Every time I put a book online for free, I get emails from readers who want to send me donations for the book. I appreciate their generous spirit, but I'm not interested in cash donations, because my publishers are really important to me. They contribute immeasurably to the book, improving it, introducing it to audiences I could never reach, helping me do more with my work. I have no desire to cut them out of the loop.

But there has to be some good way to turn that generosity to good use, and I think I've found it.

Here's the deal: there are lots of teachers and librarians who'd love to get hard-copies of this book into their kids' hands, but don't have the budget for it (teachers in the US spend around $1,200 out of pocket each on classroom supplies that their budgets won't stretch to cover, which is why I sponsor a classroom at Ivanhoe Elementary in my old neighborhood in Los Angeles; you can adopt a class yourself at ‹http://www.adoptaclassroom.org/›.

There are generous people who want to send some cash my way to thank me for the free ebooks.

I'm proposing that we put them together.

If you're a teacher or librarian and you want a free copy of Pirate Cinema, email ‹freepiratecinema@gmail.com› with your name and the name and address of your school. It'll be posted to ‹http://craphound.com/pc/donate/› by my fantastic helper, Olga Nunes, so that potential donors can see it.

If you enjoyed the electronic edition of Pirate Cinema and you want to donate something to say thanks, go to ‹http://craphound.com/pc/donate/› and find a teacher or librarian you want to support. Then go to Amazon, BN.com, or your favorite electronic bookseller and order a copy to the classroom, then email a copy of the receipt (feel free to delete your address and other personal info first!) to ‹freepiratecinema@gmail.com› so that Olga can mark that copy as sent. If you don't want to be publicly acknowledged for your generosity, let us know and we'll keep you anonymous, otherwise we'll thank you on the donate page.

I've done this with a ton of books now, and gotten thousands of books into the hands of readers through your generosity. I am more grateful than words can express for this -- one of my readers called it "paying your debts forward with instant gratification." That's a heck of a thing, isn't it?

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Crean Lutheran High School
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Jack Tarver Library
Mercer University
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Bryan Community Focus Program
at Hawthorne
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Judy Hagan
POB 938
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Library/Media
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Bishop Neumann Jr./Sr. High School
202 South Linden Avenue
Wahoo, NE 68066

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University of Nebraska at Omaha
Roskens Hall 308L
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Roncalli Catholic High School
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Omaha, Nebraska 68152

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Millard North High School Library
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Coleridge, NE 68727

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Winnebago Public School
202 Osborne St
Winnebago Ne 68071

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Teacher-Librarian
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Ralston, NE 68127

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Tri County Schools
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Schuyler Central High School
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Kearney Public Library
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Gretna Middle School
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Gretna, NE 68028

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Tecumseh, NE 68450

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Teacher-Librarian
Gaming Club Co-Sponsor
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ATTN: Courtney Pentland
12200 Burke Blvd
Omaha, NE 68154

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Director of Library Services
Concordia University Nebraska
Link Library
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Seward, NE 68434

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Library Director
Nebraska Indian Community College
425 Frazier Avenue E., Suite 1
Niobrara, Ne 68760

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High School Media Specialist
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Washoe County Library
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Reno, NV 89501

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Salina Library
100 Belmont St.
Mattydale, NY 13211

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Vancouver, WA 98683

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University of Alabama
College of Education
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Neil Butler
Pobalscoil Iosolde,
Kennelsfort Road,
Palmerstown,
Dublin 20,
Ireland.

..::: DONATOR LIST

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Red Cloud Community Schools
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Seminole Ridge High School
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Buckhannon, WV 26201

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