Scott Burtness's Blog: Scott's Thoughts - Posts Tagged "vampire-book-charity"

If you've been paying attention, you'd know that I run an annual charitable event to benefit the American Red Cross and Canadian Blood Services.

If you haven't been paying attention, I totally don't blame you. This blog is not exactly 'attention grabbing' by any stretch of the imagination.

Anywho...

Vampire Books for Blood kicked off yesterday. This is the third year of the event, and damn! It's grown. This year, there are 44 participants and 63 vampire-themed titles!!!

So how does this vampire book charity event work, you ask?

The premise is simple. Authors and publishers of vampire-themed books pledge to donate a portion of their October earnings from book sales to the American Red Cross or Canadian Blood Services.

I put their books on the event site - www.vampirebooksforblood.org - and link to where the books are sold.

People visit the site, find their new favorite vampire books, and buy them.

At the event's conclusion, the participants fulfill their pledge to donate.

Pretty cool, right? A vampire-themed event that helps blood services organizations? I am so flippin' clever.

So anyway, if you're reading this... stop reading this and go visit www.vampirebooksforblood.org! Buy books! Help the cause, fer Pete's sake.

Oh... and if you should happen to buy Wisconsin Vamp, I'll donate $1 to the American Red Cross for each copy I sell in October.

#VampBooks4Blood!