I have won two books by Wendelin Van Draanen. I first won an advanced reader copy (ARC) of an upcoming book through a giveaway on her blog. And I just won her "Free Book Friday" ("FBF") Twitter giveaway, for a signed copy of one of the Sammy Keyes books. Both times, I was very excited. There's just one little hitch -- they're the same book! So I'm now the proud owner of two copies of Sammy Keyes and the Power of Justice Jack.
I feel a little bad, knowing how many other fans have been trying to win a free book and haven't won any yet, and here I have an abundance of Jack. So I figured I'd do a giveaway of my own. I'm willing to have my signed FBF copy of Justice Jack sent directly to a Sammy Keyes fan anywhere in the world. I'd prefer the book to go to someone who hasn't gotten a chance to read it yet, doesn't own it yet (obviously), hasn't won any of Wendelin's giveaways before, and is a Sammy Keyes/Wendelin Van Draanen fan.
To enter, submit two comments here: one explaining how well you fit the criteria*, which I'll publish to the blog. The other comment, I will not publish (I have to approve all comments before they are published); it should contain your e-mail address so I can contact you in case you win. I will only e-mail the winner to work out the logistics of how to get the book to you, and I won't use any e-mail address for any other purpose, nor will I share the e-mail addresses with anyone. I will determine the winner from all entries submitted by 12:01:00am EST, January 1, 2014 (so get the entries in before the end of the year!), from among those closest to meeting the criteria stated above, using a random number generator (random.org). If no entries meet all 4 stated criteria, I'll choose from those who have met 3 of the criteria (doesn't own it, is a fan, + either of the other two). If no entries meet 3 criteria, I'll choose from those who meet 2 (doesn't own it and is a fan). If there are no entries meeting these 2 criteria, I'll keep both copies.
*You don't have to write an essay, just explain how well you fit the criteria. For example, "I checked JJ out of my library, but I don't own it. I won an ARC of Wedding Crasher once from Wendelin's blog" (just winning something from Wendelin's blog tells me you're a fan) or "I haven't gotten to read JJ yet! I'm a huge fan of SK, but I didn't know Wendelin had a blog or Twitter account. I'm going to check them out now." I reserve the right not to publish anything offensive or obscene. Also, I will not publish anything that I feel contains personally identifying information in it (such as e-mail addresses), for your protection (that's why I ask for you to submit two separate comments, so others can see the entries, but your privacy will be protected).
This is really nice of you! I myself won the ARC so i dont need one but i hope someone tries for this! :)
ReplyDeleteHi, Jessica!
ReplyDeleteI have checked all the books since Art of Deception out of the library (and continue checking them out -- I've got Justice Jack and Night of Skulls out right now!). Now I'm working on building my collection. I have not won any of Wendelin's giveaways, but I have not entered many of them, either -- no twitter account for FBF, not good at the spur-of-the-moment creativity of blog contests like the awesome Halloween costume one a couple months ago.
I live in the US, so if anyone not in the US contacted you, I would rather they be considered first. I know there is at least one fan who comes to Wendelin's blog every so often and says how much they love Sammy and how hard it is to get the books in the Philippines!