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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 [...]

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, [...]

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

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 [...]

WINNERS OF GIVEAWAY: Hard and Fast by Erin McCarthy

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 [...]

Winners of Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl

Winners of Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl

The winners of the 5 paper copies and the 2 ebook copies of the Victoria Dahl book are as follows.   The ebook winners will be emailed a coupon code and you can download the format of your choice.   The download code is good starting January 1, 2009, at 12:00 am EST. Alys Babs Jude wonderings [...]

Save the Contemporary Winner

And the random integer generator has spoken. Over 80 people spread the word, and many a person mentioned their hope that the contemporary romance will not die but flourish happily. We certainly hope so. Without further ado, or any ado at all, the winner is: Margay! at http://www.myspace.com/margay1122 Congrats – please email Sarah or Jane [...]

The Worst Prose in the World Is Rewarded

Oh, so many snarky comments to be made in reference to past published work, but I’ll refrain. The winner of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest is 41 year old Garrison Spik. Theirs was a New York love, a checkered taxi ride burning rubber, and like the city their passion was open 24/7, steam rising from their [...]

Winners of the Kresley Cole and Fictionwise GCs

Winners of the Kresley Cole and Fictionwise GCs

We hosted a giveaway for 15 copies of Kresley Cole’s delicious upcoming May release, Dark Needs at Night’s Edge. The winners are as follows. Please send me (jane @ dearauthor. com) your snail mail address. # 92 Little Lamb Lost # 36 Miss Kitty # 14 Ana # 50 Emily # 107 Josie # 97 [...]