The Book – Page 12

In a review posted on Saturday the writer said,

“It is clear that she wrote this book to help more children find families by showing families that they CAN afford adoption.”

That is one of the best compliments ever!

This book has been about two things for me:

1) I’ve ALWAYS wanted to write a book. (It’s on my bucket list.)

2) Helping more families overcome the financial obstacles to adoption so that MORE kids can have families.

It has never been, nor will it ever be, about making money. Whatever profits are made from the book will do two things:

1) Help more families adopt

2) Cover expenses, as necessary, as I travel and speak and share this message with others

We haven’t worked out the details for #1. We may do some spontaneous gifting to couples that God lays on our heart. We may give to organizations that help families with grants. We may do both.

So I hope you’ll join me in sharing this message of hope with others.

So this is it! Book pre-sales launch TODAY! (It’s available for pre-order on Amazon.com)

To help spread the word I am having a really super fun contest!!

What you have to do to enter:

Spread the word about the book using THE BOOK WEBSITE – http://www.adoptwithoutdebt.com I’m going to make it SUPER easy for you w/ pre-written twitter messages and everything 🙂 (See below.) Do not link back here. (Well, you can share the contest but you don’t get entries for that.)

You will get ONE entry EACH time you do one of the following between Monday 5/2 at 6 a.m. Eastern and Friday midnight Eastern. Each action MUST include a link to the book website.

BUT, you must leave a separate comment EACH time you complete an action. I will use a random number generator to pick the winner so the more times your name shows up in the comments section, the better. If you post one comment and tell me about 3 things you did, it’s only going to count as 1 entry. Sorry, I know it’s a bit of a pain but it’s the best way for me to manage the process.

Tweet about the book (you can tweet 2 times per day for a possible 10 entries – but space them out please and vary the message)
Share on Facebook (up to twice a day for a possible 10 entries)
Blog about the book and link to the book website (include the URL of your blog entry in your comment)
Put a blog badge on your blog (see below)
I have a couple bloggers reviewing the book this week. You can FB share and tweet each of their reviews once for 1 entry each. (I’ll post the blog reviews below.)
Email your social worker letting her know about the book.
Email your case manager or agency contact and let them know about the book as a resource for other adoptive parents.
Post on your agency Yahoo group or discussion board
Post on other adoption related boards you belong to (as long as it doesn’t violate list rules). (If someone has already posted, just reply to their post with a comment – don’t spam up the board. If several people have already commented, skip it. I don’t want to make any list owners mad 🙂
Pre-order a copy of the book from Amazon.com. (If you end up winning a copy in the giveaway I’ll refund your money, or you can give the extra one away.)