So, as a complete random test run, I just came up with this giveaway. It'll be for the paperback edition of Dragon in Chains by Daniel Fox, the first novel in the Moshui: the Books of Stone and Water series. Published by Del Rey, which is a Random House imprint, so seemed appropriate; because it's "random". Yeah, moving on. This is a personal copy of mine. It's unread, and although it's not in perfect condition, it's pretty much "Like New".
The reason I'm giving away this book is that I've come to the realization that I may never get to read it, so it's better off in someone else's hands. Seen a lot of praise for the book though, so hope one of you ends up enjoying it. Here's the description for Dragon in Chains:
From award-winning author Daniel Fox comes a ravishingly written epic of revolution and romance set in a world where magic is found in stone and in water, in dragons and in men–and in the chains that bind them.http://www.randomhouse.com/book/55147/dragon-in-chains-by-daniel-fox
Deposed by a vicious usurper, a young emperor flees with his court to the small island of Taishu. There, with a dwindling army, a manipulative mother, and a resentful population–and his only friend a local fishergirl he takes as a concubine–he prepares for his last stand.
In the mountains of Taishu, a young miner finds a huge piece of jade, the potent mineral whose ingestion can gift the emperor with superhuman attributes. Setting out to deliver the stone to the embattled emperor, Yu Shan finds himself changing into something more than human, something forbidden.
Meanwhile, a great dragon lies beneath the strait that separates Taishu from the mainland, bound by chains that must be constantly renewed by the magic of a community of monks. When the monks are slaughtered by a willful pirate captain, a maimed slave assumes the terrible burden of keeping the dragon subdued. If he should fail, if she should rise free, the result will be slaughter on an unimaginable scale.
Now the prisoner beneath the sea and the men and women above it will shatter old bonds of loyalty and love and forge a common destiny from the ruins of an empire.
Participants have to be 18 years of age or older to participate. Void where prohibited by law. Giveaway rules are subject to change.
The giveaway is open for US mailing addresses only, and it will run from March 18, 2012 until 12:01am ET on March 26, 2012.
How to participate:
- Once logged in to the Rafflecopter, enter your email. This is the only mandatory thing to do to enter the giveaway.
- One entry per person, or face disqualification.
- Entries accepted until 12:01am ET on March 26, 2012.
- There will be 1 winner total, who will get one copy of Dragon in Chains by Daniel Fox.
- Will have to confirm email to be considered a winner within a week after March 26, 2012.
- Additional entries may be had by following the steps provided in the Rafflecopter instructions, and only by doing those steps.
- Winners will be chosen by random selection using the Rafflecopter.
Well, that's pretty much it. Have fun, and good luck!
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Personally? I find it pretty easy. Seems that a TON of blogs are using it now. It does kind of depend on what the blog decides counts as an entry. I've seen blogs all link up for a giveaway and they want you to like all 100 of their Facebook pages and it counts as 100 entries. I find that ridiculous. I'm personally not willing to 'like' 100 random blogs to up my chance for a free snow cone or something, though I do love snow cones -- blue raspberry please!
ReplyDeleteI don't mind the Rafflecoptor thing that much, though it can get annoying to ask me to do things I don't want to do to get extra entries. I saw one for a book giveaway where one of the entry choices was "buy the book". If I do that, why do I need to enter?
ReplyDeleteI want to see random ways to get extra entries, like "do a backflip" or "post a picture of yourself doing a backflip and copy the link" just to see how far people will go to get extra entries.
I wonder how they would check that you've indeed bought the book?
DeleteSome of them actually require you to send a receipt. Now THOSE are a PITA. But rafflecopter is way better than the ones that ask you to leave an email address in the comments, that is for sure!!!
Delete@Maria Mar, thank god I never did such a thing as making people leave email address in the comments :P
DeleteBut yeah, I think Rafflecopter has the benefit of more privacy.
Blog post comment! I've heard lots of different things about this book, some really great, some bad. I'd be interested in giving it a go for sure.
ReplyDeleteMan this book sounds amazing! Even if I don't win, I cannot wait to read it! And I think the Rafflecopter isn't that crazy. I think it sort of streamlines the entering process.
ReplyDeleteI don't know, the rafflecopter smacks of the gimmickry of getting "extra entries" to me.
ReplyDeleteTrue, I know how you dislike those. But that can always be adjusted depending on the giveaway. I'm planning on using it less moving forward, but wanted to see how much trouble it would be going through those steps.
DeleteAnd to your point, I myself hate it but seems like that crap is popular in a ton of other places, and many people have no problem entering them, so trying to find the happy medium of it all, particularly when it comes to the work I have to put to pick the winners, etc.
As always, your feedback is appreciated.
After you've signed up for rafflecopter once, it's quite easy to continue to use it to sign up for giveaways. Although most of the time, the "leave a comment" link in the form doesn't work quite right (yours did though!).
ReplyDeleteAwesome, I really wanted to know that. That way I can cross-post the Rafflecopter on other platforms, and still people can get to this post for comments.
DeleteThanks.
This is my first time using it, too. It seems to do pretty well, though I use a different comment system (disqus) and it seemed to miss a couple of the early comments from the blog, which means I'm going to have to manually add those. Either way, seems to simplify things.
ReplyDeleteThis seems pretty easy. I hate pressing that 'allow access' button, because you never really know what it means, but once you make the choice to do it, it seems extremely simple.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of this book. And sounds like a fantasy read I'd enjoy. I like the magic sound here and of course, Dragons!! lol
ReplyDeleteThanks! And you have to tell me how the new giveaway system works for you. I've thought of getting this as well.
I don't like rafflecopter as much. It makes it TOO easy and much harder to win!
ReplyDeleteDepends on how many loops and hoops you make us jump :)
ReplyDeleteCherry Mischievous
Oh, please disregard my entry, I'm non-US :)
ReplyDeleteCherry Mischievous