Contests

E-ink is running a photo contest this week and it looks like a lot of fun. Got an eReader? Got a pet? Then I have a contest for you.

Take a photo of your pet reading on your device (reading, not chewing) and you can enter the contest. The photo can be posed, of course, and your pet need not be awake at the time. One of the entries shows an English Bulldog passed out next to a Kindle.

Right now I’m sorting through my several eReaders, looking to see what would work best. Right now I’m thinking the Kindle DX, showing a copy of A Dog’s Tale, would present the best photo.

Are you planning to enter? You can find the contest on Facebook.

Launch a social media campaign that will build your brand and deliver results in our online Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting June 7. Speakers include Abigail Cusick (Bravo Digital), Gregory Galant (Sawhorse Media), Alex Leo (Thomson Reuters Digital), Jim Tobin (Ignite Social Media), and many more. Read the reviews.

Hey book bloggers, want to get some recognition for your work? The Association of American Publishers and Goodreads have opened the nominations for the Independent Book Blogger Awards. Four winners will get airfare to New York and a three day pass to BookExpo America in June.

The contest is open to bloggers ages 18 and up in the U.S. who dedicate at least 75 percent of their blog content to covering books.  The blog cannot be affiliated with commercial media ties.

The press release explains more about what they are looking for: “There are four categories for submissions:  Adult Fiction, Adult Non-Fiction, Children’s/Young adult and Industry News.  Entries will be judged on such qualities as writing, analysis, design and presentation and reader impact.  Complete details on how to enter, rules and background on the judging process is at Contest terms”

You can submit entries through Monday, April 9, 11:59PM. After all of the entries have been received, readers will be able to vote for their favorites from April 10-23. A panel of publishing experts will judge the finalists, and the winners will be announced the week of May 7.

Kobo has launched  new contest this week, and you can tell that the weather up in Toronto is taking its toll. For the next 4 weeks Kobo is going to be giving away a free trip each week. This week’s destination is Aruba, and the prize includes everything from 2 plane tickets to the hotel room. Later prizes include Los Cabos, Punt Cana,, and the Mayan Riviera.

You can enter the contest each week by buying an eBook from Kobo. Click the link below for full details and the contest rules.

via Kobo

image by atramos

If you’re up to solving a simple puzzle then here’s your chance to win a Kobo Touch.

Kobo launched a “12 Days of Christmas” contest yesterday, and everyday they will be giving away a Kobo Touch eReader.  They’re ust giving away the one, but they are also offering discount coupons as consolation prizes. I myself won a 25% off coupon just a few minutes ago. It’s a little too late to count on one of these eReaders as a Christmas gift, but it will make a pleasant surprise when it arrives in January.

The rules are pretty simple. You can enter once a day, and each day you play the contest will enter you to win the Grand Prize, which is a bundle with a Kobo Touch, laptop, smartphone, and more.

Kobo Contest

The UK based non-for-profit National Literacy Trust has recently announced a new program designed to get school children interested in books.

The ComiX Factor is a contest where kids are asked to create a new sidekick for Dorko, a character created by The Etherington Brothers. The kids are encouraged to invent details about the sidekick, write out a description, and draw the character. They can also enter the contest by finishing a comic strip that The Etherington Brothers provided.

The contest is organized through schools, and participating teachers are encouraged to use this to motivate their entire classroom. “Comics and graphic novels are popular types of reading materials among children and adults alike, so using them for writing-based activities is a sure fire way to get your pupils engaged. In particular, those who struggle with reading and writing might be “drawn in” by comics and graphic novels, but the rest of your class could also benefit from the multimodal nature of this genre.”

via National Literacy Trust

 

 

Kobo has launched a back-to-school contest this week, and they’ll be giving away 10 Kobo Touch eReaders with cases.

The terms of the contest are pretty simple. You can enter by buying an eBook from Kobo eBookstore. Winners will be picked on Sunday, and you should be notified by email.

The contest runs until August 21st. To find out more, or see the contest rules, visit the Kobo website.

When J.K.Rowling’s new website launched a few weeks back, the press release promised that a limited number of fans would be granted early access to the site. Pottermore isn’t due to launch until October, but a contest  was started on Sunday to let people win that early access.

The contest is called Find The Magic Quill, and it’s fairly simple. A new trivia question will be posted every day this week on Pottermore, and the first few who find the answer and append it to the website address quill.pottermore.com/ will get a chance to sign up for Pottermore.

The triva questions are posted once a day but they’re not posted at the same time everyday.

It’s not clear how many fans the site will accept,but given the size of the Harry Potter fanbase it won’t be more than a tithe. Good luck with trying to win the contest; the Pottemore website has been so busy these past couple days that it has been inaccessible at times.

Have you ever wanted to write a chldren’s eBook? Here’s a chance to put your hand to the task and see what you can accomplish.

InteractBooks, maker of children’s eBooks, is running a new contest right now and they’re looking for the best undiscovered eBook makers. Contestants will use InteractBuilder to develop an original interactive children’s eBook. You have until mid-September to submit the app, and the winners will be announced in early October. Three winners will be given prizes and their winning apps will be sold through InteractBooks’ reading app,which is available on iOS.

All entries into the contest will receive a free one-year membership for publishing through InteractBooks and they will earn 70% revenue on the sales of their eBooks.

You can find more information in the official contest rules. Best of luck!

They’re not eBooks, alas, but free books are still free books. Tor-Forge books is about to release Children of the Sky, the latest novel by SF author Vernor Vinge, next week and it’s throwing a contest this weekend to celebrate.

You can enter the contest by going over to Tor.com and leaving a comment. On Sunday night 20 winners will be chosen, and each will get a set of 5 Vinge books:

• The Peace War
• Rainbows End
• A Deepness in the Sky
• True Names and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier
• The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge

via Tor.com

 

Mike Ramalho announced yesterday that Angry Robot would be giving away 2 sets of all the books it has published in its 2 years of operation. You can choose to get the set as either eBooks or as print books.

ARB published about 24 titles a year, so the set would include 40 to 50 books.  The shipping alone will be a tidy sum.

You can get the set by entering a contest. Mike wants to see you flex your creative muscles and come up with a lovely (or cringeworthy / funny / ridiculous) Hallmark style poem that would suit a birthday card for Angry Robot.

The contest started yesterday and it runs until July 14, so don’t delay.

via Angry Robot Books

image by ateliertally