Literature Committee Report for September 2017

Literature Committee Report for September 2017
(August 2017 Activity)

CALL FOR LITERATURE COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS! TRANSLATORS, WRITERS, EDITORS, PROOFREADERS, ILLUSTRATORS, GRAPHIC DESIGNERS, LAYOUT SPECIALISTS, AND PHOTOGRAPHERS WANTED!

We have a lot of exciting projects in the works, and are grateful for the enthusiastic teams of volunteers who are helping shape the future of ACA. 

ComLine

We are currently completing layout for the 4th quarter 2017 ComLine, which will be published October 1. The themes for the 4th quarter are Steps and Traditions, 10, 11 and 12. We look for personal stories of experience, strength, and hope. Remember, we are also looking for poetry and artwork!

Send your submissions to [email protected]. Please include both pages of the release form found on our site at http://www.adultchildren.org/comline.

The focus of each issue follows: 

• January – March (1st Quarter), Steps 1, 2, 3 and Traditions 1, 2, 3
  Target due date for submissions is November 30
• April – June (2nd Quarter), Steps 4, 5, 6 and Traditions 4, 5, 6
  Target due date for submissions is February 28
• July –September (3rd Quarter), Steps 7, 8, 9 and Traditions 7, 8, 9
  Target due date for submissions is May 31
• October –December (4th Quarter), Steps 10, 11, 12 and Traditions 10, 11, 12 
  Target due date for submissions is August 31

We especially appreciate shares from adult children from around the world. Please share in the language of your childhood; we will publish your share in your language.

Previous ComLine issues are downloadable for free from http://www.adultchildren.org/comline

ComLine

We are currently completing layout for the 4th quarter 2017 ComLine, which will be published October 1. The themes for the 4th quarter are Steps and Traditions, 10, 11 and 12. We look for personal stories of experience, strength, and hope. Remember, we are also looking for poetry and artwork!

Send your submissions to [email protected]. Please include both pages of the release form found on our site at http://www.adultchildren.org/comline.

The focus of each issue follows: 

• January – March (1st Quarter), Steps 1, 2, 3 and Traditions 1, 2, 3
  Target due date for submissions is November 30
• April – June (2nd Quarter), Steps 4, 5, 6 and Traditions 4, 5, 6
  Target due date for submissions is February 28
• July –September (3rd Quarter), Steps 7, 8, 9 and Traditions 7, 8, 9
  Target due date for submissions is May 31
• October –December (4th Quarter), Steps 10, 11, 12 and Traditions 10, 11, 12 
  Target due date for submissions is August 31

We especially appreciate shares from adult children from around the world. Please share in the language of your childhood; we will publish your share in your language.

Previous ComLine issues are downloadable for free from http://www.adultchildren.org/comline

Translations

The Castilian (Spanish for Spain BRB) translation printed. We have published our first 500 copies. We the printed will be presented at the EU Madrid conference in September 2017. 

Production of Russian BRB is nearly complete. Thank you to all the adult children in Russia and around the world who worked so diligently to make this book a reality.

Alltri-folds and booklets offered for sale in the shopping cart are translated to Danish, Spanish, Finnish, and Russian. Finnish is currently in preproduction; Spanish trifolds are in the vetting process prior to upload.

We recently received Croatian translations for “The Solution”, “The Problem”, “The ACA 12 Steps”, “The ACA 12 Traditions”, and “The ACA Promises”. 

We continue to add new and updated translations to the free literature for download page. All languages will be available for free as layout on them is completed. Free downloads are on our site at http://www.adultchildren.org/non-english-literature.

International Distribution Project

Our account with Amazon in the UK is now verified, which allows us to begin offering books through amazon.co.uk. Addresses in the United Kingdom, German, Spain, France, and Italy can receive our books without having to pay international shipping costs from the US. 

To purchase through the WSO store front, visit: 
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?merchant=A1UOP2JDGT6NQR&fallThrough=1

Strengthening My Recoverye-book
E-book sales for Auust were 91 books. Total sold is 866 e-books. 

e-BRB
Sales for August 2343 221 e-books sold. Total sold is 13,297 e-BRBs.

a-BRB
Audio BRB sales for August were 128 a-books sold. Total sold is 2,695 a-BRBs.

Miscellaneous
Approximately 600 emails and Slack messages were traded both domestically and abroad. Correspondence covers the scope of literature development and evaluation, new literature offerings, suggestions for future publications and updates, translations, printing / reprinting of new and existing products, digital offerings.

Quarterly Literature Committee Meeting
Our next quarterly Literature Committee meeting is scheduled for Saturday, October 7, at noon Eastern Time. This meeting is open to the public. 

Sincerely yours in service, 

Charlie H., Chair, Literature Committee

Jeffrey F., Chair, European Literature subcommittee

Tamara P., Chair, Literature Development subcommittee

Majbrit M., Chair, Translation subcommittee

David McB., Chair, Business Operations subcommittee

Robin R., Staff

From a space of love, I give service in ACA so that every Adult Child seeking recovery may find a safe place.

Literature Committee Members

Mardi M., ComLine editor

PamelaS., Desktop Publishing Specialist

Karen A., Proofreader

Karen V.-E., Proofreader

Ellen, Proofreader

Phyllis R., Proofreader

Jude, Proofreader

Laura L.

Jennifer B.

Conrad G.

Marietta B.

Shawn D.

Bonnie K-M.

Carole C.

Greg R.

Marthy L.

Mary B.

Translation Volunteers

Pippi N., Danish Translation Coordinator, Denmark

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

Hannah M., Finnish Translation Contributor, Finland

Hiroko I., Japanese Translation Contributor, Japan

Ines Z., Spanish Translation Contributor, USA

Keiko D., Japanese Translation Contributor, Japan

Igor, Russian Translation Coordinator, Russia

Alexia P., Chair and Coordinator, German ACA Literature Committee

Christine B., German Translation Contributor, Germany

Xanthi T., Greek Translation Coordinator, Greece

Susanne B, Swedish Translation Contributor, Sweden

Ausra, Latvian Translation Contributor, Latvia

Atilla, Turkish Translation Coordinator, Turkey

Monia, Italian Translation Coordinator, Italy

Valentina, Italian Translation Contributor, Italy

Alex, Dutch Translation Coordinator, Netherlands,

Desiree V., Dutch Translation Contributor, Netherlands

Bruno, Portuguese Translator, Brasil/USA

Ongoing Translation Groups

Finnish	Danish	Russian	German	Dutch
Swedish	Italian	Japanese	Portuguese	Polish
Lithuanian	Hungarian	Estonian	Greek	Spanish
Latvian	Turkish	Norwegian	Arabic	French

 

 

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LITERATURE DEVELOPENT SUBCOMMITTEE
(closed meeting)

The Literature Development subcommittee comprises members of the fellowship who have volunteered service in updating existing literature and developing new literature. These meetings are closed to the public. If you are interested in joining this effort, please email [email protected]

We are well on our way to putting everything in place for our upcoming literature projects, with one minor adjustment – due to a scheduling conflict we are moving the next Literature Development subcommittee conference call to 

Saturday, September 30
12:00 – 1:00 pm Eastern Time

Please note the new call-in number and access code for this meeting: 

+1 515-604-9640
PIN 761909#

International dial-in numbers for 61 countries are listed at the end of this document. 

During this meeting we will 

• Review vision and project priorities
• Identify project teams and team organizers
• Technology demonstration of the tools and how they work. 

For all who wish to volunteer service on the Literature Development subcommittee, please remember to sign and send your Nondisclosure and Copyright agreements. They can be found on our site at 

https://acawso.org/images/literature/ACA_WSO_COPYRIGHT_RELEASE.pdf

https://acawso.org/images/literature/ACAWSO_NonDisclosure_.pdf

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