Time to pick the winners!
By request I delayed the announcements of the winners because… Nick Boulton was so blown away by the responses that he wanted to record personal greetings for the winners. Yay technology (and thank you, sir!)!
So, thanks to His Grace the Duke of Random, here is the grand prize winner of a pair of Beats by Dre pink headphones and a download code good for one copy of The Dream Hunter and a title of the winner's choice:
Comment #235 — Lauren! Lauren said she would use her audiobook time to knit some of her holiday gifts.
Lauren, Nick Boulton has a message specially recorded for you:
The runners up, each of whom receive an Audible download code good for one copy of The Dream Hunter and a title of the winner's choice: Comment #107: Mary, who said she'd be taking a long car trip with a car full of children and would listen during the ride (smart woman!). Comment #185: Ziroonderel, who said audiobooks would be perfect for painting the apartment – woo! And we have messages for you both as well! Mary, here is your message from Nick Boulton: And Ziroonderel, here is yours! This was easily the most fun winner announcement I've done in a long time. Thank you so much to Laura Kinsale for the most excellent prize, and to Nick Boulton for sweetening the prize with personalization! Happy listening, winners! Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who entered! ETA: And if you're thinking, “I kind of want to try one of Laura Kinsale's audiobooks,” here's a link for you: You can try Audible and get your first audiobook free.
OMG – his voice is sooo great. Best giveaway announcement ever.
What a nice voice!
Wow, what a fabulous voice.
That was very nice of Nick! Made not winning one of the prizes still a fun bit of my day.
Wow. I’d listen to him read the phone book. How nice of him to record messages for the winners! Very sweet.
Love the personalized announcements. Congrats to the winners.
Swooning, here. Wow.