Tuesday, March 13th, 2007...8:58 pm
Ask And Ye Shall Receive
Well… so, how about a story or two?!!
March 13– Day 30, Beta release of book. Here’s how this is rolling out:
We’re releasing three things tonight:
* A PDF file of The Entrepreneur Story (the collection of our entrepreneur-authors’ stories) for them to proof and send their edits by Friday, March 16th.
* A Yepic.com version of The Entrepreneur Story, now for sale, priced at $4.78. (approximately 100 pages)
* A Yepic.com version of The Hundred Dollar Business Story (our story from December’s kiosk), now for sale, priced at $3.78 (approximately 60 pages)
We’ll have an updated PDF available for sale after we receive the edits back from our authors, and based on interest and demand, will also roll out a print version.
(We decided to focus on one version at a time instead of three all at once, so we started with the Yepic doc, are now moving to PDF, and then will do print).
Now then, a few things to note:
1. These Yepic documents are best viewed in Internet Explorer— not Firefox– so if you’re a techie, I’m sorry. We’re working on it. 
2. All of these are what an author friend of mine likes to call “The World’s Worst First Draft”. The basic philosophy is that something can be improved on more easily than it can be created. We’ve got the basic content layouts now– so PLEASE send in your feedback, so we can make them better!
3. We feel comfortable having these rough documents “for sale” for a few reasons: the price is really low (less than $5 each), Yepic documents are updated real-time, so as we make changes, they show up in your copy, and finally, because today’s the day they HAVE to be on sale, to meet our goals! 
4. To purchase the documents on Yepic, you’ll need to create a free user account on Yepic. When you select an article, Yepic will take you through a checkout system, where you’ll make the purchase with your credit card, and the funds will transfer to us through our PayPal account.
(In case you wanted to know how that works). If something goes awry, don’t hesitate to let us know!
We’re excited! We know they’re rough versions, but in a few days, and next week, and the next few weeks, they’ll turn into something better!
I want to write a lot more, but I’ve been typing/editing/writing all day, so I need to take a break. Be back soon!
A tremendous THANK YOU to all of our authors, volunteers, blog readers, tech support, and fan club… I appreciate you all!
7 Comments
March 13th, 2007 at 9:01 pm
Super congratulations are in order Carolynn, so…
CONGRATULATIONS!
The book is a testament to your unwavering passion for what you do. Plus it’s a good read.
March 13th, 2007 at 10:30 pm
Carolynn,
You deserve a big round of applause (I’m giving you a golf clap right now). Great job!
BTW - You can use Firefox but you need to download the IE extension.
Cheers,
j
March 14th, 2007 at 7:21 am
Kory,
Thanks, yo!
You do realize your very timely XML–>PDF help was crucial and much appreciated?!
March 14th, 2007 at 7:23 am
Jon,
Thanks…
You better include yourself and our other volunteers in that applause, ’cause this did not happen without you guys! Thanks for helping, man!
Also, thanks for ff/IE plugin suggestion.
March 14th, 2007 at 7:57 am
Carolynn,
Congratulations on your success and committment! I am getting quite a bit out of this so far because it’s such a thoughtful and ambitious project there are so many opportunities to learn both marketing and technology.
All the best!
Tom
March 15th, 2007 at 9:51 pm
Tom,
Thank you! I’m glad it’s been useful.
What I love about these HDB projects is the AMAZING amount of learning that happens.
It’s a bit of a firehose coming at ya, but it’s just really interesting getting immersed in a particular industry or business model for a little while, and glean a lot from it.
December 19th, 2007 at 1:45 am
Dear Carolynn,
Greatings from Slovenia, Ljubljana - Europe. First of all I would like to say to all reader’s do not never give up. If your dreams is your gold, keep on knocking on the door, and all dreams come true! So I will posted my wish, and my wildest wish is to be in Oprah show. Here is my letter and maybe someone could help me…
My name is Franci Rogac and I come from Slovenia, Ljubljana. I am 33 years old and I decide to write this letter to you, bacouse I would like to give some books for free to the ill children in your town!
I have already published ten fairy tales for children and my true story about my amazing live: »A key to the homeless man«. I was practicly living on the street for few years without any secondary education. Then something happened to me and I was able to finished three secondary schools in only few months. Today I’m a social worker and I am working with adolescent young kids, who have problems in the school.
I have already donated 3000 thousend books for free in Slovenia fairy tales for disabled children, children of cancer, invalid children, poor children and also to the blind and deaf children!).
But my biggest wish is to help children all over the world!
I have already been the guest in more then 40 TV shows and 100 radio shows in Slovenia and I was in more then 300 newspaper articles for only one reason: that I could transmit the message that everybody can contribute for better world!
I’m convinced that God speaks and heals through words and that’s why my fairy tales talks about hope, persistence and friendship.
I’m convinced that together we can help ill children to find their lost smiles!
I would really appreciate to receive reply from you.
My wildest wish is also to be in the audience or guest in Oprah Winfrey show
Kind regards
Franci Rogac
www.pravljice.com
“May love be your guide in every moment of your life”
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