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: Save The Contemporary
June 20, 2011 | Monday | 3 Comments
Time again for the SBTB and DA bestsellers list, better known as the List With No Official Name. It’s based on our affiliate sales records, it’s fun to examine week to week, and it clearly shifts based on what’s on sale, what we’re talking about, and what you’re interested in reading. Many thanks to Jane for the nook, Kobo, and Sony shortcut code. Hope what you’re reading is awesome! Unlocked by Courtney Milan (nook), (sony), (Kobo) Yours To Keep by Shannon Stacey (nook), (sony), (Kobo) Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer (nook), (sony), (Kobo) Soldier by Grace Burrowes (nook), (sony), (Kobo)…
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June 13, 2011 | Monday | 0 Comments
You tweeted, you emailed, you tweeted some more, and some of you won copies of the book - and you helped us spread the word. Really, that’s what this campaign is about: helping us promote a contemporary romance we thought was truly, truly awesome. Thank you for helping us out with that goal. And now, we have a winner! One person who tweeted, emailed, or helped us promote the Save the Contemporary webpage will win her choice of a nook Touch, a Kobo Touch, or a Kindle with Special Offers (I call it the “Friends with benefits Kindle”) - and…
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June 06, 2011 | Monday | 39 Comments
It’s been awhile, but our multi-blog campaign to Save the Contemporary is back. If you’re not familiar with it, don’t worry - it has been a very long time since we’ve run one. If a contemporary romance makes both Jane and myself squee like squeeing has never been squeed before, it’s time to pimp the ever lovin’ holy moses out of a book. This time it’s Yours to Keep by Shannon Stacey. We ask for help spreading the word about a contemporary romance that rocked our worlds, and we award prizes during a week of pimping mayhem. Jane said over…
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February 03, 2011 | Thursday | 14 Comments
Last year, Jane from DearAuthor and I formed The TBR, where we aim to build your To-Be-Read list one good book at a time. The TBR administers the Save the Contemporary campaign, an iPhone app, as well as the DABWABA, our tournament with an improbable name, better known as the March Madness Tournament of Romance Novels. Now, we’re joining to write a newsletter that will contain book news, mini reviews, alerts about upcoming contests (such as that fabulous DABWAHA, which we’re putting together now), and information that would be of interest to you as a romance reader. Want to sign…
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March 08, 2010 | Monday | 9 Comments
Hot diggity - the winners for the Save the Contemporary contest celebrating Julie James’ Something About You are up on the Save the Contemporary site.
I loved how many people tried the book based on our recommendation and loved it - that makes me so happy. If you have recommendations for a StC candidate book - and we prefer to highlight brand spanky new books so we’re looking for books that are coming soon - visit our Make a Recommendation page.
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March 02, 2010 | Tuesday | 7 Comments
It’s time once again to highlight contemporary romance, which I love, and promote a book I really enjoyed - as did Jayne at Dear Author, and Rowena at Book Binge, Sabrina at Fresh Fiction, Stacy at Stacy’s Place, and Lea at ClosetWriter.
Head on over to Save The Contemporary.com to get the details - books, an iPod Touch, and a fine bottle of red wine are up for grabs if you help us spread the word about Julie James’ Something About You and contemporary romance.
Good luck!
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March 02, 2010 | Tuesday | 24 Comments
Three years ago, U.S. Attorney Cameron Lynde worked closely with Jack Pallas on an investigation that went totally FUBAR. His career was in the toilet, and he blamed her for totally screwing him over. He ended up in the remote wilds of some place that wasn’t Chicago nursing a big old asshurt over how wrong things went and doesn’t expect to see her again - until she overhears a murder in a hotel room next door to her own, and Pallas is assigned to the case. I don’t think I can do justice to how freaking fun this book is.…
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August 08, 2009 | Saturday | 3 Comments
Thanks to Harlequin, we have extended coupon shopping opportunity!
Now until 31 August 2009 use Coupon Code BLOGSPECIAL for an additional 15% off. It’s not just for Save the Contemporary - it’s all month long.
Thanks Harlequin! It’s shopping time!
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August 08, 2009 | Saturday | 2 Comments
Time to announce the Save the Contemporary winners! Our blog/email winner, who will receive a LUSH Bath bomb, a Harlequin bag, and a set of both books, is Mari, who emailed about the books - thanks Mari! And our Twitter winner is: Joanne Levy! And our Grand Prize Winner is… *drumroll please* Winning a Harlequin vintage art tote bag, both of the Save the Contemporary books, and the big honking awesome box of True Romance from LUSH: Jen Amber Autumn. Yay! (Jen! Email sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOTcom with your mailing address!) And for the next hour or two, you can still shop for…
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August 07, 2009 | Friday | 1 Comments
Only a few more hours until our Save the Contemporary campaign ends for this month. First up, with this promotion, thanks to Harlequin EVERYONE wins a hoppin’ big discount! For the duration of the Save the Contemporary campaign this week only, Harlequin’s digital team is offering an additional 15% off the eBooks at eHarlequin.com, for a total of 25% off the digital list price. The coupon code is BLOGSPECIAL, and you can use it at checkout for purchases storewide at eHarlequin.com. For more prizes, you can enter to win our daily giveaway, and the grand prize, too. Visit SavetheContemporary.com and…
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August 04, 2009 | Tuesday | 139 Comments
It’s time for another Save the Contemporary campaign, with Dear Author, Smart Bitches, and prizes from Harlequin! This time, we’re featuring two books - yes, two. Some of the great contemporary stories are found in category romance, so we’ve picked two books that we both really loved: Our contest takes its inspiration from Kathleen O’Reilly, who was explaining to Sarah what made category romance so great: ...a category novel will exactly fit the time it takes for me to run a hot tub of water until the water turns too cold to stand, which is the exact amount of peace…
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August 04, 2009 | Tuesday | 18 Comments
Ashley lives with her mom, her sister, and her niece in Chicago after a painful divorce. David lives by himself and travels all over the US for his job, working 90% of his waking hours, following an equally painful divorce. When they end up sitting next to one another on a crowded flight that’s delayed for hours before finally being cancelled, they notice each other, and realize that parts of themselves they thought might have been extinct are working just fine. Usually I dislike the whole “Instant bonerating attraction, oh wait, our sex is meaningful, my wang is a divining…
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March 20, 2009 | Friday | 10 Comments
Look! Jane and I try to chew gum and walk at the same time. Not as easy as the Commander in Chief implies. We’ve got the DABWAHA going full steam (don’t forget to vote) and in a week we’ll be launching the next selection in our Save the Contemporary campaign. Lisa Kleypas’ third contemporary, Smooth Talking Stranger, is slated to be released on March 31, 2009. Yes, it is a hardcover and the economic times are tough but if you can borrow a copy, we think that the charming romance between advice columnist Elle Varner, her sister’s infant, and one…
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