Ben Jonson Memorial Fundraiser: DONE!

[truepenny]

I just got back from taking the last of the packages to the post office. Everyone's book or books are now in the mail (unless, of course, you've received them already). I mailed things the cheapest way, which was sometimes Media Mail and sometimes First Class. I did my utmost best to get dedications and names and addresses right, but I'm human. If I screwed anything up, I apologize in advance.

I have sent books to:
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington DC, Washington State, West Virginia, Wisconsin (35 of 50, plus DC)

And to:
Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria), Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec), England, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden

And to someone in the U.S. Army stationed overseas.

The final total of donations (minus production costs for Unnatural Creatures) is: $3570.42

Shipping costs were: $374.47

In the interests of getting a nice round number for the check, I'm going to eat $4.05 of the shipping costs, so

*ahem*

The donation I will be making to the Companion Animal Fund, in memory of Ben, is $3,200.00.

Thank you to everyone who donated, both those who bought books and those who just threw some money in. You are all wonderful and amazing, and I am deeply grateful. And the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital is going to be thrilled.

Comments

[tsubaki-ny.livejournal.com]

Very, very cool. :-)

[sillylilly-bird.livejournal.com]

This is amazing and wonderful :) YAY!!

[sillylilly-bird.livejournal.com]

also, the cover for Unnatural Creatures is GORGEOUS!!!!!

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

hominysnark brings the awesome.

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

THAT IS SO AWESOME. :-D

[oracne.livejournal.com]

That is a very lovely number.

[owldaughter.livejournal.com]

That is, indeed, a beautiful number. You're wonderful for doing this.

[tsemoana.livejournal.com]

Awesome result!

My order got here (here being the Netherlands) on the 19th (technically 17th, but I wasn't home then) which was way faster than I was expecting. I keep staring at my bookshelf where there's now a complete set of DoL instead of just a lonely copy of Mélusine. And to top it off I made a friend happy by giving her that lonely copy, so I hope to convert another to the Cult of Labyrinths and/or Monette-in-general.

Plus, the advertisements used to padd the package where a fascinating insight in American advertising, it's not all that different from the ones we get here :D

(and the inscription was all good, too)

Bottom line: thank you!

[(Anonymous)]

Congratulations! That's an awesome total.
Gillian A

[jenavira.livejournal.com]

Woo! The hospital will be thrilled, and they absolutely deserve it.

[anderyn.livejournal.com]

Got my copy yesterday -- thank you! I just wanted to say that I really adored the "night city" story.

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's one of my favorites.

[rchan.livejournal.com]

*cheers* *throws confetti* That's fantastic! :D :D :D

[shyamaranthe.livejournal.com]

My copy got here today, thank you so much :) and it is beautiful inside & out, hominysnark is indeed an awesome artist!

[tomonwheels.livejournal.com]

I was happy to be a part of the fundraiser. My copies of UC and The Mirador and Corambis in hardcover arrived today. They will all be a cherished part of my library. Thank you so much.

[aedifica]

Mine arrived yesterday. Thank you! And I'm pleased at the number on my copy: it's the two-digit version of my birth year. :-)

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

my books arrived today, THUS COMPLETELY MAKING MY DAY. Thank you so, so much for doing this. :-D

[(Anonymous)]

My copy of UC arrived safely in the UK today. Can't wait to get home and dive into it.
Gillian A

[m-nivalis.livejournal.com]

I got the book today, and I have paypaled you the UK postage. Thank you for making this book available for us.

[naamah-darling.livejournal.com]

Got my copy a few days ago, and totally forgot to say that it had arrived. It's beautiful, and I am so happy to have it. And hopefully I will be less busy this week so I can READ it!

[strawberrymello.livejournal.com]

I got my copy yesterday! And I am pleased to report that the combination of cover art and the stories themselves are already keeping me up at night.

[nz-navigatress.livejournal.com]

Hi, the three books made it safely across the Atlantic, making a long a day at work bearable, and making my colleagues laugh as it was actually the third book delivery I got that day!
Thank you so much. The inscriptions are awesome, "Unnatural Creatures" is a beautiful little book as well as my first signed AND numbered book ever, and I will devour, er, read it as soon as I finish my current book.

[owldaughter.livejournal.com]

My packet got here yesterday. Thank you! And I couldn't resist opening The Bone Key and starting it right away, much to the chagrin of my family and dinner.