Jan 20 2010
Last winter we linked to a free fiction short from author Caroline Linden and I was contacted by Pocket to see if we would host a free fiction download for author Jennifer Estep. Of course we would. Readers like free fiction and I think it’s a great opportunity to be introduced to the writing voice [...]
Oct 26 2009
I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that we will be giving away this awesome Vera Bradley quilted bag complete with the entire backlist SIGNED by Ms. Laurens herself (that’s almost 30 titles) in celebration of Stephanie Laurens’ latest release, Untamed Bride which is in stores now. This giveaway will start next Monday, November [...]
Sep 9 2009
In exchange for a little of your time, Executive editor Cindy Hwang of Berkley/Jove and Senior Editor, Anne Sowards of Ace/Roc, are going to give away 2 books from their fall collection to a group of random commenters today. First up is Cindy Hwang’s highlights of some of the Fall titles. Cindy Hwang is the [...]
Jun 26 2009
And we all love that, right? This is for one copy of Jennifer Mueller’s latest book, “A Ruined Season,” a charming Regency with a non nobleman hero. Yes, Virginia, such books do exist! Just leave a comment here by the end of Saturday, June 27th at midnight EST to be eligible. Edited to add: Sorry [...]
Jan 26 2009
Congratulations to Natasha from Natasha News! You spread the good word about Jill Shalvis’ awesome release, Instant Attraction, that will be in stores soon (if it isn’t already) and you won Flip Video Ultra Series Camcorder and a copy of Shalvis’ fabulous book about the Katie who is learning to live balls out and Cam [...]
Jan 21 2009
The following commenters are the random winners to the Save the Contemporary Campaign featuring the late January release of Instant Attraction by Jill Shalvis. The winners are: Peggy P Victoria W rd2129 Lori S. Bonnie L Brandy W Jessica Darby Lohrding El Edith I’ve sent an email to the winners requesting a snail mail address [...]
Jan 4 2009
Today’s the day, Dear Author Readers. We are going to give one beautiful RED Sony Reader away to a random entry. Here’s how to win. Below is a set of questions that require you to go to Sony.com and read about the Sony Reader and maybe even watch a demo. You have to provide the [...]
Dec 21 2008
If you missed last week’s announcement, I thought I would bring you all up to date. The reviewers for Dear Author are being outfitted with Sony Readers (the red ones) and Sony has provided us with 3 extra RED readers to give away to the readership here. In exchange, we’ll be providing an ad each [...]
Oct 21 2008
For Dear Author, here are the ten readers who won a copy of Erin McCarthy’s book, Flat Out Sexy, the first book in the Smart Bitch/Dear Author “Save the Contemporary” Campaign. Moth Allison ArkansasCyndi Darby Heidi Kay Sisk Lori Sara Andrade Sarai Zoe Archer I’ve emailed you, I think. If not, please send me your [...]
Jul 8 2008
The 2007 Cover Cafe results are in and the winners may or may not surprise you. I think I voted for several of the winners although the two cover winner is not my favorite. I loved the comment by Karmyn on the worst cover on Big Spankable Asses. “But this gets my vote because that [...]
May 16 2008
The winners of the Karen Rose, Scream for Me, Giveaway are listed below:
Mar 18 2008
64 Books Enter. One Book Leaves. Because we are having fun getting the brackets in and mostly because the games of the NCAA Tournament are not going to be played until Thursday, we are allowing people to fill out brackets until Wednesday at 11:59 pm. The deets again are as follows: Dear Author and the [...]
Mar 16 2008
64 Books Enter. One Book Leaves. Dear Author and the Smart Bitches present the DA BWAHA Tournament. We have fielded a slate of 64 “best” books in 8 different categories: Young Adult Paranormal Erotica/Erotic Romance GLBT Historical Contemporary Novel With Romantic Elements Category Today through Wednesday 7 am EST, you are allowed to fill out [...]
Mar 13 2008
It’s March Madness time which means brackets, spoilers, and, of course, romance books! Admittedly, the last element of the list is a rarely known component of March Madness, one that is often lost amongst the basketball hoopla. Which is so wrong, we will do all kinds of crazy shit to make it right. We thought [...]
Jan 28 2008
The winner of the Wendy Nelson Tokunaga Midori by Moonlight festival is Andrea. I’ve emailed you so be sure to check your spam folder if you don’t see anything from Dear Author. The second winner of the “guess that book” contest is Shannon Stacey. Thanks for commenting folks. We have a great giveaway tomorrow.
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