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CORVUS giveaway winners

All right, the Random Number Gods have spoken. The winners are:

  • Jacob Moore
  • Patrick Ryan Storey
  • Chris/chriskidd22
  • Ryan Beck
  • Kris Stacks
  • Ben Wiechman
  • Brian H.
  • Brenda J. Cromwell
  • Jim Foster
  • Emily Henry
  • Marla McOmber
  • Eric Hembree

You may have noticed that the list of names is twelve strong instead of ten. That’s because I decided at the last minute to make it an even dozen this time.

If your name is on this list, please send me an email to marko.kloos@gmail.com with your current U.S. or Canadian shipping address. I’d like to get those books on the way this week, so a prompt reply would be appreciated (and helps you get the book into your hands faster.)

Congratulations to the winners, and thank you for playing to all those who replied. It’s always nice to see the excitement for a new release.

 

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CORVUS giveaway begins right meow

All right, friends and neighbors—I’m giving away ten copies of CORVUS, the second installment of the Frontlines: Evolution series. The book is due out for release on August 19th, so whoever wins an early copy will get to read it a few weeks early.

You know the general rules—leave a comment on this post declaring your desire to receive a copy, and I’ll close the comments and pull ten name out of the hat via random number generator next Sunday, June 29th, noon EST. 

Winners will receive a copy of CORVUS, shipped at my expense. As I’ve mentioned in the last post, there’s a change in eligibility this time. As much as it sucks, I have to limit participation to US and Canadian addresses  because of the current tariff fuckery which makes sending international shipments a crapshoot as far as customs duties are concerned. I hate having to limit the pool of readers who can score a free copy, but things are what they are right now.

(As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve also had to eat the cost for some books whose recipients declined to pay the customs fees assessed by their home countries’ revenue services, which sucks doubly for me because I’m out the cost of the book and the international shipping. That is super uncool and ruins the fun for everyone.)

Anyway, the contest is now open. If you want to put your name in the hat for a free copy of CORVUS and you have a shipping address in the US or Canada, leave a comment below to be entered in the giveaway. Winners will be announced after noon EST on Sunday, June 29th.

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CORVUS author copies & future giveaways

Look what made it in yesterday—my author copies of CORVUS, second installment in the Frontlines: Evolution series, out on August 19th.

I’ll probably do the traditional giveaway again, but I think that a few changes are necessary. During the last giveaway, I had several of the international deliveries returned to me, incloduing one where the customs service of the reader’s home country levied an import tax and the reader was unwilling to cover it. For every refused delivery or wrong address return, I get to eat the cost of shipping (which is over $20 for a paperback to most international locations), and the returned book is personalized and can’t be sold or given to anyone else. Add to that the current tariff situation, and sending books internationally is too unpredictable and expensive for me right now. I already cover the shipping, and I generally take a full day to personalize the books, package them, and haul them to the post office. Having to figure out customs duties or tariffs and then potentially eating them myself is just not something I want to add on top of everything else.

If you’re a non-US-based reader, I know that this may be disappointing, but I am not a millionaire and I don’t have support staff. Until the tariff and international shipping situation changes, I’m going to have to curtail the scope of the giveaways and limit them to the U.S. and Canada. Sorry about that, and I hope things will change before the next book release so I can include international readers again without rolling the dice on setting $40 on fire with every padded envelope I send out.

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DESCENT giveaway winners

The random number gods have spoken and passed down ten numbers, which I matched up with the comments in order from first to last. There were 193 eligible comments in total, so your chance to win was a little lower than one in twenty.

The winners are:

  1. Victor Weffer
  2. Fred
  3. Adrian O’Neill
  4. Phil
  5. Fab
  6. Andrew
  7. AG
  8. Nick M.
  9. Ralph
  10. Dave Thomas

I am sending out an email to the winners in a few. If you’re on the list, check your inbox and respond as instructed to claim your book.

Thanks for playing, everyone, and I hope that even those of you who did not win a signed paperback will still purchase a Kindle or paper copy of the book on release day.

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DESCENT giveaway is now closed

I hope you all got your comments in because the DESCENT giveaway is now closed to new entries.

I will pick ten winners with the help of the RNG gods and announce them at some point tomorrow. As always, I’ll ship the books to the winners anywhere in the world free of charge.

Hope you’re all having a great weekend! Tune in tomorrow to see the list of lucky winners.

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DESCENT giveaway starts right meow

 

Here they are–ten paperback copies of DESCENT, fourth book in the Palladium Wars series, ready to be signed and shipped to new owners.

YOU TOO could be one of the lucky winners! Just leave a comment on this post indicating the desire to own a signed copy, and you will be entered in the giveaway. Entries will be counted until next Saturday, May 25, at 3pm EST. One entry per person, please, and make sure you log in with a valid email address so I can notify you in case you are one of the Chosen. Good luck!

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Contest books are in the mail

The contest prize books will be going out to the winners today. In this round, the international readers were particularly blessed by the random numbers gods. Of twelve books, only three are going to U.S. addresses. The rest are all international: one each to Germany, Finland, and Switzerland, and six(!) to addresses in the UK.

THE THINGS I DO FOR MY INTERNATIONAL READERS.

 

 

 

 

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SCORPIO giveaway at long last

 

For a multitude of reasons, I wasn’t able to do my customary early giveaway for new release books until now. SCORPIO will be officially released on Monday, January 1st, so this won’t be an early look at the novel for anyone who gets a copy, but they’ll be signed and they’re ABSOLUTELY FREE to winners, so there’s that. If you want to snag a signed (and personalized upon request) copy of SCORPIO to put on your bookshelf next to all the other novels of mine you undoubtedly own, here’s your chance at last!

The rules are simple as always. Leave a comment on this post, and I’ll let the random number gods pick the winners from the comment pool next Saturday, January 6th, 1200h EST. I will ship the novels to the winners free of charge to anywhere in the world. This time, I’ll give away 12 copies. In the past, the entries have been in the 150-200 range, so 12 random picks constitute a 5% or better chance to win, which is way better than a lottery ticket.

Comments are open. One entry per reader, please, and be sure to register your comment with a valid email address because that’s how I’ll notify the winners.

Ready? GO.

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SCORPIO on Amazon First Reads

It’s December 1st, which means I can share the reason why the official release date for SCORPIO was moved back a month and a half:

SCORPIO is an Amazon First Reads selection for the month of December. If you’re a Prime member, you can download one of the month’s First Reads offerings for free, so here’s your chance to grab a copy for your Kindelmaschine and get to read SCORPIO a month before its official release.

If you’re not a Prime member, you can buy the Kindle book at a discounted price of $1.99.

Amazon First Reads is only available to US-based customers, but you international readers aren’t going to be left out. I’ll do my usual giveaway of signed books this week, and I’ll give priority to international readers this time.

If you end up getting your copy of SCORPIO on Amazon First Reads this month, I hope you enjoy it. And if you leave a review after you’re done, it’ll keep my editor happy, which means they’ll be paying me to write more books, a win-win scenario for everyone.