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Day Four – Get ‘em before it’s over

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

I’m late in posting and since I’m at work, I’ll make it short. :)

Check out Thursday’s stash here. Today there are 30 books and I’ll pick 6 winners.

 

Thursday’s Questions:

1. What color is the hero’s hair in MIDNIGHT’S WILD PASSION by Anna Campbell?

2. Name one author whose book Christina Brooke is offering as a prize to my Brooke-Club members for July/August.

3. What is the name of Eleanor’s aunt in Jackie Barbosa’s BEHIND THE RED DOOR?

4. In Beverley Kendall’s A TASTE OF DESIRE, in the first scene with both Amelia and Thomas, in his mind, what or who does he equate her to?

 

Answer all 4 (four) correctly to be entered to win the ereader. Answer at least 2 (correctly) and you’ll be entered to win the eGift Certificates.

***Answers can be found in excerpts or downloads on author’s website or sample downloads on most etailer sites.

PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWER on the blog. Email your answers to contests at theseasonforromance dot com and in the Subject line, please include Thursday’s Answers.

 

Has a book ever brought you to tears? A movie? A song? Comment and enter to win 5 (five) books from Thursday’s stash.

2nd Anniversary 5 Day Bash

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

The Season website is already two years old. Gosh, where has the time gone? I remember when it was a site strictly for historical romances and it didn’t have a blog because truly, what interesting things did I have to say? I remember when the site had no reviews and was constructed to mimic a print magazine. Oh, how utterly naive I was.  Now I’m working on I think my fourth  makeover of the site–which isn’t quite ready yet–and I’ve discovered this about myself, I do love my colours.

So what’s going on this week? I’m giving away a total of 125 print books to 25 commenters. That boils down to 25 books a day and 5 books per winner.  I have the books listed by day–Monday, Tuesday etc–and winners will send me their top 10 titles in preference order. I will do my best to accommodate  the winners requests.  To enter the daily book giveaway, you just need to comment on that day’s post. Yep, it’s that easy.

I do have other prizes. On August 29th, I’ll be announcing the winners for 2 (two) $15 eGift Certificates. The Grand Prize will be an eReader! Winner gets to choose either a Nook, a Kindle or Kobo Touch. To be entered into the drawing for these prizes does require a bit of work on your part. What that means is you’ll have to do a bit of reading if you already haven’t read the books in question.

The rules are as follows:

Answer both questions correctly and you’ll be entered into the drawings for the eGift Certificate AND the eReader.

Answer only one of the two questions correctly and you’ll be entered into the drawing only  for the eGift Cards.

Answer none of the questions correctly and…there’s always the next day. ;)
Monday’s Questions

In Maggie Robinson’s Mistress by Marriage, what gem was Caroline wearing when Edward first saw her?

In Beverley Kendall’s All’s Fair in Love & Seduction, what is the name of the heroine’s mother’s dearest and oldest friend, who incidentally happens upon Elizabeth in the garden after she parts ways with Derek?

PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWER on the blog. Email your answers to contests at theseasonforromance dot com and in the Subject line, please include Monday’s Answers.

***Answers can be found in excerpts on author’s website or sample downloads on most etailer sites.

So now it’s time to check out Monday’s offerings.

The Season has been around for over two years now, how long have you been frequenting the site or are you a newbie? Comment and enter to win 5 books from Monday’s books. Remember, I’ll be selecting 5 winners!

*Print books will be sent to U.S. addresses only.

 

The July issue of The Season is up!

Saturday, July 9th, 2011

A very quick note to let you know the July issue of The Season is finally up–very late. Check out the Top Picks and all the great reviews.

I’m off to begin sincere work on An Heir of Deception–Alex and Charlotte call.

Have a great weekend.

Giveaway: 13 Book on The Season website

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Winners and other news

Friday, June 3rd, 2011

Congratulations, Meghan! Please email your snail mail address to me at contests at theseasonforromance dot com and remember to include the title of the book you won. You have one week to collect your prize.

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The Season’s June issue is up! Remember, if you’ve read any of the May or June releases and would like to opine about them, I would love to have readers comments/reviews. I’m trying to get 20 reviews in one week so I can start offloading some of these books. ;) .  There is one person who has been very good about leaving great feedback and that is….

WENDY P

Congratulations, Wendy! Please contact me at the email address above and email the title of any mass market paperback currently featured on my site as well as your snail mail address.

 

Giveaway: Rate and Review

Sunday, May 8th, 2011

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY
to all you wonderful mothers out there.

My goal for this week is to get 20 reviews and ratings (excluding my own rating and comments and comments of readers who have yet to read the books) on the May releases on The Season site.  If I reach that goal at the end of the week, I will giveaway the following 5 books to 5 reviewers/commenters.  If I get at least 50 ratings and reviews for the month of May, one commenter will receive a $25 eGift Certificate from an online book store of choice.

***Note – The reviews do NOT have to be for these books. They can be for ANY of the May releases on the website.

Click on above covers for reviews, blurbs and buy links.

New: Top 20 Lists

Sunday, May 1st, 2011

Just a quick note to bring my brand new Top 20 Lists to your attention.  The Season now features:

Top 20:

Bestselling Books – These are books that are featured on The Season site. Their rankings are determined by using a weighted average of Amazon (70%)  and B&N (30%) bestselling lists. The book will generally appear on both lists. The book will not appear on the list if it only appears on the B&N list but the reverse can be true.

Most Viewed – These are the books that have the most page views by visitors to the site.

Best Reviewed – These are the books that have the best reviewed books by The Season reviewers in the order of most page views.  So the longer a book with a good rating stays on the Most Viewed list, the longer it will remain on this list.

You can Retweet and also share these pages lists on Facebook.  :)

The May issue of The Season is up!

Sunday, April 24th, 2011

First and foremost, to all those who celebrate this day:

 

HAPPY EASTER!

 

Second, the May issue of The Season is up–yeah just in time for the May releases, which will begin coming out on Tuesday. I’ve made some changes to the book pages and added Comment/Rating functionality for all books. I’ll be giving out weekly books (5 new releases) to readers who post reviews and one $25 Gift Certificate monthly. Watch out in the coming months for even more changes like weekly rankings by Page Views and Review Ratings.

In the meanwhile, I hope you’ll check out the new issue and click the Facebook ‘Like’ link below ARCHIVES on the homepage.

Have a great Easter Sunday! I’ll see you tomorrow.

The April issue is up!

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

A very quick post to let you know the April issue of The Season is finally up! I’ll be back later to post some more winners. :)

Contests!!!

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

My March Contest is up on my site! This month, I’m doing a Book-A-Month for a Year Giveaway. It will work something like this, the winner will receive a list of 15 books every month to choose from, and they will select 1 (one). I will then send them whichever book they select  every month for an entire year, totaling 12 current releases. I will initially ask winner what their genre preference is before I send them the selection choices. Click here to enter.

The contest I’m most excited about this year, is The Season’s Annual Unpublished Writing Contest.  For the past two years, I’ve tried to get unpublished authors’ manuscripts in front of agents and editors, which was lots of fun. This year, given the popularity of digital books and self-publishing, I’ve decided to do something different, and hopefully for participants, just as fun and helpful. This year the winner’s book will be self-published with The Season’s total cooperation.  The winner will receive:

  • A professionally designed cover that author has 100% input.
  • Editorial assistance.
  • Promotion and Marketing (blog tour, ad spot, newsletter mailing, reviews)
  • Author keeps ALL the profits
  • uploading book onto Amazon, B&N and Smashwords etc.

I will be begin accepting entries June 1, 2011 (pitch letter, first 3 pages and synopsis). Genres included are romance (all sub-genres), cozy mystery and YA (young adult). As the time draws closer, I’ll be posting more information about the contest.