I spent the morning with a Sourcebooks author visiting Hawaii - details to come! Meanwhile, Sourcebooks has some fun programs ....
In the June memoir, All Roads Lead to Austen. the author Amy Elizabeth Smith took Jane Austen’s works along with her as she traveled to foreign countries. Her goal was to see if the magic of Jane Austen could hold its power across borders, languages and cultures.
Amy took Jane to far off countries – and we need your help to take her even further! We are holding a contest called All Around the World with Jane! Join us on our Austen love fest by printing out our Jane Austen “Flat Stanley.” Take pictures of yourself with Jane in your hometown or on your vacation, and submit it from April 30th – June 30th!
We will award the following prizes to the individuals with the most creative picture:
1 Grand Prize Winner will receive:
An E-reader with all of our available Austen sequels/continuations downloaded on to it
A signed copy of All Roads Lead to Austen by Amy Elizabeth Smith
A Skype session with Amy Elizabeth Smith
3 Second Place Winner will receive:
A signed copy of All Roads Lead to Austen by Amy Elizabeth Smith
A choice of 5 Jane Austen sequels/continuations from Sourcebooks
5 Third Place Winners will receive:
A signed copy of All Roads Lead to Austen by Amy Elizabeth Smith
You can then submit your pictures on the All Around the World with Jane Facebook page or email your submission to landmark@sourcebookspr.com.
Game on! I will introduce Jane Austen to gentle readers in Hawaii!
Have you heard about Discover a New Love? It’s an online readers club, featuring DRM-free eBooks. Members can join for s 6 month subscription for only $9.99 (that’s like $1.67 per eBook). Every month they get a choice among 4 featured selections from various romance subgenres for download. They also get a hefty discount on any other books they want to buy from the website.
Additionally there are great perks—Barbara Vey, romance expert and blogger of Beyond Her Book, will be blogging weekly, and hosting monthly parties and galas, giving members an opportunity to connect with one another and directly with authors.
Starting Tuesday, May 1st, the titles that members can choose from are:
Additionally, we have a couple of new benefits beginning in May, too:
Additionally, we have a couple of new benefits beginning in May, too:
- Save an additional 15% off the member pricing on the purchase of any additional Featured Selections.
- Get an extra 10% off any title by the authors of our Featured Selections.
Wow! More books to read at the beach!
Where would you take Jane Austen (or your DRM free books) in your town/state/country? One randomly selected commenter wins a book choice from my convention stash. This giveaway is open to all readers. Comments are open through Saturday, May 12, 2012, 10 pm in Hawaii. I'll post the winner on Sunday, May 13.
Mahalo,
Hawaii
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I just moved to Seattle and haven't been to the Space Needle yet. I think it would be a great place to take Jane Austen. :)
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Hmm I would take Jane to school and to the park. Where do you find the picture to download?
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being from NYC, probably the most prime place to bring FlatStanley/Jane is to the 9/11 Memorial Site............
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I would take Jane to the Phipps Conservatory and to the Carnegie
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I'd take her to the beach.
ReplyDeleteI would take her to the beaches in San Diego.
ReplyDeleteSounds like so much fun! I'll have to have Clare takes pictures when she Visits Germany this summer!
ReplyDeletei will take her to bali beach :)
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ReplyDeleteAround The World With Jane is a great idea and for the first time I wish I were more computer "literate"! I not only can't print out the picture of Jane with the computer we borrowed from my son (which we borrowed because ours did a deep six) but it's ancient and doesn't even have a "print" option! Funny how somethings that are older last longer than the new ones!
If I could take Jane somewhere I'd take her the local library and stand outside and explain to the people walking by who she was and why she is so important even today and the influence she had on the printed word!
When I was in Junior High her books were "required reading" but unfortunately our local schools no longer understand how important reading the "classic" books are for our children to understand the influence they had on not only the people at the time but influenced every one to this day.
To beaching mauib. Whoo
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I would take Jane to the Statue of Liberty and we'll go to the Museum of Natural History.
ReplyDeleteI know 'Jane Austen' would enjoy Picnic Point. She could look out over the National Park. It is a stunning view. Picnic point is on the edge of the massive plateau where I live, so you can see forever.
ReplyDeleteI would love to take Jane to go see the "Jersey Boys!"
ReplyDeleteCongrats to all the winners!
I'd take Jane down to Duval Street in Key West, and to Southernmost point. She sure would be amazed at the sights.
ReplyDeleteI would take Jane to Philadelphia.
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