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 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!
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 Time to announce the Save the Contemporary winners!
Our blog/email winner, who will receive a LUSH Bath bomb, a Harlequin bag, and a set of both books, is Mari, who emailed about the books – thanks Mari!
And our Twitter winner is: Joanne Levy!
 And our Grand Prize Winner is…
*drumroll please*
Winning a Harlequin vintage art tote bag, both of the Save the Contemporary books, and the big honking awesome box of True Romance from LUSH: Jen Amber Autumn. Yay! (Jen! Email sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOTcom with your mailing address!)
And for the next hour or two, you can still shop for ebooks at …
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 a total of 25% off the digital list price. The coupon code is BLOGSPECIAL, and you can use it at checkout for purchases storewide at eHarlequin.com.
For more prizes, you can enter to win our daily giveaway, and the grand prize, too.
Visit SavetheContemporary.com and tweet or email the link to someone, and you’re entered to win. Or, you can email us at {encode=”sbj.contests@gmail.com” title=”sbj.contests@gmail.com”} with a link to your blog entry about Save the Contemporary. The more times you forward the details of this giveaway, the greater chance you have of winning. If you Tweet, please use hashtag #stc so we can find yours.
Tonight at 9pm EST we’ll announce our two daily winners, one from the #stc …
Our daily winner for Part 2:
- Christine Flynna via Twitter
- Caffey via email/blog (she sent many an email recommending the post and contest)
Tomorrow on Friday at 9pm EST, we’ll pick our grand prize winner from all who entered, and the grand prize winner will receive a Harlequin cover art bag, a copy of each book, and the LUSH True Romance gift set, which includes massage bar, bath bombs and other treats. Keep tweeting and emailing the contest.
PLUS, 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, for a total of 25% off the digital list price. The coupon code is BLOGSPECIAL, and you can use it at checkout for purchases storewide at eHarlequin.com.
Special huge thanks to Harlequin for the books and the bags and the coupon-y goodness!
Our daily winner for Part 2:
- Janoda via Twitter
- Moth via email/blog (she sent many an email recommending the post and contest)
Part two of our Save the Contemporary contest keeps on chugging though and YOU CAN STILL WIN: Every day this week at 9pm EST, two winners a day will be chosen from those who Twitter about the Save the Contemporary campaign (#stc) and from those who blog about or email the contest entry. To email, simply forward the details to a friend using the “Email This Page” link at Save the Contemporary.com , or or email us at sbj.contests@gmail.com with a link to your blog entry. The more times you forward the details of this giveaway, the greater chance you have of winning. For the Tweet campaign, use the “Share This” button and twitter the contest link, along with whatever you want to say about contemporary category romances — but don’t forget the #stc tag!
WHAT THE ABOUT THE PRIZES
We’ll pick one winner a day at 9pm EST/8pm CST from those who blog/email, and one from that day’s #stc tweets. Each daily winner will receive:
- a Harlequin vintage cover art bag with a copy
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Part one of our Save the Contemporary contest is completed. The following winners will receive a copy of each of the winning books, Hot Under Pressure by Kathleen O’Reilly (review by SB Sarah) and The Magnate’s Make Believe Mistress by Bronwyn Jameson (review by Jane):
- Kat
- Camilla
- Sally
- SandyW
- Ros
- Jenny
- Kim
- Keira
- Meghan B
- Kate
- Carin
Our daily winner for Part 2:
Part two of our Save the Contemporary contest keeps on chugging though and YOU CAN STILL WIN: Every day this week at 9pm EST, two winners a day will be chosen from those who Twitter about the Save the Contemporary campaign (#stc) and from those who blog about or email the contest entry. To email, simply forward the details to a friend using the “Email This Page” link at Save the Contemporary.com , or or email us at sbj.contests@gmail.com with a link to your blog entry. The more times you forward the details of this giveaway, the greater chance you have of winning. For the Tweet campaign, use the “Share This” button and twitter the contest link, along with whatever you want to say about contemporary category romances — but don’t forget the …
It’s time for another Save the Contemporary campaign, with Dear Author, Smart Bitches, and prizes from Harlequin!
This time, we’re featuring two books – yes, two. Some of the great contemporary stories are found in category romance, so we’ve picked two books that we both really loved.
Our contest takes its inspiration from Kathleen O’Reilly, who was explaining to Sarah what made category romance so great:
…a category novel will exactly fit the time it takes for me to run a hot tub of water until the water turns too cold to stand, which is the exact amount of peace I have until my family figures out where I’m hiding.
To encourage total indulgence, relaxation, and contemporary romance reading, Jane and Sarah have put together a multi-part contest with daily prizes this week only, plus a grand prize at the end.
HOW TO ENTER
 First: at 9pm EST, 8pm CST, today (4 August) Jane and Sarah will select 10 winners from …
 We love the contemporary like Damn and Whoa (tm SmartBitch Sarah) so we’ve created a special little online place for them at http://savethecontemporary.com and we’ve run a kind of monthly campaign highlighting a different book.
This month’s book was Lisa Kleypas’ Smooth Talking Stranger which Jane described as a Snoopy book (Happiness is a warm puppy) and Sarah described as the book as having suds that stays with you. Which, in real person terms means we both loved the book and wanted an effective way of telling others we loved it to.
From now until April 6, 2009, Borders is offering30% off all pre-orders, so if you’re thinking of buying it, you’ve got 30% more (or less) incentive to do so.
If you are a reader, author, or ameoba, you can use the “savethecontemporary.com” site to recommend your favorite contemporary reads too. Take a look. In the meantime, the following folks won a copy of Smooth Talking Stranger. Please send your snailmail to jane at dearauthor.com.
- Lorigreen
- janajhanson
- Bonnie_Ferguson
- Stephanie Makowski
- Kim C
- cammY
- Elizabeth Lester
- Alissa Davis
- Kwana
- Kym
- junedaisy
- Lou_bookpusher
- Keira S
- Mollie M
- Christina Tu
- Cheryl C
- Sarah Louise G
- Pam P
- rebjy
- Rebecca S
We’re starting a new pile of awesome. We’ve created a new site just for the Save the Contemporary campaign. We’ll be announcing future contests both at SmartBitches and here and steering interested folks who like free books and awesome prizes over to the new site.
This month? Smooth Talking Stranger, by Lisa Kleypas. Sarah and I both really enjoyed this book. Sarah finished reading it and literally had to go lie down and sniffle. Her eyes were stinging, her smile was wobbly, and she had Good Book Sniffles. I wrote about it earlier today in my ode to the comfort read. It’s Snoopy. The book, that is.
As usual, we want to spread the word about this book, and about contemporary romance. Head on over to the Save the Contemporary site, and forward the announcement of the Lisa Kleypas book using the “Email this Page” link at the top, or spread the word via Twitter using the hashtag #stc – making sure to alert either jane (@jane_l) or me (@smartbitches). Or, you can write about the campaign, link to the site, and email us a link at sbjcontests@gmail.com.
Every time …
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 so we can ship the books out right away. For those who did not win, but want to help spread the word and be entered to win the Flip Video Ultra Series Camcorder, don’t forget about our “Save the Contemporary” Campaign widget and gif.
The Spread the Word winner will be announced in 1 week, so tune in on Monday 26 January to see who wins a book and a really kickass video camera in our quest to Save the Contemporary.
Why? Because if there’s one thing that makes us sad, it’s the idea of contemporary romance dying out. So spread the word, …
UPDATE: The comments are closed but the good news is that Kensington is upping its copies for giveaway to 20! SB Sarah and I each have 10 books, instead of the original 5. We’ll announce the winners later today. Thank you so much commenters and thank you so much Kensington.
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Here’s the deal: we dig this book. We dig this book like damn and whoa, and we think you will too. And yet, so many people say the contemporary romance is a dying breed. So, in order to spread the word and the opportunity to read it we’re doing a multi-level giveaway in tandem with our reviews of Instant Attraction.
Part the First: free books! Leave a comment and you’re automatically entered to win a copy. We each have 5 paper copies of the book give away, so drop a word here and at Dear Author and double your chances. Comments will be open for 24 hours starting now.
Second: Spread the Word! Below is a Sprout widget about our campaign, and a simpler animated graphic. Right-click-and-save the graphic, or grab the Sprout for yourself, and put it on your site. Let us know that …
Dear Ms. Shalvis:
 I’ve read and enjoyed Blaze books written by you and I’ve purchased your full length books in the past but it wasn’t until I got a prod from SB Sarah that I actually read one of your full length novels. I’m so glad I did.
Katie Kramer survives a near fatal tragedy and determines that she must live big else her survival would have been wasted. This newfound enthusiasm for adventure leads her to take a job with Wilder Adventures. Wilder Adventures is an extreme winter resort in the Sierra Madre mountains run by the Wilder brothers. It is also the home of Cam Wilder, a champion snowboarder, whose long and glorious career ended during a race the previous year.
Cam was world weary and heart sore and all the traveling around the globe didn’t help him find the answer to how to live with the loss of his skill, his fame, and his relationship with his long time girlfriend, Serena. He was a thrill seeker to the nth degree with no mountain to great a challenge for his board and body. His zest for life seemed …
And Now: Buy a Contemporary, Save the World
Here’s the deal: SB & J dig this book. We dig this book like damn and whoa, and we think you will too. And yet, so many people say the contemporary romance is a dying breed. So, in order to spread the word and the opportunity to read it we’re doing a multi-level giveaway in tandem with our reviews of Talk Me Down.
In conjunction with the great giveaway below, Borders is offering a $1.00 coupon on any order of Talk Me Down to help “save the contemporary” but mostly to help debut contemporary writer Victoria Dahl and her book Talk Me Down. Visit Borders.com between December 15, 2008, and January 15, 2009, and you can save $1 on Talk Me Down. Simply enter promotion code HAR1222D during checkout.
Now, onto the giveaway:
Part the First: free books! Leave a comment with the preferred format (i.e., paper/ebook), and you’re automatically entered to win a copy. We each have 5 paper copies of the book plus 2 ebooks to give away, so drop a word here and at Dear Author and double your chances. Comments will be open for 48 hours starting now.
Second: Spread the Word! …
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 or both, and we’ll make arrangements for a massive Amazon gift certificate to the tune of $100 to be delivered unto the inbox of your choice. Thanks for spreading the word, and stay tuned for more from Dear Author and Smart Bitches as we try to Save the Contemporary.
I’ve mentioned before that the contemporary romances that doesn’t feature vampires, campy vampires, werewolves, immortal peril, mortal peril, suspense out the wahoo, or extraordinary extraterrestrial extraneous circumstances seem to be fewer and far between. Every now and again I hear declarations that the contemporary romance is a dying subgenre and it’s harder and harder to find, and that if you’re not an established name, you’ll never get anywhere, because fewer people want to read contemporary romance.
So when Sarah and I read Flat Out Sexy by Erin McCarthy, we were both blathering to each other about how awesome it was and how refreshing to have actual conflict between people caused by realistic tension stemming from ordinary life experiences between two marvelous characters. Contemporary romance done right? More please! So, following this review, read more about a multi-level contest sponsored by Dear Author, Smart Bitches, Berkeley and Erin McCarthy, a contest we …
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