Contests/Giveaways

Avon Books Celebrates Liz Carlyle and Loretta Chase with a Vera Bradley Tote + Backlist Bonanza

Avon Books Celebrates Liz Carlyle and Loretta Chase with a Vera Bradley Tote + Backlist Bonanza

Updated:  Our three winners are  1) Connie Fischer who won the Liz Carlyle package 2) misty who won the Loretta Chase package 3) Jess who won the tech package.   Thanks to Avon for sponsoring the giveaway. Avon is sponsoring a giveaway for the Dear Author readers to celebrate authors Loretta Chase and Liz Carlyle.(…)

Loveswept Returns (and Giveaway)

Loveswept Returns (and Giveaway)

Updated.  The follower winners will be receiving a digital code to use as a giftcard. 1) Rhianna 2) MaryK 3) Renda 4) willaful 5) MarieC 6) VALERIE VALICENTO 7) Meagan 8)  Lisa J 9) Laura Florand 10) LuchaLori According to the romance wiki, Loveswept debuted in 1983 and published 917 titles.  Some of the biggest(…)

Kindle 3G Winner and Changes to Dear Author

Kindle 3G Winner and Changes to Dear Author

On Sunday we started a giveaway asking for input from DA Readership and we really appreciate the comments. Not all of the suggestions are things that we can undertake to improve today, but they provide aspirational goals for the site. However, there are some changes we can implement right away. First, though, our winner. Winner(…)

JOINT REVIEW & Giveaway: The Rifter Parts 1-5 by Ginn Hale

JOINT REVIEW & Giveaway: The Rifter Parts 1-5 by Ginn Hale

UPDATE: The winner of our giveaway of a full subscription to The Rifter is Stephanie M. Lorée. Congratulations, Stephanie, and thanks to Nicole Kimberling at Blind Eye Books for providing it to Dear Author. And thanks also to all the commenters for their great reading suggestions! Sunita: I’ve heard so many good things about Ginn Hale’s(…)

Kindle 3G (with Special Offers) Giveaway

A month or so ago I announced that we would start giving away one ebook reader a month to the DA readership as a thank you for using the affiliate code links to buy stuff at Amazon and other retailers.   (You can find those in our sidebar)  ——> Today is our August giveaway. To(…)

RITA Interview Winners

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DA Intro Interview: RITA Best First Book Nominees, Part 2

Welcome to part two of  Dear Author’s interview series with the debut authors who are up for Best First Book in the RITAs, the annual awards presented by the Romance Writers of America.  Three historicals received nominations: Kaki Warner’s Western Pieces of Sky, Kieran Kramer’s Regency When Harry Met Molly, and Karen Witemeyer’s inspirational A(…)

DA Intro Interview & Giveaway: RITA Best First Book Nominees, Part 1

This week Romance Writers of America hands out the RITAs, its highest awards in eleven romance sub-genres, plus a special category for debut authors.  As an occasional contributor to Dear Author, I’m delighted to host again the nominees for Best First Book as part of the Intro Interview series. And we’re giving away books!  For(…)

May, June, July, August Pocket Preview (and Giveaway)

May, June, July, August Pocket Preview (and Giveaway)

Update: The winners have all been contacted and asked to fill out this form: Winner list: 1) Tracy 2) Joder 3) Billie 4) Heather 5) Kelly in Hockeytown 6) Nicole Strain 7) Kim in Hawaii 8) Sally Wilburn 9) erin 10) heatwave16 11) Diana 12) Kim 13) Nicole Zoltack 14) romsfuulynn 15) Andreea C. 16)(…)

GIVEAWAY: One Slightly Used Nook Color

GIVEAWAY: One Slightly Used Nook Color

UPDATED WITH WINNER: The response here was so tremendous that I am sorry I have only one nook color to give away. Having said that, more people are using the affiliate links and because of that, Dear Author is going to giveaway one ereader a month (either Kobo Touch, Nook Touch or Kindle wifi).We’ll start(…)

UPDATED with WINNERS STC: Yours to Keep by Shannon Stacey & Giveaway

UPDATED with WINNERS STC: Yours to Keep by Shannon Stacey & Giveaway

UPDATED WITH WINNERS: 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(…)

2011 Spring Giveaway from Signet/NAL

2011 Spring Giveaway from Signet/NAL

Signet/NAL emailed me and wanted to offer up a spring preview of its April through June books and they offered to give away titles to our readership.  We’ve had a number of giveaways (and I suspect more in the future) so we are planning to run these Sunday afternoon.  Yay for free books. Update: Why(…)

Hoo Rah: A Giveway for the Troops

Hoo Rah: A Giveway for the Troops

Update: The Kindle is ordered. According to Len, they want the K2 or K3 in wifi so that is what we have purchased. WINNERS of Into the Crossfire by Lisa Marie Rice are: 1) Winnie P 2) Victoria Zumbrum 3) Tracy 4) Amy P. 5) Dana 6) Breanna 7) kzoet 8) Julie 9) StacieDM 10)(…)

JOINT REVIEW: Kiss of Snow by Nalini Singh (and Giveaway)

JOINT REVIEW: Kiss of Snow by Nalini Singh (and Giveaway)

UPDATE: We’ve decouple the review from the giveaway because this is a book so many want to talk about. The review will be reposted on Monday in a new and separate post. The winners have all been emailed. 1) Andy Swanson 2) Cath 3) Adrianne Robinson 4) Jenny 5) Sera 6) Nicola 7) sequoia 8)(…)

Ace/ROC Spring Preview and Giveaway

Ace/ROC Spring Preview and Giveaway

Update: This contest will close on Saturday, April 2, at 9:00 pm CST. Welcome to Ace and Roc's fantastic forthcoming spring books preview and giveaway. The weather is slowly but surely warming up, and we've got a lot of great books to talk about (and give away) to keep you entertained, inside or out! Thanks(…)