DB#343 – A Cardinal Request
In this episode: the Holy Spirit and a small parish at the beach; early rising and productivity; ideas for two more books! Prince Caspian in production; Cardinal Simonis calls in with a surprising request! Today and the Future.
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That was a very good episode, and I REALLY love your idea of a Q&A book on catholic questions, I think that book would sell well.
Hi Fr. Roderick,
I sympathise with your iPod dilemma. My mother wants one also, I had to explain to her “but you don’t have a computer”, she said “oh do I need one of those?” I think you have to bite the bullet and teach your bishop in mini chunks of 30 to 40 minutes maximum. I think this is the optimal time for most people, no matter how intelligent otherwise he may feel overwhelmed. Next you have to type the instructions step-by-step, so he can take his time and go over them on his own.
It can be very intimidating for beginners – but it can be so satisfying when you see the “lightbulb” moment when they get it and start to explore and gain confidence.
Dear Fr. Roderick,
Also, make sure you teach the cardinal how to provide audio feedback. I really want to hear more from him on Daily Breakfast!
I’m sure the cardinal has a secretary, right? Why not teach the secretary how to update the iPod every morning so that the cardinal has fresh listening material every day.
By the way, best of luck in writing! I couldn’t wait to read your books.
Jack
Fr. Roderick,
If you mostly wish to sell your book to people who are already fans, self-publishing through lulu.com or a similar service will meet your needs. But if you want your book to reach out to people who aren’t already SQPN listeners, I urge you to go with a traditional publisher. Traditional publishers offer editorial services that improve the quality of your book, and they have established and respected systems of publicity and getting your book out to reviewers. I am a librarian, and I know that libraries have very limited funds, and rarely take the risk of buying self-published books. They know that books that go through the publishing process have been reviewed at least some extent for quality and content.
There are reference works that list commercial publishers and the kinds of works they accept. I would be happy to provide some possibilities. I also have some Internet acquaintances who are associated with publishing in Europe. Are you planning to publish these books first in English, or first in Dutch?
This is just my opinion, but it is based on some expertise in publishing.
Dear Fr. Roderick,
Just a thought: Have you thought about using Catholic publishers to get your book published, such as Pauline, St. Anthony’s Messenger Press, Liguori Press, Ignatius Press etc?
Jack
Besides having his secretary help, I have no idea how someone could start downloading podcasts without learning the basics of using a computer. However, he’s definitely got to subscribe to “the truth” at http://arinze.familylandeurope.com/
I agree with Naomi that eventually you would need to go with a traditional publisher, and that’s probably the first route to go, but if, for some reason, it doesn’t happen, Lulu.com is a very good interim option. If anything, it will give your listeners a book to hold and read and a terrific marketing tool for SQPN! People won’t know the book is self published because Lulu books look just as good as traditionally published books. But there’s nothing like holding something concrete in your hands to make it real. And if SQPN listeners bought your book and showed it around to their friends and people at church, it could be a very powerful marketing tool for SQPN. And the cost would be minimal – you would pay nothing, and each listener could buy 1 book and start circulating it.
When you do publish, please keep my magazine, GrapeVine in mind. We would love to review your book in the magazine. We are starting to branch to include book and DVD reviews and your books would be perfect to include.
Good luck!
That 100 questions book, I’d buy that tomorrow if it were out. You have a winner there.
For downloading the podcasts I use the program MyPodder installed on my mp3 player. When mp3 player is connected to the computer it automaticall offer you the start. Check the site http://www.podcastready.com/index.php to download the program and to create the account. You can then choose podcasts.
Greetings from Slovenia.
Hi
a bit late in offering a solution, i am behind listening to the podcasts.
I use Replay AV
http://www.applian.com/replay-av/index.php
which i set up to download podcasts via their Media Guide, very simple.
you can set it via a sheduler to do the downloads and when you plug in your ipod it asks whether you want to transfer them.
I cannot see it being difficult to get to use this program, the downside is the costs, but you can download a demo i am sure if it is OK you could use your charm to get a free version.
the program is good for other things like recording and listening to radio
Little English-Correction:
“Remember” only means that you yourself remember something, meaning an old thought comes back out of your head. If you want to say you made someone else remember, it’s “remind”.
You can’t say “To remember someone else of something”.
Love the idea of the book on catholic questions ^^. Sounds like I’ll buy it once you make it. You should go to various forums and mention it in the chitchat section, asking them if they have any questions to add. Especially sites which are somehow anti-religious, that should be interesting.
Concering the bishop: I’d write a small manual for him with the most important functions, in any case. (I mean like one or two pages, a summary, incase he doesn’t remember.)