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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

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I believe it is a combination of copyright exceptions and business model innovations. For the content of books, this flexibility is expressed in ideas like public domain, when the copyright owned by the author or publisher ends at some point. Remember how crucial the Section 121 copyright exception was to creating Bookshare?

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Why do people give charity?

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This article is really about how some social scientists, economist types are looking at why people give. The main example in the article is about matching programs. The article looks at the psychology of giving. For Good, Measure This article is about how foundations have found Jesus in metrics.

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Grantmakers Dive Into Web 2.0 - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Bad metaphors aside, GEO cooked up a stellar article about how grantwriters are increasingly using Web 2.0 (and 2 Comments | by Share Article in Social Networking , Technology , Trends Reader Comments (2) Thanks James - this is great! The article can be accessed from: [link] November 14, 2007 | Amy Luckey Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Grantmakers Dive Into Web 2.0 - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Bad metaphors aside, GEO cooked up a stellar article about how grantwriters are increasingly using Web 2.0 (and 2 Comments | by Share Article in Social Networking , Technology , Trends Reader Comments (2) Thanks James - this is great! The article can be accessed from: [link] November 14, 2007 | Amy Luckey Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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$100,000 Grant: Polls Still Open in the Peace Primary - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Twelve organizations focused on peace and human security are appealing to their constituents to vote early and often, in a bid to win the grand prize of a $100,000 grant from Ploughshares Fund. Every dollar “voted” is a tax-deductible donation to the group voted for, with nothing taken off the top by Ploughshares Fund.

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How They Did It: LWB Wins Facebook Causes Giving Challenge - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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We began by sending an email to all of the supporters of our charity by using Constant Contact, just to let them know we had entered the contest and that their donation could help us possibly win more funding for the children. Those funds will help so many orphaned children have the surgeries and other care they need.

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Convio 2008 Innovator Awards - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Online Fundraising Campaign or Program Honorable Mention: Planned Parenthood and Freestore Foodbank Winner: Ploughshares Fund Offer $100k grant to organization with the most votes in their "Peace Primary." 2 Comments | by Share Article in Misc. November 20, 2008 | Jordan Viator Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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