February 01, 2010

Free Books!

Borders is holding a Readers' Choice contest (called "Readers' Crown") for Best Romance Novel and they're looking for judges.

Each judge will receive 5 FREE books to read and evaluate in the category that you choose.  Judges may sign up to judge multiple categories.  These books are yours to keep!  All scores will be entered into an electronic form via the Web, so you must have access to the Internet.

The score sheets have 20 questions, most of which are “select the highest rating that applies” type questions. The score sheets can be completed in under a half-hour for each book.

Each judge will be presented with the opportunity to complete an optional reader preferences survey.  Any judge who completes the optional survey AND submits all scores for the panel(s) assigned to him/her will be given a discount code worth $10 off the 2010 RomCon™ in Denver, Colorado.  If the judge has already registered for RomCon™ 2010, a refund of $10 will be issued.  Each judge is eligible for only one $10 discount, regardless of how many panels they judge.

Judges must have a US or APO mailing address.  Readers’ Crown™ books will not be sent out of the country. Click here to sign up!

posted by Deeanne on 02/01/2010

Comments: 17

Hannah P said...

How do you sign up? Hannah

1/31/2010

Jan Crow said...

So how does one sign up? I didn't see a link or a sign up on the Borders site. Sounds fun to me!

1/31/2010

deeanne Gist said...

Look on the last line of my blog post (above). It says "click here" to sign up and there's a link. :) https://fs17.formsite.com/RomConInc/form934647757/secure_index.html

1/31/2010

Lindsey said...

It sounds really fun! But do you have to pay a fee to judge?

2/1/2010

Gwen said...

Sounds interesting. I signed up.

2/1/2010

RadiantShari said...

Thanks for sharing that Dee! This is an awesome opportunity because I love sharing my opinions and I LOVE FREE books! :)

2/1/2010

Tiphanie said...

That sounds totally awesome...to bad I'm not quite eightteen yet. :( lol T.Heather

2/1/2010

Deeanne Gist said...

There's no fee to judge, Lindsey. The only thing you have to do in exchange for the books is read them and fill out the evaluation form! Have fun!

2/1/2010

Renee said...

Woohoo! Thanks for posting this! I signed up...hopefully I'm accepted! xoxo~ Renee

2/2/2010

Sahshas Mummy said...

TOO COOL!! This is something I've ALWAYS wanted to do!!

2/2/2010

Catherine said...

Well, I've signed up. A little afraid of the types of books I'll get, since I prefer Christian Romance rather than the erotic stuff...but we'll see. Hope I get picked! :D Thanks for letting us know about this!

2/3/2010

Deeanne Gist said...

Catherine, There should have been a spot on the judge's form for you to indicate what level of "steaminess" you wanted in a book. If you indicated you wanted the sensuality content to be minimal, they are really good about respecting that request.

If, however, you get a book you're uncomfortable with, just email them and let them know. I'm sure they won't expect you to read it!

2/3/2010

Lindsey said...

I signed up!! It looks like so much fun! I really hope they pick me!

2/4/2010

Gwen said...

Got my books today....

3/12/2010

RadiantShari said...

I just got my books today, too. Although my books look to be a little steamer than I asked for. We'll see how the go. I only got two books though...Gwen, how many books did you get?

3/13/2010

CollegeMoose said...

Thanks for sharing Dee! I received my books today, a complete surprise because I forgot I had signed up! Shari, I got just two books also.

3/13/2010

Deeanne Gist said...

Ya'll don't have to reveal who the authors are, I'm just curious how the reads are. What did you think? Were they too steamy, RadiantShari?

3/22/2010

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