Uversa Press report to the General Council

June 2005

Harry McMullan
 
Dear Friends,
 
The principal Uversa Press event for the period January 1 to June 30, 
2005 was printing a leather and case bound version of our new 3rd 
edition of the Urantia Book. In this edition the text was improved by 
the correction of several errors that had slipped through on our 2nd 
edition. We also slightly increased the page size to give the text a 
nicer appearance, and used a much higher quality and slightly thicker 
paper for increased opacity and brightness. The change in page size and 
thickness required adjustments to the dust jacket, and we ordered the 
leather edition in a presentation box for which we designed artwork 
based on the casebound edition dust jacket. RR Donnelly, our printer, 
is 
(thank goodness!) a stickler for prepress checking, and over a period 
of 
several months we exchanged more than 50 emails regarding details of 
the 
job. As far as I can tell, Donnelly flawlessly carried out their work. 
The project cost was $81,785, for which we received 4,329 case bound 
books and 1,123 genuine leather books. $50,000 of this cost was offset 
by a donation from a generous supporter.
 
I wish to thank Avi Dogim, Steve Dreier and John Hay, the other members 
of the committee, each of whom was deeply and most helpfully involved 
in 
this project. The marketing aspect of Uversa Press is being handled by 
John Hay, who will report separately on those activities.
 
All of the Uversa Press books are stored at the Alliance plant in 
Oklahoma City, from which they are shipped out to fulfill orders. The 
distribution details are reported below.
 
Respectfully,
Harry McMullan, Chairman
 
 
1. The Urantia Book — softcover edition
 
As of June 30, 367 softcover copies were shipped:
 
10 charged to Outreach Committee
143 to Amazon.com (135 sold/paid)
41 to Baker & Taylor
194 directly to individuals, societies, and independent booksellers 
(invoices outstanding on 11 copies)
 
Monies received: $7,591.60. (Books were sold 
at prices ranging from the new retail of $19.95 down to the 
wholesale/distributor price of $8.98.) This total also includes 
$2,765.64, representing the final payment from Independent Publishers 
Group.
 
2. The Urantia Book — case bound edition
 
As of June 30, 186 hardcover copies were shipped:
 
6 charged to Marketing Committee
3 to Amazon.com
7 courtesy copies
170 directly to individuals, societies, and independent booksellers 
(invoices outstanding on 10 copies)
 
Monies received: $2,877.46. (Books were sold 
at prices ranging from the special retail of $17.50 down to the 
wholesale/distributor price of $11.23.)
 
 
3. The Paramony
 
As of June 30, 27 copies of the Paramony were shipped:
 
20 to Amazon. Com (18 paid)
7 to individuals and independent booksellers (invoices outstanding on 2 
copies)
Monies received: $342.32. (Books during this 
calendar year were sold at prices ranging from the original retail of 
$24.95 down to the wholesale/distributor price of $11.23.)
 
4. The Urantia Book — genuine leather edition
 
As of June 30, 55 copies shipped to auto-debit donors
 
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Total funds received by Uversa Press 1/1/05 to 6/30/05: $10,811.38
Not included in this total are shipping expenses and receipts, which 
roughly offset each other.
 
Book Inventory as of June 30, 2005
 
UB2 Softcover 10,098
UB3 Casebound 4,141
UB3 Leather 1,070
The Paramony 2,476