Okay, normally I don't advert other people's contests...

[kyrielle]

...but this is a pretty nice one. Powell's Books, a local new/used bookstore that I very much adore, is holding a contest. The winner gets a credit for 10 free books (up to $25 per book, free shipping via Economy Mail to US addresses or via US Postal Service Surface mail to international addresses, and also a 5-book credit to give to a friend. (They even explicitly state that if you want a more expensive book or better shipping, you can pay just the difference.) Books may be collected all at once or one at a time and are chosen by the winner.

The cost is, of course, agreeing to be put on their newsletter. I already get their newsletter (it's where I learned of this), and I like it a lot, but the lovely thing is that you can request to be removed after the first email, if you want. Their Security and Privacy Policy commits that your information will not be given to third parties in any way, at any time, for any reason. I have never had cause to doubt that they live up to it.

The contest is here, if you want to enter:

http://www.powells.com/contest.html

Comments

ditto

[susandennis]

Yeah I was kind of bummed about already being on their mailing list and, therefore, not eligible. I was going to go back and read the fine print and see if I had missed a loophole and forgot.

I have been to Portland 3 times in my life. All three to go to Powell's. About 6 or 7 years ago they had this new train service and were offering round trip tickets to Portland for $20. The train station is a half a block from my house. I hopped on one morning, got to Portland, walked to Powells wandered around and around and around and spent a fortune, walked back to the train station and came home. It was a great fun day. I keep waiting for them to offer that trip again.

Re: ditto

[kyrielle]

They don't actually say you can't. :) In fact, they sent the info on entering to everyone on the newsletter, so they invited us to. And it accepted my in-use address just fine. I think it just adds you to the newsletter if you weren't already.

Re: ditto

[susandennis]

Me, too! thanks for the tip... It sure would be a cool contest to win.

[pheon.livejournal.com]

I had been planning to sign up for their newsletter, since I use their web site to order books a lot.

So this was a nice way to do it. Thanks.