Are you a children’s book or teen literature blogger, an author, a publisher, or a publicist looking to share copies of a fabulous book? Mother Daughter Book Reviews and Youth Literature Reviews are joining forces to provide you with the opportunity to take part in a Blog Hop featuring links to giveaways for fabulous children/teen’s books, gift cards, cash, or other prizes. What better way to celebrate Children’s Book Week?
How Does it Work?
Dates: May 12 to 18, 2014
- Posts must go live at 12:01AM (EST) on May 12, 2014
- Giveaway must end on May 18, 2014 @ 11:59PM (EST)
(If using Rafflecopter, set your widget to end on MAY 19th at 12:00am)
Cost: FREE!
Prize: Children/Teen’s Book and/or a Gift Card
If your prize consists of a book, it must be one appropriate for children/youth under the age of 18. You can also offer an Amazon gift card, a credit at the Book Depository, or PayPal cash as a prize (minimum $10) in conjunction with a book OR in lieu of a book, but your post MUST discuss children’s books or literature. Links to posts just offering a gift card or cash with no mention of children/teen’s books or literature will be removed from the linky list. If unsure, email me!
Posting Requirements:
Posts must be published no later than May 12, 12:01 am, 2014 ~ Posting early is ok. Posting late is not ok.
Your post must contain the following information (clearly visible):
- Event Button
- Giveaway Details
- Links to the Hostesses (Mother Daughter Book Reviews and Youth Literature Reviews)
- Giveaway Linky List
The event button, links to hostesses, and linky code will be emailed to you on Monday, May 5, 2014.
Please send me your direct URL once your post goes live, or if possible you can send me your permalink ahead of time. Failure to send me your link within 24 hours of the start of the Giveaway Hop will result in the removal of your link from the linky. If you send me the direct link after the 24 hours deadline, it will be added to the bottom of the list.
Adding a Link to the Linky:
To enter the Giveaway Hop, you simply have to enter the home page of your website followed by the country restrictions (i.e., Who can enter? US; US/CAN; WW; other). Once your post is ready you can send me the permalink as described above.
Deadline for Sign-Ups: May 9, 11:59 pm (EST), 2014
The linky will close and no additional links will be accepted.
Promoting the Kid Lit Giveaway Hop
We need YOUR help in spreading the word about the Kid Lit Giveaway Hop. You are certainly not required to do anything other than sign up if you wish to participate, but we would sure appreciate your help by either posting about the sign-ups, tweeting about it, or sharing the information within your circles or even popping the event button up in your sidebar. We are also happy to provide you with the full post HTML code if you would be willing to post about this sign-up. Just email Renee @ Mother Daughter Book Reviews. The more sign-ups the better for all of us!
Questions?
Please feel free to contact either Renee [renee (at) motherdaughterbookreviews (dot) com] or Katie [YouthLitReviews (at) live (dot) com]. We are here to answer any questions you may have.
Sign-Up Below
You will be asked to enter the title you want displayed in the linky list (please add country restrictions in brackets), a link to your home page (or direct URL if you have it), and your name and email address.
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Sorry for the delay in choosing our winner. Congratulations goes out to Katie A., who picks up a copy of Nobody’s Secret by Michaela MacColl. I’ll be emailing the winner in the morning. She’ll have 72 hours to respond with her mailing address before a new winner is selected.
Thanks to all who participated. I hope you’ll keep checking in to see what else is going on at The Children’s and Teens’ Book Connection.
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Thanks for sharing the info Cheryl! :-)
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