My first giveaway!

Posted on July 31, 2008 by janicu

It's eight days to my wedding – which is on 08/08/08. To make everyone participate in the mix of anticipation and dread (haha), I've decided to have a giveaway. If things go well with this, I'm probably going to continue. I've given books to people before, just not in any kind of contest, but I enjoy entering other people's giveaways, so let's spread the fun.

Prize

1. $20 dollar e-certificate to Barnes and Noble (I figure this makes things a bit easier for non-US participants)

2. Your choice of a paperback book from one of the authors in the list below. It has to be currently in print (you can ask for Wanderlust too, just expect to wait a bit until it comes out in order to get it).

Some authors in urban fantasy/futuristic/space opera that tickle me

Linnea Sinclair

Wen Spencer

Ann Aguirre

Ilona Andrews

Patricia Briggs

Eve Kenin

Michelle Sagara

Jocelynn Drake

What you have to do

Just comment with your name here on vox or on my LJ (janicu.livejournal.com) by midnight EST on 08/08/08. Anyone on the planet who amazon/bn ships to can enter. If you spread the word and post a link of where you spread the word, you get two entries in this contest (cause – this blog has um… about 5 readers).

I'll probably be recovering from the wedding so likely won't pick winners till 8/11/08. I'll try to be earlier. We'll see how it goes.

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Giveaway

Posted on June 28, 2008 by janicu

calico_reaction over on livejournal is having another giveaway. Winner gets to choose one of the following 6 books (links are to her reviews of each):

1) Daniel Abraham: A Shadow in Summer
2) David Anthony Durham: Acacia
3) Guy Gavriel Kay: Ysabel
4) Ellen Kushner: The Privilege of the Sword
5) Scott Lynch: The Lies of Locke Lamora
6) C.E. Murphy: Urban Shaman

So go here if you want to enter. I also rec her blog, she always writes thoughful book reviews.

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Google Reader

Posted on February 26, 2008 by janicu

I don't know who uses the google reader that reads this blog, but it is the most wonderous fabulous thing ever. ALSO – weird thing about it – if you subscribe to janicu.vox.com it truncates the feed, while if you subscribe to janicu.livejournal.com, it does not. Just a tip.

I have about 50 or so subscriptions, (mostly book blogs) over there, and I figured out that you can share the interesting things you see in whatever blogs you are reading – so I did that. They also have a widget thingy which you can add to your blog, so I'm putting it up on the sidebar – will have things I think are interesting plus contests and giveaways that people are hosting in the blogosphere. No one can resist winning something 🙂 Now let's see if posting the widget here will do ANYTHING, otherwise look at the sidebar to the left at my vox screen. LJ won't let me put any javascript up for security reasons so I just have a link to my shared items instead. If you see a big grey thing below, it didn't work.

http://a5.vox-data.com/6a00cd96f8411f4cd500e398e081b50005-html

Janicu’s shared items

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Cool giveaways from Jeri Smith-Ready

Posted on August 19, 2007 by janicu

I got a newsletter from Jeri Smith Ready a couple of days ago and if anyone is interested in her books (I liked Eyes of Crow – it has a coming of age feel, and Voice of Crow should have a mature Rhia), they should sign up. She's giving away goodies to fans. And she randomly draws a name from ppl signed up on the newsletter to win a cool prize. Here are the highlights with offers she has:

"–FREE BOOK DRAWING

Read an excerpt of VOICE OF CROW at
www.jerismithready.com/books/voice-of-crow/excerpt.htm

and reply to this e-mail with the answer to this question:

***Which Ilion battalion attacked Kalindos?***

and -bam!- you’re entered in the drawing.

Prize: autographed copy of VOICE OF CROW, a few weeks before its
release
Deadline: Friday, August 24
Winner will be notified Saturday, August 25

–ANOTHER FREE BOOK DRAWING

Reply to this e-mail and tell me how you heard of EYES OF CROW.

A bookseller or librarian? Friend? Website? Review? MySpace? An
ad? This newsletter? You met me at a convention? You were that guy in
the fender-bender at the intersection of Route One and Fairmount Street
(sorry!)? Be as specific as your memory allows, and I’ll love ya
for it, plus enter you in the second drawing.

Prize: autographed copy of VOICE OF CROW, a few weeks before its
release
Deadline: Friday, August 24
Winner will be notified Saturday, August 25

–REVIEWER CONTEST

Okay, this isn’t so much a contest as it is a pact. Everyone who
reviews VOICE OF CROW by October 31 gets an autographed ARC of my May 2008
vampire novel WICKED GAME. Blog about it, post it on an online
bookseller site, send it to your local newspaper, talk about it on your
podcast, whatever. Just do it by Halloween and let me know about it.

Again, this is not a drawing. Everyone–that’s EV-REE-WON–who does
this will get an ARC. Even if it’s a bad review, though in that case
“ARC” might stand for Angry Red Cobra. Kidding, of course! I
love animals.

–ANIMAL OF THE MONTH CONTEST

***Discover Your Spirit Animal!***

Take an interactive personality quiz at www.jerismithready.com/quiz/ to
find out which of twelve Animals from the book you would be. E-mail
me your quiz results for automatic entry in a prize drawing during your
Animal’s month. Prizes include totem stones, jewelry and artwork
featuring your Animal.

Monthly prize drawings have been extended for two years, through
October 2009. So no matter which Animal you are, you still have at least two
more chances to win, and no need to enter more than once.

SNEAK PREVIEW OF VOICE OF CROW

Want your very own piece of VOICE OF CROW in your hands in less than a <—– going fast. She had 10-15 left last night
week? The first 40 people who send me their mailing address will
receive a limited edition sneak preview, featuring two excerpted chapters
and a full-color cover. Autographed and everything.

ORIGINAL COVER FLAT
The original artwork for VOICE OF CROW’s cover is quite different
from the final version. I liked the first one just fine, but the reaction
from book buyers (i.e., the people who place orders for the
bookstores) was, “Hmm. Try again.”

Curious? I won’t be posting it on my website ever, but I have about
twenty cover flats with the original artwork. If you’d like a copy
of this collector’s item, all you have to do is buy any of my books
from Mysterious Galaxy, the awesome independent bookstore:

http://mg.booksense.com/NASApp/store/Product?s=showproduct&affiliateId=JSR&isbn=9780373802906

Just send me your proof of purchase (receipt, shipping confirmation,
packing slip), either by e-mail to jeri@jerismithready.com or snail mail
to P.O. Box 66, Westminster, MD, 21158, and I’ll send you the cover,
autographed. This is a one-time offer, while supplies last, as they
say.

PERPETUAL FREEBIES

Bookplates: full-color autographed, personalized labels you can stick
inside your very own copies of EYES OF CROW, VOICE OF CROW, or REQUIEM
FOR THE DEVIL, thus getting a signed book without either of us ever
having to leave the house.

Mini-bookmarks: trading-card size–collect all two!

Simply send your mailing address to jeri@jerismithready.com and tell me
for which book(s) you’d like a bookplate and/or bookmark. I won’t
even make you send me an SASE—that’s how much I care. I care
$0.41 worth about you. If you’re Australian, I care about you $0.90
worth, because you’re really special. And far away.
"

email her at info@jerismithready.com for the contests.. Meanwhile, sign up on the newsletter for interesting information about upcoming books, appearances and info. I didn't know she's donating some of her author royalties to
the Wounded Warrior Project, "to assist severely injured veterans in their transition to civilian life." Or that the third book in the Aspect of the Crow trilogy is going to be called The Reawakened. Plus she has a new vampire novel coming out next year (I know people on my friendslist like vampires) called Wicked Game. OOoOo! Neat stuff I say!

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