01/30/10

Guidelines for Posting Debut Challenge Reviews

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Please refer to this post for any questions regarding your reviews & prizes for the 2010 Debut Author Challenge.

Prize Pack information:

  • prize packs are only for those participating in the 2010 Debut Author Challenge. if you are not participating in the challenge, please do not enter. Please make sure your blog is signed up on this post. If your blog is not listed here, then it’s not on my spread sheet, and you are not an official participant! Make sure to follow the directions on the sign up post… you must have a direct link to your challenge post!
  • prize packs are open to everyone, that includes international readers! 
  • you can gain an entry for the prize packs by adding review links to the Mister Linky (more information about that below)
Review Information:
  • post your review links into the Mister Linky. Please put the direct URL to your review post, not your blog url! 
  • for non bloggers……. (more information for non-bloggers below)
  • For every review you post you will gain one entry for the monthly prize packs. 
  • please be sure to make sure your book qualifies as a 2010 debut novel, otherwise the review link will be deleted and it will not count as an entry. I realize different countries have different release dates, I will keep that that in mind!
  • that being said, REMEMBER…. this is an internationally hosted challenge, meaning that what is a debut for one person may not be a debut for another. UK participants will have books that US readers will not be able to claim. 
  • I ask that US readers use US release dates only! 
More review information for non-bloggers:
One of the big reasons I decided to continue the debut author challenge, is because I think it’s important to share the love of books, especially those written by new authors. Posting reviews is a big part of spreading the word!
As a non blogger, I encourage you to write reviews for the debut novels you’ve read! There are several places where you can post your reivews:
  • Amazon.com (I do believe you need to set up an account to post reviews, and possibly even need to order at least one book from the site.)
  • Barnes and Noble.com (I do believe you will need to se up an account for this one as well.)
  • Goodreads.com (This is a great online community for book lovers, if you aren’t a member already, I suggest you sign up! You will love it! Keep track of the books you’ve read, the ones you want to read, and it’s a great place to post your reviews!)
  • Shelfari.com (This is very similar to Goodreads, but the set up is just a little different. Another great place to post your reviews.) 
As stated above, if you are a non blogger, please fill out this form, so that your entries for the prize pack can be recorded.
OR….
If you do become a member of Goodreads you can add a direct link from your Goodreads review into the Mister Linky! (your reviews do not have to be a certain length, write what you are comfortable with, nor do reviews have to be positive, I am looking for honest reviews.)
It is simple to get a direct link to a Goodreads review:
1.) Click on the “My Books” link this should take you to the list of your “bookshelves”
2.) Click the “bookshelf” where the book is shelved.
3.) Once the list of books on the shelf is visable, go the left. You will see an “x” “edit” and “view”
4.) Click on view and this will take you to your review!
5.) Copy the URL that is in the address bar and paste it into the Mister Linky!
6.) TA-DA!

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  1. Kat O'Keeffe
    1/31/2010

    Nice too see all this in one easy-to-find post! I do have a question.

    When posting reviews, do we have to post them in the month they come out? For example, can I post a review of The Secret Year in Feb and enter that month's contest even though it came out in January? Or can you only do it ahead of time, like Brightly Woven comes out in March, but can you post it in Feb, or should you just wait until March?

    Also, could you post in Feb AND March and gain entries into both month's contest with the same review?

    Thanks!

  2. Kat O'Keeffe
    1/31/2010

    Nice too see all this in one easy-to-find post! I do have a question.

    When posting reviews, do we have to post them in the month they come out? For example, can I post a review of The Secret Year in Feb and enter that month's contest even though it came out in January? Or can you only do it ahead of time, like Brightly Woven comes out in March, but can you post it in Feb, or should you just wait until March?

    Also, could you post in Feb AND March and gain entries into both month's contest with the same review?

    Thanks!

  3. thekams
    1/31/2010

    I was just wondering what books you consider valid for Canadian readers? I do get all the US released books, but I was also able to get a copy of a UK released one. Can I use both, or do you want Canadians to stick to US release dates, too?

  4. thekams
    1/31/2010

    I was just wondering what books you consider valid for Canadian readers? I do get all the US released books, but I was also able to get a copy of a UK released one. Can I use both, or do you want Canadians to stick to US release dates, too?

  5. The Story Siren
    2/1/2010

    @ Kat- you would post your review link the same month that you post the review on your blog or on goodreads.. etc. It doesn't matter what the release date of the book is, just the month that you read and post the review.

    A review can only count one time. So if you read and reviewed 15 books in February, then all of those 15 would be counted toward the month of February, and not for any other month.

    @thekams- as a non-US resident I leave that up to you! It is totally acceptable by me for you to use both US and UK release dates.

    I only ask that US resident use US release dates since most of the debuting novels are US titles.

  6. The Story Siren
    1/31/2010

    @ Kat- you would post your review link the same month that you post the review on your blog or on goodreads.. etc. It doesn't matter what the release date of the book is, just the month that you read and post the review.

    A review can only count one time. So if you read and reviewed 15 books in February, then all of those 15 would be counted toward the month of February, and not for any other month.

    @thekams- as a non-US resident I leave that up to you! It is totally acceptable by me for you to use both US and UK release dates.

    I only ask that US resident use US release dates since most of the debuting novels are US titles.

  7. Rosalia
    6/5/2010

    Since I am only joining the challenge now I am wondering if I can post books I read earlier this year? (I feel like you just answered this but I just wanted clarification.)

  8. Rosalia
    6/5/2010

    Since I am only joining the challenge now I am wondering if I can post books I read earlier this year? (I feel like you just answered this but I just wanted clarification.)

  9. Rosalia
    6/7/2010

    I should probably clarify that I want to know if they count towards my twelve even though I started the challenge late.

  10. Rosalia
    6/7/2010

    I should probably clarify that I want to know if they count towards my twelve even though I started the challenge late.

  11. the story siren
    6/7/2010

    @Rosalia- as long as you read them during 2010, they can count toward your total, no matter when you join the challenge!

  12. the story siren
    6/7/2010

    @Rosalia- as long as you read them during 2010, they can count toward your total, no matter when you join the challenge!

  13. The Book Buzzer
    7/27/2010

    sorry i didn't mean to sign up yet! I'm still working on it please take me off the list thanks

    Angela @ The Book Buzzer

  14. The Book Buzzer
    7/28/2010

    sorry i didn't mean to sign up yet! I'm still working on it please take me off the list thanks

    Angela @ The Book Buzzer

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