September 11 Tragedy
With a guideline of approximately 300 pages, faculty and students at NYU worked directly with BlueEar, an editorial partner committed to publishing international journalism and writing in a variety of digital formats, to compile the oral history. At first, Mitchell Davis, president of BookSurge, was concerned that they might not be able to gather enough information to produce a compelling book in such a short period of time. "But then we started getting in so many stories and we knew we had the makings of a great book," notes Davis. The stories deal first hand with how life has changed for the rescue workers and the families of the victims. The book, available since September 30, is published and sold by BookSurge. All publisher and bookselling net proceeds are being donated to ongoing relief efforts of the Red Cross at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon crash site. The goal is to raise at least $1,000,000.