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Pay-It-Forward RRRC style - Raffle Thread
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Ashley♥Alexis
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Nov 11, 2011 09:50PM
gratz Jane!!
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Wow - thanks Debbie (and random generator :)!!I'll get in and sort out my books this morning and post while most of the northern hemisphere is asleep.
Just having some additional thoughts on my list... I'll post it as soon as I have it sorted :)
Congratulations! (I like your thanks to the random generator. Made me chuckle.)
Oakey-dokey - Jim's given me the all clear to steal his idea...Photojim wrote: "At first I was going to change things up a bit and not go by the rules. I was going to just list genres and whomever won, I would go to your book lists, pick a book in the genre of your choice that you haven't read that I think you would like, and send you that. It would be like a Pick It For Me/Pay It Forward amalgamation. But I didn't know how that would go over. Maybe with some positive feedback I'll do that with my next win. ..."
How about we go with Jim's idea for this round/thread? I'm keen to give this a trial and I think a few others were interested as well. It would break up the two 'Pay-It-Forwards' - as Jim suggests: maybe more Pick It For Me :)
Is everyone in?
Isn't this a great idea!?
My suggested categories of which I have some idea:
Paranormal Romance
Historical Romance
Fantasy
Sci-fi (i'm splitting up Jim's speculative category :)
Young Adult
Mild PNR Suspense (think psychic stuff)
Erotica (ebook)
M/M romance (ebook)
So basically, just select a category and post it in this thread, then I get to look through your 'wishlist' to select a book I would recommend you read.
If you win, I'll contact you with my selection before I purchase to make sure you don't have it already. (IF you can assure me that your 'wishlist' definitely doesn't have any books you already own on it, I'm happy to make the book a surprise in the mail!! ;)
I'll send anywhere in the world.
I'll draw the winner on AEST Wednesday afternoon, which is sometime on Wednesday morning for most of you :)
If you win - make sure you have something for me to choose in your preferred category! ;)
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Now - if ppl are uncomfortable about this arrangement, I also have tucked away the NORMAL book list raffle (carefully compiled until I remembered Jim's excellent suggestion) ...
So please let me know your thoughts, either way. I can delay the raffle and revert to the normal format if we have a tentative response. :)
I think it is a fantastic idea! (of course I would)Put me down for the Erotica e-book. (besides, it would save you some shipping)
Yes! A little shake up. I'm just delving into M/M Romance, so put me down for that please. Thanks Jane :)
OK, so far we have:1. Jim - Erotica
2. Penny - M/Mmmmm
3. Emily - PNR
4. Fran - M/M or Erotica
5. Barbara - M/M
6. Valorie - PNR
7. MistressMoon - PNR or YA
8. Vi - Sci-fi
9. Jenn - PNR
10. Sandy - Historical
11. Debbie - my choice *hehehe*
12. AshleyAlexis - M/M
Photojim wrote: "I think it is a fantastic idea! (of course I would)Put me down for the Erotica e-book. (besides, it would save you some shipping)"
Plus - I think you get a much wider choice of books for erotica and M/M - a lot don't get published in paper - and they cost the earth when they are!...
I am in for paranormal romance. This sounds like a great idea.
Love it Jane! I'm in for m/m please!*actually, I'm in for erotica or m/m - surprise me if I win Jane *
Hmmm sounds interesting. I'll try the m/m please.
Fantastic idea!!! Please put me in for Paranormal Romance!
Congrats Penny! I'm in for either young adult or PNR! Surprise me! :D
I think we are now safely out of the 'tentative approval' and into a 'safely accepted' idea :)I'll definitely draw this raffle in roughly 48 hours.
Great idea, guys! I'll try for Sci-Fi (I don't know what's inside my bookshelf!)
This is an interesting concept. I'll give it a try. I'm in for Paranormal Romance.
Love the new twist! I'm in for Historical Romance. Thank you!
what a fun idea guys, Ok - I am in for (I just don't know) Your choice Jane - don't want you to have to buy anything, but I will let you pick it (no matter what it is)
Great twist on our Pay-It-Forward concept, Photojim and Jane.I was wondering if you guys want to have a separate thread for this type of book sharing. Whoever wins Jane's raffle, if that person is interested in doing the same thing, can start a new thread. Also will just have a volunteer continue this thread with the regular book sharing.
Feedback?
Yz the Whyz wrote: "Great twist on our Pay-It-Forward concept, Photojim and Jane.I was wondering if you guys want to have a separate thread for this type of book sharing. Whoever wins Jane's raffle, if that perso..."
How about we just rename this thread and continue on here? One Pay-It-Forward thread and one Pick-It-For-Me (and buy) thread - with alternated timing. As I recall, we started the second thread 'cos it was taking too long to turn around with the raffles... (Immediate gratification wasn't fast enough :) This altered style would still deliver the 'excitement'.
Debbie wrote: "what a fun idea guys, Ok - I am in for (I just don't know) Your choice Jane - don't want you to have to buy anything, but I will let you pick it (no matter what it is)"Don't worry about the cost - it is significantly cheaper for me to buy a book than it is for me to mail a book I already own! The US has introduced (a couple of months ago) an import tax on parcels - $9/parcel - add Aus postage, and I can't send anything into the US for less than about $18. Way cheaper for me to buy at Book Depository or AllRomance (ebooks) and send direct :)
...I just like being a part of this fun...
Yz the Whyz wrote: "Great twist on our Pay-It-Forward concept, Photojim and Jane.I was wondering if you guys want to have a separate thread for this type of book sharing. Whoever wins Jane's raffle, if that perso..."
Hey Yz - do you want to join in? (C'mon - you know you want to!)
I like that idea Jane. Personally, I think 2 threads sounds like the right amount. 1 for traditional raffling of paper copies and 1 for ebook buying.
wow, great reason to do it that way. Thanks :}
This raffle will close in approximately 5 hours. Roll up! roll up!! Get your pick in now!
Pick me! Pick me! Quick, let me create a second account so I can enter again. Or better yet, when you set up the randomizer, just have it pick a number between 1 and 1. Works for me. ;-)
LOL!! Random Terry joins the group as Jim's secret alias... And I'm now going to have to see what Randomizer does when he's only give one choice! (That won't be the official raffle result - rest assured everyone else :)
Jane... just in case i get picked I updated all of my to-reads to reflect if I own them. :)
Hehehe - thanks Emily - so this means I can surprise you?!
Jane, by the way - I sent your book out today. You weren't kidding about the postage. Not quite as high as for you shipping out, but more than I expected. Hope it gets there soon :)
Debbie wrote: "Jane, by the way - I sent your book out today. You weren't kidding about the postage. Not quite as high as for you shipping out, but more than I expected. Hope it gets there soon :)"Yeah - international postage is a bummer... Mind you, its expensive within Aus as well. I send books to my god-children and those charges are pretty bad as well.
Thanks for the heads up Debbie - I'll watch the mailbox in a week or so :)
Okey-dokes - the time has come the walrus says...And the winner is:
4!!
Fran - you are IT! I'll be sticky-beaking in your wishlist sometime over the next day or so! And my selection will be a complete surprise - both book and category :) Make sure you are all up-to-date on your books... *so much fun*
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Sorry Jim :( ...And I tried to enter Min 1 and Max 1 - my randomiser wouldn't play! Kept changing the Max to 2...
What?! I was supposed to win! It's rigged I say! Rigged! ;-)Oh well, you can't win if you don't play. Congrats Fran.
Yay!!! I am so excited! Thanks so much Jane! My wish-list shelf is up to date- I can't wait to see what you've chosen for me :)Jim, you will just have to enter my raffle- maybe that will be your lucky one :)
OK Fran. I'll have a look when I get back from work tonight. And maybe this one I'll win. My wife says I am an optimist so let's hope for a good outcome.
OK, I will do this raffle just as Jane has- Please keep your wishlist up-to-date and I will choose a title from it if you win. I will make sure you want it or if you would like to be surprised just let me know. I have "gifted" often from Amazon so if you have a Kindle or Kindle app that's how I'll do it. If not, I will send you an ebook from another site. If I happen to have the print copy of your choice I can send that as an option. I will ship anywhere.I will choose the winner on Friday evening 11/18 (about 5 p.m. EST).
Categories to choose from-
Paranormal Romance
Historical Romance
Fantasy
Sci-fi
Young Adult
Mild PNR Suspense (think psychic stuff)
Erotica (ebook)
M/M romance (ebook)
Participants-1.Penney- M/M
2.Emily- PNR or Historical
3.Vi- Fantasy or Sci-Fi
4.Eimeriina- M/M
5.Sandy- surprise
6.Jane- M/M
7.Valorie- PNR
8.Jim- Erotica
9.MistressMoon- PNR or YA
10.Debbie- surprise
Congrats Fran! I'll stick with the M/M genre please. Thanks :-)
Congrats Fran.. I'm in for paranormal or historical romance.
Congrats Fran! I'll go for Fantasy or Sci-Fi
Congrats Fran, I will try M/M please and have no wishlist shelf so if I win you will have to surprise me :)
Eimeriina, that will be fun! I'm going to check out what you've read so far just in case you win.
Yay! do that and please let me know if you have any recs even I don't win :D
Way to go, Fran!I would like to be surprised. I will update my Wishlist.
Thank you!
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