Contests/Giveaways
Dragon, giveaway, Paranormal, Thea Harrison
Sometimes I have the opportunity to read a book early because an editor might contact me and let me know that she’s really excited about a particular book. That’s what happened to me with the book Dragon Bound by Thea… more
Contests/Giveaways
giveaway, Penguin
The big news is that Kara won the Kindle giveaway sponsored by Dear Author. We’ve been lovers of ebooks here since we started the blog and seeding ebook reading for someone is really exciting. We hope you love your Kindle,… more
Contests/Giveaways
giveaway, Penguin
Last week we held our quarterly giveaway for the Ace/Roc winter 2010 books and this week, we are hosting the giveaway of the Berkley Jove books for winter 2010. Executive Editor, Cindy Hwang, provides these books for the giveaway. Take… more
Book Reviews
ACE-ROC, giveaway, Rachel Caine
For those new to this site, every quarter we host publisher sponsored giveaways wherein publishers give away books in exchange for the opportunity to tell you a little bit about their upcoming titles. This giveaway features books from Ace and… more
B+ Reviews
B Reviews, gay romance, Gay Writes Review, giveaway, Historical Romances, m/m romance, Young-Adult
This review is part of our Gay Writes celebration. Don’t forget to comment on the original post for a chance to win one of those prizes as well as commenting on this post for a chance to win a copy of this… more
Contests/Giveaways/ Misc
Gay Writes Review, giveaway, lgbt
Today is National Coming Out Day, and here at Dear Author, we’re going to be celebrating NCOD all week with our own “Gay Writes” campaign. One of the reasons NCOD was established in 1988 is because the single most important… more
Book Club
Book chat, giveaway, Jeannie Lin, Tang Dynasty
Butterfly Swords Chat Don’t forget that on Today from 6 pm to 8 pm CST, Dear Author will be hosting a bookchat for Butterfly Swords. Kobo Books will give away one Kobo Reader to a random customer who buys Butterfly… more
Contests/Giveaways
Asian heroine, giveaway, Jeannie Lin, Kobo, Tang Dynasty
Don’t forget that on Saturday from 6 pm to 8 pm CST, Dear Author will be hosting a bookchat for Butterfly Swords. Kobo Books will give away one Kobo Reader to a random customer who buys Butterfly Swords during the… more
Contests/Giveaways
giveaway, Kobo
I wanted to promote Butterfly Swords, not only because it is a good book, but because it is a book that is set in a non European locale with non European characters. Not that I don’t love a good UK… more
Contests/Giveaways
giveaway, Pocket, winners
Pocket offered up a preview of a few of its fall titles like Venom: An Elemental Assassin Book by Jennifer Estep, and a much requested Hellion in Her Bed by Sabrina Jeffries. You can read more about the Pocket titles… more
Contests/Giveaways
giveaway, Pocket Books
UPDATE: This contest is now closed. You all have shown such a strong interest in the Berkley/Ace/Roc giveaways that other publishers are beginning to notice. Pocket wanted to do a fall preview and share with you a few of their… more
Contests/Giveaways
ACE-ROC, giveaway
Here are the winners of the Ace/Roc Fall Preview Giveaway. I’ve since read Dianne Sylvan’s Queen of Shadows (recommended to me by Angela James) and it was great. If you have an opportunity, check out a free sample on the… more
Contests/Giveaways
Debut Books, giveaway
Virginia Kantra offered up a copy of Immortal Sea to five commenters in the My First Sale by Virginia Kantra (& Giveaway) | Dear Author post we ran last Monday. The winners are: 3 Sabrina 16 JenX 29 lizzdmc 44… more
Contests/Giveaways
ACE-ROC, giveaway
THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. Welcome to Ace and Roc's fabulous fall forthcoming books giveaway. Thanks again to Dear Author for giving me this opportunity to let you know about some of our terrific upcoming titles. As always, there are… more
Contests/Giveaways
giveaway, Penguin
Thanks to Berkley and Executive Editor, Cindy Hwang, we hosted a giveaway of 110 books that are being released or will be released in the coming months. It appeared that over half of you requested the much anticipated steampunk release… more