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To date, we have received a little over $14,000 in donations towards our goal of $37,445.00. This leaves us just short of the halfway point towards our goal.
We have installed the Xerox Docutech 135 and begun printing the One Volume Interlinear Bible. The first week after delivery, Xerox was installing the Docutech. The next three days were spent debugging the equipment. The next two days after that, we ran 200,000 impressions and produced over 180 complete Bibles ready for the bindery.
It cost us over $1,000 to rewire the warehouse to accommodate all of the equipment. We didn't have this planned in our budget.
We have installed the paper cutter allowing us to trim the book-blocks as they come off the Docutech.
We have purchased the C. P. Bourg BB 2000 perfect binder for $9,895.00. It is to be shipped to us on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 with arrival expected around August 10, 2004.
We have purchased $5,000 in paper stocks and begun printing the one volume Interlinear Bible. We expect to deliver the first 450 copies to the binder this Saturday, July 31, 2004. The bindery plans to deliver the first Interlinear 1 Volume Editions to us by August 31, 2004.
$6,000.00 — The binder is asking for $6,000 up front to purchase materials. The binder has then agreed to allow us to pay half of the cost of binding the Bibles at delivery and the balance in 30 days.
$2.000.00 — We need these funds to purchase the balance of the supplies necessary to complete our production.
$2,500.00 — We need $2,500.00 to produce and mail a new SGP catalog to our bookstores and distributors so they will know the Interlinears are again available.
$4,500.00 — We need the funds to resume producing and mailing The News and Views of the Christian Literature World to you and other Saints.
$6,500.00 — We need to pay some of our overhead expenses that we have been neglecting while we were getting the materials and equipment to begin production. This amount is also needed to renew our lease with our Landlord.
This totals $21,500 still needed to assure that we will be able to continue delivering these Bible Study tools to you and the other Saints.
If you have prospered so that you could contribute towards the amount needed for our ministry, would it be too much for us to ask you to help us? Please give it some prayerful thought and let us know. If God agrees, you may; 1) make your donation check payable to Sovereign Grace Publishers, Inc. or, 2) make a credit card donation at http://www.sgpbooks.com/donations.cfm, or, make a donation using PayPal, by clicking on one of the dollar icons in the side column. Contact us by e-mail to discuss the easiest way to make a donation payment.
Your many past gracious responses to our needs have been appreciated, and have been lifted up to God in our prayers. There is no doubt that you are listed in God's Book of Remembrance (Mal. 3:16).
"to Him who is able to do exceedingly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be the glory in the church by Jesus Christ throughout all ages, forever " Ephesians 3:18-21)
It has been suggested that our donation efforts might be more successful if we gave you something in return. To that end, we will offer the following:
For a $10.00 donation, we will send you Five Points of Calvinism, and CLW's Best Books In Print 1992, while supplies last.
For a $20.00 donation, we will send you a copy of the Classic Bible Dictionary, or, a copy of Soul Winning Classics from the 50 Greatest Christian Classics.
For a $50.00 donation, we will send you a copy of the One Volume Interlinear Hebrew-Greek-English Bible from this current printing being done, expected September 7, 2004.
For a $100.00 donation, we will send you a copy of the Four Volume Interlinear Hebrew-Greek-English Bible from this current printing being done, expected September 15, 2004.
For a $250.00, $500.00, or, $1000.00 donation, we will give you a gift certificate good for the same amount as your donation to be used at a 35% discount off the retail price of any book from Sovereign Grace Publishers or Christian Literature World, Inc.
Just specify which of the above gifts you desire with your donation.
Another donor suggested that we address the issue of what appears to be poor stewardship regarding the long delays in producing several of the book projects that we have undertaken. I will try to address each of these now.
Traditionally, we had to print a minimum of 1,000 copies of a book in order to produce it at a reasonable retail price. This is the case with Unholy Hands on the Bible, Volume III. We had hoped that Lightning Source, the outside print on demand printer that we began using in 2000 would be able to produce these works in smaller quantities, thereby reducing the amount of up-front capital that we would need to produce the book. Conventionally, 1,000 copies would cost about $7,000 to get this in print. Using print on demand, we could get this same book in print for about $500.00. Lightning Source advised us that they could produce satisfactory hardcover books using this technology. When we received out first hardback copies from them, they were not satisfactory. This meant that the previous promised delivery dates (made planning on using Lightning to produce) could not be met because the quality of the hard-cover books just wasn't there.
We didn't have the $7,000 to produce the books conventionally as our presales weren't sufficient. Lightning kept improving their hard-cover quality but never to a point that we felt comfortable with.
Now that we have our own in house print on demand operation, it is our plan to produce this title in house, and have it bound by our outside bindery. This means that we should be able to deliver Unholy Hands Volume III, no later than October 2004.
This has been a tough one. We originally estimated over $200,000 just for re-typesetting this title. Obviously, the $9,316.00 raised doesn't even come close to covering the costs of typesetting alone. The 9,316.00 raised includes the New Testament which we have delivered to our customers. This leaves $6,987.00 total available for the three Old Testament Volumes. Originally, my wife - Tina, Tracy, Jay Sr. and myself were typesetting this. Jay Sr. has developed severe arthritis in his hands which limits what he can do on the typesetting. We had to let Tracy go during the economic downturn. With the downturn cutbacks, Doug retired which left my wife and I covering the accounting functions, and the bulk of my time was spent just keeping the doors open. This meant that we had little time to devote to typesetting the Old Testament. We kept thinking that the economy would pick up allowing us to hire people which would allow us to again concentrate on the typesetting which is why we kept advancing the date. I guess I'm an optimist and apparently unrealistic in my projections on this title.
I have tried to refund the purchase price on this title to many who have purchased, but they don't want the refunds, they want the books.
Does this title need re-typeset? Absolutely. Do we have the funds necessary to get this done at this time? Absolutely not.
What is my answer, prayer and lots of it. It took us over seven years to complete the Interlinear Bible originally and God provided the funds. Many times during that period we were close to closing our doors. But he provided just enough to keep us going and eventually we were able to put out the first edition. WE REALLY NEED TO GET THIS REVISED AND DONE but we must wait until the Lord provides us the means to do so. It is not on our schedule but rather on His. Again if any of you desire refunds, just ask and we will return your funds on this title. In the meantime, pray that we might be given the answer and the means to get this project completed.
Two bookstore customers purchased 600 copies of this title, the other 47 customers paid a total of $1,034.00 towards this title. The New Testament portion of this is being typeset by a volunteer out of Philadelphia. We estimate that she will complete the New Testament by November which means that hopefully this title will appear in December.
Both of these have completed typesetting and we will be printing these in house during October 2004. You WILL get delivery on these by November 2004.
Revisions completed being post on the web the week ending August 7, 2004, Proofreading through October, 2004, To press November 2004, Delivery December 2004.
Those are the major projects that we have underway and unfinished. There are some other minor titles that we are reprinting and these should appear in the fall. If you have any other questions about any other titles, please e-mail us at sales@sgpbooks.com.
We had another donor that wanted to review our doctrinal statement. That statement can be found at: http://www.sgpbooks.com/DoctrinalStatement.htm.
That brings us back to the point where we are requesting your help, support and prayers. If you can make a donation or make a purchase, please do so now. If you are unable or unwilling, we ask that you pray for our ministry as we seek His guidance and direction.
If you have prospered so that you could contribute towards the amount needed for our ministry, would it be too much for us to ask you to help us? Please give it some prayerful thought and let us know. If God agrees, you may 1) make your check payable to Sovereign Grace Publishers, Inc. or, 2) make a credit card donation at http://www.sgpbooks.com/donations.cfm, or, make a donation using PayPal, by clicking on one of the dollar icons in the side column of the donation page at the link shown above, and at the beginning and end of this update.
In Christ's Service and Seeking his Guidance,
Jay P. Green, Jr.
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