This is an open letter from Path To Publishing to every publisher who signed on to publish a book and wondered, “Will it be worth the investment?”
We know what that’s like. We know the risks you take, both professionally and financially, every time you say “yes” to one title and “no” to another. We know that, in most cases, you never make back the money you invested, but you keep investing anyway because you know the value that books bring to society.
Publishing is a leadership position. Society may not recognize this, and the losses publishing companies take may not always reflect this, but it is true. The words a publishing company prints today won’t just impact this generation. They will impact every generation to come.
Today’s generations are still reading the works of people who wrote their words more than 5,000 years ago. They are being influenced by those words and their lives are impacted by them.
We want to encourage publishers to #JoinTheConversation and support Path To Publishing’s mission to change the conversation around race relations using our upcoming book, The Price We Pay, which is being published on our traditional publishing imprint, PTP Press. We know that it may sound odd to promote work published by what might be considered the competition, but when it comes to race relations, our success or failure will impact everyone.
We’ll do this using Nikki T. Anthony’s book, The Price We Pay. We want to leverage it to demonstrate the value of fiction and a writer’s ability to make a difference with a book.
Our pledge to those publishers who step up and join this movement is that our service will not stop when the book is delivered. We will be giving our supporters access to:
- Magnetic Thought Leadership Training to equip them to lead these conversations in a way that creates an inviting, respectful space where all voices are recognized and seen as being of equal value.
- Lessons in how to hold difficult conversations that are productive and meaningful where both sides feel respected and heard, yet challenged and encouraged to find room for compromise.
- A Study Guide to navigating the challenges of discussing sensitive topics in an inter-racial community.
- A community of like-minded individuals who are ready and willing to lend their support and encouragement along the way.
In return for the support of those who join us, we’ll be willing to lend our support to titles they represent, which lends itself toward making a social impact. We’ll offer the inside information needed for them to take our concept and adapt it to their needs.
Discover more about our crowdfunding campaign at https://ptppress.com/taking-a-novel-approach-to-change. Those who sign up to #JoinTheConversation will receive an invitation to join our private LEADERS community.
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