{"id":4953,"date":"2014-07-07T07:00:48","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T12:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chloeneill.com\/?p=4953"},"modified":"2014-07-14T19:07:31","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T00:07:31","slug":"blood-games-preorder-contest-two-cadogan-medals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.chloeneill.com\/?p=4953","title":{"rendered":"BLOOD GAMES Preorder Contest &#8211; Two Cadogan Medals!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for a very special giveaway to celebrate the\u00a0<a title=\"Blood Games (Chicagoland Vampires No. 10)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chloeneill.com\/?page_id=3506\">August 5, 2014 release of BLOOD GAMES<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve mentioned before how important preorders are for authors. \u00a0Briefly, preorder sales are grouped into first week sales, which is a publisher&#8217;s first indication of a book&#8217;s sales and success. \u00a0They also figure into bestseller list calculations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preorders matter a lot, and authors appreciate them <em>so<\/em> much. \u00a0<\/strong>As a thank you, I&#8217;m\u00a0giving away two engraved Cadogan medals\u00a0just like the ones below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"icm_fullxfull.8092587\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chloeneill.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/icm_fullxfull.8092587-600x500.jpg\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The contest is open to <strong>US residents who&#8217;ve preordered BLOOD GAMES in any format<\/strong>. \u00a0Never fear international readers &#8212; I love and appreciate you, too, and we&#8217;ll have a contest that&#8217;s open internationally in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t matter when you preordered the book, as long as you order <em>before<\/em> you enter the contest.<\/p>\n<p>Use the Rafflecopter widget below to enter . You&#8217;ll need three pieces of information: (1) your order number, (2) the store\/site you ordered the book from, and (3) the format (ebook, audiobook, print). <em>\u00a0<strong>Entries that do not include valid preorder information will be deemed ineligible.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The contest ends July 18, 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Still need to preorder? \u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Here are the purchase links:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Blood-Games-Chicagoland-Vampires-Novel\/dp\/0451415205\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1382399728&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=blood+games+chloe+neill\">Amazon<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/blood-games-chloe-neill\/1117225109?ean=9780451415202\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.booksamillion.com\/p\/Blood-Games\/Chloe-Neill\/9780451415202?id=5462952791110\">Books-A-Million<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/blood-games\/id731073479?mt=11\">iBooks<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9780451415202\">IndieBound<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.audible.com\/series\/ref=a_pd_Teens__c2__1_sa?asin=B00BC1B596\">Tantor<\/a>. (The Audible link should be up soon, but the CDs can be preordered now at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Blood-Games-Chicagoland-Vampires-Chloe\/dp\/1452668051\/ref=tmm_abk_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;sr=8-1&amp;qid=1404440991\">Amazon<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tantor.com\/BookDetail.asp?Product=B1805_BloodGames\">Tantor<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Good luck!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"rafl\" id=\"rc-70e4e422\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\/rafl\/display\/70e4e422\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">a Rafflecopter giveaway<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/widget.rafflecopter.com\/load.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>xoxo, Chloe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for a very special giveaway to celebrate the\u00a0August 5, 2014 release of BLOOD GAMES. I&#8217;ve mentioned before how important preorders are for authors. \u00a0Briefly, preorder sales are grouped into first week sales, which is a publisher&#8217;s first indication of a book&#8217;s sales and success. \u00a0They also figure into bestseller list calculations. 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