2:46: Aftershocks: Stories from the Japanese

Subject: BS: 2:46: Aftershocks: Stories from the Japa
From: MMario
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 08:43 AM

"2:46: Aftershocks: Stories from the Japan Earthquake" is a kindle book produced by a twitter community in the two weeks post earthquake in Japan - all profits go to Japan Earthquake release.

I'm not sure if this counts if you purchase through the mudcat link but it can't hurt...

My niece lives in Tokyo with her husband as does his family; and a short piece by her is included in it.

MMario

Subject: RE: 2:46: Aftershocks: Stories from the Japanese
From: MMario
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 11:32 AM

The belows are excerpts from KindleDailyNation - an e-letter publication:

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2:46: Aftershocks – Stories from the Japan Earthquake: Here's one of the most important books we have ever shared with you here at Kindle Nation, and all proceeds go to victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami

April 14, 2011By Steve Windwalker

2:46: Aftershocks
Stories from the Japan Earthquake
by the quakebook community
Our Man in Abiko (Editor)
5.0 out of 5 stars – 11 customer reviews
Kindle Price: $9.99
Text-to-Speech: Enabled
100% of all proceeds go to the Japanese Red Cross Society to aid the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami
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I am going to lead here with what happens to the $9.99 that you will pay for this book, or the $9.99 that I paid for it. Every penny of it — 100 per cent — goes to the Japanese Red Cross Society to aid the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Not just the profit, but every penny, all $9.99. Nothing goes to the authors, or the publisher, or Amazon, or any intermediary. ... ... ...

So one of the things that means is that if you were thinking of donating $10 to help the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, you can do it this way and at the same time you will get a remarkably vivid, hopeful, and sometimes heartbreaking book that — I promise you — is every bit as much of a page-turner as any book we've ever suggested here at Kindle Nation.
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(Please note: they don't need Kindles to read it. All they need is an email address and ... .. ...email from Amazon will tell them exactly how to open the gift copy on a Kindle, a computer, or an iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android device, BlackBerry, or just about anything else that has buttons on it except the shirt you are wearing).
Please do it.

...the voice that comes through so poignantly in the story, "Home," that Kim contributed to this book. But of course, Kip was not in Japan at 2:46, and Kim was.... ... ...
In just over a week, a group of unpaid professional and citizen journalists who met on Twitter created a book to raise money for Japanese Red Cross earthquake and tsunami relief efforts. In addition to essays, artwork and photographs submitted by people around the world, including people who endured the disaster and journalists who covered it, 2:46: Aftershocks: Stories from the Japan Earthquake contains a piece by Yoko Ono, and work created specifically for the book by authors William Gibson, Barry Eisler and Jake Adelstein.
"The primary goal," says the book's editor, a British resident of Japan, "is to record the moment, and in doing so raise money for the Japanese Red Cross Society to help the thousands of homeless, hungry and cold survivors of the earthquake and tsunami. The biggest frustration for many of us was being unable to help these victims. I don't have any medical skills, and I'm not a helicopter pilot, but I can edit. A few tweets pulled together nearly everything – all the participants, all the expertise – and in just over a week we had created a book including stories from an 80-year-old grandfather in Sendai, a couple in Canada waiting to hear if their relatives were okay, and a Japanese family who left their home, telling their young son they might never be able to return."
ONE HUNDRED PERCENT of the price you pay goes to the Japanese Red Cross Society to aid the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. ... ... ...
of course, if you like the book, please tell your friends, and tell them to give generously as well! Thank you! Japan really does appreciate your help!

Subject: RE: 2:46: Aftershocks: Stories from the Japanese
From: Charley Noble
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 03:49 PM

refresh!

Subject: RE: 2:46: Aftershocks: Stories from the Japanese
From: MMario
Date: 15 Apr 11 - 10:01 AM

Thank you Charley!