Apr 15 2009
And the Winners Are…
So I’ve been running my first ever contest here at Nonfiction Book Reviews over the last couple of weeks, and yesterday was the last day for said contest. Which means that today, we get to have the fun of announcing the winners!
::drumroll:: Here are the winners, in the order they were chosen:
Lynne from Life After Work
Deb from Story Beader
Jo from Fantasy Book Reviews
Anne from Permissions Please
Jennifer from Travel and Adventure Books
Very cool, eh? 
Congrats to everyone on the list!!
Again, the prizes were:
** 3,000 EntreCard credits Chosen by Deb
** Simplexity by Jeffrey Kluger (a book review: Simplexity)
** Before the Scalpel by Panchali Dhar, MD (my book review: Before the Scalpel)
** $5 gift card to Starbucks Chosen by Lynne
** $5 gift card to Barnes and Noble
A couple things to keep in mind: I am offering the prizes one at a time, going down through the list, so Lynne has first choice, Deb has second, etc, until I run out of people and prizes.
If I get towards the end of the list and someone doesn’t want anything left on the list (which I totally understand - perhaps you did this in hopes of winning the Simplexity book, but it’s chosen, and you really don’t want anything else) then I will simply do a second drawing and pull out another name. At that point, this new person has the choice of accepting or turning down the prize. I will continue to draw names until I run out of prizes or run out of names. 
Last thing: If you live in another country, then you would have to pay for the shipping costs of either of the books in order to receive it as your prize. I’m a poor college student, what can I say? So if you’re overseas, I’d probably suggest sticking to either the gift cards or the EC credits, unless you’re really in love with one of those books.
Oh, and please note that I am marking the prizes off the list as they are chosen, so you guys can keep track of the prizes left throughout the day. 
Congratulations all!! I really appreciate everyone’s entries; I had a lot of fun with this!!! I am already planning my next giveaway.
Hugs,
Hava
It was such a surprise to win! Yay!! Looking forward to the Starbucks gift card — actually I’m more a fan of The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf but they don’t exist out here, boohoohoo! — it’ll make for a small treat when I’m walking around downtown next.
Thanks for hosting the contest, Hava!
Thank you so much for picking me as a winner. I get a pass on this coming Fri. and hope to get home to my laptop for at least a little while. At that time I hope I’ll be able to read the comments, etc. (On the pc here at rehab I can barely read the screen; font size is a 6, comments are beyond mice-print size. But if the prize is still open, could I ask for the B&N gift certificate? I won’t be able to read your reply here but maybe you can send me an email?
Anne
I know I haven’t posted in a long time either but I like reading your blog so please please post soon!
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Thank you for considering the idea.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Best,
Rebecca
www.thecadencegrp.com