Principles Before Personalities. Lie, Cheat, Steal.

and not say nasty things about particular people.

However, I do think this says alot about the AA organization, and the lying leadership that is profiting from it.

In direct violation of their stated traditions, it is obviously financial motives that promote the AA faith. This is a great example of the true meanings of the traditions whose real purpose is to protect the organization and its profitability in priority to their stated benevolent purposes.

This organization has no regard for its followers, contributors, or even its principles.

It says he was rushed to finish and there was no contract, so the $4,000 is what most people in publishing would consider an advance. But his mistake was assuming that the greedy fuckers at AAWS would treat him fairly.

Douchebag Bill made sure his deal was in writing because he knew that AA is a business, and are greedy fuckers.

Dude should have negotiated a contract, but he probably thought he was doing a good thing and would be treated fair for doing it

Ya when there is THAT much green floating around , you know those at the top of the cult ponzi scheme get the dollars and will be damned if but crumbs go out.

Synanon went so far as to declare it self a church , so it didn't have to pay taxes to the gov'mnt ,worked for a while until the snake bit . Greedy people making money off a cult. Wasn't Synanon AA based ? lol.

In 1992, Intergroup World Service (IWS) (not affiliated with AAWS or any other A.A. corporation) reprinted the first 1939 edition first printing of the AA Big Book in paperback. They sold it for peanuts… $2.50. In quantities of 100 copies it could be bought for 85 cents. For 500 or more copies: 55 cents each. The book included the forwards, Dr.’s Opinion, the first 164 pages and Dr. Bob’s story. They sold thousands. I remember A.A. groups buying 25, 50, 100 copies and giving them away. Obviously, it was needed. In the first year IWS gave away about 2,000 free and sold the remainder of the initial printing of 4,500. IWS cost per book including printing, paper, cover material and shipping was 45 cents.

The legalists in A.A. reacted very quickly to this real threat to A.A.’s big moneymaker, the Big Book®. In 1993, the Literature Committee of the General Service Conference recommended, “A.A.W.S. produce a pocket-sized (read: paperback) version of the Big Book with all front matter (preface and various forewords, Doctor’s Opinion), basic text, Dr. Bob’s Story and Appendixes.” In 1958, in a Floor Action, the GSC recommended, “a paperback edition of the ‘Big Book’ not be published.” In 1987, that G.S.C. committee advised “Although there is some desire to publish the first 181 pages of the Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous, in soft-cover (read paperback), there is not sufficient need at this time.” In 1976, the Literature Committee and the G.S.C. in Floor Action recommended “We keep the Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous, as it is at this time and not publish a paperback edition.” The above recommendations are quoted from Advisory Actions of the General Service Conference of Alcoholics Anonymous 1951-2004. So for about 35 years, AAWS and the GSC ignored or defeated any request to reprint the Big Book in paperback. One major reason often quoted was that it would “cheapen” the Big Book. It certainly did “cheapen” the Big Book when thousands of A.A. members could buy it for $2.50 or much less in quantities (55cents including shipping) from IWS.

Less than a year after the IWS paperback reprint, AAWS rushed into print with its own “cheap” Big Book paperback. Why? Money. AAWS’s first printing run of the now A.A.-Approved Big Book paperback was 100,000 copies. They used the same printing company as IWS: Rose Printing of Tallahassee, Florida. AAWS provided the paper and cover material and the completed AAWS book had 16 fewer pages than the IWS paperback. Cost to AAWS was .67 cents per book. The AAWS paperback was printed at the identical plant, on the identical presses, bound in the same bindery, by the same workers. Two months after the IWS paperback reprint, IWS met with concerned AAWS officials and began receiving harassing legal letters from AAWS. AAWS accused IWS of “unfair competition” (the low price of the book?) AAWS continues to print the BB paperback for $5.60 each. Finally, in 1995, IWS and AAWS met and worked out a settlement.

In a telephone interview with John G. of IWS, he detailed the main points of the settlement:

1) AAWS would apologize to every A.A. group in the world for its legal harassment of IWS, Inc. That AAWS apology was published in Box 4-5-9 and in the 1995 Final Report of the General Service Conference.

2) IWS would stop printing in Spanish.

3) IWS would stop selling its paperback in Canada.

4) IWS would submit all future reprints before printing to AAWS for review. Shortly thereafter, IWS dissolved. A new group, Anonymous Press, has taken over printing and sales of the former IWS paperback BB, as well as the facsimile of the original 1939 BB in hardback and soft back.

Barry Leach was given was given the Monolith Manuscript by Lois Wilson, so I guess he got the last laugh. He died in 1988 and his estate sold the manuscript for $1,576,000 in 2004.

http://www.aabibliography.com/barry_leach_living_sober.html

http://www.aaholygrail.com/3.html

It seems to me that if AA is making money off of publications, it is the honorable thing to compensate the author appropriately.
No doubt this is why Bill insisted on Dr Bob getting royalties.
In the spirit of "principle before personalities", why should some get royalties and not others? Are not all alcoholics equal?
Just like the 7th tradition, tt is one thing for someone to choose to give a gift, but it should not be expected.

All alcoholics are equal but some are more equal than others (with my apologies to George Orwell).

Is another principal of many of the A.A faithful fellowship.

Is the practice though. sorry 'bout the spells

is the point.

was a new one on me though, & seems to be an exception, maybe she's not a real alcoholic?
6 beer binge, bloody billshits got ya.

http://www.worldwidefreelance.com/income.htm