Red Glass Giveaway Results

It's October 8th, and my six-year old drew the winner's name from my hat. And the signed copy of Red Glass goes to...

Alyce!

Alyce, I've just sent you email. Please let me know asap that you still want the book. I hope to hear from you by next Wednesday or I'll have to award the book to the next name, drawn by my seven-year old. (Can't tell you who it is. Suspense is good...)

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Red Glass Giveaway Update

So it's Friday and I am supposed to announce the winner of the book giveaway, but I am faced with a little bit of a dilemma because the magic number of 28 is not reached. I have three choices:

• Don't give away the book because I don't have 28 eligible entries;
  
• Draw from the ones who've already entered; or
• Extend the deadline.

Since I'm Queen Bee (and Only Bee) here, I'll make an executive decision to...

Extend the deadline till Oct. 8, the date of the Colorado Book Awards.

So, please help me spread the word and remember, if someone you refer puts your name down, you get two chances.

Free Book Giveaway: A Reminder

Don't forget to enter the Red Glass giveaway today before midnight!

Free Book Giveaway

I forgot to mention in yesterday's post that Laura is donating a copy of Red Glass to be given away. Red Glass has garnered recognition galore, including being the Americas Award and the International Reading Association Young Adult Fiction Award winner; getting starred reviews on Publishers' Weekly, ALA Booklist, and School Library Journal; and being on numerous reading lists, Oprah's included. This is a must read, for young adults and adults who have young people in their lives, or anyone who loves to read.

Since this is the first time I'm doing a book-giveaway, I'm experimenting with how to do it. This is what I've come up with. To win the copy,

• Leave a link to your website/blog or your name in the comment section between now and next Thursday, midnight, Mountain Daylight Time.
• If you refer someone, your name gets put into the hat twice. If you refer two people, three times etc., no limits. The person whom you referred has to put your name in their entries.
  
• I need to have at least 28 eligible entries to do this giveaway. Why 28? It's the first number that popped into my head, and in Cantonese, it sounds like "easy to prosper" and I reckon everyone would like that.
• I will announce the winner next Friday.