ripples publishing

ripples publishing

Welcome to the new ripples publishing website.

So far, ripples publishing is an idea and this website provides information on what ripples might become.

The content is primarily for people who are considering to support ripples publishing or who consider becoming part of it.

So far, the information presented is a collection of notes, and it’s not complete.

More content will be added, but generally speaking, it would be best if the next steps in the development process were done in a team.

Please, get in touch, if you would like to get involved, if you’d like to offer advice or if you have one or more questions.

Write to: contact@ripples-publishing.com

I look forward to hearing from you, Charlie Alice Raya

Why another publisher?

I am Charlie Alice Raya, author of the easy town books. Part of my work includes rethinking business practices, and while writing book 1, beginning, I developed the business idea for dot.

Since the model for dot. can easily be adapted to publishing, it makes sense to use that idea for all my works.

This way my publisher will not contradict what my work stands for: dignity, diversity, empowerment, sustainability, balance.

For all my business ideas I measure success in terms of human empowerment, the amount of ripple effects created, and the extent of the planet’s recovery.

The main foci

Rethinking everything that might need a rethink, is one big motto.

This can happen in explorative stories, in stories which play through scenarios, or stories which use thought experiments. The easy town books fall in this category.

The dot.story on the other hand is a showcase story. With twenty-nine intertwined stories in fourteen different locations and with more than a hundred countries mentioned, the dot.story illustrates how dot. could work internationally and how the different players could benefit from it.

The end of all wars, planet one, the roots of war, is both an explorative story and a Make it happen story. A group of thinkers explore the roots of war and then they find ways to end all wars on their planet.

These three story types:

• explorative stories
• showcase stories
• and Make it happen stories

plus stories which contribute to rethinking and shaping life on our planet will be the main foci.

How to explore the ideas?

A good starting point is the dot.tour which can be downloaded on this website. While dot. is the idea for an international clothing company, its business model is the blueprint for many other businesses, including ripples.

The next stop would be the book stations tour which can also be downloaded on this website.

Both tours are available online on the respective websites: www.dot-international.net and www.book-stations.org

After the tours, a look at the proposed working areas of ripples might be interesting.

Also recommendable is the story: An author’s take on tourism, which illustrates how pepper books, ripples sibling, could work.

To dig deeper, I recommend reading the dot.story. If you are interested in ripples publishing, I’m happy to send you a copy of the e-book. The dot.story illustrates in nearly thirty interwoven stories how dot. could work. You can take a lot at the book on the dot.website.

About
Charlie Alice Raya

I have returned from a longer period of recovery with bags full of ideas and an energy that is ready for pretty much everything.

My main work are the easy town books. Among the newer works are The end of all wars, View from around the universe and breastless.

My educational background includes two business degrees, one from the Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht (HWR) in Berlin and the other from the University of the West of England (UWE) in Bristol, both with a focus on finance and investment.

Saying that, I gained most of my expertise as an autodidact, and I learned most from my own explorations and a kind of determination not to accept anything that doesn’t work as something inevitable.

Since I did a lot of my development in seclusion, the quality of my work will have to speak for me.

I am a Berliner who is ready to fly and say goodbye to this ambiguous city. I am non-binary and happily breastless. I am an explorer with the highest respect for curiosity. I am a creator with a fruitful imagination. I am an author who sees writing and editing as a precious tool to shape clear thoughts and ideas. I am a photographer, playful and intrigued by the unseen.

More about me on charlie-alice-raya.org