Great International giveaway: win a box of BOOKS

 hello again,

                   New little break from crafting to share another wonderful news with you! After the free book, now it's an international giveaway open for 3 days only with as prize one of 6 boxs of books!

Katrina from Kindred Dreamheart is moving and she sadly can't take all her books with her so she is hosting a giveaways for  6 boxes of books!.... BOX of BOOKS.. do you know how so little giveaways of that quality are open to international?  really this is rare because of the shipping fee but Katrina generously is opening this contest to all so don't hesitate to enter. You only have to download a free mobile application for her eshop ( she is a talented fashion designer believe me!!) so if you have the mobile needed for that hurry it's only open for 3 days as they need to leave before the movers come!

You can see all the books here but which ones are in which books that will stay a surprise ( little Christmas gift in advance).

So a little thank you for Katrina and her generosity and ENTER, nothing to loose, all to gain!

Good Luck to all of you!

Fabulous giveaway extended: enter the GGMMMU ( INT)

hello to all,

            Halloween is behind us but i have a fabulous news, because of low entries ( meaning you have more chance to win) Brenda from Crazy four Books is extending her Halloween event. You can now enter until the 10 November for the main one ( so you can find the answer to the questions;))

If you love paranormal romance and urban fantasy reads this even if for you! You can win print books, ebooks, swag and even some paypal credit.
The main giveaway has some international prizes ( yes even print books) and some restricted to Us only but fear not as much as possible Brenda is doing her giveaways open to all.

So please enter the event and spread the word about it, you won't regret it.

 for the main event of the  the Ghoulishly Good Monster Mash Mix Up or GGMMMU
you can enter for it Here:  main prize: a book of choice as long as it's paranormal or urban fantasy ( thus include one of the monster from teh event;) ) and under the established limit of price. You can also win print book like Shift happens by JC Mckenzie or the Necromancer betrayal by mimi Sebastian. All those are open to international ( YES!!)
US participants can also win Print copy of Shadows by Paula Westin or by Kelly Oram

Other prizes can be added before the giveaway close.

But it's not all.. while the main giveaways can make you salvate there are several smaller ones each focusing on one kind of monsters.. those are really interesting as well ( and.. INT) depending on teh day the prize differ but once again there are prints book, ebooks , swag and even paypal credit. Until the 3rd november  a new one will be posted each day so Hurry and may you be lucky

here is the non exhaustive list of the giveaways so you can pick the monster you are teh most interesting in ( but  i would recommend you to enter all those interesting you^^) 

Day 1 is dedicated to the beings with special abilities ( not witch,wizard  but "unclassified") -hey it starts well as the hunter in the Guild hunter series from Nalini Singh are entering this category ^^;; ( i will try to post a review for each monsters too^^)-

Back to the giveaway; today prize are ebooks: Dark Nebula from  WJ May or Being Jamie Baker by Kelly Oram . Open internationally you can ente rhere before the 26 October

Day 2: Werewolves with the sponsoring of the author Kim Grosso!

The prize for this werewolves day giveaway is a ebook ( under 2,99) of your choice as long as it's a "wolf" story or an ebook of " Tristan's lyceum Wolves" by Kim Grosso, or an audiobook of Logan's acadian wolves by Kim Grosso or a Dimitri coffe mug... that means 4 winners in total and yes it's open to international so don't hesitate to enter Here before the 7november. Good Luck

Day 3: Djinns, Gargoyles and Dragons

3 differents creatures sharing today events, strange not so much in my opinion as i read a book where the 3 were included very recently^^;; so i can really see them having kind of friends meeting

For the lucky winner of day 3 prize: The choice of a ebook or print copy of Burn Baby Burn by Shannon Donnelly. Open to International!. Enter Here

Day 4: Vampires
Vampires day Prize is a gothic necklace offered by the author Elle Rossi. You can enter until the 3rd November and yes it's open to international. To participate enter Here

Day 5: Magic Users ( Witch, shamans, druids etc)
Win a ebook ( under 3dollars) of your choice. 2 winners, Int Open until: 5nov     enter Here

Day 6:  Shifters
 Interested by a 5dollars gift card from amazon?  Enter today giveaway at  Brenda's blog " Crazy Four Books" before the 10th november   Here  , it's open to international
Prize sponsorised by J C Mckenzie who has also a interview  there for you to enjoy, go have a look.

Day 7: Elementals
Today you get the opportunity to enter 2 different giveaways ( aside from the main one) you can enter to win  " Liquid Lies" ebook from Hanna Martine Here before the 4th november

AND for Time travelers lovers you can win a ebook of  Enemy of mine from author Red L Jameson, it's international and you can enter until the 4th november. Don't hesitate the entries are low so hurry and participate Here

Day 8 Gods, goddesses and such

If you love mythology or any origin this is teh perfect day to visit Brenda's blog and see the suggested titles hindu, Norse, Irish/celtic, egyptian etc there is a little for everyone in the paranormal stories featuring Gods, goddesses and similars

And since Brenda and the authors are generous you have two prizes for today!
You can win either a copy of Prophecy by Julie Ann Lindsey or Enemy of Mine by Red L Jameson ( yes second opportunity to do so^^). International you can enter before 5 th november here

Day 9 Of Air and Sea

I did not think the event could get even better but it is!!! You love Mermaid? Sirens are tempting you or perhaps you prefer harpy? If your wish is a creature/ monster from the air or the sea today is one not to be missed on Brenda.

Aside from fabulous interviews ( really funny one) you have the opportunity to grab one of the several prizes available : for fan of JC McKenzie you can win a print copy  ( i WANT!!) but also a digital one from " The Shucker's Booktique" if you prefer alien you can win Cato in digital book from Celeste Prater ( steamy reads but so good written ( see my review of book 1 )
You don't have to hesitate enter Here before 6th november, international entries accepted


Day 10 Ghosts,Ghouls, golems, Zombies and necromancers

Today is special because you have two prize to get but it will require some imagination on your part for the firstone.
Chrissy Peebles, advocat of the zombies in this event, is offering you the opportunity to win 10dollars paypal  to win you have to finish the big fight scene she started in her interview. To see the rules and participate enter here ( the sooner the better^^)

Jessica Aspen has taken the side of the ghosts and she is offering an ecopy of  "Ghosts of Christmas", you can enter until the 7th November! you only have to comment and enter here


Day 11 Witches and an empath

Today you can win the full set ( in ecopies) of the Beloved Vampire series from Mary Moriarty. You can enter Here until the 8th November. International ( and for our US friends, you can also grab a copy ( print?) in the main giveaway )

Day 12: Angels & Demons

If you love angels stories  or prefers demons ones,  today is your day in the GGMMMU event.

If you enter today's giveaway you can win a ecopy of Ascension by AS Fenichel ( INT)  or some swag from Angelique Armae if you live in the USA or Canada.
You can enter Here until the 10th November

Day 13 Day of the Deads and All Souls day

For today celebration you can win a ecopy of Dream weaver by Su Williams from the same author you can also win ecopy of Rock star and one of Breaking Normal. In the pot you can also find a ecopy of Keeper's Curse by Diana Harrison for oen lucky winner. To be one of the 4 winners of this giveaway you can enter Here before the 10th november. INT

Day 14 : Trolls, gnomes, dwarves, elves and goblins and fairies

Faeries are not forgotten no matter which form they takes so in their honor today you can win a gift card of 5dollars on amazon or a faeries book of teh same or lesser value. You have until 11th November to enter Here

As you can see the smaller giveaways are supposed, for somes,  to close before the main one so hurry (because if not a lot of entry they could be cancelled so let help to make one of us very happy)

Take also a few minutes to thanks the authors for their generosity and participation

Enter as many as you can and may be fate be in your favor ^^

An avalanche of great international giveaways!

Hello to all,

             it has been a moment i could share with you some great international giveaways.... today will make up for the wait because thanks to Cafebiblioart you get a bunch of them, each one better than the precedent. She really over did it for her Blogoversary so participate with us.
I do hope to win some of those but i thought i had to share a little^^.
There are more giveaways than those i will present you, because i choose not to enter all of then just the ones i really want, so don't hesitate to go have a look even if those i show you here doesn't interest you, you will perhaps prefer one i don't want because believe me there is something for all tastes.

All of these giveaways have a different ending date so be careful and don't wait too long to check them up.

I will start with the books and the Boxed sets ( great, no?)

*You can win the boxed set of  the Matched trilogy you have until July 31 to participate.

*  For the fan of Maggie Stiefvater you can win The Shiver Trilogy Boxset, hardback edition,  open until July 31st

*The Hush Hush complete saga, the Hardback boxed set. Open until the 10th June

* You can get the Back Dagger Brotherhood boxed set with the paperbacks of the first 6th books. Open until the 18June

*Janet Evanovich giveaway, win the trilogy bok set open until June 19th

*Beautiful Creature complete series box set set but in paperback Open until 20th June

*Win Fallen, book 1 to 3, in a deluxe box set. Open until  20th June

*George RR Martin giveaway, Game of Thrones collectible box set by Harper Voyager, until the 25th June

* Millenium Trilogy Box set, in paperback open until end of July.

* Gayle Forman giveaway, Win If i stay & Where she went, in parbeack. Open until end of July

* Gabriel's Inferno giveaway , Win book 1 and two, open until end of Augustus.

*Rock Chick giveaway, win the 7books of this series in paperback. Open until december 31st

But books aren't the only treat check those jewellery and ereader:

*Fan of the vampire Diaries? You love Caroline, then this giveaway is for you .. win the bracelet klaus offer to Caroline/   Caroline Bracelet giveaway open until 15th July

*Win an ipad mini or 300dollars of books if international. Open until September 2013

*Win a Kindle Fire HD, or the values in books from the bookdeposity if international. open until October 2013

But that's not all you can also find giveaway about John Greene, Percy Jackson, Cat & Bones, Fifthy shades and numerous others so have a look , you have nothing to loose and a lot to win.

International giveaways in the blogosphere (2)

Hello to all,

                          in the zombie state i'm i don't think giving you a review today is not a good idea - too many risks for spelling error, bad typing etc etc. I really need several days with a good night sleep uninterrupted^^;;.
Now i didn't want you to be left without nothing so here are some great giveaways with at least a part being open  internationaly if not all . After all we never know when we will receive a good news.

So first: Kris from Imaginary Reads is doing a Follower Appreciation Giveaway where an international follower can win a book of choice up to 15dollars, there are also prize for US follower.
You can enter until the 29th September!

 

 

 

Abby from Bookshelf Confessions is celebrating her birthday and the fact she reached 500 followers with several great prizes, you can win 2 pre oredr of choices from her list, two books from the list of those she really want and lastly book from the list of those she loved ( and swag). Great no? You just have to be one of her follower and it's a really good blog so don't hesitate to discover her if you haven't already.

Enter the birthday giveaway here before the 7th September

 

 

 

 Dani From Pen to Paper has still her One Year Blogoversary open with several giveaways i already told you about one, now there are a second i really want to win:The signed books of Gail Carriger, the Parasol series was often recommended to me so it would be my opportunity to discover it if i get this one^^. You can win book 1 or 5.

Don't forget the other giveaways too, enter befor end of September

 

 

 

Last but far from the least:

Enna Isilee from Squeasy Books  is doing a great Books Birthday Bash actually it's already the middle of it with already 11 giveaways but not all of them are open internationally so be careful. You have until the 21 September to enter.

 

Don't miss out on the party of the year! That's right, it's time for Enna Isilee's Birthday Bash! In fact, it's not just time, it's HALF OVER! If you want to see the full awesome that is the Birthday Bash then you can click here. Enna's put together a whole schedule and information there. But take a look at what she's giving away so far, and this is only half! The next two weeks will also have a giveaway EVERY DAY!

Click on the the book you want to win to be taken to an interview with the author where you can enter to win the book pictured! Come party with me, it's a blast!

 

 

 

 Good luck to you! Have a nice Sunday!

 

 

 

 



Online Booksellers :Bookdepository.com vs bookdepository.uk vs amazon

Hello to all,
Bonsoir à tous,

     Today i wanted to speak a bit about online booksellers and make a small comparaison between the two known in Europe: amazon and Book depository. Perhaps it will help you when you organize a international giveaway/contest or when you have to choose from where receive yours books/prizes.

Aujourd'hui je souhaitais vous parler un peu de commerce de livres en ligne et faire une petite comparaison entre les deux plus connus en Europe: amazon et Book depository. Peut-être cela vous aidera t-il lorsque vous organisez un concours/giveaway international or lorsque que vous devez choisir d'où vous recevrez un prix ou vos livres.

First: Amazon.
Like you problably know it, there are several amazon(.com.uk .fr etc) but as long as you registered on one you are registered on the others. That can be an advantage. However the rules and conditions aren't the same on each of these websites. For example: the gift card/gift code, they existe on each website but are valid only on the website it come from. A gift card on amazon.com are valid only on amazon.com not on amzone.ca or anything.
A specificity about amazon gift cards also is that the French one have an expiration date. So if you don't use it before 1year it's lost, the same if you don't use it completly the sum you still have will stay valid on your account only for the rest of the year. Amazon.com doesn't have this expiration date, on their website they say that it always valid.

Pour commencer: Amazon:

Comme vous le savez probablement déjà, il y a plusieurs sites Amazon ( .com , .Uk, .ca, .fr etc) mais une fois que vous vous êtes enregistré sur l'un d'eux vous avez un compte pour tous. Ca peut être un avantage.Cependant, les règles et conditions ne sont pas identiques sur tous ces sites. Par example: une carte cadeau ou un code cadeau n'est valable que sur le site d'où il vient. Ainsi une carte cadeau amazon.com ne sera valable que sur amazon.com et pas sur amazon.ca ou un autre.

Une spécificité à propos de ces cartes cadeau d'amazon est également que la version française à une durée de validité limitée à un an. Si vous ne l'employez pas avant un an elle est perdue, de même si vous ne la dépensez pas complètement le reste de la somme ne sera valable sur votre compte que pour le restant de l'année de validité. Amazon. com n'a pas cette limitation et il est bien précisé sur leur site que les cartes et codes restent toujours valides.

The inconvenient of amazon is the shipping fee for international. If your book come from amazon.com you have a minimum of 8dollars of shipping fee so if you only won a gift card of 10 dollars you can't have a book of more than 2dollars. Not funny at all.

L'inconvénient d'Amazon est l'importance des frais d'envoi pour l'international. Si votre livre provient d'amazon.com vous avez actuellement un minimum de 8dollars de frais par livre donc si vous avez gagnez une carte ou un code de 10dollars vous ne pouvez choisir en fait que un livre d'une valeur de moins de 2dollars.Pas vraiment marrant.

Next: Book Depository
Book Depository is the other important online booksellers for english books ( UK or US) and in really there are two websites: book depository.com and book depository.co.uk However, like with amazon, when you are registered on one  you are registered on both so no problem there.
The biggest advantage of Book Depository is that there are no shipping fee for a large number of countries. So if you book is 3,78 dollars you pay 3,78 dollars that's all. The choice is vast and the prices are attractives and easily seen in different currency ( euro/ dollars US, dollars CAN etc). You also have very easy to check if your order is still precessing or already sent.

Ensuite: Book Depository:

Il s'agit de l'autre important commerce en ligne de livres en anglais ( publications US ou UK) et pour être précis il y a deux sites:book depository.com et book depository.co.uk. cependant, comme pore amazon, une fois que vous êtes enregistré sur l'un vous avez un compte sur l'autre donc pas de soucis sur ce point.

Le plus grand avantage de Book Depository est l'absence de frais d'envoi pour une large série de destinations. Donc si votre livre coûte 3,78 dollars vous payer 3,78 dollars et pas un cent de plus. Le choix est vaste et les prix attractifs et facilement visible dans d'autres monnaies ( prix en euro/dollars US, dollars canadiens etc). Vous pouvez aussi facilement savoir si votre commande est en traitement ou déjà envoyée. 



The inconvenient is that there are no gifts cards yet so if you use that in a contest you have to order or pre-order the book for the winner . He can't do it himself.
Another could be that they specialize in english publications from USA or UK, there also have some books in spanish and German but really few.

L'inconvénient est qu'il n'existe pas encore de cartes cadeau pour Book Depository donc si vous utilisez cette option pour un concours vous devrez commander ou précommander le livre pour le gagnant. Il ne peut pas le faire lui-même. Un autre pourrait être qu'il se sépacialise dans les livres en anglais  qu'ils soient publiés aux USA ou au Royaume- Unis; il y a aussi quelques titres en espagnol et en allemands mais vraiment peu et pour le moment aucun en français.

 

Tips: When you have to choose a book from book depository check both their websites because the price can vary and when you have a limitation like a book less than 10 dollars it could help to check because it could be on one and not on the other.

Conseil: Quand vous devez choisir un livre sur Book Depository, vérifiez leur deux sites car le prix peut varier et lorsque vous avez une limitation par exemple un livre de moins de 10 dollars ça pourrait aider de vérifier car il pourrait très bien l'être sur un site et pas sur l'autre.

Personaly i've only used Book Depository and i'm very happy with it even i've decided sometimes to divide my order between the 2 websites to get the better prices.
And you which one do you prefer and Why?

Personnellement je n'ai encore utilisé que Book Depository et j'en suis très satisfaite même s'il m'est arrivé de diviser une commande entre les deux sites pour obtenir les meilleurs prix.

Et vous lequel préférez-vous et pourquoi?