E-publishing benefit to raise funds for US literacy charity
Howard Lake | 6 December 1999 | News
A US charity is to raise funds through the sale of electronic books. Reciprocal„¢, the global digital rights management (DRM) services provider has teamed up with Simon & Schuster, Inc. to launch on online fundraising campaign to benefit a literacy charity.
Running from 15 December to 15 February 2000, the campaign allows visitors to read and print, but not save, yet-to-be-published works by six of Simon & Schuster’s foremost authors. To access the texts visitors are asked to make a donation of $1, $5 or $10. The fundraising campaign, which its creators claim is the first of its kind, showcases Reciprocal’s digital rights management technologies. Participating authors include Stephen E. Ambrose, Mary Higgins Clark, Jackie Collins, Stephen King and David McCullough.
Reciprocal„¢ teamed up with Xerox and Adobe to host this fundraising campaign.
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The beneficiary charity is Literacy Partners, a US non-profit organisation that works to improve literacy rates among adults. Visit HotAuthors.com or find out more at Reciproca
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He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.