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Austenesque Book Giveaways for 23-29 January 2012

Firstly, the Austenesque scout would like to wish a prosperous and joyous Lunar New Year in the year of the Water Dragon to all readers who are celebrating this event. With that done, here is a round up of the giveaways which you can participate for this week.

Indie Jane is hosting a giveaway for two copies of Georgiana Darcy's Diary written and donated by Anna Elliott where one paperback copy goes to a reader from US or Canada and an e-book format is open to international entries. There are several ways to enter this contest and you can read them here. Deadline is next Monday, 30 January 2012 at 11.59 PST.

Alyssa Goodnight whose debut novel Austentatious is going to be launched next week has organised a scavenger hunt to encourage users to read her glowing reviews on the net. The bad news is this contest is open to US readers only. The prize is a US$100 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card or a Kindle Touch if she receives 1 to 500 entries. If there are more than 500 entries the winner will get US$200 gift card or a Kindle Fire. The details on how to participate and increase your chances of winning are over here. Giveaway ends on Valentine's Day which is on 14 February 2012.

Austenprose has posted a guest blog by Lev Raphael discussing American novelist Edith Wharton's novels and her legacy in celebration of her 150th birthday. At the end of the post, there is a giveaway for three e-book copies in Kindle or Nook format for Rosedale in Love written and donated by the guest blogger. All you need to do to win is to leave a comment here wishing Ms Wharton a happy birthday or stating which characters or plot in Downton Abbey are similar to any of her novels. This contest closes next Wednesday, 1 February 2012 at 11.59 pm.

Miss Laurie of Old-Fashioned Charm has raved about A Jane Austen Devotional in her review and would like to give a copy to one of her US readers. Those who would like to be entered are required to leave a comment mentioning which Jane Austen character you think would be most interested in this book. There are additional entries so read about it on the post. Deadline is at 11.59 pm of next Friday, 3 February 2012.

This is really not a contest but nonetheless I would like to mention it. Vera Nazarian has announced on her post at Austen Authors that her second Austenesque paranormal novel in her Supernatural Jane Austen series, Northanger Abbey and Angels and Dragons, will be available to download for free in Kindle format at Amazon (US, UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain). You may get it this week from Monday, 23 January 2012 until midnight of Friday, 27 January 2012 so do not miss this golden opportunity.

In addition she also offering a free Kindle copy of Old Farts: a literary short story until midnight Wednesday, 25 January 2012.

Maria Grazia's My Jane Austen Book Club is having an e-book giveaway for Pride & Princesses, written and generously provided by Summer Day. Kindly leave a comment on her post with your email address if you wish to be entered for this international giveaway which ends on Monday, 6 February 2012.

Lastly, Darcyholic Diversions is featuring two guest posts by Austenite authors who successfully published their books. The first guest post is by Robin Helm who released two books in The Guardian Trilogy based upon the characters from Pride and Prejudice. She brings two sets of her two books as giveaway to readers who comment here by next Tuesday, 31 January 2012 midnight. An autographed paperback for each of her books is to be shipped to a lucky resident from US or Canada while an e-book version is open to international participants.

Rebecca Thumann is the other guest post and she has donated two sets of her books to US and Canadian readers of Darcyholic Diversions. Read her post and leave your comment by midnight next Friday, 3 February 2012 in order to win one of the sets on offer.


Good luck!

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  1. Very nice! I've had this book on my wish list.

    Thanks for the share!

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