Calling librarians! (also, blog tour and winners)

I'm so embarrassed. I've been meaning to blog about this for more than a week, and I keep forgetting. But there's still a couple of days left!

I'm participating in the Crossroads YA paranormal blog tour. See?



Click the image for details, including a linked list of all the participating blogs and the entry questions. There are prizes, including signed books and swag, and libraries who participate will be entered in a drawing to win a Skype visit with me! (It's my first time. Go easy on me. ;))

And, now for a winner!

There were nearly 280 awesome entries in the Share The Love giveaway, and because they were all so wonderful, I'm actually drawing two winners instead of one.

Winner #1: Laura Andreula who wrote, "If I win, I will give one of the copies to one of my nieces – (I have three – all teens and sisters) so I would actually be adding three new readers to your list…:-)"

Winner #2: Shallynn who wrote (in part): I would give one copy to my cousin Jennah. [...] I would like to give the second copy to my seventh grade Language Arts teacher. [...] I think it would be a nice addition to her class library.

Winners, please email me (rachelkvincentATgmailDOTcom) with your shipping information and let me know how you'd like the books signed.

Thanks so much to all who entered. You may not know this, but the most powerful force in publishing isn't the art department who designs the covers, or the marketing team that markets the books, or the sales team who pitches the sales catalogue to book buyers. It's word of mouth from readers. Word of mouth creates demand, which prompts publishers to buy more books from authors, which prompts authors to write more books for readers. That's how this works, and those of you who enjoy the Soul Screamer series and have tried to pass on that passion have my undying gratitude.

And one more thing. I'm interested in donating several copies of the Soul Screamers omnibus to libraries and high schools. If you're an interested librarian or high school English teacher, please leave me a comment in this post and I'll tell you how to proceed.

If you know of a librarian or English teacher who might be interested, please let him or her know about this.

Thanks, and have a great weekend!