Love Your Library! Book Giveaway

For the upcoming holiday season I decided to bring back my favorite book giveaway.

LOVE YOUR LIBRARY CONTEST!

Working in the education system and meeting so many dedicated librarians as an author has made me aware of their struggles. Today's economy may be bringing readers to their public libraries in search of an affordable alternative to purchasing books to read, but the libraries lack the resources to purchase a lot of new books to offer them. So I thought why not have a contest that not only benefits lucky readers, but also their favorite public library.

Here is how it works...

If you are interested in winning a signed copy of my new mystery/romance The Truth Lies in the Dark and an additional copy for your favorite public library, which will be donated in your name, there are two ways to enter.

1. You can leave a message in the comment box below. Please be sure you leave your email, so I can contact the lucky winner, and the name, town, and state (add your country if outside of the US) of your favorite library.

Example: dkcallender@sbcglobal.net My favorite public library is Janet Carlson Calvert Library Franklin, CT

*Please do not include your mailing information or any other personal info that you do not want published on this blog.

2. If you do not want your email shown you may email me directly with your email and library of your choice. Please put Love Your Library (or LYL) in the subject box.

Email: dkcallender@sbcglobal.net

Once a winner is randomly determined I will contact you by email for your mailing address. Your personal information will at no time be sold or passed on to any one else, and disposed of after the end of the contest. Winners will be notified by email and announced here, on my writing blog, my website, and on Twitter.

Winner will receive a signed copy of The Truth Lies in the Dark and their favorite public library will receive an additional copy, donated in the winners name. This is a great opportunity to win yourself a new book and help out your public library. Each person can only enter once, but there is no limit on how many times a library is entered. So spread the word in your community and increase the chances that your library will win!

Winners will announced on December 15th, 2009.

Thanks for entering and GOOD LUCK!

Kristin : )

And the winners are ...

We have a winner in the Love Your Library book giveaway. Actually we have two winners. I received an encouraging email yesterday from a television producer, who has read my book. She said it was a wonderful story and requested my phone number so she could call and talk with me. I am excited and honestly in a state of shock still that she would even consider my book for a television movie. Realizing that this doesn't guarantee anything, that the phone call could be a very polite 'no thanks', I am trying to keep it all in perspective. My kids are kind enough to help me with that. If you want a glimpse into how they helped stop by my writing blog for the story.



http://kcsbooks.blogspot.com/



Ok, so back to the contest. I said two winners because in the spirit of my potential good news I decided to pick two winners. One from the entries here and one from the direct emails that I have received in response to the contest. The winners were chosen randomly by my children. So if anyone is unhappy with the results, it's completely their fault ; )



Have I created enough tension, enough anticipation, or have you already scanned this post to see who won? If not, thanks for being the patient reader. If you did skip ahead, I don't blame you, even I am anxious to announce the winners.



Here goes...drum roll please....



1st winner chosen from the direct emails sent to me is....



!!!! ROBYN from Arizona !!!!



and her favorite library the Peoria Public Library.





2nd winner chosen from these comments is.....



!!!! klclthouse3 from Michigan !!!!



and the favorite public library is the Commerce Twp Library.



Congratulations to the winners! I will be sending each a signed copy of The Truth Lies in the Dark and each of their favorite libraries will receive a copy donated in their names.



I am sorry that I can not have all of you win, but I can offer you a little something for entering. My publisher has agreed to offer a discount to all who have entered this contest. I will be emailing each of you with the code to use to receive this discount if you are interested in purchasing my book. While your there you can get a sneak peek at it too. The following link will bring you to the first chapters of The Truth Lies in the Dark. So you can test read it before you decide if you would like to buy.



http://www.bluewaterpress.com/Catalog/book_dark.html



Thank you all for your interest and great comments about my book and the Love Your Library contest. Stop by again to see what the next prize will be on my contest blog. Hint: In a few weeks I will be start a new giveaway. Winner will get a mystery gift card. I'd say more but I'm not even sure what the gift card is yet.



Keep in touch, keep reading, and keep supporting your public libraries.



Thanks,



Kristin Callender : )

LOVE YOUR LIBRARY CONTEST!

Welcome to my new contest page, and thanks for coming. Working in the education system and meeting so many dedicated librarians as an author has made me aware of their struggles. Today's economy may be bringing readers to their public libraries in search of an affordable alternative to purchasing books to read, but the libraries lack the resources to purchase a lot of new books to offer them. So I thought why not have a contest that not only benefits lucky readers, but also their favorite public library. Here is how it works.

If you are interested in winning a signed copy of my new mystery/romance The Truth Lies in the Dark and an additional copy for your favorite public library, which will be donated in your name, there are two ways to enter.

You can leave a message in the comment box below. Please be sure you leave your email, so I can contact the lucky winner, and the name, town, and state (add your country if outside of the US) of your favorite library.

Example: dkcallender@sbcglobal.net
My favorite public library is Janet Carlson Calvert Library
Franklin, CT

Please do not include your mailing information or any other personal info that you do not want published on this blog. If you do not want your email shown you may email me directly with your email and library of your choice. Please put Love Your Library (or LYL) in the subject box.

Email: dkcallender@sbcglobal.net

Once a winner is randomly determined I will contact you by email for your mailing address. Your personal information will at no time be sold or passed on to any one else, and disposed of after the end of the contest.

This will be an ongoing contest, with a new winner announce every 2 weeks. Winners will be notified by email and announced here, on my writing blog, my website, and on Twitter.

Winner will receive a signed copy of The Truth Lies in the Dark and their favorite public library will receive an additional copy, donated in the winners name.

This is a great opportunity to win yourself a new book and help out your public library. Each person can only enter once, but there is no limit on how many times a library is entered. So spread the word in your community and increase the chances that your library will win!

1st winner announced on May 1, 2009.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL LUCKY READERS & PUBLIC LIBRARIES!

Kristin Callender :)