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.
ebook please!
This sounds like a great book – paper please.
I have her other books – because of yours and DA’s recommendations – paper please!
Count me in—paper, please.
Paper please, you can never have too many good contemporaries.
Ooooh….I just lurve Victoria Dahl!
I would love to win an e-book copy. I haven’t read this author before, but I do love contemporaries.
Oh, my entry’s for paper…(I mess this up, didn’t I?)
Sounds like an awesome book – paper please
ooh, ebook please.
After reading about your adventures in Kindle-having, I bought a Sony ebook reader (Kindles are out of stock for 11-13 weeks and I am a creature of impulse), and I’ve bought some ebooks, downloaded every free ebook you guys have promoted, and I copied and pasted together all of Greenwood from the list of links Laura Vivanco and Quivo pulled together—but it still needs more books (I bought an 8 gig memory stick, it needs LOTS more books!)
Sounds great to me – paper please!
Paper, of course.
Book sounds great. Paper please.
Paper, please! I’m still figuring out this whole ebook thing…
E-book please.
I loves me a wintery snow-bound romance. Paper please!
Paper too. ebooks are useful when I travel but…. there is nothing like the smell of a new book 🙂
Also, please, save contemporary romance ! Although I love paranormal, historic and all the others, I prefer a contemporary 🙂
Paper or Ebook…. if ebook preferably MobiPocket or Adobe.
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Long time reader, first time poster. I would love a paper copy. I could use a holiday gift that I might actually like. You made me really want to read this!
Paper! I only wish I owned a Kindle …
I would like paper, PLEASE!!!!!!! I need a good contempary, I’ve been reading to much urban fantasy.
Paper please. This book sounds awesome!
I like free paperbacks. Even better when they’re good free paperbacks.
Paper, please. This book sounds so good! It’s so great to discover new authors. Thank you!
This sounds like a really good book. I prefer the paper format.
Sounds like a cute book. I’m looking for more writers like SEP, and this (by reading the review) sounds like it’ll come pretty darn close.
And sure I’ll buy it if I don’t win one!!
But if I do…
Paper, please.
hope I am not late to the picking party…lurve a paperback