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Only One Of Me: Trailer and charity nominations

9/19/2018

The #OnlyOneOfMe book trailer is here - huge thanks to Hazel Guppy at Graffeg for putting this together, along with the website - where you can pre-order as well as nominating a charity to receive one of 800 crowdfunded copies of the book. What are you waiting for? Visit onlyoneofme.co.uk and nominate as many charities as you like!

UPDATE (7 Sept): Books, websites, interviews

9/7/2018

It's been non-stop behind the scenes at #OnlyOneOfMe - and non-stop limelight for Lisa. For those who missed it, Lisa was on Radio 4's Woman's Hour yesterday. The interview comes at about 20mins in, you can listen on iPlayer, at time of posting.

From Only One Of Me – mum version, Catalina Echeverri

Lisa really appreciated the opportunity. It was an excellent but tough interview for her to do. Not only was she mid-chemo but she was feeling floored by the death of kindred spirit, Rachael Bland. It's impossible to say anything adequate about Rachael here - or indeed about Lisa and others in their situation. People who generously and selflessly open up about their experiences are helping others in so many ways. The OOOM team sincerely hopes Rachael found a publisher for her memoir in time to know about it.

From Only One Of Me – dad version, Tim Budgen

Happier news follows!

Graffeg have put together a dedicated website for the book. It contains advice on using the book with young children of different ages (written by Dr Konrad Jacobs, Consultant Clinical Child Psychologist at Oxford University Hospitals), plus Lisa's story, information for press and links to donate and buy the book. At time of posting this, the website is still partly under construction - it should be finished within hours of posting, do please excuse muddles. Hazel is doing an AMAZING job!

How donations are being usedThanks to your donations we've bought 800 copies of the book to donate directly to charity, including Lisa's preferences of Mummy's Star and We Hear You (WHY). This has taken up the very vast majority of the crowdfund - THANK YOU SO MUCH.
A few hundred pounds remain in the pot. We're using it to fund a special fundraising night in October to celebrate the launch of the book. The pull of Lisa and We Hear You is strong - we've already been offered a wonderful free venue (so generous of Rook Lane Chapel, thank you!) and we're managing to keep costs super low thanks to more generosity from caterers and the like.

From Only One Of Me – mum version, Catalina Echeverri

Books won't just be available to charities. Anyone can buy a copy in book stores and from the usual online stockists. All royalties from authors and illustrators (20% of the £12.99 cover price) will go to Mummy's Star and We Hear You (WHY). If demand is there, the book will become self-sustaining and future reprints will be a doddle - no more bucket rattling from Yours Truly!

How to donate copies to charity800 copies are DEFINITELY going to charity. If you would like to add to this number, you can buy extra copies and donate those to charity too.
We're looking into whether this needs to have a specific mechanism on the OnlyOneOfMe website (we can't expect shops and online outlets to completely alter their sales models to allow for it!).
Meanwhile, the easiest way to give a copy to a charity of your choosing is to order online and insert the delivery address of your chosen charity -simple!

From Only One Of Me – dad version, Tim Budgen

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9/2/2018

Catalina and Tim have delivered final art for#OnlyOneOfMe! Those two deserve a pat on the back, standing ovation, Mexican wave, medal and quite frankly a holiday. Now it's over to the brilliant team at Graffeg to design and artwork it ready for print.
I can't wait for you all to see it. It's such a top quality picture book you would honestly never believe it came together so quickly. Incredibly, you don't have long to wait.
Both the Mum and Dad versions of #OnlyOneOfMe will be widely available to buy from 12 October 2018. You'll be able to buy a copy in high street bookshops such as Waterstones and WH Smiths, online through Graffeg and Amazon and at independent bookshops throughout the UK. You'll also be able to borrow #OnlyOneOfMe from your local library.
The first print run is limited. We expect high demand and hope to be re-printing before too long. Don't miss out - pre-order a copy NOW!Preorder DAD VERSION from Graffeg
Preorder DAD VERSION from Waterstones
Preorder DAD VERSION from Amazon
Preorder MUM VERSION from Graffeg
Preorder MUM VERSION from Waterstones
Preorder MUM VERSION from Amazon
I recommend popping to your local indie book store and asking them to order you one in. Should you need them, here are the ISBN numbers:-

ONLY ONE OF ME - MUM VERSION

ISBN-10
1912654644
ISBN-13
978-1912654642

ONLY ONE OF ME - DAD VERSION

ISBN-10
1912654636
ISBN-13
978-1912654635

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Only One Of Me: Trailer and charity nominations

UPDATE (7 Sept): Books, websites, interviews

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