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Monday, July 21, 2008

The Dets on the Contest!

Okay, after sufficient Diet Coke and brainstorming, I've come up with the super cool contest details! Not only will I be sending the randomly drawn winner (from those who comment on this blog/MySpace/or Live Journal between Friday 18-Friday 25th with a link to their posting of my book trailer) a signed copy of Undone, but I will also be their personal shopper! That is, next week I'll be at the RWA's 2008 "Readers for Life" Literacy Autographing in San Francisco where I'll be signing copies of Undone along with hordes of other wonderful authors. And for your grand prize, I will go and buy 6 books from authors of your choosing and will have them autograph the book to you! Pretty cool, eh?

Some of the super cool YA authors who will be signing include my Class of 2K8 pals: Regina Scott, Teri Brown, and Terri Clark (early edition of Sleepless anyone?). Some of my agency sistas like Ally Carter, Simone Elkeles & Kelly Parra. Even big names like Melissa Marr!

Other authors who will be there include:

Niki Burnham, Tera Lynn Childs, Rosemary Clement-Moore, Marley Gibson, Rachel Hawthorne, Lorraine Heath, Julie Linker, Lynda Sandoval,Dona Sarkar, Gena Showalter (who probably won't have her YA titles there--but I'll totally make it happen somehow!), Wendy Corsi Staub, and probably several more that I missed because the writing was so small--so consult the full list!

Please be aware that authors typically only have their most current books, and quantities will be limited--so for the winner you will need to provide some alternate books/authors in the event that the title you'd pick are not available.

Okay so here are the rules again:

Post my book trailer for Undone on your blog, leave me the link in the comments (comments will be drawn from my blog, my MySpace, and my Live Journal and can be posted on any day this week) and once verified you will be officially entered to win. Winner will be drawn on Friday the 25th at noon CST.
If you win, you'll tell me which 6 books you want me to buy and have personally signed to you! And I'll do all the work!

20 comments:

the story siren said...

hey brooke!

awesome contest!! i'm planning on posting about the release on tuesday for my new reads segment. undone is the first one on the list. would if be okay and count as an entry if i posted the trailer with that???

Shooting Stars Mag said...

WHOAH! this is such a cool contest! I posted the link to where i put the video up on the last post...does that count? I can always repost the link or something if need be. let me know.

-Lauren

Rachel Vincent said...

Awesome contest, Brooke, and congrats on your release. I'm gonna blog about your contest tomorrow, if that's okay. ;-)

Heather Harper said...

What a cool contest!

I wish I were a fly on the wall at SF so I could watch you get the books. I remember the looong lines. (wg)

Keri Mikulski said...

Great contest!!! :)

Anonymous said...

you rock!! Great contest!!

Brooke Taylor said...

Story Siren--Awesome Thanks! You're in!
Lauren--No need to repost! You're in!

Rachel--Thank you!! You're awesome and I wish your YA was out so I could include it!

Heather--you are made of edgy chocolate and awesome. And don't worry I'll be taking pictures of my personal shopping venture.

Keri--Thank you!! I didn't spot your name on the list--are you going to be at SF?

Anon--You rock too!

Jaded Bee said...

I added it to my Facebook, this is the link but I don't know if it will work right unless you're friends with me on Facebook...I can try to add it to my Myspace, but I'm not really sure how.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=585552049

Katherine Hazen said...

Added it to my blogger.
http://literary-aspirations.blogspot.com/

CrystalGB said...

Hi Brooke. Awesome contest. I added your trailer to my MySpace page. www.myspace.com/crystalgb

Jaded Bee said...

Wooo, go me. I figured out how to do it.

Here's my Myspace page, I put it under my interests.
www.myspace.com/jaded_britt

Test said...

Awesome Contest!!!

I bloged about Undone today, posting the video trailer and a link to the contest. So is that okay?

Lauren
Pot17ter@aol.com

Carolina said...

Cool contest. I'll post the video on my blog sometime today and I'll send you the link.

Calliope said...

I've added the trailer to my LJ. I seriously can't wait to read this book - it seems awesome and this contest is a terrific opportunity!

http://runaway-fawn.livejournal.com/

BoxingKing said...

So, adding the link to my blog on a post... Does that count, cause I have no idea how to add the video... Cool trailer, by the way.

Carolina said...

I put up a post about your contest over at my blog. www.bookluver-carol.blogspot.com! :)

Candace said...

Wow. What an amazing trailer! I've posted the video at my blog. Here's the link:

http://horsesandpotter.blogspot.com/

Lenore Appelhans said...

I posted your trailer on my blog:

http://presentinglenore.blogspot.com/2008/07/book-trailer-undone-by-brooke-taylor.html

I am SO looking forward to reading it and would love a signed copy - and signed copies of other YA books - what an awesome contest!

Book Sp(l)ot said...

Let's put this on the right post...

I posted the trailer today :) (http://book-splot.blogspot.com/)

The whole thing sounds like a fantastic idea

Tasha said...

I posted the video on my blog!! I think this is by far the coolest contest an author has ever done!! YEAH Brooke:)