It's been 30 days since I revved  up two Goodreads giveaways—one for The Five Elements and another for The Hall of the Wood—and that's it. We're done. The lucky winners have been selected and now I'm busy signing books and  stuffing and licking envelopes (or peeling away the cover strips).

All told, 795 people entered to win a copy of The Five Elements and 799 people went for The Hall of the Wood. I'm sure there was plenty of overlap there.

The end goal in doing these giveaways is twofold: to get some more people to read my books and to hopefully get some more reviews. I can control the former (somewhat), but can't do much about th... [More]

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Reminder About Giveaways

by @scottmarlowe 3/3/2012 10:06:00 AM

We're about to enter into the final week of two giveaways I'm running on Goodreads.

One giveaway is for The Five Elements. I've got 5 print copies of that novel ready to go out to each of 5 lucky readers. The Five Elements has been well received by both Goodreads and Amazon.com readers. On Goodreads, it's sitting at 4.57 stars out of 5. On Amazon, 4.4 stars out of 5.

The other giveaway is for The Hall of the Wood. I've also got 5 print copies for this one ready to go. It's rated 3.25 stars out of 5 on Goodreads and 3.6 out of 5 on Amazon.

As I write this, 408 people have entered each of the ... [More]

Courtesy of Amazon's KDP Select program, The Hall of the Wood is free today for your Kindle!

The Hall of the Wood is classic fantasy, with witches, rangers, sorcerers, and knights. The story revolves around the mystery of the missing patrollers, but then becomes something more as our heroes discover the source of the Simarron's dark affliction.

It's currently 3.5 stars out of 5 on Amazon and Goodreads.

Also, you can try to win a print copy of The Hall of the Wood via Goodreads. The giveaway runs until March 10!

What Readers Have To Say 

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The Five Elements Giveaway

by @scottmarlowe 2/10/2012 10:21:00 AM

I'm giving away 5 print copies of The Five Elements!

The promotion is through GoodReads. Basically, you sign up to enter the drawing and, when the giveaway period ends on March 10, GoodReads selects 5 lucky winners.

If you'd prefer to read now and own a Kindle, I've reduced the price of the eBook to $1.99. I'll hold the price there until the promotion ends.

Click-through to find out more about the giveaway or to enter. Good luck!

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