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Progress Energy bought Moore's book
Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on 2007-08-22 11:49
Progress Energy bought 1,520 copies of "Faces from the Flood."
The utility company paid $29,970 in 2003 to purchase Treasurer Richard Moore's book on Hurricane Floyd and give it to public libraries and schools in the affected areas.
The company got a 45 percent discount from the $29.95 list price and paid $3.50 each for postage and handling.
Each copy came with a bookplate that noted that it was "a gift from the employees of Progress Energy."
The purchase accounted for two-thirds of the clothbound sales of the book so far. As of July 31, 755 other copies were sold in that format, and 1,330 copies were sold in paperback.
Vice President Gene Upchurch said the company wanted to preserve the history of the flood and commemorate the rebuilding efforts.
"As a result of our donation, we received hundreds of thank-you notes from librarians around the state," he wrote Dome.
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