Well, after seven weeks of giving away books, I’ve decided to pull the plug on the giveaway for now. It never took off the way it needed to if it were going to be worthwhile from a marketing point of view and of course there was a slight cost associated with it, plus a time …
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Week 6 of my book giveaway contest: every entrant receives a copy of short story “The Path of Souls”
The winner of Week 5 of my book giveaway contest was David (one of three Davids who entered) from right here in Regina (which makes it easy to get the book to him, at least!). Thanks to everyone who entered–I had 29 entrants in all, most of them this week from Facebook. On to Week …
Book Giveaway Week 5: Enter and get a pre-publication sneak peek at STAR SONG
The winner of Week 4 of my great book giveaway was Melinda, who commented on my Edward Willett Facebook page. Now it’s on to Week 5! Rules are the same: leave a comment below, or reply to one of my Facebook posts, or retweet one of my daily Tweets on the subject, and if your …
Book Giveaway Week 3: Enter, and receive a free download of The Haunted Horn
And so we plunge ahead to Week 3 of my weekly book giveaway. Same terms for entering: just leave a comment on this blog, or reply to the post I’ll put up on my fan page on Facebook or RT one of the Tweets I’ll be posting about the contest on Twitter @ewillett. Last week …
Second book giveaway winner!
This week’s winner of a free book through my ongoing contest is Levi, who left a comment on this blog. Can’t tell you where he lives yet, since I don’t have a mailing address, and I don’t yet know which book he’ll choose. Last week’s winner, who turned out to be from Edmonton, took a …
Book Giveaway Contest Week 2: Everyone’s a winner!
The first week of my new weekly book giveaway contest was relatively successful, but I want to see those numbers rise. So this week there’s a new wrinkle. This week’s winner can select a book, fiction or nonfiction, of his or her choice–and everyone who enters (that’s right, everyone) will receive a coupon allowing them …
We have a winner!
The winner of my first weekly book giveaway was Jeff, who commented on this website. Statistics, for those interested: this first week, I had 45 entries. Ten entered through this website, seven through my E.C. Blake website, seven through my Edward Willett Facebook page, 13 through my E.C. Blake Facebook page, five by retweeting a …
New Saturday feature: the weekly book giveaway
So, here’s the thing. I’ve got a lot of books cluttering up my basement, because every time I have a book published, I get author’s copies, and I’ve also bought up or simply received stock of books going out of print. Lots and lots of books. I don’t need all those books. Oh, sure, I …
A Christmas Magebane giveaway contest!
I just received a fresh batch of Magebanes from the publisher, and in the spirit of the season have decided to give two of them away. If you’d like an autographed copy of Magebane mailed to your door, just leave a message below: no need to leave any contact information except an email address–if you …
Book giveaways Week 2: two more winners! Enter now for Week 3…
The draw is done, and we have the winners of the second week of my month-long series of book giveaways to promote the release of Terra Insegura. I don’t have mailing addresses yet, so I can’t tell you where they hail from, but the copy of Terra Insegura was won by Tom Barclay, and the copy …
Book giveaways Week 1: we have a winner! Now enter for Week 2.
The first week of my month-long series of book giveaways to promote the release of my new science fiction novel Terra Insegura (have I mentioned I have a new novel out? I have? Well, what do you know!) has passed, and we have two winners! Michael Carter, who lives in British Columbia, has won the …
The final book give-away!
And the winner of a signed copy of Marseguro for the fourth and final week of February is (drum roll, please): Andrew Jesse Heinsen of Colfax, Indiana. See, I told you you didn’t need to have a name that started with K to win! Thanks to everyone who participated. The give-away has been such a …
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