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Pimp My Read eReader Contest and Book Giveaway

Pimp My Read eReader Contest and Book Giveaway

The Contest Pimp My Read is your chance to win one of four fantastic e-readers, as well as best-selling,  super-sexy, fun contemporary romances by authors Ruthie Knox, Sarah Mayberry, Shannon Stacey, and Molly O’Keefe. This week, we four authors bedeck ourselves in (virtual) feathers and gold chains, climb on top of our Pimp Caddies, and(…)

Tuesday Morning News: Kobo strikes first in Japan; Amazon entering Brazil (this all sounds vaguely dirty); contests with Authors

Tuesday Morning News: Kobo strikes first in Japan; Amazon entering Brazil (this all sounds vaguely dirty); contests with Authors

UK Hotel Now Swapping Kindles With Bibles – The Digital Reader – “A hotel on the east coast of the UK has come up with a gimmick that has all the gadget blogs buzzing today. Hotel Indigo Newcastle, the most recently launched location in the Indigo chain, is swapping out the Gideon bibles you’re used(…)

Monday Morning News: Timeline of the pricefixing lawsuit, Digital readers being spied on, and

Monday Morning News: Timeline of the pricefixing lawsuit, Digital readers being spied on, and

I’m changing things up a little.  More and more people apparently read the news roundup that I post every day and therefore I’ve decided to post the news posts first thing in the morning.  That’s when most people read the news and thus Dear Author can be a consistent morning routine for individuals who come(…)

September Kindle Winner

September Kindle Winner

Remember when I said that we would give one ebook reader away a month in thanks for people using the Amazon affiliate link?  In August, we gave it away to a commenter in a particular thread, but in September, the device would go to a commenter who participated in any of the threads during the(…)

Thursday Midday Links:  Facebook tried to launch a whisper campaign against Google

Thursday Midday Links: Facebook tried to launch a whisper campaign against Google

Facebook employed a major PR and lobbying firm Burson-Marsteller to launch a whisper campaign against Google. The Daily Beast broke the story and it is a compelling and almost unbelievable story. Burson-Masteller, for political junkies is the company owned by pollster Mark Penn, a chief strategist for Hillary Clinton’s run for presidency. Confronted with evidence,(…)

Gay Writes Winners

Gay Writes Winners

Here are the winners of our Gay Writes giveaways. Individual review giveaways (you should already have received an email from me about your win; if you haven’t, check your spam and email me): STRAWBERRIES FOR DESSERT Ridley HOMECOMING Kelly Thrash THE GLASS MINSTREL Morgan N. and Rebecca B “TENGO UNA PISTOLA” Jambrea HER TWO DADS(…)

Free Fiction Download & 10 Book Giveaway: Jennifer Estep’s Spider’s Bargain

Free Fiction Download & 10 Book Giveaway: Jennifer Estep’s Spider’s Bargain

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(…)

Giveaway Preview Notice for Stephanie Laurens

Giveaway Preview Notice for Stephanie Laurens

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(…)

A Couple of Giveaway Winners

Sorry for the belated postings but here are the winners of last week’s giveaways. 1. Congratulations to silvia, the winner of the copy of The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker from last week’s Intro Interview. Silvia, please send your mailing info to DAintrointerview AT gmail DOT com. Happy reading! 2. Congratulations to Danielle,(…)

BERKLEY Fall Fantastic Preview and Giveaway

BERKLEY Fall Fantastic Preview and Giveaway

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(…)

Save the Contemporary Closes But Coupon Still Good

Thanks to Harlequin, we have extended coupon shopping opportunity! Now until 31 August 2009 use Coupon Code BLOGSPECIAL for an additional 15% off. It’s not just for Save the Contemporary – it’s all month long. Thanks Harlequin! It’s shopping time! ***** Time to announce the Save the Contemporary winners! Our blog/email winner, who will receive(…)

Last Call: Save the Contemporary

Only a few more hours until our Save the Contemporary campaign ends for this month. First up, with this promotion, thanks to Harlequin EVERYONE wins a hoppin’ big discount! For the duration of the Save the Contemporary campaign this week only, Harlequin’s digital team is offering an additional 15% off the eBooks at eHarlequin.com, for(…)

Contest, contest, contest!

Contest, contest, contest!

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(…)

WINNERS OF GIVEAWAY: Hard and Fast by Erin McCarthy

The winners of the Hard & Fast Giveaway sponsored by Berkley, a division of Penguin publishing, are below. Special thanks to Berkley for giving away these books. We all appreciate it. If you are curious about the book, there is a review written here. This book can be purchased in mass market from an independent(…)

WINNER: Jill Shalvis’ Viraly Goodness Contest

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(…)