Monday, June 25, 2012

The time I had my first giveaway

So.  Yep.  Here it is.  My first giveaway.  Be gentle. 

As I said in my huge post about ALA, I have some extra books that I'm prepared to let go. Instead of there being one winner [and the shipping costing me a small fortune], I decided there would be three winners.

YES! THREE WINNERS!!

I've bundled the books into three groups and Betrayal by Gregg Olsen is no longer included.

How it's going to work is, there will be three winners chosen.  The first winner will be contacted and they will get to choose which bundle they want.  The second winner will get to choose from the two that are left and the third winner gets the last bundle. 

I will be waiting until I've heard from the first winner before contacting the next winner.  This is just in case I don't hear back from anyone within the time response required.

And before you ask, no the bundles are not going to be traded out.  What you see is exactly what you get.  Any questions before entering? Email me.

Bundle One


Matched and Crossed by Ally Condie [signed]
The Crown of Embers by Rae Carson [signed]
Rift by Andrea Cremer [unsigned]


Bundle Two:



Prodigy and Legend by Marie Lu [signed]
Wonder by R.J. Palacio [signed]
Daughter of Smoke & Bone [signed] & sample chapters of Days of Blood & Starlight [unsigned] by Laini Taylor


Bundle Three:


Beauty Queens [signed] and The Diviners [unsigned] by Libba Bray
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater [signed]
Ashen Winter by Mike Mullin [signed]

The Rules:

1. No fake names/email address/twitter accounts.

2. Don't be a dick.  If I have a bad experience with this, I'm never doing another giveaway.  Ever. And I buy extra books like it's going out of style, so there's a potential for many giveaways.

3. One entry per household.

The Fine Print:

1. US Only [sorry, but for now that's what it has to be].

2. Must be at least 13 to enter [Besides, if you're under 13, you shouldn't be reading this blog with the amount of swearing I do].

3. I'm not responsible for lost or damaged items. I don't have replacements. Rest assured, I am ridiculously anal about my books. They will be sent in safe packaging and will leave my hands as near to perfect as I can get them.

4. I reserve the right to suspend or end the giveaway at any time, for any reason and without a winner being chosen.

5. Winner will be notified by email and will have 72 hours to respond. If there is no response, a new winner will be chosen.

6. Winners are chosen at random by Rafflecopter.

This will be easy.  I'm not making you follow me here or on Twitter, if you want to, that would be awesome.  If you want to pimp me out a bit and spread the word, that's even better.

Thanks for entering and good luck!!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

58 comments:

  1. Woohoo. That Crown of Embers is mine! *Thinks positive*

    Hope everything goes well for you in all the new ways you are expanding the blog.

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    1. Good luck, Caitlin!!

      And I know I've said it everywhere else, so might as well be here too: thank you for all of your help.

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  2. Awesome giveaway! You're pretty and ily ♥

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  3. I cried a little when I read US only :(
    I wish it that the cost was the same in the US and Canada!

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    1. I know, I'm sorry!! If this goes well and I have more giveaways, I'm sure I'll open it up. It's mostly because I'm giving away so many books at once and shipping is going to be a bitch. :D

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  4. Ah this is such a fantastic giveaway! I think I would love to win any of those bundles. Thank you!

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  5. This is so fantastic! Thank you very much! I can't believe you have Marie Lu's Prodigy!!! So lucky!! Thank you very much again! :)

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  6. Ooh man, those books are so pretty! -jealous-
    Thanks for the giveaway! Love the blog. Definitely following now.

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    1. Thanks for the follow, I hope you enjoy the crazy!

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  7. Thank you!!! I have been dying to read Prodigy, Daughter of Smoke and Bone, so jealous!!! Amazing blog too, following too

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    1. I'm eager to read Prodigy myself. DoSaB was amazing! Thanks for the follow!

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    2. No problem! You haven’t read Prodigy yet? I think I’d be too tempted having it right in front of me, lol. :)

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    3. We were at ALA all day on Saturday, then did Disneyland yesterday. Today was back to real life. Plus, I got so many books that I'm dying to read, it's hard to pick which one to start with!

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  8. Yayayayyay. I love the options!

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  9. Wow! All these books look great :)

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  10. Oh my goodness, there's books in each bundle that I would love to have. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  11. Wow, what a great giveaway! So awesome, thanks!

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  12. What a nice selection in your giveaway. Very nice of you. Thanks.

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  13. Thanks for the giveaway! These all look so amazing!

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  14. Wow, so many great books! I'm most looking forward to The Crown of Embers, Rift, Prodigy, and the Diviners. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  15. Woohoo giveaway! Great, great set up. *dances*

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  16. Crown of Embers! Days of Starlight and Blood Sampler? Be still my beating heart, how could anyone choose? xD

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  17. I'm Canadian, so I can't enter, but I just thought I would let you know that this is an AMAZING giveaway!

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  18. how exciting! thanks for doing this giveaway!

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  19. Yay, your first big giveaway! I'm guessing from the books you're giving away that you had a good time at ALA? =P

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  20. thanks so much for the giveaway! i haven't been to ALA before. i would totally go even for the bruises and welts from the books and thanks for sharing them.

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  21. This is a great giveaway, someone will be one lucky winner. Thanks for offering these up to win.

    Erin D.

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  22. You know it's a good giveaway when you don't even know what bundle you would choose if you won!

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  23. I would be happy with any of the bundles but number two is what is me all jumpy and excited in the pants! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  24. Thanks for the giveaway! All the books look really good!

    rocky.mart@yahoo.com

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  25. You guys. I can't even keep up with the comments, so I'm not even going to try!

    I'm so happy that everyone is excited!!

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  26. Each bundle has something I'm dying to read in there!!!

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  27. Good gravy, you have the most insanely awesome book bundles! I have all the grabby hands right now. Seriously, every bundle has something that I'm dying to read. Thanks for hosting this giveaway and for giving me an opportunity to win.

    Also, you just earned yourself a new follower. Bitchin', your fluff pony is... well, quite bitchin'.

    Happy Reading,
    Christina

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    1. Hi Christina! I'm glad you're liking the bundles. I had a hell of a time figuring out how I wanted to do it, so I'm really thrilled to see that everyone is so excited about it.

      Thanks for following and for liking Bitchin'. She doesn't get enough love!!

      Good luck!

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  28. Thanks so much for the giveaway!! That's really cool that you got to go to ALA & all of the prize packs are awesome that it'd be hard to choose :)

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  29. What a nice thing to do! Thanks

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  30. Doing good for your first giveaway!
    I love having giveaways but always find that not enough people hear about it so I'm glad I see lots of comments here!

    Thank you for having this giveaway the books look great :)

    -K8
    http://froze8.blogspot.com/

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  32. Wow, that is one of the best giveaways I have seen, let alone first giveaway! Awesome! I really want the first pack but they are all awesome!

    Thanks for putting up such an awesome giveaway! Oh and I am totally following on twitter! ;)

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  33. Cool giveaway. So many awesome books!

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  34. Thank you! Great giveaway.

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  35. Thanks. Great books, awesome giveaway

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  36. Thank you for this chance! *cross fingers*

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  37. Great book packages! Thanks for the chance to win one.

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  38. This is a great first giveaway. I like your blog a lot.. Including the swearing.. lol

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  39. Awesome! Thanks for doing the giveaway! <3 the blog!

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  40. You = Awesometastic for doing this! Thanks for entering me in your giveaway. I know lots of my students who would enjoy those books!

    Jessica Wisniewski

    wisniewskijb (at) gmail (dot) com

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  41. What a treat- Hope I win!

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  42. What a great giveaway!

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  43. Great giveaway! Crossing my fingers!!!!

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  44. I'm new to your blog. I found out about your contest from a friend's post. I'm so jealous! I really wanted to attend the ALA conference this year but I live in Illinois so it was too far. I'm excited it will be in Chicago next year!! Anyway, thanks for the opportunity to win some books, and Happy Reading! :)

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  45. This might be the most bitchin' giveaway ever. Not one book won, but several...and signed...amazeballs :)

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