in order? No. Why do you think i send him cat pictures. Dave -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PDML Book update and expenses
From: William Robb On 09/04/2011 7:44 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: Did everyone that was out of pocket with MJ a few years back receive a refund? It might be that a favour from him is in order? Yeah, I think I paid 24 US bucks when the US$ was actually worth something for two of his newsletters. I didn't think it was good value. And no, Mike was not good enough to refund money to me when he bailed on his newsletter. Sounds like the NY Times. I got an email from them recently they're going to start charging a subscription for access to their web content. My first thought was were they going to do the same thing they did last time, i.e. abandon the idea when they don't get enough paid subscribers? After I'd paid for my annual subscription, they dropped the idea and went back to providing free content, but did not refund anything to those of us who had subscribed, nor provided any extra content to paid subscribers. Since I didn't get anything for my paid subscription last time, I'm not subscribing this time. They need me more than I need them. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3562 - Release Date: 04/09/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PDML Book update and expenses
On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 8:06 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: No. Why do you think i send him cat pictures. Dave OH NO, not cat pictures! What a cruel man you are indeed! Dan -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PDML Book update and expenses
Ideas for places to advertise the book: We should, of course, send word to Ned, and press releases to the major online photo blogs. It probably would not hurt to send emails of the press releases to the dead tree photo mags either. Are there any sort of pediatric oncology trade journals, professional websites etc? I wonder of Pentax USA would be willing to buy some to sell at trade shows? They'd get a tax writeoff, a great way to show off the abilities of the gear, good PR etc. If they buy in on the concept, it could be worth it to them to have more than a few printed, which could greatly lower the cost per book. Someone should set up a facebook event for selling them. Events are the easiest way on facebook to get the word out to a lot of people, and it seems that most people younger than 40 have facebook accounts, albeit with a fairly steep dropoff in age for folks over 50. I wonder if anyone has the chops to make a short video to post on youtube about it? We should ask Craig Shergold, who was a childhood cancer survivor, to send out an email asking people to buy a copy. On Apr 9, 2011, at 12:31 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Jack Davis wrote: This stat has likely been related, but how many 2009/2010 books were sold? I think (hope) that the 2011 edition will generate a really enthusiastic response from the participants, from Pentax and from everyone else; the result should be more widespread awareness and better sales. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PDML Book update and expenses
Done Dave On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: The test copy of the 2011 PDML Photo Annual looks great. My S.O. had judged it the best one yet, both in terms of book design and the photography it contains. High praise indeed. There are very few image tweaks to be made and a couple of typos that slipped through the gauntlet. I should hear in the next day or so about the Pediatric Oncology Global Outreach official status with Dana-Farber and I'll make the necessary additions/changes to the copy in the book. We'll be good to go at that point. Monday? Tuesday? I want to get in under the wire for the Blurb sale price thing. I'd like to send out a few copies of the book for promotional purposes - to a couple web sites and print publications, some people at Pentax who've helped and to a couple of the physicians and scientists who are working on the project. My current part-time faculty position leaves me in no financial position to pay for this on my own as I have in previous years, so if any PDMLers are in a position to kick in a couple of dollars I've set up a donations page at http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/donate.htm to help defray the cost of producing and promoting the PDML Photo Annual. Big thanks. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PDML Book update and expenses
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: How much will it cost to do all that you would like? Thank you again for all you hard work on our behalf. We all appreciate it. A good start would be able to buy 10 books - there's a 10% discount for ordering 10 or more, so that brings the wholesale price down to 29.66 each (plus shipping, so say about $30.00 each). So $300.00 would be a reasonable target. Any extra can go into either extra books to sell (at GFM for example) or possible placing a small ad somewhere. Anyone have any advertising or promotion ideas/suggestions. I thought of T.O.P. but Mike's cheapest ad is $300.00 for one month, which is way beyond our price range. Cheap/free suggestions welcomed. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PDML Book update and expenses
On 9 April 2011 23:20, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Anyone have any advertising or promotion ideas/suggestions. I thought of T.O.P. but Mike's cheapest ad is $300.00 for one month, which is way beyond our price range. Cheap/free suggestions welcomed. Did everyone that was out of pocket with MJ a few years back receive a refund? It might be that a favour from him is in order? -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PDML Book update and expenses
This stat has likely been related, but how many 2009/2010 books were sold? Thanks, Mark! Jack --- On Sat, 4/9/11, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: From: Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com Subject: Re: PDML Book update and expenses To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Saturday, April 9, 2011, 6:20 AM Daniel J. Matyola wrote: How much will it cost to do all that you would like? Thank you again for all you hard work on our behalf. We all appreciate it. A good start would be able to buy 10 books - there's a 10% discount for ordering 10 or more, so that brings the wholesale price down to 29.66 each (plus shipping, so say about $30.00 each). So $300.00 would be a reasonable target. Any extra can go into either extra books to sell (at GFM for example) or possible placing a small ad somewhere. Anyone have any advertising or promotion ideas/suggestions. I thought of T.O.P. but Mike's cheapest ad is $300.00 for one month, which is way beyond our price range. Cheap/free suggestions welcomed. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PDML Book update and expenses
Jack Davis wrote: This stat has likely been related, but how many 2009/2010 books were sold? The total sold for the first two books is around 250, including both direct sales through Blurb and batches I've bought and sold in person at events like GFM. I small number, but then we've had little promotion. I hope to achieve more promotion and a lot more sales with the 2011 book. This is the first edition of the book that I've felt looked like a polished, truly professional product, so I'm a lot more comfortable blowing our collective horn about it. I'm also going to be more persistent in asking PDMLers to try to promote it in their own locales ;-) I'll write up a generic press release that you can customize for your own location. I think (hope) that the 2011 edition will generate a really enthusiastic response from the participants, from Pentax and from everyone else; the result should be more widespread awareness and better sales. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PDML Book update and expenses
THANKS, Mark for all you do! Looking forward to the press release. Jack --- On Sat, 4/9/11, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: From: Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com Subject: Re: PDML Book update and expenses To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Saturday, April 9, 2011, 12:31 PM Jack Davis wrote: This stat has likely been related, but how many 2009/2010 books were sold? The total sold for the first two books is around 250, including both direct sales through Blurb and batches I've bought and sold in person at events like GFM. I small number, but then we've had little promotion. I hope to achieve more promotion and a lot more sales with the 2011 book. This is the first edition of the book that I've felt looked like a polished, truly professional product, so I'm a lot more comfortable blowing our collective horn about it. I'm also going to be more persistent in asking PDMLers to try to promote it in their own locales ;-) I'll write up a generic press release that you can customize for your own location. I think (hope) that the 2011 edition will generate a really enthusiastic response from the participants, from Pentax and from everyone else; the result should be more widespread awareness and better sales. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PDML Book update and expenses
On 09/04/2011 7:44 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: Did everyone that was out of pocket with MJ a few years back receive a refund? It might be that a favour from him is in order? Yeah, I think I paid 24 US bucks when the US$ was actually worth something for two of his newsletters. I didn't think it was good value. And no, Mike was not good enough to refund money to me when he bailed on his newsletter. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PDML Book update and expenses
This transaction will appear on your bill as 'MARK'. How appropriate! Thanks for all of your efforts -- looking forward to seeing the book! :) -c On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: The test copy of the 2011 PDML Photo Annual looks great. My S.O. had judged it the best one yet, both in terms of book design and the photography it contains. High praise indeed. There are very few image tweaks to be made and a couple of typos that slipped through the gauntlet. I should hear in the next day or so about the Pediatric Oncology Global Outreach official status with Dana-Farber and I'll make the necessary additions/changes to the copy in the book. We'll be good to go at that point. Monday? Tuesday? I want to get in under the wire for the Blurb sale price thing. I'd like to send out a few copies of the book for promotional purposes - to a couple web sites and print publications, some people at Pentax who've helped and to a couple of the physicians and scientists who are working on the project. My current part-time faculty position leaves me in no financial position to pay for this on my own as I have in previous years, so if any PDMLers are in a position to kick in a couple of dollars I've set up a donations page at http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/donate.htm to help defray the cost of producing and promoting the PDML Photo Annual. Big thanks. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PDML Book update and expenses
Christine Nielsen wrote: This transaction will appear on your bill as 'MARK'. How appropriate! Now *that's* funny! -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PDML Book update and expenses
Done. Thanks again for your hard work, Mark. -Brendan - Original Message From: Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Fri, April 8, 2011 11:41:01 AM Subject: PDML Book update and expenses The test copy of the 2011 PDML Photo Annual looks great. My S.O. had judged it the best one yet, both in terms of book design and the photography it contains. High praise indeed. There are very few image tweaks to be made and a couple of typos that slipped through the gauntlet. I should hear in the next day or so about the Pediatric Oncology Global Outreach official status with Dana-Farber and I'll make the necessary additions/changes to the copy in the book. We'll be good to go at that point. Monday? Tuesday? I want to get in under the wire for the Blurb sale price thing. I'd like to send out a few copies of the book for promotional purposes - to a couple web sites and print publications, some people at Pentax who've helped and to a couple of the physicians and scientists who are working on the project. My current part-time faculty position leaves me in no financial position to pay for this on my own as I have in previous years, so if any PDMLers are in a position to kick in a couple of dollars I've set up a donations page at http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/donate.htm to help defray the cost of producing and promoting the PDML Photo Annual. Big thanks. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PDML Book update and expenses
Done. Looking forward to getting a copy even though I wasn't able to enter a pic this year. Walt On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: The test copy of the 2011 PDML Photo Annual looks great. My S.O. had judged it the best one yet, both in terms of book design and the photography it contains. High praise indeed. There are very few image tweaks to be made and a couple of typos that slipped through the gauntlet. I should hear in the next day or so about the Pediatric Oncology Global Outreach official status with Dana-Farber and I'll make the necessary additions/changes to the copy in the book. We'll be good to go at that point. Monday? Tuesday? I want to get in under the wire for the Blurb sale price thing. I'd like to send out a few copies of the book for promotional purposes - to a couple web sites and print publications, some people at Pentax who've helped and to a couple of the physicians and scientists who are working on the project. My current part-time faculty position leaves me in no financial position to pay for this on my own as I have in previous years, so if any PDMLers are in a position to kick in a couple of dollars I've set up a donations page at http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/donate.htm to help defray the cost of producing and promoting the PDML Photo Annual. Big thanks. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PDML Book update and expenses
On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:24 -0400, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Christine Nielsen wrote: This transaction will appear on your bill as 'MARK'. How appropriate! Now *that's* funny! Speck would have been funnier. Happy to donate and really looking forward to seeing 'The Book'. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PDML Book update and expenses
How much will it cost to do all that you would like? Thank you again for all you hard work on our behalf. We all appreciate it. Dan -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: The test copy of the 2011 PDML Photo Annual looks great. My S.O. had judged it the best one yet, both in terms of book design and the photography it contains. High praise indeed. There are very few image tweaks to be made and a couple of typos that slipped through the gauntlet. I should hear in the next day or so about the Pediatric Oncology Global Outreach official status with Dana-Farber and I'll make the necessary additions/changes to the copy in the book. We'll be good to go at that point. Monday? Tuesday? I want to get in under the wire for the Blurb sale price thing. I'd like to send out a few copies of the book for promotional purposes - to a couple web sites and print publications, some people at Pentax who've helped and to a couple of the physicians and scientists who are working on the project. My current part-time faculty position leaves me in no financial position to pay for this on my own as I have in previous years, so if any PDMLers are in a position to kick in a couple of dollars I've set up a donations page at http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/donate.htm to help defray the cost of producing and promoting the PDML Photo Annual. Big thanks. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
