Back to the Books Giveaway Hop

Welcome to the 2nd Annual Back to the Books Giveaway Hop. This hop runs from Sept 1-7, 2012. To enter, just fill out the Rafflecopter form below.

Rules:
Mandatory: My book, If I Had My Way by Lena Sledge, has been nominated for an African American Literary Award. I would sincerely appreciate it if you would vote for my book. My book is #11 on the list and is in the category for Anthologies/Short Stories. I know some of you have already graciously voted for me and if you have, then just mark that entry as completed.

If the entry form for Survey Monkey doesn't show the list once you click on the link, it is likely because you've already voted. In which case, I thank you!!!

All other options on the rafflecopter are optional. 

What's up for grabs?
(1) $25 Amazon Gift Card or up to $25 in purchases from the Book Depository.

There are over 200 blogs participating in this hop. Please stop by their blogs and enter their giveaway as well if you have time. For a list of the blogs participating, click here or look in my left sidebar under popular posts for a list of the other blogs. A special thank you to I Am a Reader, Not a Writer and Buried in Books for hosting this hop. a Rafflecopter giveaway

Wordless Wednesday with Linky

How You Can Help Authors

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I made four of my short stories available for free for 3 days on Kindle. Thirst, 5 Minutes, Substitute and Sunshine. So far over 5,000 copies have been downloaded in 2 days. I just say thank you for that and thank you for the wonderful reviews you left. I cried like a baby. Why? Because sometimes people won't give you a chance even when it's free or cost them nothing. So I humbly thank you for your time and for giving me a chance. When readers leave a review, it can help the author increase sales or help them gain additional recognition among the millions of other books for sale. Your reviews don't have to be long, just fair....although I do love, love, love, my five star reviews, :-) I'm still grateful for all my reviews and I hope you continue to write them and spread the word about If I Had My Way and the individual short stories. Today is the last day to download your FREE copies. Click My Author Page on Amazon to find out which stories are available for free and please share and spread the word. :) And again, I thank you all!

Feed Your Reader Giveaway Hop

Thank you for participating in the Feed Your Reader Giveaway hosted by I Am A Reader, Not a Writer and Books: True Story. This giveaway is for Ebooks only. It runs August 23-29, 2012.

What is up for grabs? Several items are up for grabs.

• Everyone can receive a Free copy of a few of my stories from the my collection of short stories titled, If I Had My Way. 

• The stories available for free are Thirst, Substitute and 5 Minutes, all available and Free on Kindle only. All you have to do is download them between now and Sunday, August 26, 2012. Click here to download Thirst. Click here to download Substitute. Click here to download 5 Minutes.

• Also up for grabs is a chance to get up to $15 in ebook purchases from Amazon for Kindle or Barnes and Noble for Nook.

To enter for a chance for $15 in purchases for Kindle or Nook:
Just fill out the Rafflecopter form.

There are other blogs participating in this hop as well, please take time to visit them and enter their giveaways. There are a lot of great Ebooks up for grabs. For a list of the blogs participating, click here.

Happy hopping and good luck!

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Sizzling Summer Reads Giveaway

Welcome to the Sizzling Summer Reads hosted by Literary Addicts. This giveaway takes place August 20 – Sept 2 and is open to U.S. residents and International participants.

The rules of giveaway: ~ Fill out the Rafflecopter form ~ Mandatory: Be a follower of my blog via GFC, RSS, Email

~ Mandatory: Vote for me.  For what you say? Well, I've been nominated for an African American Literary Award for my book, If I Had My Way. 

I need your help though. I need you all to cast a vote for my book, If I Had My Way by Lena Sledge by going here to vote. I'm #11 on the list categories for short stories/anthologies. There are other authors to vote for in other categories and I urge you to vote for them if you have time. Some other authors up for awards in other categories include Walter Mosley, Eric Jerome Dickey, Jay-Z, Common, Francis Ray and Toni Morrison.

~ All other options on the Rafflecopter are optional. If you decide to Tweet about the giveaway, you do not need to copy and paste the tweet URL back into the rafflecopter form. It's a hassle for people to do. And I'll get a notification once you tweet it anyway. 

What's up for grabs? 
~ $30 Gift Card to Amazon.com or up to $30 in purchases from the Book Depository.

There are over 60 blogs participating in this giveaway hop, and each blog participating will have a book related giveaway worth at least $10. Stop by the other blogs and enter their giveaways as well, you could win lots of goodies. For a list of the other blogs participating click here.

Happy Hopping and Good Luck!

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Last Days of Freedom Hop Giveaway

Hey all! I'm so happy to have some time to blog. I have some great news! I've also been nominated for an African American Literary Award for my book, If I Had My Way. *happy dance!*

I need your help though. I need you all to cast a vote for my book, If I Had My Way by Lena Sledge by going here to vote. I'm #11 on the list categories for short stories/anthologies. There are other authors to vote for in other categories and I urge you to vote for them if you have time. Some other authors up for awards in other categories include Walter Mosley, Eric Jerome Dickey, Jay-Z and Toni Morrison.

Now on to my giveaway, since I have so many things to be happy for and a little more time in my schedule finally, I'm participating in the Last Days of Freedom Blog Hop Giveaway, hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and The Elliot Review. The giveaway runs from August 17th to August 22, 2012.

The rules are as follows:
Mandatory: Cast your vote at the African American Literary Awards Show.

• All other options on the Rafflecopter are optional. 
• If you decide to tweet about the giveaway, you do not have to copy and past the Twitter URL, it's time consuming and I will get a notification once you tweet it anyway. :-)
• Giveaway is open to U.S. residents and International participants.

What's up for grabs?
(1) $25 Amazon gift card or up to $25 in purchases from the Book Depository.
AND
(1) Copy of my book, If I Had My Way (ebook for Kindle or Nook)

There are over 150 blogs participating in this hop, so stop on by and enter to win their giveaways as well.    Click here for a list of participating blogs.

Enjoy your week, happy blog hopping and thank you for your vote!!! Please help me spread the word. :-)a Rafflecopter giveaway

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