Aswim in Prizes
Less than two weeks before the Love-Your-Indie contest finishes up (those just hearing about the contest will find all the basic info here), and there are still a few prizes to announce. Here’s two more:
• a signed Advance Reader’s Edition of BAD THINGS by Michael Marshall Smith
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• a signed hardcover of the-insanely-hard-to-get AGENT TO THE STARS by John Scalzi.
My thanks to John and Michael for offering up these books to support the contest and indie bookstores.
I also wanted to pass on my thanks to everyone who has already entered the contest, and everyone who has twittered about it, or blogged about it, or just told a friend… all the positive word-of-mouth has helped the contest capture a lot more attention than I would’ve anticipated (I was figuring on, like, about 11 entries).
A few folks are still not entirely clear what qualifies as an indie. There’s a very cool resource, Indiebound, which makes it easy for U.S. book buyers to find their closest indie bookstore(s); if it’s listed here it counts. Of course, if you shop at a locally owned, independently operated bookstore that isn’t on this list, don’t worry; your entry would still be valid. I’m aware that probably thousands of small used bookstores, religious bookstores, comic book shops, and so on are not listed with Indiebound, and entries from such places count too.
For those who are truly in the middle of nowhere, remember that you can buy from an online indie; I’ve seen several receipts from Abe’s Books and Powell’s and a great many small bookshops offer some way to shop on the web. You can also buy something from an independent bookseller who sells through Amazon or Barnes & Noble (indie operators provide Amazon and B&N with most, if not all, of their used and out-of-print stuff).
Some people have sent in some very amusing photos of their receipts (occasionally set artfully atop their pile of literary loot, and in one case pasted to the buyer’s forehead). I’d post some of the pics, but I did promise privacy…
I’m fiddling with the newest version of Word Press, and planning another post on a different subject today, just a question of whether I’ll have the time.
March 19th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
[...] BUT WAIT! There’s more. As this thing goes along, I’ll be adding other signed editions of other books for other randomly drawn winners. Stay tuned. (March 19 update: as promised, lots and lots of other prizes have been added since the contest began; there will now be at least 24 winners, with a rare or limited edition of something going to each randomly drawn entry; see here, here, and here) [...]
March 19th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
…!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!….
(I am now officially speechless…ur…uh…wordless…)!!!!!!!!
March 19th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Ok…I’m back. Whew! I just had to say I read MMS’s STRAW MEN and really, really liked it. And of course, Scalzi’s website is sooooo funny. I was just talking about his visit to the Creation Museum. I was rolling on the floor! Honestly, I’m beginning to think I don’t have a chance to win anything since so many folks are jumping on the band wagon, but I really hope I do. I’d love ANY of these wonderful prizes!
PS…I finished my copy of MAUS, Vol. I that I bought at my Indie Comic Book Store and LOVED IT!! I gotta get Vol. II as soon as I can!
March 21st, 2009 at 12:37 pm
Can I just say, THANK YOU? As an indie bookseller in a terrible economy, campaigns like this are shop savers.
thank you thank you thank you
Lauretta
March 23rd, 2009 at 2:45 pm
I know am chancing my arm here but wondering if there would be any chance of a signed copy off Grave Tales 6 into the prizes for this competiton???
March 25th, 2009 at 7:01 am
what is the time line for the winners to respond? i am heading to a military class on friday the 27th of march and will not have any contact with the real world untill the morning of april 11th
April 27th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Have the winners been announced yet?