Can You Help Us?

[Matt McCarnan]

PastorBookshelf has launched two programs to get free books into the hands of pastors and ministry leaders across the country.

• Free Book Friday -- a weekly giveaway
• Review Program -- get free books for writing reviews

There's no cost, just a little reading and writing involved.

The sad thing is, we've had only meager response!

• Fewer than ten entries for each of our giveaway weeks.
• Seven reviews submitted to the Review Program so far (1 review=1 free book!)

So we need to know:

• Has there been a radical drop in the desire for free books?
• Are people avoiding the free offers out of an odd sense of humility?
• Do the programs or their rules need clarification? (If so, how?)
• What do you suggest we do to increase interest?
• Will you help spread the word?

We want to give away some books!

[Michael Morris]

I'll be the first to admit that I am currently unable to find the reference on your site that I thought I saw, but the reason that I am not personally involved is that the qualifications did not include lay-persons such as myself. If I remember correctly, you limited the participants to either (a) those in active ministry in a leadership or teaching position within a church or (b) students actively engaged in completing their education with the express purpose of entering such a position.

Were you to open your requirements up to the laymen, you might have a few more participants. It is your call of course, and I understand that on a Pastor Forum I am sort of on the "fringe", but since you asked...I thought I would offer my point of view.

[Matt McCarnan]

Every bit of input is helpful! I'll talk to my superiors and see what we can do about that!