Give Away: Day Two
Feb242010
We’re pleased to announce the following 14 fans have won an early bound manuscript of Maybe This Time:
Gilly R. in Somerville, MA
Ashley A. in Washington, DC
Diann S. in Yorktown, VA
Shaina C. in Big Bend, WV
Nora C. in Bristol, NH
Karen B. in Arlington, VA
Lisa B. in Valparaiso, Indiana
Charlene H. in Omaha, NE
Tawna F. in Bend, OR
Adrienne A. in Lyons, IL
Rachel L. in Albuquerque, NM
Ami Q. in Cincinnati, OH
Brandy S. in Milwaukee, OR
Liz M. in Ottawa, Ontario
11 more books will be given away this week – check back here tomorrow (no later than 12:01 EST) for your chance to win.
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91 Comments to 'Give Away: Day Two'
On February 24, 2010 at 12:01 pm Stacey Grijalva said...
Hope I win!
On February 24, 2010 at 12:02 pm Bethany said...
Just missed it
The form was open when I refreshed but didn’t accept my submission. Oh well. Glad we didn’t crash it again!
On February 24, 2010 at 12:02 pm Diane (TT) said...
Well, the system didn’t crash, even if I was too late to make an entry. Congratulations!
On February 24, 2010 at 12:02 pm Beki said...
Damn. Missed again.
On February 24, 2010 at 12:03 pm Whitney said...
Bummer…It never even showed up for me.
On February 24, 2010 at 1:15 pm Bec said...
Me neither. Boo.
On February 24, 2010 at 2:48 pm Sierra said...
Me neither. At least, not on arghink.com. When I checked jennycrusie.com after 40+ minutes of hitting refresh, I finally saw the message about the form no longer accepting submissions. Argh.
On February 24, 2010 at 8:54 pm Kelly S said...
Same here. Anyone know if the form is on jennycruise.com or arghink.com? I asked before but my comment was lost with the server change. I’ll look below to see if there is an answer there.
BTW, congrats to the winners! (trying not to be jealous)
On February 24, 2010 at 10:43 pm JulieB said...
It shows up on Argh Ink.
On February 25, 2010 at 9:31 am Jenny said...
It’s here on Argh. But the newest Argh post shows up on the JennyCrusie homepage, so it’s there, too. I think there’s another click through to get to here, though.
On February 24, 2010 at 12:03 pm Ashley said...
I know, it’s wonderful!
On February 24, 2010 at 12:03 pm Tawna Fenske said...
Well, I got to fill out the form this time and it thanked me for doing so. Is that a good sign? Oh please oh please oh please oh please . . .!
Tawna
On February 24, 2010 at 12:05 pm Susan D said...
Tawna, it’s an excellent sign. The rest of us were told the site is no longer accepting submissions
On February 24, 2010 at 12:20 pm Tawna Fenske said...
Crossing my fingers, toes, and legs. And also heading out the door to visit my grandmother, which means I won’t have internet access for 24 hours and won’t get to find out whether I won until I get home. Talk about suspense!
Tawna
On February 24, 2010 at 12:03 pm Stephanie said...
boy i was [this] close! maybe tomorrow;)
On February 24, 2010 at 12:03 pm CrankyOtter said...
The good news is it loaded, the bad news is that other people were faster than I.
On February 24, 2010 at 12:03 pm Eve said...
omg 12 pm form is there, 1201 -no more submissions!?? dang ppl youre fast
On February 25, 2010 at 9:32 am Jenny said...
Yep, it was gone by 12:01.
I could never win this contest.
On February 24, 2010 at 12:03 pm Bernadine said...
ok this is nuts. Kept erroring me for 30 seconds, then I get on at 12:01, fill out form, and it says not accepting submissions! LOL
On February 24, 2010 at 12:03 pm Susan D said...
Heck, must have been beaten by someone with a shorter name!
Well, tomorrow is another day.
On February 24, 2010 at 12:03 pm Dee said...
I sat here refreshing and refreshing and never saw the form until it was gone. I’m bummed.
On February 24, 2010 at 12:04 pm Gilly said...
I think that’s the fastest I’ve typed in years. I really hope I managed to spell my name right. But after hitting reload ninety-eight times starting at 11:59am, I got it in before the form closed — fingers firmly crossed!
On February 24, 2010 at 12:04 pm Whitney said...
Congrats to all the winners! *sniffles*
On February 24, 2010 at 12:04 pm Skye said...
Damn that went fast! I entered my and got an error that I didn’t do something right, fixed it and by then it was all over! It didn’t last more than a minute! Ah, well, there is always tomorrow. And at least the site and the form didn’t crash.
On February 24, 2010 at 12:04 pm Annie said...
Ooo so close. Better luck next time I guess
On February 24, 2010 at 12:04 pm CHRIS LEHTO said...
It is 11:02 Central time and the form has expired. And you were worried about not getting enough takers.
On February 24, 2010 at 12:04 pm Catherine Nelson said...
OK, so I went to arghink.com at 12:00:02 PM (I was a little late, sorry) and there was no form. Until just now (12:04 PM) and it says that the contest is over. Maybe it’s my computer? I’m glad to hear that fourteen lovely people won though and especially that the site didn’t crash. I’ll try again tomorrow. *sniff*
On February 24, 2010 at 1:18 pm Bec said...
It was even crazier for me. I refreshed like a crazy person (in two different browsers, no less!) from 11:55 on… and only NOW am I even able to see the ‘no longer accepting submissions’ note at all.
On February 25, 2010 at 9:33 am Jenny said...
You know, that may have been because of the server switch. I couldn’t see this post for hours and Mollie said it was because of my cache, that the computer kept taking me back to the old site.
On February 24, 2010 at 12:06 pm Korie said...
Well, that was frustrating. The form wouldn’t accept my entry because I didn’t change “where I heard about the give away” and just left it as is, since it was correct, so it sent me an error saying not all the fields were entered. Otherwise, it would have accepted it.
On February 24, 2010 at 4:11 pm Skye said...
EXACTLY! Yeah. That’s what happened to me, too. Ah, well….
On February 24, 2010 at 12:08 pm Kelly said...
Just missed it.;. I was waiting on http://www.jennycrusie.com but it didn’t show up there and by the time I flipped over to http://www.arghink.com it was too late. Oh well, tomorrow is another day.
Congrats to the winners!
On February 24, 2010 at 12:19 pm Karen B said...
I guess all those games of TyperShark and desperate attempts to get Springsteen tickets paid off… but I’m on pins and needles waiting to find out if the thank you message really means that I was one of the 14.
On February 24, 2010 at 2:23 pm Karen B said...
I just did a little dance step in the office. My coworkers are looking at me funny. I NEVER win things!
On February 24, 2010 at 5:06 pm Beki said...
LOL, you should dance, Karen! I would be dancing too!
On February 24, 2010 at 8:27 pm Ashley said...
Hehe, how lovely that two from the Beltway won on the same day
maybe this is a gift after all the snow we’ve suffered from.
On February 24, 2010 at 9:35 pm Karen B said...
Snort. I was secretly hoping for another foot tonight. I can’t wait to read the book on the Metro!
On February 24, 2010 at 12:24 pm Gina Black said...
Got the form. Filled it out. Not accepted. Oh well. Not fast enough, I guess.
If this is any indication of how popular this book will be, the good folks at the publisher have absolutely nothing to be concerned about!
On February 24, 2010 at 12:47 pm Eve said...
I’m kind of confused how many books will be given out? It was ten before but now it says via twitter fourteen left? I thought there were a total of 35? oy my head
On February 25, 2010 at 9:35 am Jenny said...
There’s a total of 35.
We gave out 10 on Monday, fourteen Wednesday. Tuesday we were switching servers. I forget why we gave out those numbers, but Mollie’s calling the shots. So now we have 11 left.
On February 24, 2010 at 1:46 pm robena grant said...
The dog and I waited (9am is usually her walk time) and she very nicely kept her legs crossed. By 9:01 nothing had shown up, i hit refresh and there was the message that it was all over. Ah well, I’ll just wait and buy one when it’s in the bookstore. : )
On February 24, 2010 at 2:13 pm Liz said...
the thought of a dog sitting – waiting pariently with its legs crossed (and in my head it has its front paws folded neatly in its lap) is killing me – this one is going to be hard to explain to my boss as to why I’m laughing hysterically in my office. Thanks for the visual – and your puppy definitely deserves a treat for this morning.
On February 24, 2010 at 2:36 pm Allie said...
Ughhh, I’ve had fuzzy PMS-brain all day and totally forgot.
I guess I’ll leave the window open till tomorrow to remind me.
On February 24, 2010 at 2:46 pm julie said...
Um, I’ll go ahead and say it: this contest is exceptionally annoying. Jennifer Crusie is one of my very most favorite authors. I buy all of her books. I read this blog. (I don’t comment much, but I read it religiously.) But this “come back each day at precisely the right time and hope that in four nanoseconds you will have a chance to quickly submit an entry” contest is just so…so…un-Jenny-like.
Is it to purposely drive traffic to the site each day, to up your numbers so you can gather more advertising, or something? I believe that’s why sites typically do this sort of “come back every day” contest. Or maybe there’s some other reasoning behind it?
All I know is that Jennifer Crusie writes books for adults, and I wish this contest could be more adult, frankly. Could we all just put our names in, and you could draw some out of a hat, or use a random number generator, or something? The only reason I’m leaving this comment is because lately you’ve had that “what do titles imply” poll running. I voted for the one that basically says “the title’s got to be close to what the book’s about but it doesn’t have too much impact.” Well, this contest is having an impact on my perception of the “Jennifer Crusie” brand. Just FYI.
On February 24, 2010 at 4:06 pm Meredith B. said...
What advertising? This site is blessedly free of advertising, which means that it’s probably all on Jenny’s dime. And as a project manager for a web development company, I would be astonished if it came inexpensively.
On February 24, 2010 at 4:07 pm Meredith B. said...
That said, I can understand your frustration.
On February 24, 2010 at 4:34 pm julie said...
I was just trying to understand why the choice of “come back every day” contest — that’s something that other websites do to drive up traffic, which can increase their advertising rates. I do understand that there’s no advertising here. And I’m actually not trying to be mean to Jenny or her webmistress. I just think the style of this contest is designed for maximum participant frustration, and I don’t think that helps the Jennifer Crusie brand.
On February 24, 2010 at 4:14 pm Jennifer said...
I’m pretty sure Jenny said in one of the earlier posts that this wasn’t her idea or project, but was being run by the publisher, just using her web site.
On February 24, 2010 at 5:48 pm Jenny said...
I’m sorry. It’s not to drive up traffic, traffic is immaterial here since we don’t advertise. Mollie looked at other ways of doing things but if we hold a drawing then people who know nothing about the books will enter because some people enter everything and we wanted people who were long time fans to win. Admittedly, we didn’t realize it would be this kind of a nightmare for everybody, and now I’m thinking we should just have taken the first 35 on Monday. But truly, it wasn’t to drive traffic here. We don’t put advertising on the site so it stays nice and quiet visually–well, except for the monkey–and because we don’t want it on here.
I’m really sorry for the annoyance.
On February 24, 2010 at 6:00 pm julie said...
Thank you for that acknowledgement. And since the contest is clearly something I’m not going to participate in, I just wanted to let you know that I WILL BUY THE BOOK THE MINUTE IT COMES OUT. I am still a rabid fan.
On February 24, 2010 at 10:50 pm JulieB said...
Just chiming in. I understand the problems, but I have to say I was happy to hear there was more than just one chance, since it might have been on a day I would have been at work. So I do appreicate that. (Different Julie here.)
On February 24, 2010 at 2:58 pm Sierra said...
Darn it…this website hates me (see reply way up the page) but congratulations to all the winners.
I have to keep reminding myself that not winning doesn’t mean not being able to ever read the book.
I had way too much coffee this morning and then my class got out late, so I sat down in the hallway hitting refresh from 10:55am Central time until 11:38, not seeing any change in the site, doing the jeez-I-have-to-pee dance. I think it’s a new slogan to pass along to SMP – “Jennifer Cruise – If her fans will risk wetting their pants to read something she claims ‘blows dead bears,’ imagine what they’ll do for something she’s happy with.” What? You don’t think it’ll sell any books?
On February 24, 2010 at 9:00 pm Kelly S said...
I know it would get me a little extra interested in a book/author I had never heard of…
BTW, I had a very similar experience w/o the need to pee dance. I hope you made okay.
On February 25, 2010 at 12:06 am Sierra said...
Oh, I was fine. I spent most of my morning afterward laughing at myself, but that was the only result of the whole thing.
On February 24, 2010 at 3:13 pm Brenda Bradshaw said...
Congrats to the winners!!!
On February 24, 2010 at 3:26 pm Diann S. from Yorktown! said...
I feel like one of those people on HGTV when they do the reveals. I always think that they knew that they were going to see a beautiful room and they should have thought of something original to say, but OMG! OMG! OMG! I’m so excited!
OK, gush alert – I’ve been a Crusie fan for years. My first Crusie book was _Manhunting_ and it’s still one of my favorites. It has friends, family, amazing dialogue – and was different from any romance that I had read up to that time. You’ve been on my “hunt down all published books” and “must buy new books immediately upon release” lists ever since. I even have _Sizzle_. (I guess I shouldn’t taunt when I’ve just won). But OMG! OMG! OMG!
Thank you!
Diann
On February 24, 2010 at 3:27 pm Lisa B. from OMG-There's-A-Blizzard Indiana said...
Thanks to everyone for the congrats. I’m still a bit stunned that I’m actually one of the winners, because like some people have already stated, I NEVER win anything! Jen Crusie is one of my favorite authors and I was fortunate to attend one of her Q&A/book signing events in Chicago when Bet Me was released. She’s a fun, witty person and I’ve been waiting, waiting, waiting for her new work.
To describe my experience, it was an adrenaline rush refreshing the Web page and it was all over in 1 minute. Really. One minute. It’s like getting to your computer for a pre-sale of concert tickets, and it all happens super-fast.
Good luck to everyone else the rest of the week. I’ll do my part to “help” by staying away from the Web site around 12:00 noon tomorrow and Friday.
– Lisa B. (and yes, there is a bona fide blizzard happening in my section of the world…)
On February 24, 2010 at 3:28 pm colognegrrl said...
Just a curious question from one of those underprivileged Europeans to those of you who know more about computers than I do: aside from the fact that it contributes to the server breakdown, wouldn’t keeping a dozen tabs open with Argh Ink and constantly refreshing them slow down your computer considerably? I’d suppose this might rather spoil the chances of getting to the form in time than improving them. Or am I totally wrong here?
On February 24, 2010 at 4:07 pm Jennifer said...
I’m no computer expert, but I had eight windows going on Monday, and it didn’t slow down my computer at all. I think I could have had a lot more windows going at the same time, but I couldn’t have refreshed them fast enough. I had newspaper and shopping windows open then, too, although of course I was ignoring them at the time!
On February 24, 2010 at 3:35 pm Shiloh said...
Congrats winners!
On February 24, 2010 at 3:42 pm McB said...
Congrats to the winners! And now I’m considering CG’s comment and wondering if I didn’t hoist myself on my own petard by running multiple tabs. ha! That will teach me!
On February 24, 2010 at 3:42 pm Brandy said...
All 14 fans won!?!?! That is very exciting. I got the form, but had misspelled my name in my hurry to get the info in — and I couldn’t allow myself to submit it until I corrected it. So, I knew that I didn’t make the first 7 entries. . I was hoping for tomorrow. But, there is my name up there!
I am SUPER EXCITED and kinda hoping it comes before I leave for Antigua — I’m sure it will be amazing beach reading!
On February 24, 2010 at 3:43 pm Brandy said...
OH! and the whole reason for that last post was just to say thank you!!!
On February 24, 2010 at 3:51 pm Liz said...
GO CANADA!!!!
sorry just had to say it cause I’m the first Canuck to represent! I’m pulling for some more Canadians to make it up on the board. thanks for doing this and for letting your fans in on this.
L
On February 25, 2010 at 6:40 pm Carol Anne said...
Good for you Liz. Another Canadian who loves Jenny Crusie’s books. Actually there are a lot of us on the west coast. I’m sure there are a lot all over the world. SMP – of course, people will buy it!
@ Diann S – I KNOW! I read “Bet Me” and that was it for me. Have read them all now, except one anthology. I bought them all new in paperback and have found the hardcover versions too.
(Sorry, Jenny, I found some of the hardcovers on line at a smaller on-line book reseller. Got to support the book sellers for a book with real pages.)
On February 24, 2010 at 5:37 pm Skye said...
This is fun. Crazy-fun, and mildly frustrating (what isn’t?) but fun nevertheless. Probably because we are all happy for the winners, even when we aren’t them! Vicarious pleasure.
On February 25, 2010 at 9:39 am Jenny said...
Does it help that there’s a supporting character named Skye in the book I’m working on? And that she’s a recurring character so she’ll be in other books?
Of course, her last name is Blue, so that may temper things some.
On February 24, 2010 at 5:38 pm adrienne a said...
It was very hard to do the happy dance so quietly at my desk this afternoon, but it was soooo accomplished. I am so happy to have this opputunity!! Yay!!
On February 24, 2010 at 8:28 pm Micki said...
(-: People who missed it by a smidge, think of it as a practice run.
I’m too lazy to look up the time in my time zone, so I think I will watch. But, like others, I’m in the “pre-order it and sit by my mailbox” camp . . . can’t wait! (Or maybe see if I know anyone who knows Charlene in Omaha . . . nah, too stalkerish (-:. I will wait and enjoy the proofed copy.)
Micki
On February 24, 2010 at 9:02 pm Kelly S said...
So, for the winners – congrats – and what url did you find the form on?
http://www.jennycrusie.com or http://www.arghink.com
Thanks for letting us remaining rabid fans know!
On February 25, 2010 at 9:40 am Jenny said...
Argh Ink.
Sorry, Kelly, one of your questions ended up in the moderated file. I don’t know why, but that’s why people weren’t answering you, they couldn’t see the post.
On February 25, 2010 at 10:31 am Kelly S said...
It’s okay. You answered the question up above in the comments. I was also suspecting my computer cached the old site. Sigh. Oh well, there’s always today, right?
On February 24, 2010 at 9:49 pm Charlene said...
I am Charlene in Omaha
and I am SUPER excited! (I’m not opposed to sharing if it’s allowed.) My mom got me hooked on Jenny’s books, and I have read everyone I’ve been able to get my hands on & I own most. My family looked at me a bit funny when I was gushing at dinner, but who cares. I can’t wait to read it, even if it “blows dead bears” and then read the final published one. I’m sure both will be great. Thanks so much for the opportunity!
On February 25, 2010 at 11:46 am Karen B said...
I think of it as having two upcoming books instead of one. I’ll be very interested to see how it changes from this copy to the final published version.
On February 24, 2010 at 11:05 pm Lori J. said...
Don’t fret Jenny. It’ll all be over soon and we can get back to cute dog pictures or talking about craft and the life of a writer. Oh, and the damn diet. Hang in there.
On February 25, 2010 at 12:52 am Merry the CB said...
Is it safe to come out yet? Thought I’d check to see the extent of the carnage.
I swear, this site is like a shopping mall the day after Thanksgiving. Scary.
On February 25, 2010 at 7:23 am Carol-Ann said...
Any chance of a European version of this? You know, just for fun? Please? No? Okay.
On February 25, 2010 at 9:41 am Jenny said...
The agency will start shopping the book to foreign publishers on Monday. When I give them the copy-edited ms with the end that does not blow dead bears. We can certainly suggest it to them, if any of them buy it.
On February 25, 2010 at 7:26 am Lyndsay said...
I’ve just spent about 5 minutes trying to figure out what time that would then be in the UK to realise it’s only open to USA and Canada! Oh well I’ll just be insanely jealous of everyone who wins and buy it when it’s released instead!
On February 25, 2010 at 10:01 am Laura said...
Okay – when do you start promoting Wild Ride? My pre-ordered copy from amazon is due to arrive in three weeks and my anticipation is kept fresh by my daily commute past HersheyPark and the view of its antique wooden roller coaster (the Comet) and antique carousel. Additionally, I drive along the side of the park with a stream. Based on the various versions of Chapter 1 you and Bob have posted these are major elements of the park in Wild Ride.
On February 25, 2010 at 10:15 am Lori J. said...
Jenny, not to complain, but could you change the color of your posts? On the old server they used to be darker and stood out from the rest of the posters. If not, that’s ok. I use them as sorta bookmarks to find where the last post I read in the 76 or more posts. Comes in handy somedays when time is in short supply.
I hope I didn’t come off sounding demanding, just a suggestion.
On February 25, 2010 at 10:32 am Kelly S said...
I usually look for her icon. Orange background with lady writer wearing blue gown.
On February 25, 2010 at 11:14 am Jenny said...
Not demanding at all. I’ll see what Mollie can do, but it may be beyond us. Or it may just be checking a box deep in the inner recesses of the blog where I never go because this whole place is set up like a swiss watch and I’m afraid I’ll do something stupid and bring it crashing down around my ears.
Yes, it’s that kind of day, folks.
On February 25, 2010 at 10:46 am Lori J. said...
Didn’t think of that. Duh. Thanks.
On February 25, 2010 at 11:15 am Jenny said...
Well, I get bored and change my icon, too. I’m thinking of putting Veronica up there for awhile. I’m obsessing on her because she’s Liz’s dog, too.
On February 25, 2010 at 12:01 pm Lori J. said...
I love your icon because it looks a little witchy and it reminds me of Wild Ride. Isn’t your protagonist a witch or magical or something? Maybe you could change them each time a new book comes out. By the way, the old advertisement for Wild Ride isn’t here on the blog anymore. You might want to put that back since the book is coming out soon. There I go again telling you how to run your blog. All just suggestions really.
On February 25, 2010 at 12:01 pm Mina Gerhart said...
I havn’t seen the form YET!
Mindy
On February 25, 2010 at 12:08 pm Kelly R. said...
I am so sad that I missed being able to summit my info. I am art teacher and the kids swarm me at noon. I finally have a day off and I was soooo excited. I get to my computer at 11:45 and kept refreshing but I missed it! Boo! :0C
On February 25, 2010 at 12:08 pm Lori J. said...
Laughing my ass off here. I didn’t notice the time as I was writing the last post. Oops.
On February 25, 2010 at 12:10 pm Courtney said...
Argh! I think I almost won…except when I hit submit, it said there were errors: my name (first AND last), email, and mailing address….BUT, no really, that was my name, my email and my address, I swear, not making those up. ??? (Sigh.) S’okay, I never win anything either, so it’s par for the course.
On February 25, 2010 at 4:05 pm Tawna Fenske said...
I headed out to visit my grandmother right after I entered (3 hrs drive each way, overnight visit) so I didn’t find out until just now that I won. Yayaayayayayay! I’m so excited. Can’t wait to read this book!
Tawna