Jingle Book Rock Winners Announced!

Posted on December 17, 2008 by malenalott

Big congrats to our winners of Jingle Book Rock, the ultimate holiday book party on Facebook, brought to you by A/B and Bookgasm.com. Stay tuned for information on our next promotion, Love2Read for Valentine’s Day. Thanks to our authors below for participating.

Winners!

Keira Gillett – 1st place – 5 books

Carolyn Jewel – 2nd place – 3 books

Joanne Levy – 1 book

Jingle Book Rocks Books:

Double Enchantment by Kathryne Kennedy

Hooked by Matt Richtel

The Mighty Queens of Freeville by Amy Dickinson

Pinkerton’s Secret by Eric Lerner

The Night Climbers by Ivo Stourten

THE AGENCY by Ally O’Brien

FALLING UNDER by Danielle Younge-Ullman

We All Fall Down by Simon Wood

Line of Scrimmage by Marie Force

The Fidelity Files by Jessica Brody

NO ONE HEARD HER SCREAM by Jordan Dane

NO ONE LEFT TO TELL by Jordan Dane

NO ONE LIVE FOREVER by Jordan Dane

Sleeping with Ward Cleaver by Jenny Gardiner

Dating da Vinci by Malena Lott

Happy Thanksgiving! Want free books?

Posted on November 27, 2008 by malenalott

It’s the holiday if you’re clicking in from the U.S., so this means a) you needed a little time away from the annoying visiting relatives or b) you needed a lot of time away from the relatives. Either way, welcome!!!

Today, A/B would like to emphasize the point to BUY BOOKS AS GIFTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS! Books are inexpensive and seen as a high-value gift. Heck, you can give some brand new books signed by the author that you don’t even have to pay for if you win them on JINGLE BOOK ROCK on Facebook, so check that out. So far, here are the books and authors featured on JBR:

WE ALL FALL DOWN by Simon Wood

LINE OF SCRIMMAGE by Marie Force

THE FIDELITY FILES by Jessica Brody

NO ONE HEARD HER SCREAM by Jordan Dane
NO ONE LEFT TO TELL by Jordan Dane
NO ONE LIVE FOREVER by Jordan Dane

SLEEPING WITH WARD CLEAVER by Jenny Gardiner

DATING DA VINCI by Malena Lott

Join Jingle Book Rock today for a chance to win the books of your choice featured on the site on Dec. 15th!

I have much to be thankful for this year, including great readers like you, supportive family, friends and fellow writers, and extra helpings of sour cream and cheddar mashed potatoes. -ML

Win up to 5 free books on Jingle Book Rock!

Posted on November 16, 2008 by malenalott

Are you on Facebook? If so, then you’re IN LUCK! Bookgasm.com and A/B are teaming up to sponsor Jingle Book Rock, the ultimate holiday book party. We’re giving books away to three winning “fans” on Dec. 15th – the winner chooses from all the books featured on the page. Grand prize is 5 books. 1st place is 3 books and 2nd place is 1 book.

If you’re a reader on Facebook - fan Jingle Book Rock and review the books featured on the site. Leave a comment on the discussion board and accept the event to shop for books for holiday gifts to get two additional entries.

If you’re an author, fan Jingle Book rock, and then follow the format to put your book info on the Wall, and then add your photo on the fan photo section and your book trailer on the fan videos (if you have one.) Then hit Share and invite your Facebook friends to the site to win free books and get great ideas for holiday reads.

Thanks for being a reader!

Buy Books for Christmas – the Campaigns

Posted on November 14, 2008 by malenalott

It’s no secret that retailers are scrambling for the precious (fewer) holiday dollars. While flat screen TVs and larger ticket items may have to wait until next year, the book industry and those who love it, are hoping people will remember books make great gifts. Here are several campaigns to get that message across:

Authorbuzz.com, operated by MJ Rose is creating a holiday campaign to run for a month, starting right after Thanksgiving, that will “deliver a half a billion impressions across some of the most popular blogs and reach over 10 million people.

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Book bloggers are promoting books as gifts, too, including buybooksfortheholidays.com with book recommendations in all age ranges and genres, and a unique pledge to buy books as gifts.

And of course my husband and I are getting in on the act, too! Athena’s Bookshelf and Bookgasm.com are co-sponsoring Jingle Book Rock, he ultimate holiday book party on Facebook. The fan site is for authors to promote their 2008 releases and readers to learn more about their titles and have a chance to win free books on Dec. 15th, simply by “fanning” the site. Each week I’ll give you an update about the books featured on the site. Come see what all the buzz is about!

It makes perfect sense for a publishing house to do a huge push for the holidays, and I’m surprised they don’t ALL do it, but biggie Random House is doing it up big with their “books=gifts” campaign that will run in a range of consumer publications such as the New York Times Book Review and the New Yorker , web site promotion, ads on Facebook and YouTube and in e-mail blasts to various lists.

Authors including Bill O’Reilly, Dan Brown, Deepak Chopra and Chris Paolini will be part of the campaign. Dean Koontz will say, “Books make great gifts because your friends and family need something thrilling to read other than their 401(k) report.” Maya Angelou’s message is: “Books make great gifts because they’re a celebration of family and friendship.”

Which books do YOU want Santa to stuff in your stocking?

Which books will you be GIFTING this year?