Literature Committee Report - January 2026

The meeting started at 9:00am with 7 in attendance from 6 different districts.

We began with introductions, then moved on to deciding on a committee secretary for this rotation. Donna J. graciously agreed to fill the position.

We moved on to discuss our ‘why” as a committee and the importance the Literature Committee serves. The chair read a few excerpts from the Literature workbook, the main idea being that our literature preserves the message of Alcoholics Anonymous. And although there are a lot of things we, as people, disagree about, the literature carries a written record of what we as a fellowship do agree upon.

Committee members then shared their own personal experience with the impact literature made on their sobriety. Jeremiah shared that a pamphlet may have saved his life.

We then discussed our goals as a committee for the 2026/2027 rotation. We reviewed some more excerpts from the Literature Workbook about what functions an Area literature committee serves, followed by sharing of ideas.

We emphasized the importance of literature being available in the places it is needed, which included ideas on how to get more of it into the western part of Nebraska. In addition to the Area Assemblies and 4 Corners Workshops, the Literature Chair will travel to events with the Area literature at the request of districts and groups upon consideration of being needed, funded, and available.

We discussed the idea of inventorying, bringing back, and recreating Area 41 packets- groupings of pamphlets and other literature targeted toward specific needs (i.e. Newcomer Packet, Service Packet, C.P.C Packet, etc.) The Chair will follow up on this and communicate with the committee before next Assembly.

We talked about the idea of having poster boards behind the literature table with a price list for materials as well as what items might be chosen for a specific purpose, similar to the packet idea.

We also discussed that one of the functions of the Area Literature Committee is to consider items related to changes in and additions to literature at the Conference level. Our committee pretty unanimously agreed that the option of creating a better AA App for a small monthly fee rather than focusing on increasing the price on physical literature that isn’t selling as much would be really smart. We will do some more research on this.

Finally, we discussed the upcoming AAWS price increase! February 1st, 2026 all AAWS books will increase by $3 a piece, and all other materials will increase by 15%. We discussed how to best get the word out to groups and districts that they should buy as much literature as they can before the price increase.

That being said, I brought as much literature as I possibly could this weekend- it’s almost everything we have currently. There are some extra cases of Big Books and 12&12s for purchase. I have 2 extra cases of the reprint of the 1st edition of the Big Book. Each book is marked down to $2.13 plus tax. The first 164 pages are the same. The stories and forwards are different. It’s a great piece of our history, and a great item to give away.

And while you’re here, don’t forget to buy your Service Manual! They’re $5.13 plus tax. This is one of the most helpful tools available for any kind of service work in Alcoholics Anonymous!

Thank you for allowing me to serve.
Jenny R