As those of you who follow this blog will know I am compiling a charity anthology to raise money for The Guide Dogs For The Blind Association (GDBA), a charity which trains assistance dogs for visually impaired people.
I have been moved by the kindness of fellow bloggers and authors in providing a platform to promote the idea and to everyone who has submitted content. I hope that the book will be published in the Amazon Kindle store in February of this year.
I have no experience of charity anthologies and would greatly appreciate advice from anyone who has published such a work regarding how best to get the monies to Guide Dogs? I have my own author’s page on Amazon. I am, however reluctant to publish the work using my Amazon author’s account as this would necessitate me separating out payments intended for Guide Dogs from monies meant for me and forwarding them onto the charity. The simplest and least beurocratic solution would appear to entail setting up the book on it’s own Amazon page while furnishing Amazon with GDBA’s account details thereby ensuring that payments go direct to the charity’s account. I would link to the anthology from this blog and my Amazon author page but the title and monies would remain distinct from my publications. Does anyone know whether this is a viable way forward? If not how have you addressed the issue of getting monies to your charity? Any advice would be most welcome. Please feel free to comment or alternatively e-mail me at newauthoronline at gmail . com (the address is rendered in this way to defeat the scourge of the internet, spammers)!
Many thanks,
Kevin
K Morris - Poet 
An online writer’s group I belong to (The Dragon’s Rocketship) recently did a couple of anthologies, so I asked our fearless leader if she could offer some advice. Hopefully, you’ll hear from her soon. By the way, do you have a title for the anthology yet?
Many thanks for your helpful comment Gary. I appreciate you speaking to the leader of your writers group and I look forward to hearing from her. No I don’t have a title for the anthology yet. Do you have any suggestions? Kind regards. Kevin
Here are a few suggestions:
Paws with a Purpose
Wet Noses, Warm Hearts
Eyes Open
Thanks for your suggestions Gary, much appreciated. Kevin
Have you gotten anywhere with this yet Kev?
I am waiting to hear from The Guide Dogs For The Blind Association regarding whether the monies from the anthology can go directly into the charity’s account. I want to avoid administrative complications so that would be my preferred option. I will chase GDBA on this again as I would like to get out the book as soon as is possible. Do you have any suggestions? Kind regards. Kevin
To be honest, I wouldn’t know where to start Kev. I think your idea is probably the best. You could ask others what they have done if you know of any. I know Paulette Mahurin does her books for animal shelters… you could ask her, perhaps? Best of luck, Kev. Let me know how it goes. 🙂