Giveaway now closed! Winners to be announced tomorrow
Hello, glorious readers/fans/stalkers!
I said that once my Facebook fan page surpassed 1500 likes, I would host a giveaway, and I am always true to my word (except when I am making things up for a living, which, let’s face it, is why you’re here).
In honor of my 1500 likes, I am giving away 5 signed bookplates, to be awarded to five individuals. In the interest of keeping things fair, each entrant can only win a maximum of 1 bookplate. I’m happy to sign and personalize these bookplates however the winner would like. Keep in mind they aren’t very big, so I can’t write you a poem or a love letter or anything. I do love to personalize things for my readers, though. Think of my signature as a little paper huglet from me to you. The bookplates are plain white and they say “Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing” on the bottom.
What can you do with your bookplate, you ask? You can:
1.) Stick it in your book
2.) Use its adhesive to repair a carburetor
3.) Rub your face against it like a cat
4.) Plant it to grow a bacon tree (disclaimer: this bookplate will not grow bacon)
5.) Fasten two chipmunks together and enter them in a three-legged race
6.) Dress it like Clark Gable to keep grandma company
The possibilities are LIMITLESS! Right about now you’re probably gaping at the screen and wanting to ask, “Lauren, what do I have to do to acquire one of these fine bookplates?!” Well, I’ll tell ya:
Step 1: Want a bookplate. I mean really, really want one.
Step 2: Tweet, facebook, or blog about this giveaway and provide a link to my blog (please link to my blog at www.laurendestefano.com/blog. Comments on my duplicate goodreads blog will NOT be counted).
Step 3: Leave a comment on this exact blog post providing a link to your twitter, facebook, or blog posting. You may post one comment for each link, meaning that if you posted on facebook, twitter, and your blog, you may enter up to three times to increase your odds of winning. However, you can only win once.
Step 4: YOU DID IT. Go celebrate, you big party animal.
Giveaway is closed as of Monday, July 18th at 11:31 AM Eastern time, no exceptions. Look, I am even giving you a whole extra shiny minute.
I will number each blog comment in the order in which it was posted. I will then select the winner using a random number generator. The random number generator has no bias, I promise. I will announce the winners here on my blog on Monday, July 18th by 12 PM Eastern time, and provide them with instructions.
And, oh yeah, this giveaway is INTERNATIONAL. Winners are not responsible for postage. I’ve gotcha covered, folks.
Posted about the giveaway on my blog: http://variousaltitudes.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/lauren-destefano-book-plate-giveaway/
Also tweeted it at http://twitter.com/C_Heathcote
Congratulations on surpassing 1500 likes!
FB: http://www.facebook.com/safaripoet/posts/226071790757743
Tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/safaripoet/status/89354870787801088
http://twitter.com/#!/tammyb_28/status/89355712609779712 I tweeted
How did I not know about your blog?
Congrats! You rock!!! I need to get a twitter, don’t I…
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Writers-Prompts/137768129636044?sk=wall#!/
And I facebooked: http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=146026812139462&id=100002414984749
Congrats on those likes!
I’m not sure I’m doing the link correctly, but here is what I posted on twitter:):)
@samcarter1022
Kerry Vaughan I’d like to win a Lauren DeStefano signed bookplate:) http://www.laurendestefano.com/blog
twitter @stuffyngpplrd
WANT!
TWEETED: https://twitter.com/#!/starryeyedjen/status/89356829615857665
CELEBRATING! Congrats on the fandom!
Here you go! http://twitter.com/#!/KrysteyBelle/status/89357682976362497
OK can be a stalker
posted on my FB
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100001286678691
and this has eaten my post
http://twitter.com/DepriceMartens
Seriously Depressed when I found out Fever was not going to be out by now!
“Books are difficult for me to follow and fall in love with. Not this one! http://www.laurendestefano.com/blog. I couldn’t put it down. Recomended!”
Tweeted! http://twitter.com/#!/tinkerbell102
Congrats on all the likes! I’ve been looking forward to this contest.
Facebooked it:
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=231536870201841&id=681930268¬if_t=like
Posted it on facebook… hope this link works
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000921896107
Congrats on reaching 1500 likes on Facebook!
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/AmburHostyn/status/89359540272906240
Thanks for the chance to win a signed bookplate!
I would love a bookplate signed by you. and can’t wait for your next book to come out.
http://facebook.com/sstidham82
http://twitter.com/#!/caligirl182
https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=1057881588&sk=wall
Congrats on hitting 1500 likes! I so want a bookplate.
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/AshelynnS/status/89379371776876544
Thank you!
Congrats on reaching 1500, fun stuff. I tweeted (lol)
@ThatGirlSam13
Congrats!
FB: http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=134976293250879&id=1174452118
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/ChristinaJW
Congratulations on getting 1500 likes!!
http://twitter.com/#!/Stephiii91
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/Stephii91
Awesome!! free stuff FTW!!
http://twitter.com/#!/chelleyreads/status/89406380930371584
First of all: I really, really, really want a bookplate
That is so awesome.
And second: Congrats on 1500 likes!
I tweeted, right here: http://twitter.com/CarinaOlsen/status/89407034683957248
Lots of love from Carina ~ carina-olsen@hotmail.com
I was just about to tweet you to say I was headed to the library to pick up the copy of Wither I requested ages ago, but I’ll tweet your contest instead, OK?
Of course, the “FREE STUFF” was the thing that made me click like a loonatic! Congrats on reaching 1500 likes – I bet you’ll be at double that amount in no time!
And yes, I would like a bookplate (duh!) as the chance to meet you is probably very slim.. (Let me know if you’re coming to The Netherlands! *stalks*)
Soooo of course I tweeted about it: http://twitter.com/#!/lvngbooks/status/89407423604998144
So now, were is the cake? And the bubbles? And the confetti? I need to go celebrate.. *runs off*
I would love a signed bookplate to stick in my copy of Wither (which I thought was such an amazing book by the way..) Thanks for the opportunity!
My tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/AtR81/status/89407821472481280
http://twitter.com/#!/neonorange00/status/89411991717953536
thanks for the giveaway! the bookplate sounds useful….
http://www.facebook.com/centuryabyss/posts/134455253303038
im not really sure what a carburetor is… i mean i know its part of a car… i think…
http://readingwritingwormer.blogspot.com/2011/07/win-bookplate-from-lauren-destafano.html
i also dont think i know who clark gable is. or know how to dress a bookplate. but i guess it doesn’t REALLY need to look like anyone, since grandma might not notice anyway.
http://neonorangex.tumblr.com/post/7390589166/fix-a-carburetor-with-a-bookplate
can the bookplate grow a jellybean tree instead? I’m a vegetarian.
https://twitter.com/#!/magnet4taken/status/89438696658575360
magnet4taken (@) gmail . com
Thank you, Cecil, for wanting me to win the bookplate. I always knew you were a brilliant kitty!
http://twitter.com/#!/ohmandee/status/89439061395247105
Congrats on the 1500! Well deserved.
I posted it on FB for all of my students to see
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/mrsgoins318
CELEBRATION!
I tweeted:
http://twitter.com/melannielove/statuses/89450524046397442
http://twitter.com/#!/jpmsull/statuses/89481877777428480
Okey-doke! Thanks!
Hey Lauren! First of all, congrats on the facebook followers. Second, thanks for the awesome giveaway! I’m getting pumped for FEVER.
http://twitter.com/#!/lizpatanders/status/89481672990527488
Here’s my tweet:
http://twitter.com/#!/readerbenji/status/89490268159619072
http://twitter.com/#!/ShammiPie/status/89491249362518017
I tweeted:)
Congrats on your fans, you deserve them.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000189639161
And posted.
http://www.tumblr.com/dashboard
Does tumblr count?
http://twitter.com/#!/peachandblue/statuses/89538518606548992
There, I RT’d you: https://twitter.com/#!/ArtsyBookishGal/status/89538568460058624
I plan to use this bookplate to cover up the little nail hole on the wall.
Yay for all the likes!:D
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/PenandInkChick/status/89539516590858240
WooHoo!! Congrats! http://twitter.com/#!/TinaLynn510
Tweeted! http://twitter.com/#!/TinaLynn510
I would love to put it in my copy of Wither
http://twitter.com/#!/apedulla/status/89540875201413120
http://twitter.com/#!/TinaLynn510
I tweeted! The link:
https://twitter.com/#!/mirandahannah/status/89540068900999168
I would love to keep grandma company, and if my bookplate is Superman in disguise, I won’t have to worry about helping her find her way home if she wanders off!
I twittered! (Twitter.com/#!/bookluver1208
(bookluver1208.tumblr.com)
and I also posted something on tumblr cuz i consider that a blog, plus i have more followers there than on my actual blog. though if you dont count it thats okay
http://twitter.com/#!/TheSwampFaerie/status/89539852382646273 I’m hoping for a bacon tree should I win.
FB post:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blackplume/221391264552497#!/permalink.php?story_fbid=216177481752444&id=221391264552497
Tweeted!
https://twitter.com/marthapao/status/89546060749479936
Ahh
I love Wither! It is SENSATIONAL!
http://twitter.com/#!/DystopianDssrts
@DystopianDssrts
Carina L. Tai
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I tweeted the contest thanks for the opportunity!!!
@LouiseJustine3
OHMYGOSH. Congrats on all the likes, Lauren! :’D yay yay yay. <3
Thank you for the giveaway! I hope I win!
Here's my tweet:
http://twitter.com/#!/OneOfAKind308/status/89555276264505344
I'll post it on Facebook tomorrow… I can't now, because it's really late and if I post on Facebook at this hour, Mom will find out how late I stayed awake. And I'll be in trouble. Yeah, I'm a naughty child (;
Anyway, thanks again!
~Susan
oneofakind308@gmail.com
Congrats on those 1,500 likes
Thanks for the international giveaway! I really appreciate it. We (Europeans) don’t get a lot of chances to win a book, so thanks a lot
)
Tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/Kejtie/status/89560372545208321
Facebooked: http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=224843214222795&id=1050854055
Blogged: http://featherlyheart-lovesbooks.blogspot.com/2011/07/lauren-destefano-bookplate-giveaway.html
E-mail: katie(dot)sijanec(at)gmail(dot)com
Awesome! Congrats on 1500 likes!
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/bookishbaggins/status/89623222013796352
Thanks!
Baggins
bookishbaggins(at)gmail(dot)com
I tweeted. =)
http://twitter.com/#!/tuba_maryam/status/89396652573601792
Thank you for the giveaway! And congrats!
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/MyShelfAndI/status/89722903813308416
Thanks again!
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
I tweeted – http://twitter.com/#!/xLeeDx/status/89795111143223296
xo
Lisa
Maybe I could use it to rub against my face? LOL.
Thanks so much for this giveaway! Excited to see who wins! Good luck to everyone and congrats to the winners!!!!!
Tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/rainkissedleaf
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/raynekissedleaf
Blog: ***Just so you know I put it on Livejournal AND Blogger because I didn’t know if you would accept Livejournal, since I have more friends that look there because I don’t have many Blogger posts. I know it won’t increase my chances… I just thought I’d get the word out. Especially to my book loving friends.
Here are the URLs: http://rainkissedleaf.livejournal.com/24595.html
http://inspirational-rainkissedleaf.blogspot.com/2011/07/bookplate-giveaway-signed-and.html
Peace & Love,
<3
Alyssa
Tweeted:http://twitter.com/#!/Girlzrule767
Facebooked: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000510423988
OK I have read the rules and I have followed to the letter! I want one of these signed bookplates. I mean REALLY WANT!!!
I tweeted
http://twitter.com/#!/scarletredwill/status/89884284076302336
Next step…Facebook!
I posted
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000261917248
Thanks for a chance at a Huglet…it’s been awhile since I had me one of those. xo
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/monkeybymyself/status/89889048113594368
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/monkeyjunkie/posts/174237455975169
Here are my links!
Twitter:
http://twitter.com/flyingpages/status/89894248182325248
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=135378079878677&id=139659749433764
So, I realized…I have my privacy setting on Facebook set to friends only. You wouldn’t be able to see that post sooooo I made a new one where all can see! (Whoops!)
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/monkeyjunkie/posts/214761088566705
Yay! I want to win
)
Tweeted: http://twitter.com/imabookshark/statuses/90093217793572864
imabookshark AT yahoo DOT com
I facebooked it too!!
http://www.facebook.com/ajax/sharer/?s=99&appid=2309869772&p%5B0%5D=113389402078667&p%5B1%5D=208454385867098
imabookshark AT yahoo DOT com
Thank you for the great giveaway!
I retweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/wolfluvr420/status/90092709490081793
wolfluvr420 at yahoo dot com
Congrats on the 1500 likes and thanks for the great giveaway!
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/PbackTreasures/status/90095107692433409
hannah11200 (at) hotmail (dot) com
http://twitter.com/#!/kennonmckinney
Super pumped for you!!
Congrats on the 1500 likes! Thanks for the awesome contest.
https://twitter.com/#!/ReaderGina/status/90098816946151424
Twitter! https://twitter.com/#!/BoredPerson8/status/90174888891006976
Thanks for the contest! I tweeted about it here: http://twitter.com/#!/lostatmidnight/status/90227260400996352
On the blog: http://thebestworlds.tumblr.com/post/7480850383/lauren-destefano-is-giving-away-5-signed-bookplates
and
Tweeted! http://www.twitter.com/#!/inthebestworlds
Awesome book! Keep up the great work
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=228631477158950&id=100000335467074
Congrats on all the likes! I posted this giveaway on my facebook page!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/angela.prieto
http://anniebook.livejournal.com/9502.html
Just in time! I needed that extra minute!
Tweeted! https://twitter.com/#!/SHeuschkel
Facebooked!
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=1634288027
Those are some intriguing suggestions to do with bookplates!
https://twitter.com/#!/YahongChi/status/90523215557951488
I think I’ll stick with suggestion one if I win a bookplate.
http://www.facebook.com/annabell42688?ref=profile.
Facebooked!!
http://www.facebook.com/dakota.wood
This is Awesome!
http://twitter.com/#!/annabell42688
So yeah, I did it, and I hope I win :3
http://safetweetingswifties.blogspot.com/2011/07/nice-gift-from-one-of-my-fav-authors.html
I also Tweeted
http://twitter.com/#!/TheZoeyCrew/status/90525610404884481
… And Facebooked it
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=189745304413540#!/FearlesslyNat/posts/230794390274631
http://twitter.com/#!/RemarkableReads
I tweeted at 5:20 on July 11 !
I posted it on FB today!!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=510132266
WITHER was such an excellent book, and I can’t wait to read FEVER.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=510324353
Hope it works… my page is super private… crazy exes…lol
I love Wither!! Just posted on Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.laurendestefano.com%2Fblog&h=wAQDx6KnF
Posted on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/EquinoxTwilight
I posted also the link !!!
https://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=655575108
Thanks to let us dream !!!!!!!
I posted about it like 3 times but have no clue how to get the link…all I know how to do is give my facebook profile id
I am very bad about this technology stuff.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=758634827
Jen Lord
Tweeted
http://twitter.com/#!/EverAfterEsther/status/90983295797571584
tweet:
http://twitter.com/#!/MuchLovedBooks/status/91182387563737088
tweet:
http://twitter.com/#!/jlkalman26/status/91195597582893056
I REALLY REALLY want a book plate! Like Really! Thank you so much for taking time out of your busy schedule to do this for the fans!
Here is a link to my Facebook page… http://facebook.com/cc120323
Fingers Crossed!
Carol Cunningham
Here is my entry from facebook!!!! Oh my heck I hope I win this book was amazing and I loved every minute of reading it!!!!
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=221053064597078&id=621297421¬if_t=share_comment
Here is my entry from tweeter =]]]
eeeppppp i really hope that i win!!!
http://twitter.com/#!/never951
here is my entry from facebook http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=132658600152641&id=100001842984485¬if_t=share_comment
Here is my blog post about it =]]
http://heathern-heather.blogspot.com/2011/07/lovely-giveaway.html
Facebook post: http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=123479441075559&id=100001367017350
Twitter post: http://twitter.com/#!/Megushie (sorry that my posts are private – hopefully you have a twitter so you can add me and make sure I’m not lying!)
Thanks for doing this! You are a wonderful writer and I hope you continue to write more fantastic things!
I suppose I should have split those into two comments. Sorry. :3
Twitter post (again in the correct way): http://twitter.com/#!/Megushie
I want it! Thanks Lauren for the opportunity
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/VysBlog/status/92455904057892865
http://twitter.com/#!/
I don’t know if I linked this correctly?!
I can’t wait for Fever!
https://twitter.com/#!/vegasgirl849
Done! Here’s the tweet:http://twitter.com/#!/HotBunz/status/92493748881211393
Thanks!
Here’s the tweet: http://twitter.com/Tiff_McTaggart
And Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/tiffanymctaggart
And my blog: http://mctaggarthome.blogspot.com/2011/07/just-for-freebie-giveaway.html
I hope I win so BAD!!! Plus I did shameless plugs on each one for them to buy your book!
tweeted!
sorry, http://www.twitter.com/jlynnmc -tweeted!!
https://www.facebook.com/pugmother7
Free stuff! | Lauren’s Blog
http://www.laurendestefano.com
I said that once my Facebook fan page surpassed 1500 likes, I would host a giveaway, and I am always true to my word (except when I am making things up for a living, which, let’s face it, is why you’re here).
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I tweeted about it
http://twitter.com/#!/jibar123/status/92611821458034688
Here is your link! I promote you anyway, so this giveaway gives me an excuse! lol
Amber Bagsby Reynolds
Lauren Destefano is my new all time favorite author! She wrote Wither. Anyone who loves Twilight will love this trilogy. Check it out!
Lauren’s Blog | a broken violin on an August afternoon
http://www.laurendestefano.com
For the sake of argument, let’s say you work in an office. You’re sitting in your cubicle, sipping your morning K-cup blend, pretending to be busy while you check Facebook. You’re minding your own business. A complete stranger steps onto your plastic desk chair mat and says, “I like that business do
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Tweeted at librarylady23.
http://www.facebook.com/jenn.h.wallace?sk=wall
This is what it says “One of my new favorite authors is giving away signed bookplates! Check out her blog at http://www.laurendestefano.com/blog! Lauren DeStefano makes me laugh frequently and her book Wither made me think! Great combo!”
Can’t wait for Fever!
http://www.facebook.com/mcphersonjackie Shared!!
THANK YOU LAUREN FOR HOSTING THIS GIVEAWAY!! SOOO EXCITED FOR FEVER TO COME OUT!!! <3<3
*crosses fingers*
I posted it Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/Paramour1901/posts/119854104773935
Sooo excited!!!! Sooo excitedd!! I LOOVELOOVEEELOOVVEEE WITHER!!!! And I’m soo excited about FEVER! *squeals!*
I really hope I win one of these AWESOME booksplates!
I tweeted about it!!
http://twitter.com/#!/Masquerade9406/status/92622629231525889
Pick me! Pick me! Facebook post: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aimee-L-Salter#!/pages/Aimee-L-Salter/155739407797311
Thanks for the chance to win! LOVED Wither!!
http://twitter.com/#!/chloeeesays/status/92665997470871552
On Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/AimeeLSalter/status/92665045527445504
I tweeted the linky!!!!
https://twitter.com/#!/kansasjhawksfan
[...] a bookplate signed by Lauren DeStefano in her giveaway here. Giveaway ends tomorrow, July 18 at 11:31 A.M. Eastern [...]
Congrats on the 1500 likes!
My blog post: http://mostimportantletter.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/lauren-destefano-bookplates/
My tweet! https://twitter.com/#!/MostImportantL/status/92776763440111616
My Facebook post! http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=181159691947536&id=137325809663643
Tweet! http://twitter.com/#!/LaurenDeStefano/status/92777687394951168
Yay!! I loved Wither!!
http://twitter.com/#!/Birdy_Books/status/92778017184681984
Thanks for the chance to win a bookplate Lauren!
My tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/Megzarooni/status/92779362788720641
FB: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.laurendestefano.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D159&h=bAQDifFQB
twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/teresadarleen
I would love to win one! Thanks for the chance!
I tweeted: http://www.twitter.com/DPhilipose
thanks!! I posted on FB
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=181691485227553&id=100000469721302
I posted on my Facebook teacher page. I really love to have a bookplate to put in this amazing book!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Carolyn-Reed/215871581785144
I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/twimom101/statuses/92781817186357248
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100001546244383
Facebook(:
And Blog:
http://www.youngwriterssociety.com/blog/peanut19/
Tweeted
http://twitter.com/#!/Kr15tina/status/92783264137355264
Congrats for all the fans
i tweeted
http://twitter.com/#!/arianasaga
Thanks for this giveaway!
I tweeted about it.
http://twitter.com/JessArb316/status/92787435418812417
i facebooked it
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=100001568800679
Hey awesome would love to win one!
Tweeted: http://twitter.com/msilvabooks
Facebooked: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Bookshelf/140324343734?ref=ts#!/profile.php?id=538170332
good luck everyone!
http://twitter.com/#!/augustomoitas/status/92794272675397632
http://twitter.com/#!/apedulla/status/92794872280518657
Last minute ninja entry!
http://twitter.com/#!/WhoDatRachel/statuses/92795050391633920
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=138511656230285&id=1232721570
Tweet tweet!!!http://twitter.com/#!/haileyaa92
Tweeted here:
http://twitter.com/#!/wvmtngrl07/status/92795505054203904
Posted the giveaway on my Twitter!
http://twitter.com/#!/Krysalbe/status/92796877891846145
Thanks
Here’s the link to my tweet: http://twitter.com/TabithaMichelle/status/92798560805990401
facebook link http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=100001207962959
twitter http://twitter.com/#!/bloodnotlove
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=100000269620474
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facebook entry
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=100000202098339