Here’s the deal: we dig this book. We dig this book like damn and whoa, and we think you will too. And yet, so many people say the contemporary romance is a dying breed. So, in order to spread the word and the opportunity to read it we’re doing a multi-level giveaway in tandem with our reviews of Talk Me Down.
In conjunction with the great giveaway below, Borders is offering a $1.00 coupon on any order of Talk Me Down to help “save the contemporary” but mostly to help debut contemporary writer Victoria Dahl and her book Talk Me Down. Visit Borders.com between December 15, 2008, and January 15, 2009, and you can save $1 on Talk Me Down. Simply enter promotion code HAR1222D during checkout.
Now, onto the giveaway:
Part the First: free books! Leave a comment with the preferred format (i.e., paper/ebook), and you’re automatically entered to win a copy. We each have 5 paper copies of the book plus 2 ebooks to give away, so drop a word here and at Dear Author and double your chances. Comments will be open for 48 hours starting now.
Second: Spread the Word! Below is a Sprout widget about our campaign, and a simpler animated graphic. Right-click-and-save the graphic, or grab the Sprout for yourself, and put it on your site. Let us know that you’ve done so via email (sbj.contest @ gmail.com), and you’ll be entered to win a copy of the book, plus a 1GB iPod shuffle, and a $75 gift certificate to iTunes.
Spread the word, let us know, and you’re entered to win. That’s it.
The Spread the Word winner will be announced in 1 week, so tune in on Monday 22 December to see who wins a book, an iPod, and some righteous tunage in our quest to Save the Contemporary.
Why? Because if there’s one thing that makes us sad, it’s the idea of contemporary romance dying out. So spread the word, buy a contemporary (with the coupon code at Borders for a $1.00 (HAR1222D), and save the world.
Since I am nowhere near a Kindle, please enter me for a paper copy! Plus, I love how books smell. Ahhhh.
A good new contemporary sounds great—I really cut my teeth on Nora Roberts’ contemporaries, and I would love more exposure.
Thanks!
I love contemporaries. Please enter me for a paperback copy. Thanks.
What a great idea! Please put me in the running for a print copy, thank you 🙂
I would love a paper copy please!
Paper or e-book, it matters not to me!
I’d love to win! Prefer paper, but ebook is great too 🙂
I can go for either format, but if pushed to choose, I’d pick paper.
I really don’t read enough contemporaries, and this one looks fabulous to break me out of the rut.
Paper please cause my eyes, they not so good (though heck, if all the paper are gone, I’ll take e- style; free book, I’m not too picky). 🙂
I would go for either format. But since I’m in Canada ebook would probably be easiest. I really enjoy your site
This sounds like a good one!
Paper please!
Two chances?! Paper please. 🙂
Cute cover! Please enter me for a chance to win the paper copy, please.
Great contest, I’d prefer a paper copy.
Paper! I heart free books.
Paper for me please 🙂
Plastic. Er, I mean paper. Yes. Paper.
Paper, please!
This book sounds utterly delightful (Fun sex + Heroine comfortable with her own sexuality = Pretty freakin’ awesome). I prefer paper.
Paper, please! Crossing my fingers & hoping for a book!
I would lean toward paper, but I could do ebook as well.
Ooh, enter me in the contest! This book sounds fun! Paper please.
Paper please! I’m totally going to buy this one anyway.
Very cool contest and the books sounds great as well.
Ebook is better for me
I would love a paper copy of this!
Would love to win this (in paperback)!
I want one, I want one! And I’m not even picky, it can be paper or ebook!!
Good ole fashioned paper! Excellent review as always, Bitches!
I prefer contemporary fiction, in pdf or html!
Sounds like a great book and a great contest, paper please 🙂
Paper back please!
I can’t wait to read this book, I really enjoyed her historicals. It doesn’t matter to me—paperback or eformat (pdf) is fine with me.
I’d like to be entered for paper, please. Thanks for the contest.
Paper, For the Win!
(Spamword is “moral 86” – I wonder if the filter has been reading the RT?)
Fantastic giveaway. If I have any luck paper please for me, too. If not I will look to my local library consortium. I didn’t know contemporaries were on the endangered species list, either.
Paper please. I usually like historicals, but any good book is worth reading.
Paper please, my house is still clinging to non DRM dead tree editions.
The excerpt is amazing! I so want to read this, and if I am lucky enough to win I would like a paper copy please 🙂 If I’m not so lucky, I have hedged my bets and asked my library to get it – they need more contemporaries and this sounds like a good addition 🙂
Sign me up for PDF, please and thank you.
Mmmm, paper or ebook will do me just fine. I’m using78 this posting opportunity to procrastinate doing my final labs for school, but a yummy book would be soooo much better…
Paper Please.
Great review. My TBR list and pile has grown
because of your reviews.