Following requests from readers who will be joining me for the 'virtual reading' over on the Amazon kindle forums on 23rd September, the price of Alison Wonderland and Being Light has now been discounted to $2.99 in the US Kindle store and £1.99 in the UK Kindle store until 30th September. I know! Crazy...If you have already bought and read the books for $4.99, you may feel sorry that you didn't wait for the price drop. By way of compensation, I have decided to run a competition for signed copies of my books.
If you have read one of my books and reviewed it publicly somewhere (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, The Book Depository, Waterstones, WH Smiths, Goodreads, LibraryThing, Shelfari, your blog, etc. etc.), then please leave your name and a link to the review in the comments section here. Names will be selected at random some time after midnight on 30th September and the winner(s) will receive a signed paperback copy of one of my books - or a copy of an ebook in any format you choose: mobi (for the Kindle), epub, prc, etc.
Winners will be selected as follows:
Up to 20 entrants: 1 winner gets one signed copy of the book of their choice
Up to 40 entrants: 2 winners get one signed copy of the book of their choice
Up to 60 entrants: 3 winners get one signed copy of the book of their choice
Questions:
I have read your book but I haven't reviewed it anywhere yet. If I leave a review now, is that OK? Yes. You have until midnight on 30th September to take part.
I have read your book but I left a 1* review for it on Amazon because I didn't like it much. Can I still take part? Yes.
Will I stand a better chance of winning if I leave/have left a 5* review? No. Though favourable reviews are much appreciated, winners of this competition will be selected at random from the names & links in the comments section below.
I have reviewed all your books, can I only enter once? No - each review in each location gives you one chance to enter, so you can enter multiple times. Just leave your name and a link here.
I read the paperback years ago and I don't feel cheated by this temporary ebook price drop. Can I still enter? Yes. Just leave a link to your review.
I don't live in England. Does it matter? No. I can send the books abroad.
I have an ereader and I'd really like a signed copy of an ebook if I win. Can you do that? Yes. You'll get a special edition ebook inscribed to you if you win.
9 comments:
How exciting!! I'm the proud new owner of a Kindle and I don't think I can resist a bargain like that! (I've had the device for less than a week and had already added Alison Wonderland to my wishlist!)
How does the 'virtual reading' work? Is it a worldwide book discussion?
Thanks, Lisa! I'm so envious of your kindle. How are you finding it?
The virtual reading involves posting excerpts of a book on one of the threads on the Amazon discussion forum. Anyone can read what has been written but you have to be an Amazon.com customer (i.e. to have bought something from there rather than the UK shop)in order to post.
So if I posted the same review in two places that counts twice. :)
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/114185685
http://www.amazon.com/review/R3LXTR43I33NQE/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm
Yes! Thanks for participating.
Just to remind everyone that you write really good books for children, too. This one is full of true life ripping yarns to be enjoyed by children and adults together:
Grave-Robbers, Cut-Throats and Poisoners of London
http://www.amazon.com/Grave-Robbers-Cut-Throats-Poisoners-London/dp/1904153003/ref=cm_cr-mr-img
Peter, you're lovely. Thanks for being my second contestant.
I'm going to get a Japanese baby to do the random draw, so at least she'll have a couple of people to choose from now.
You have left me some wonderful reviews for my other books. If you'd like to enter those, please feel free.
Thank you for your invitation to enter the competition again, Helen. I would love to be a proud winner but I will hold off for now, to give others a chance to win.
The Japanese baby idea sounds really cool.
Am I too late for the contest? I attended the reading and also bought The Miracle Inspector which I loved. I left a review for it at Amazon.com.
Here is the review I posted.
The future world that Helen Smith paints is frightening in the fact that I could envision it being real instead of fiction. The women are not allowed to work but have to stay home. They have to cover up when they venture out of the confines of home. This reminds me of my time when I was living in Saudi Arabia and had to cloak when I ventured out of my Western compound but The Miracle Inspector is set in London, England!
With the happenings in todays world, it is easy to envision that this just might be the future for us. Perhaps it is a warning?
Kristie Leigh Maguire
Kristie
Thanks for the review and for entering the competition.
We'll do the draw some time this weekend.
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