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February 2008 We recently asked Archive
friends and supporters to give us some feedback about our
work. We invited people to respond to a brief online survey;
the responses to the multiple choice questions are summarized
below; you can read respondents'
free-form comments here.
For the past ten years the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
has been publishing Buddhist books for free worldwide distribution.
There are now more than 400,000 free LYWA books in print.
Some people have questioned the need for free books;
others have suggested that people don’t value free books as
much as books they pay for.
So before we publish more free books we would like your
opinion. Please help us by answering these few questions.
Thank you so much.
| 1. Have you ever held one
of our free books in your hands? |
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Response
Percent |
Response
Count |
| Yes |
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85.5% |
547 |
| No |
|
14.5% |
93 |
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answered question |
640 |
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skipped question |
8 |
| 2. Have you ever read any
of our free books on LamaYeshe.com? |
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Response
Percent |
Response
Count |
| Yes |
|
67.0% |
424 |
| No |
|
33.0% |
209 |
| |
answered question |
633 |
|
skipped question |
15 |
| 3. Please indicate your
level of agreement with the following statements: |
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Strongly Agree |
Agree |
Disagree |
Strongly Disagree |
Don't Know |
Response
Count |
| Publishing books for free increases
the number of people that book can reach. |
67.0% (430) |
24.3% (156) |
2.6% (17) |
0.6% (4) |
5.5% (35) |
642 |
| Publishing books for sale increases
the number of people that book can reach. |
8.2% (52) |
20.4% (129) |
33.9% (214) |
19.0% (120) |
18.4% (116) |
631 |
| People respect books they have
paid for more than free books. |
2.4% (15) |
17.3% (110) |
44.1% (280) |
26.1% (166) |
10.1% (64) |
635 |
| Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive should
continue to publish free books. |
70.5% (452) |
25.3% (162) |
1.9% (12) |
0.5% (3) |
1.9% (12) |
641 |
| Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive should
focus more on publishing books for sale. |
2.1% (13) |
13.7% (86) |
44.3% (278) |
17.9% (112) |
22.0% (138) |
627 |
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answered question |
645 |
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skipped question |
3 |
| 4. Have you donated money
to the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive? |
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Response
Percent |
Response
Count |
| Yes |
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56.5% |
361 |
| No |
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43.5% |
278 |
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answered question |
639 |
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skipped question |
9 |
| 5. Are you a Member or Benefactor? |
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Response
Percent |
Response
Count |
| Member |
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18.6% |
118 |
| Benefactor |
|
7.1% |
45 |
| Neither |
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52.0% |
329 |
| Don't Know |
|
22.3% |
141 |
| |
answered question |
633 |
|
skipped question |
15 |
| 6. In thinking about your
support of the Archive, how important are each of
these activities? |
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Very Important |
Somewhat Important |
Not Important |
Don't Know |
Response
Count |
| Collecting and preserving the recordings
of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. |
93.7% (597) |
4.9% (31) |
0.0% (0) |
1.4% (9) |
637 |
| Developing LamaYeshe.com as the
gateway to the lamas' teachings, recordings and images. |
81.5% (521) |
15.6% (100) |
0.5% (3) |
2.3% (15) |
639 |
| Transcribing and editing the lamas'
teachings. |
90.9% (580) |
7.7% (49) |
0.3% (2) |
1.1% (7) |
638 |
| Publishing Dharma books for free
distribution. |
78.7% (502) |
17.9% (114) |
1.6% (10) |
1.9% (12) |
638 |
| Publishing Dharma books for sale. |
39.6% (249) |
43.4% (273) |
11.8% (74) |
5.2% (33) |
629 |
| Publishing DVDs of the lamas' teachings. |
65.9% (417) |
29.4% (186) |
2.5% (16) |
2.2% (14) |
633 |
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answered question |
642 |
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skipped question |
6 |
| 7. What do you think of
the level of LYWA's fund raising activity? |
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Response
Percent |
Response
Count |
| Too much |
|
1.6% |
10 |
| Not Enough |
|
15.4% |
98 |
| Just Right |
|
32.2% |
205 |
| Don't Know |
|
50.9% |
324 |
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answered question |
637 |
|
skipped question |
11 |
| 8. Please let us know in
your own words what you think about our free books.
Thank you so much. |
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Response
Count |
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answered question |
539 |
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skipped question |
109 |
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