Posts Tagged ‘giveaway’

#FridayReads Winners for 12/03 — Hachette Book Group Holiday Gift Guide Goodies!

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

My dear Friday Readers, today is a fun one, since I get to give away loads of free books to you all.

First, five of you have won “bundles” from Hachette Book Group USA. Each bundle includes a paper book and an audiobook. The titles will be given out grab-bag style, but they all come the Hachette Book Group Holiday Gift Guide. Not a lemon on this lot!

The five winners are:

1. JJMcGaffey

2. debenedettos

3. msbookjunkie

4. MartiniReading

5. funkychick301

Once you’ve seen your name up here in lights, please send your snailmail addy to me: TheBookMaven at gmail dot com. Giveaway prizes must be claimed within two weeks or the prizes revert to our swag stash…

Congrats to the winners, and thanks, everyone, for another great #FridayReads!

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November 5, 2010 #FridayReads Giveaway Winners

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

Patient tweeps, your wait is over. Last Friday, @HarperPerennial sponsored #FridayReads on Twitter (check out our brand-new Facebook page, too!), and since we reached 2K (in fact, we reached OVER 3K, but that’s another story…), the good folks at Perennial are giving ten randomly selected participants each a copy of “The World Made Flesh: Literary Tattoos from Bookworms Worldwide” and a Harper Perennial tote bag…
Here are the ten winners:

Once you’ve seen your name here, please email me with your full snailmail address: TheBookMaven at gmail dot com. I’ll send your info on to Harper Perennial and they’ll get your goodies sent off quickly.

Thank you all so much for your support of #FridayReads. Remember, tell your friends about our FridayReads Facebook page, because there’s a giveaway over there IF we reach a certain number…

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October 8, 2010 #FridayReads Giveaway Winners

Monday, October 11th, 2010

Last week we had 2,063 #FridayReads participants on Twitter.

I promised a $25 prize at 750, a $50 prize at 1500, and so on…of course, we never made it to 2250, so there’s no $75 prize..

EXCEPT. There is! Long story, but someone chose not to claim a $75 prize from a previous giveaway, so I’m going to give it away today to say THANK YOU to all of you. Remember, I always choose giveaway recipients randomly, using Random.org

Winner of the $25 worth of free books: @craigtimes

Winner of the $50 worth of free books: @kmgovier

Winner of the $75 worth of free books: @megveglibrarian

Email me: thebookmaven at gmail dot com — and we’ll make arrangements! Congrats to all of the winners and many many thanks to all of you who make each Friday to much fun for me and other readers on Twitter via #FridayReads.

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I Hereby Proclaim July 14th Read What You Love Day

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

For my 25,000th tweet, I asked the Twitterverse what I should proclaim. One waggish tweep said “A national holiday?”

Why not? I may not be able to issue a federal edict, but I’ll just declare today — known as le jour de la Bastille in more Gallic quarters — National Read What You Love Day.

Read What You Love Day is all about its self-explanatory title. Stop reading what you think you should read and pick up a book you can’t wait to start.

I want to help, of course. I’ve put together a set of five 2010 books I simply love, and will give them away to a random reader who tells me here which book she’ll choose for this inaugural holiday celebration.

Here are the five books you could receive:

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
The Passage by Justin Cronin
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
The Possessed by Elif Batuman

Ready, set…GO!

UPDATE: 5:07 Eastern time — Random.org selected April Hawkins (Comment #30) as The Winner! April, please email your address to me: thebookmaven at gmail dot com. Congrats! Thanks to everyone who entered…READ WHAT YOU LOVE!

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