1,235 Authors Gift over 3 Million Coupons to our Troops - Operation eBook Drop

[Edward C. Patterson]

Thanks all, but I need to thnak you.

Anyway, I have a crop of authors and new trops coming out over this weekend. 

BTW, check out the Operation Ebook Drop Fanclub - we're at the 640 member level there.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Operation-EBook-Drop/172002003420

Ed Patterson

[Edward C. Patterson]

Ten new operation eBook Drop authors and 3 New Troops.

We are now at

484 Operation eBook Drop Authors
Ed Patterson

[Edward C. Patterson]

from Helen Smith

http://helensmithblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/operation-ebook-drop.html

Ed Patterson

[HelenSmith]

Thanks, Ed.

My 'Why I love ebooks' article is out in the quarterly magazine from the Writers Guild of Great Britain - it was sent out to members this week. I mention Operation Ebook Drop in that, in passing - so I'll provide the link when it goes live. (I also say how much I love visiting the Kindle Boards, too, of course).

I'm also doing a podcast about ebooks for the Writers Guild in a couple of weeks. If there's an opportunity to mention Operation Ebook Drop during the course of that, then I'll do so.

[Philip Chen]

Ed,

I just upload Falling Star to Smashwords and am definitely interested in doing my share.  How do I do it?

Phil

[Edward C. Patterson]

Ed,

I just upload Falling Star to Smashwords and am definitely interested in doing my share.  How do I do it?

Phil

Phil - just email me at edwpat@att.net. I will be doing set-ups this weekend and will get you the mailing list for you coupons

Thanks
Ed Patterson

[Edward C. Patterson]

from Parlez-moi Blog

http://parlezmoiblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/operation-ebook-drop.html

Edward C. Pattrerson

[Edward C. Patterson]

5 new author on board and 3 new military members.

489 OEBD Authors. Oooh-Rah!!!

Edward C. Patterson

[Philip Chen]

Coupons sent.

[Monique]

Ed,

Are you going to do a big press release when we hit 500?

[traceya]

I just popped in to say how wonderfully gratifying this whole enterprise has been for me - it may not seem like much but I love feeling like I'm doing something of some value to the wonderful men and women who have to fight to allow us our freedom.

Way to go Ed.

Cheers,
Trace

[Edward C. Patterson]

Ed,

Are you going to do a big press release when we hit 500?

Yeah. I might try to rope in Mark Coker and Harvey to give it some bang. (They've been supportive). And I might ask all the authors to simultaneously run it on their blogs - sort of the big bang theory.

Ed P

[Edward C. Patterson]

I just popped in to say how wonderfully gratifying this whole enterprise has been for me - it may not seem like much but I love feeling like I'm doing something of some value to the wonderful men and women who have to fight to allow us our freedom.

Way to go Ed.

Cheers,
Trace

It is a good feeling, ain't it. And whenever someone steps up and lists all the negatives about Indie authors, I just reel back and give them this one, and all that negativity melts away. I wish the tradipub world would wake up to the opportunity, but I guess (once again) the Indie world must show them the way. 

Edward C. Patterson
(soapbox away now)

[Monique]

Yeah. I might try to rope in Mark Coker and Harvey to give it some bang. (They've been supportive). And I might ask all the authors to simultaneously run it on their blogs - sort of the big bang theory.

Ed P

Wonderful. That's a great idea.

[Jeff]

555 members on the web site, in case anybody's counting.

[Edward C. Patterson]

from downunder www.xomba.com/aussie_author_joins_operation_ebook_drop

Edward C. Patterson

[JimC1946]

This has been an incredibly successful operation. Thanks to Ed for starting Operation eBook Drop and keeping it going!

Jim

[Edward C. Patterson]

from MyGreyhound Publishing

http://www.mygreypub.com/Blog/?p=257

Ed Patterson

[ScottLCollins]

Cheers to you Ed for getting this started.

[Edward C. Patterson]

Sorry folks, I'm behind with a backlog, but I was launching a new book this weekend and early this week. I have a few troops, and I also need to house cleaning for a few troops who have rotated back and want to be removed. I've targeted next Sunday to do this and add a couple of new authors.

Thanks for patience.

Ed Patterson

[Edward C. Patterson]

Welcome to 4 new authors to OEBD.

493 authorsEd Patterson

[Betsy the Quilter]

Woohoo, Ed!  This is great program you started!  Soon it'll be 500 authors....

Betsy

[LKRigel]

I just popped in to say how wonderfully gratifying this whole enterprise has been for me - it may not seem like much but I love feeling like I'm doing something of some value to the wonderful men and women who have to fight to allow us our freedom.

Way to go Ed.

Cheers,
Trace

I agree with Trace -- I made a special coupon for OED, and when I see a download it is so gratifying. A small thing, but if I can provide a little entertainment to one of our wonderful service personnel, that's fantastic.

[Valmore Daniels]

Thanks for giving us this opportunity, Ed. 

[cherylktardif]

Operation eBook Drop has been a great experience. Thank you, Ed, for getting it off the gorund.

My only concern is that as a Canadian author I would like to see more Canadian troops listed. If I had the connections, I'd do it, but I have nothing to do with the military anymore and my attempts to contact them via the Canadian Armed Forces website have gone nowhere.

So if anyone in the CAF reads this and wants to help get ebooks to Canadian troops, please email me via my website http://www.cherylktardif.com or contact Ed Patterson here.