Writing a Book for Charity in 2022
Have you ever written a book for charity? In 2022 a book for charity was compiled by myself — poets from Medium were published in this book
· Is it a good idea? · Would it sell? · But what kind of book could you write for charity? · A passionate poetry book for cancer research · Cancer research page · Conclusion
Have you ever thought about writing a book and donating all the proceeds to charity? In December 2022, I compiled a poetry book from poetry competition winners at The Lark Publication on Medium. Here is what happened.
Is it a good idea?
You might think it’s not something you would want to do because you are more or less giving your book away. But let’s think about it for a minute. How well could a book do if the proceeds of it were given away to a popular charity? Plus do you know someone that has a disease right now who is suffering? I do. So, it helped me further to create a book for Cancer Research because I wanted to help people so much as my very best friend was suffering from this disease so terribly. Plus, my mother died from Breast cancer, and other people that were close to me just recently passed from cancer too.
Would it sell?
Yes. It would sell and it could give you the publicity you hoped for because let’s face it, all the money is going to charity. Most people like to buy something if they know their money is going to a good cause. Plus, it might further your career by selling your other books alongside that book you donated to charity. Think about it. Of course, not only that, my friend is suffering right now and I wanted to do something by raising money for Cancer Research.
But what kind of book could you write for charity?
Usually, a poetry book can be a good idea or a story that includes something about the charity. You could create a special poetry book for your favorite charity ie. poetry for grief. I am a big fan of this sort of thing.
A passionate poetry book for cancer research
Recently, I created and compiled a passionate poetry book titled Butterfly Dance. It was created by The Lark Publication (my other publication that publishes poetry, fiction, and serial fiction) and its writers and winners from a poetry competition that was started in the summer of this year. The Kindle book was published on 5th December 2022 and the paperback came out a few days later. I have three poems published in the book and the rest of the poetry is from the winners and the runner-up poets. The proceeds of the book will be donated to the Cancer Research charity. So far, the book has been a success and is selling fast and it’s going to a good cause like Cancer Research.
Cancer research page
I also contacted Cancer Research UK to ask them to put the book on their website along with the other books they advertise. I mentioned that the proceeds of the book will go to Cancer Research if it sells there. I have yet to hear from them about this but I am hoping it will be accepted. Take a look at the cancer research page below which has now been topped up with the earnings from the first two weeks of Butterfly Dance. The total amount of sales from the book has so far reached £119 for the month of December 2022 and January and February 2023.
Conclusion
You may not earn money from a book you have created for charity but you will get the recognition you deserve for doing it. It may even boost the sales of other books you have written that are on sale. Make sure you advertise all of your books in Facebook groups and use Facebook advertising because it is very effective in getting sales. I used Facebook advertising and it boosted the sales of Butterfly Dance. It is the best form of book advertising that I have ever used.
I am doing this because my friend’s breast cancer has progressed to secondary cancer and it has now spread to the bones in her skull, shoulder, and ribs.
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