Archive for July 17th, 2010
And the winners are. . .
Author: Sharon
Steve and I solicited the help of our local independent bookseller, Ellen Richmond, owner-operator of the Children’s Book Cellar in Waterville, Maine, to draw the names of the thirty-six winners of the ebook edition of The Dragon Variation, containing Liaden Universe® novels Local Custom, Scout’s Progress, and Conflict of Honors.
Here’s a picture of Ellen, showing off the entries, just before she gets down to the tough job:
Ellen Richmond and the Contestant Pool, photo by Steve Miller
Here are the results of her labors; the thirty-six winners:
David Kroll
Tom Knapik
Adora Hoose
elisefey
Brent Chivers
Mark Yon webpage
Michael Cummings webpage
Al MacDiarmid
Liz U
Ivy Truitt
Mervi webpage
Paige
Eric Francis
Sean Holland
Allison
Paul Prior
Shannon Lewis webpage
A.W. Ford
Tili S.
Shawn Gray
suiko
CindyG
Samantha Brandt
Thuy
Moira Young webpage
Brandon
Tom
Laurie Green website
Debby Reagan
Kris
Bill Fisk
Monika H.
Sara
Angie Penrose website
Alex Fayle website
John Ridley
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After Ellen went to the back to soak her wrists, we called on local artist and framemaker Amy Cyrway to draw the blogger winner. Here she is, caught in mid-deed:
Artist Amy Cyrway draws the winning blogger, photo by Steve Miller
The fruit of her labor is: Lissa Davies!
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Congratulations to all the winners!
Thanks to everyone who took the time to enter the contest, and to all the news sites, bloggers, individual readers, and friends of the Liaden Universe® who helped to boost the signal!
Special thanks to Baen Books publisher Toni Weisskopf, Heather Massey at The Galaxy Express, long-time Friend of Liad Mike Barker, Ellen Richmond, Amy Cryway, and Bill Taylor!
This was fun! Let’s do it again sometime!
Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
July 19, 2010, edited to Add: Individual emails were sent to all winners at the email address they provided on their entry. If you have not received that email, or if the email address you provided in your entry is one that you don’t ever check, please write to me at sharonleeATkorvalDOTcom (where The Usual replace AT and DOT) to claim your prize. Thanks.
Sharon Lee
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Contest Closed
Author: Sharon
The Expanding Universe contest is now closed to entries — and the waiting begins!
Later today, Steve and I will take the Big Treasure Chest full of contestants down to Deepest Waterville Maine, where Ellen Richmond, the proprietor of our local indie bookstore, Children’s Book Cellar will exhaust herself by pulling 36 separate entries.
Watch this space for the winners list.
In the meantime, we’d like to thank Toni Weisskopf of Baen Books for making this contest possible; Mike Barker for suggesting it; Heather Massey of The Galaxy Express for showing us how it could be done; all the bloggers, news sites, individual readers, and friends of the Liaden Universe® who boosted the signal and every single one of the more than three hundred folks who entered the contest. May the luck be with you all!
