{"id":25489,"date":"2016-03-17T07:06:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T06:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=25489"},"modified":"2016-03-19T05:55:23","modified_gmt":"2016-03-19T04:55:23","slug":"book-distribution-in-north-america-increases-by-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=25489","title":{"rendered":"Book Distribution in North America Increases by 10%"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nVaisesika Prabhu distributing the Bhagavad-gita in Toronto Canada<\/em> <\/p>\n

By Bhaktin Anjali Panchal<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 10% Increase<\/b><\/p>\n

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In 1969, while visiting ISKCON Press, the forerunner of the BBT, Srila Prabhupada said, \u201cThis is the heart of ISKCON.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

A devotee said, \u201cYou are the heart of ISKCON, Prabhupada.\u201d Srila Prabhupada replied, \u201cAnd this is my heart.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

In addition to the over-arching benefit of educating people in spiritual topics, Srila Prabhupada wanted ISKCON to fund many projects through book distribution. Many ISKCON Flagship temples and projects have been supported primarily through book distribution income. Today, the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT) continues to support important ISKCON projects, including the upcoming Temple of the Vedic Planetarium (TOVP) in Mayapur, India, of which, North American BBT remains the biggest contributor among all the BBT’s worldwide branches.<\/p>\n

Since the last five years, book distribution in North America has been on a steady increase. In 2012, under the encouragement and guidance of H.G. Vaisesika Prabhu, temple presidents and leaders assembled Team North America<\/i> (continent wide team with one goal). In 2012, Team North America<\/i> set a goal of 20% increase in the dollars remitted to BBT versus prior year; in 2013 another 20% increase on top of that, and in 2014 and 2015 each, additional 10% increase. The results were astounding \u2013 remittances more than doubled, implying an average annual growth of 18% over the last 5 years! This unprecedented and steady increase in book distribution has created new waves of enthusiasm in several centres across North America. <\/p>\n

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For 2016, at the Temple Presidents meeting, another 10% increase has been ratified for Team North America<\/i>. In addition, the Temple leaders also agreed for at least 10% increase annually for the next 10 years. These goals promise to strengthen the North American BBT, as well the broader community of ISKCON devotees in North America and beyond.<\/p>\n

Traditionally, book distribution in North America picks up towards the end of the year during Srila Prabhupada Book Marathon. But if all North American Centres start early on their book distribution plans and innovations, they can fulfill, and even exceed their goals to increase the BBT remittance. With a little more push – early on \u2013 Team North America\u2019s<\/i> success is guaranteed.<\/p>\n

So join early, there is room for everyone to contribute. In Lord Caitanya\u2019s movement, everyone matters, every bit counts! There are several resources you can tap into. If your centre is not already represented at the NASLT (read below), we encourage you to nominate your sankirtan leaders to join this group to have access to resources and innovations from across North America. <\/p>\n

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NASLT <\/b> <\/p>\n

NASLT is the group of Sankirtan Leaders from across North America. We meet at least once a month through conference calls to share best practices and innovations and to brainstorm ways to collectively enhance sankirtan for Team North America<\/i>. We also organize training webinars for book distribution techniques. Our key priorities are: Collaboration, Sankirtan Training and BBT Services, and our current focus projects include bridge books and digital migration. To join the group, please email shyamamohini.bcs@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"HareBy Bhaktin Anjali Panchal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since the last five years, book distribution in North America has been on a steady increase. In 2012, under the encouragement and guidance of H.G. Vaisesika Prabhu, temple presidents and leaders assembled Team North America (continent wide team with one goal). In 2012, Team North America set a goal of 20% increase in the dollars remitted to BBT versus prior year; in 2013 another 20% increase on top of that, and in 2014 and 2015 each, additional 10% increase. The results were astounding \u2013 remittances more than doubled, implying an average annual growth of 18% over the last 5 years! This unprecedented and steady increase in book distribution has created new waves of enthusiasm in several centres across North America. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-distribution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25489"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25557,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25489\/revisions\/25557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}