MAY LITERATURE REPORT
June 2015
CALL FOR LITERATURE COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS! WRITERS, EDITORS, ILLUSTRATORS, GRAPHIC DESIGNERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS WANTED!
We have a lot of exciting projects in the works – and are looking for volunteers to help us shape the future of ACA. If you wish to do service from a space of love, please email the Literature Committee at [email protected].
New Literature Offerings for Fellowship Review
Hospitals and Institutions Guidelines: This booklet will available for review through July 15.
Intergroup Guidelines: This booklet (currently in draft form) will be available for review until August 31.
To the Beginner in All of Us: This trifold will be available for review July through September.
To review these materials as they become available, visit our website http://www.adultchildren.org. You will find them under the Fellowship Alerts link in the lower right corner of the page.
Literature Update: Twelve Steps of Adult Children Steps Workbook
Fellowship request that Steps 6-12 be expanded with additional questions and exercises. This publication is open for revisions. Please submit suggestions for additions to the workbook to [email protected].
4x4: The Laundry List Workbook – Integrating Our Laundry List Traits
We received tremendous response to this text. The Laundry List Workbook seeks to expand the Fellowship Text’s brief description of the “Other” or Opposite Laundry List. The Other Laundry List outlines characteristics of how adult children may be acting out the effects of the original Laundry List traits. Wherever possible we incorporated the valuable insights, commentary and suggestions.
We are looking for cover art for this book. The book’s size is approximately 8.5 x 11 inches (22x30 cm), so a high-resolution digital image (approximately 300 ppi) is needed. Please send photos or drawings to [email protected]. Deadline for art submissions is June 15. Be sure to include a copyright release form. A copyright release form can be downloaded from our website at http://www.adultchildren.org/comline.
The book is now in the final proofreading stage, and we anticipate offering The Laundry List Workbook for sale in August.
ComLine
We received several articles, along with original artwork and photography for the 3rd Quarter ComLine. The next issue will be for the 4th Quarter: October, November, December. We are asking that all submissions be sent in by November 1.
Though primary focus for the 4th Quarter issue is on Steps 10, 11, 12 and Traditions 10, 11, 12, all shares, stories, poems reflecting experience, strength, and hope are welcome! Be sure to include a copyright release form with your story or artwork. A copyright release form can be downloaded from our website at http://www.adultchildren.org/comline.
Audio BRB
Sales for May were 70 a-books sold. All tolled, we have sold 260 a-BRBs.
e-BRB
Sales for May were 188 e-books sold. All tolled, we have sold 7,575 e-BRBs.
Multilingual Translations
A group of adult children in Norway are translating the Twelve-Step workbook.
Adult children in Finland are translating the Strengthening My Recovery.
A group of adult children in Lithuania are translating several pieces of literature.
Adult children in Italy have been translating free literature. Molto bene! We received nine translations in Italian:
- The Problem
- The Laundry List
- The Solution
- The Twelve Steps
- The Twelve Traditions
- The ACA Promises
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Sample Meeting Format
- ACA Is…
Miscellaneous
- Nearly 500 emails were traded both domestically and abroad, including from the fellowship in Australia, Finland, Japan, Russia, Denmark and Greece.
- We deployed more cloud storage to accommodate the additional literature and translations currently in production.
- We upgraded software for literature layout work
- We have been revising literature to include ISBNs (International Standard Book Numbers) and bar codes so that we can move forward with international fulfillment services.
Sincerely yours in service,
Larry A., Literature Chair, ACA WSO Trustee
Ines, Z., ACA WSO Trustee, Spanish Translation and Group Liaison
Robin R., Staff
Committee Members
John M., ComLine
Karen A., Proofreader
Cheryl H., Proofreader
Patti H., Proofreader
Phyllis R., ComLine
Bonnie K-M., ComLine
Mardi M., ComLine
Laura L., ComLine
Jennifer B., ComLine
Conrad G., ComLine
Marty M., ComLine
Bob B., Copyrights Coordinator
Translation Volunteers
Anna J., Polish Translation Contributor/Polish Fellowship, UK
Christine D, French Translation Contributor, Canada
Henry G., Finnish Translation Contributor, Finland
Anna, Finnish Translation Contributor, Finland
Hiroko I., Japanese Translation Contributor, Japan
Ines Z., Spanish Translation Contributor, USA
Keiko D., Japanese Translation Contributor, Japan
Nastya, Russian Translation Coordinator, Russia
Stefan B., German Translation Contributor, Germany
Xanthi T., Greek Translation Contributor, Greece
Susanne B, Swedish Translation Contributor, Sweden
Ausra, Latvia
On-Going Translation Groups
| Finnish | Danish | Russian | German | Dutch | Norwegian |
| Swedish | Italian | Japanese | Portuguese | Polish | French |
| Lithuanian | Hungarian | Bulgarian | Greek | Spanish | Italian |
| Latvia |
From a space of love, I give service in ACA so that every Adult Child seeking recovery may find a safe place.
