Hello! I've been meaning to do this for ages, and here at last: a reader appreciation giveaway! Because I loOoOoOoOoOoOove people who read books, especially my books :-), and I want to give you stuff. Hurray! There are some things here that are a) hard to find, and b) truly rare and [potentially] collectible. There are two each of two sets of shwag.
Ready?
1.) DREAMDARK BOOKS!
2 sets of ...
- 1 signed (by author and illustrator) hardcover of Blackbringer
- 1 signed (by author and illustrator) hardcover of Silksinger
- 1 Laini's Ladies Christmas ornament
Now, Silksinger, you may know, is hard to find. It's out of print and costs upwards of $70 on Amazon for a used copy. So this is a good way to get it -- two chances!
As for the ornament, it reads "Merry Christmas nearly everyone!" and is one of my favorite LL holiday ornaments, though it never sold well because apparently people didn't "get" it ... Really? Is it really just me with this little mean place in my heart, or are there just not a few people you truly hope do not have a merry Christmas? Maybe it is just me ...
2.) Daughter of Smoke & Bone super shwag pack!
2 sets of ...
- 1 signed hardcover copy Daughter of Smoke and Bone, UK edition
- 1 complete audiobook on CD, US edition
- 1 signed (by illustrator) extremely limited edition graphic sampler, produced & dist. in the UK
- 1 very cool 4-chapter sampler/party invitation (party has already happened, sorry!)
- 2 sets of hamsa temporary tattoos
- 1 vivid blue feather carnival mask to match US cover
Here's some photos of some of the stuff.
The UK hardcover. So pretty:
The back is gorgeous too ...
The graphic sampler (l) and the party invitation (r):
The graphic sampler was a convention giveaway in the UK, and is eight pages of graphic artwork by my talented husband/collaborator, Jim Di Bartolo, depicting a small section of the book (from Karou and Zuzana at Poison to Karou going through the portal). Here's what it looks like:
Gorgeous! And this really isn't something you're going to find anywhere else. I don't think.
As for the sampler/party invitation, this was the ingenious package sent out in advance of the pre-launch party at ALA in New Orleans this summer. It's just such a cool thing, made to look like Karou's sketchbook, with this awesome sticker on the cover, which you might recall from the book:
Love the coffee ring :-)
SO, HOW DO YOU ENTER?
Alas, I was trying to find a free contest widget so I wouldn't have to enter every name in a hat later, but I couldn't find anything, so we'll do this the old-fashioned way! Leave a comment to this post. That is all. I will announce winners here, at which time I will ask that you email me your address -- but wait until you win :-)
Deadline to enter: midnight PST, Saturday, December 10. I will pick the four winning names on Sunday; which prizes go to who will just be by order of choosing, with Dreamdarks first and Daughters second.
Ok. That's all. Comment away! Tell your friends. Smooooooooooooch!
651 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 401 – 600 of 651 Newer› Newest»Yay!! How awesomely-awesome of you!
*crosses fingers, eyes, and legs* for good luck!
Ooh! What a fabulously wonderful Christmas treat for your fans! Thanks for thinking of us. (Which I know that you often do anyway.) *grin*
I MUST get my hands on that graphic sampler! The art is simply gorgeous and the characters look exactly like I imagined them to be!
Love, love, love your books!
DO WANT! *crosses fingers*
OH MY GOD THIS IS A VERY VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS! I'm praying to win!
triciagervacio at gmail dot com
Laini, you are AMAZING for doing this! I'm so excited to see who's going to win!!
I hate contests but then other contests don't have the awesomeness of your prize! Would love this and will be horribly jealous of whoever wins :)
Wow, I can't believe how many people have entered already.
I really REALLY want to win some Daughter of smoke and bone swag!
I'm terribly unlucky when it comes to contests but I'm praying for some luck on this one!!
What a great bunch of goodies. I do absolutely LOVE the UK cover for Daughter of Smoke and Bone!
Oh, and I already left a comment earlier, but wanted to link you to this- a big, big fan of one of your favorite people :) http://ratherbereadingblog.com/magan
Oh please oh pease oh please enter me into this contest~
(:
Hi! I would love to be entered into the giveaway, please! I love your books and think you're an amazing author. ^^
thank you for the chance to win such cool prizes! your books are amazing!!
These prizes are all terrific, happy holidays indeed! Thanks so much for doing this. Also, the UK cover on DAUGHTER is sooo pretty.
i love your books!! (:
I'm totally spazzing out right now. I would absolutely love to win some swag! Hoping I'm one of the lucky four to be picked! (:
I love daughter of smoke and bone! I recommended it to all my friends and I bought a copy for my sister for xmas since she loves ya fiction.
I just found Dreamdark and would love to win that package! Winter is a time to read for me as I live in Canada and it gets fairly cold to be outside tho we do brave it. So to win books would be a wonderful Christmas surprise to warm the home, books are always welcome friends in my home.
Thanks for the generosity!
Aja
Wow! I never enter these things but loved your Daughter of Smoke and Bone so much, that I have to try and win it (I borrowed it from a friend who undoubtedly wants me to return it). An amazing story and a great read. Can't wait for book 2!!
Thanks so much for the giveaway! You're awseome!
I can see why there is so much hype about your books. I just finished Daughter and thought it was a gorgeously written book. It makes me want to drop everything and go visit Prague. I'm looking forward to reading the next two books in the series.
Thank you for this Laini! It would make a great Christmas present....for me!
omg omg omg omg omg
i love these prizes! and your books! and your hair! :D
OoooOOHHH please enter me into this contest! I love me some swag~
over 400 comments? yikes, looks like i'll have to keep my toes crossed as well.
thanks for this giveaway, laini taylor! :3
I'm so glad my friend told me to read daughter of smoke and bone! its one of the best books i've read in a while and Karou is an awesome heroine! i'm very excited to see what happens next!
Cool giveaway! Love the prizes :D
Yay! Thanks for giveaway goodness! Have a great holiday season!
You're so sweet, Laini! Thank you for these great prizes! Good luck everyone. :)
My friend is crazy obssessed with Daughter! Personally, I'd love to win the Dreamdark books!
I am loving this giveaway. ;)
Would love to win either DoSaB or Dreamdark swag! Thank you so much for your generosity!!! <3
Thanks for hosting a giveaway! That UK cover is utterly gorgeous. Have a wonderful holiday.
Count me in!
So exciiited! I really really hope I win some swag! It would be the most awesome Xmas present ever!!
Wow! What a great giveaway for the holidays! Thank you so much for giving us a chance to win such amazing prizes. I will cross my fingers and wish for some luck!
Just recently discovered your awesome talent since I just finished reading the daughter of smoke and bone. SO GOOD! so im hoping that I will be chosen. XD. also is your hair actually pink?
OMG I am so freaking out right now! I loved, LOVED DOSB! Its my favorite book! I love the US edition, but UK cover is even prettier! <3
Silksinger is out of print?! No way! D: Now I have to win the swag!
These prizes are AMAZING. I cant decide which one I'd want more! Probably the Dreamdark swag since I've yet to read those books. Plus, I'd love to hang that Christmas ornament from my tree and see if anyone in my family gets it. (;
Enjoyed Daughter very much, and love your blog -thank you!
Just finished Lips Touch the other day. AMAZING! DoSaB is sitting on my bookshelf and I've heard nothing but good things about it which makes me VERY excited to read it!!! (:
Wow all i have to say is that this is an awesome giveaway and that u are an amazing author! i love your books!!
Hi there! I'm a really big fan of your book Daughter of Smoke and Bone! I told all my friends to read it and they all love it too! I am so excited to see what happens in the next book! ^^
I usually don't enter contests (mainly because I have terrible luck) but I must make an exception for this one! :) Btw, I absolutely adore the Chritmas ornament. The wings are so pretty!
Such beautiful prizes. *o*
I'll be keeping my fingers crossed!
great contest, thank you so much for doing this! am excited to see who the winners will be :D
How exciting~
These are amazing prizes that you're giving away, thank you so much! I absolutely loved your book Daughter of Smoke and Bone! The story and characters were incredible. I am looking forward to reading more of your books in the future. (:
Wow, what an awesome giveaway! I want to win something! You are awesome!
Greeeat contest! Couldn't believe my eyes there for a second! Count me in please! Would be an amazing birthday present! x
I would LOVE to win this! Everything is sooo awesome (plus I've never won anything before, but that's not the point).
Goodness, what lovely prizes! I'd love to win!
Thank you for holding this giveaway!
Thank you so much for the giveaway!
Sara M
sara_UFblog [at] yahoo [dot] com
Want to win this! Want to win want to win want to win. What denomination of wish would I need for all these goodies? A gavriel? A lucknow? A bruxis?
Anyway thank you so much for running this comp, has definitely made me excited ^___^
Ahh I hope this is international, I would love the chance to win any of them! Thank you so much for the giveaway. You're too generous.
Oh I wish to win something!
How much do you think that will cost? A tiny bead from Karou's necklace? Something bigger?
Thank you for hosting this!
Silksinger is out of print?!?! It is the one I am having a hard time finding but last time i called Barns and Nobel they could still get it for $40 or $50 i think. I love blackbringer, not often you run across a book where a fairy is the Hero!
Uhm too cool of a contest!!!!
AHHHHH I've have had this on my wishlist since before it came out! I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to have Daughter of Smoke & Bone (or the others lol) Thanks for hosting such a great giveaway! You rock!!!
-Shellie
I just finished Daughter of Smoke and Bone and have been raving about it to everyone.
I'm so excited! Also, any plans for third Dreamdark book?
Ooh I want this! :D
Awesome contest! :D Hope I win something!
sarah71966 at yahoo dot com
I've never been a "winner" but I would love to win!
Sonja
Hi! My name is Nina and I live in the Philippines. I've only seen your books online. Please, please, please pick me. I really love your work and the illustrations are just as gorgeous as your stories. P.S. I also love following your blog as there is always something amazing in it. *hugs*
I would love to win!
Abigail Gancz- agancz@gmail.com
I really love the books! please write some more, soon!
Thank you soooooooooo much for the giveaway! It is beyond amazing!!! LOVE IT! <3
This would totally make my year!!! Laini you're the best!
Your books are incredible! Here's hoping I get a chance :)
What an awesome sauce giveaway!!!
I never win..i need a wish
Mmmmmmm....books and audio -nikkie
You just made my year! Thank you so much for doing this and for your beautiful blog. :)
Wow, thanks for the awesome giveaway! The Daughter swag looks amazing. I'd love to get a hold of the graphic sampler!
So excited!! :D Ty for the giveaway!
OMG OMG OMG I love these prizes! I just finished Daughter of Smoke and Bone and am now obssessed with it! My friends can't get me to shut about how amazing your book is!
Oooh, cool giveaway. (: Just read the summary for DoSaB and it sounds sooo good! Will definitely pick it up soon!
Yay, I love giveaways! (though I've yet to actually win one lol)
Thank you for doing this, you are an amazing author!
THAT GRAPHIC SAMPLER.
It's so beautiful. *O*
Please put my name in!! I would love to win some swag! :3
I had the pleasure of reading Daughter of Smoke and Bone this month and I loved it! I'm giving my copy to my husband's senior English class library. I would love to win another copy to keep for myself!
Thank you for the opportunity to try.
That daughter of smoke and bone swag would be the best present EVER. I would be so happy if I won it!
I will be keeping my fingers crossed til sunday!! X3
Haha, I'm in love with that Christmas ornament! That's something I would hang on my tree. (: And I hadn't realized Silksinger had gone out of print! ):
Fingers crossed . . . sounds amazing!
These are beautiful! I love the Laini Ladies!! What a great contest! Thank you for the books you write and the contest you are running (and the ability to use this many exclamation marks in a comment)!
What a gift!!!
OMG I am so excited right now I can hardly type this!!! PLEASE enter me into the contest I absolutely loved Daughter of Smoke and Bone!!!
What a dish of a giveaway! You are going to make a couple people very joyful. :)
Oh man, I can see I have a lot of competition. Hoping I can win something!! >w<
thank you so much for this giveaway! these prizes are so cool! i'm very excited to see who gets picked to win!
Just started Lips Touch a few days ago and I am already in love with your writing style! I can't wait to start DoSaB and your Creamdark series!!
I just got daughter of smoke and bone in the mail and am so excited to start reading it! :D
Whoa, this is amazing... just looking at it makes me happy!
Awesomeness! I'd be so stoked if I won something! (: Thanks so much for the giveaway!
I'm on the last chapter of DOSAB and all I can say is OMG! The pieces fit together PERFECTLY and the story and characters were beautifully amazing! But now I'm scared to read the last chapter because I heard the book ends with a major cliffhanger! ):
Hi! Just wanted to say that I am in love with your books! They are so addicting, once I start one I can't put it down! I took Daughter of Smoke and Bone with me to work and snuck in chapters between my break! I am looking forward to the next book in the series!
Sweeeet! These are the coolest prizes ever! Thank you so much!! <3
Eeeeeeep!!!! I really wanna win something! XD You're awesome for doing this contest!
Aww, the ornament is so cute. And I really love that blue feather mask!
Wow, this is amazing swag! I'll be keeping my fingers crossed! (;
i really, really want that graphic sample of daughter of smoke and bone! jim's artwork is amazing! (:
Ooooh, ooooh, pick me! Please pick me!!
I really wanna win that signed hardcover copy of daughter of smoke n bone!
Sweet giveaway! My friend just read daughter of smoke and bone and lent me her copy. i'm so excited to start reading it! :)
Hope I can still enter! I'd love to win some swag!
Stumbled onto your Daughter of Smoke and Bones book in Powell's recently and just finished it. Quite a fun read, but you're killing me with the "to be continued..." Hope the next one is coming out soon!
Rianna
PS This contest looks awesome! <3
Cool swag! Thank you so much for giving the chance to win these prizes!
I hope the contest isn't over yet...I'd love to be entered for a chance to win some prizes! ^^
Wow! These swag packages look so awesome! I'd give anything the win some Daughter swag! I just read the book and it is definitely at the top of my favorites list!
Hello! I recently began following your blog and am so glad I saw this contest! I just started DoSaB and I am HOOKED. I seriously cannot put it down and I am dying to know what is up with the teeth and Karou's past! I'm also in love with your characters! Zuzana and Brimstone are definitely my favorite so far! (:
Please please please let me be one of the lucky four to win a swag package! It would be the best Christmas present ever!!! <3
This is a great idea! I love the prizes and would love even more to win one. :) Thank you so much for being so sweet and generous!
eeeek! my fingers are crossed!!!
Oooh nice contest! The swag looks great! Wish I was lucky enough to win both! ;)
Oh my gosh this is the best giveaway ever! Thank you so much Laini! You're amazing!!!
Ooooh the UK edition of Daughter is so shiny and pretty. I love the effects of the feathers. Definitely my favorite out of the two covers!
Wow those hamsas tattoos are so creepy and cool! I really love the graphic sampler as well. I wish I could draw that well!!
I'd like to be entered please! I love your books! Finished Daughter of Smoke and Bone and am now reading Lips Touch Three Times. I love how there's artwork at the beginning of each story! I really wish DoSaB had been published the same way!
I'm sorry to enter this late in the game and make even more work for you Laini, but I just have to enter!
I just finished reading a borrowed ARC of The Daughter of Smoke and Bone and I literally am in shock....
Your writing is poetic, beautiful, and scary good. The story of the star-crossed lovers caught over the centuries is not only moving, it's heart-wrenching. I cried, I laughed out loud, I fell in love with the war-torn world and rounded characters.
I will be recommending this book to everyone I see, meet, or come across from now on.
I would love to win the awesomely generous swag pack of Daughter of Smoke and Bone. The UK cover is simply amazing and I love the Karou #92 sketchbook. The GN looks wonderful as well. It would mean the world to me. A welcome addition (and treasure) to my shelves!
Even without winning anything, I want to say thank you. This book has touched my soul and left a blacked, albeit grateful, handprint. Every so often I read a book that is haunting, addictive. That stays with me and changes my life in some small way. I know this book is one of those few. I am so happy to have come across this amazing story! Lips Touch is next on my list!
I apologize for the rambling, I almost never do this, but your writing is just that good.
Thanks for this opportunity and you have a lifelong fan and reader in me for sure!
-Genna
Oh la la what fine gifts!
I'm wishing a wish. Sending my heart light out into the universe, How delightfully divine that my light may return To me bearing gifts.
Merry Christmas
Vickilee
Wow! This is exciting :) I just finished Daughter of Smoke and Bone and am so in love with this book.
I am in love with your books and stories! This is awesome!
Boy, I have a bunch of readers in my house ( including myself!)that would love to see this package in the mail!
Rafflecopter is a good widget thingy that uses random.org to choose a winner and makes it easy to contact them as well.
Thanks for the chance to win.
Happy Holidays!
Hope I win! What great prizes. Good luck everybody!
I already own both Dreamdark books, but I love the ornament! Seriously. And the whole Daughter pack is gorgeous.
(This is a lot of names to enter in a hat...)
Wow!!
Great giveaway! Love it =)
Thanks
booksforcompany @gmail.com
I spent all morning looking for Silksinger because I just fell in love with Blackbringer. When I found this contest, I was hopping with excitement.
Thank you for running a contest, Laini!
Thank you Laini Taylor. Your stories make our hearts fly!
Daughter of... is a book I wish I'd written-- would love to win! Thanks--and have a magical holiday
---Kate
Yes, PLEASE, this is awesome! Love it! You are amazing and Jim's illustrations are gorgeous.
OMG awesome giveaway! Daughter of Smoke and Bone was by far one of my favorite books I've ever read! Can't wait to read your other books :)
cgrant@liberty.edu
Thanks for the giveaway!
I don't know if I can still enter, but I would love to win the Daughter pack!
I loved Daughter of smoke and bones, i also loved the dreamdark series, i cant wait for the next ones in both
What amazing books! Count me in!
thanks for this amazing giveaway!:)
oh would love! to win. what generous giveaways!! Merry Christmas.
KJ
Oh, this is so exciting! I am a huge fan of your work! Thanks for doing this contest. All the best to you and your lovely family!
I would love to give my niece your Dreamdark books. I am hoping there will be more of them in your writing & my reading future! Also looking forward to the next Daughter book.
Amber
Ooh, this'd be amazing to win! I bought all three of your books this morning, and have already finished Daughter Of Smoke and Bone and Silksinger. =D
Merry Almost-Christmas!
-Emily
I love your writing, Laini, & would be thrilled to receive either gift. What a lovely holiday celebration ... so Karou!
I love your Christmas ornament, too cute. Thanks for awesome spreading of Christmas cheer :)
I am DYING to read DoS&B!!!
What???? Silksinger is out of print????
Literally just finished daughter of smoke and bone. Immediately tried to find the next book, and now I don't know what to do with myself!! Such a wonderful book, I couldn't put it down and have been reading non stop! Thank you!
Im so excited! Ive been trying to make everyone I know read your books for the longest time xD
You are a truly inpsirational person
Fantastic read, really on tenterhooks waiting for the story to continue!
OMG AMAZING! plz enter me:D
Wow! Thanks for such an amazing contest :)
You are definitely one of my FAVORITE authors and have inspired me and my sister in our writing.
megan.qualls(at)gmail(dot)com
I would love winning!!
This looks great!
Nicole M
These look amazing!! I'm so excited to see who wins! :)
The UK cover is so gorgeous! And that graphic! And if your Dreamdark series is as good as Smoke and BOne, I will lose my mind.
Amazing giveaway! Thank you!
I would love to enter. Thank you!
Laini this giveaway is amazing! The graphic novel is indeed sexy!
What a wonderful contest and generous holiday giveaway! :) *sings* 'Tis the season!
WOW! Thank you for the absolutely INCREDIBLE giveaway!! I would love to be entered if this is open internationally <3
Also: You are AMAZING. And so ridiculously talented, it's illegal in 7 different countries :P
Yay for awesome giveaways!! Thanks laini
Thereadingnook123@gmail.com
Happy holidays!!
I'd love the chance to win these! Thanks for hosting such a great contest.
Ahhhh! So awesome!
Wow! What an awesome giveaway. Thanks for doing it.
This the coolest. Already 562 comments? That means a lot of love for your work for sure. **fingers crossed**
Wow! What an amazing contest! I'm particularly interested in the Daughter of Smoke and Bone because I'm dying to read it!
Thanks so much for creating something like this for your readers!
I did not realize that Silksinger is out of print! How can that be??? It is an amazing book!
The chance of me winning is pretty much zilch, but that is an awesome prize pack to ignore.
This is amazing!
Awesome giveaway ^_^
Thank you for an amazingly fantastic giveaway!!! The artwork for Daughter's graphic sampler is so beautiful!! I wish I could draw like that. :D
~Ana~
(The #1 Brownie Lover) :)
Lovely talented artists you've corraled into your crew. Great to see editors that recognized your gift and cloaked it in such lovely editions. Glad your book tour went well and hope DoSaB sells well enough to bring you stability and time to devote yourself full time to writing!
Thanks Laini for coming to be school (Casa Grande) and enjoying my Event Planning class's Haunted House! It was great to have you and come back any time!!
Awesome giveaway!
So glad I'm sneaking in under the wire on this one!! What an amazing giveaway - thanks so much!!
Oh, ME. ME ME ME ME. Please!
<3
- Ang (@swirlnswing on Twitter)
I'm trying this again, I'm not sure it worked for me the other day!
Daughter of Smoke and Bone was amazing.
Just finished reading Daughter of Smoke and Bone (audio version) today. Glad to see I'm in tine for the give away. Best fantasy I've read since Kristen Cashore's Fire.
What an amazing give away! YAY Laini! I'm crossing all my fingers and toes that you pull me from your hat. Love Laini's Ladies, Love Karou and Issa and of course Patrick Rothfuss for wishing he had written your book . . . :)
Thank you for putting such treats for us together!!!
My favourite part of Daughter of Smoke and Bone:
"Hope? Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there’s no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic.”
Thanks. :)
Love and want to win!!!
Christmas happens to be the perfect scheme for getting your loved ones hooked on Laini Taylor books! Last year my gift for two different friends was Lips Touch Three Times. And I got two enthusiastic responses when they were finished! This year I'm working on my family; I bought Daughter of Smoke and Bone for my sister and my cousin.
Thank you so much for having this giveaway!
OMG, are you really going to enter almost 600 names in a hat? *gasp*
Every one of those prizes takes my breath away. I sooooo am entering and wish to win some of that awesome.
sleuthwood (at) yahoo (dot) com
I hope I am not too late (just got on the computer--- had it favorited on Twitter)! I would love to enter this and love your books. Cheers!
I hope I win :)
Gorgeous! Thanks so much for an amazing giveaway!
What an absolutely amazing giveaway?! DoSaB was one of my favorite books this year, and I truly believe you're a master weaver of worlds and tales. I'd love the opportunity to win any of these prizes. Thanks for the giveaway!
~Christina (Christina2227)
Sweet I still have a chance!! I thought I missed the deadline! I thought it was the midnight of last night. XD
Hey, cool contest! I love your books! (:
Wow this is a really big contest! Almost 600 entires! O.O
Awesome giveaway, Laini! Those prizes look amaaaaaazing!
Nice prizes! I'd love to win the DoS&B swag! I'll be keeping my fingers crossed. :]
OMG I am SO excited to see who wins! I really hope I can win something!! Thank you so much for doing this!
Looking forward to sunday! I'm loving the daughter swag that you're giving away. [: The feathered mask and the hamsa tattoos look awesome!
OH. Want. Really bad. ;o;
Wow, I almost forgot to enter this! *eyes clock*
This is amazing. I really doubt I'll win, but thought I'd try anyway. Thank you for this amazing chance!
quailsrock23(at)yahoo(dot)com
This a great holiday giveaway! Hope you have a happy holiday! <3
So glad the dealine hasnt passed yet! I really would love to given a chance to win some swag! Hopefully I will be lucky enough!
Fashionably late. ;) I'd love to be entered. The Daughter of Smoke and Bone swag looks absolutely incredible.
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