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I write Young Adult and Middle Grade fiction. I'm a married mom of four, and live in the beautiful Okanagan Valley, famous for beaches and vineyards. I'm fond of Lindt's sea salt dark chocolate and hiking in good weather. My Young Adult rom/com time-travel CLOCKWISE series and contemporary/otherworldly Middle Grade IT'S A LITTLE HAYWIRE are now available on Amazon.

Monday, September 12, 2011

A Contest for my British Friends - 25 Pounds Amazon Coupon!

This is a re-post from last week which I had to take down due to a crummy hacker. All is good now, so the contest is back up and running!

Okay, you're probably wondering how a Canadian got hold of an Amazon coupon in British Pounds (dang, I wish my keyboard had a Pound sign. And yes, some kind soul did tell me how, but now I forget who. And how.)

You may have heard me talk about taking a Teaching  English as a Second Language course, which I did, and, if you recommended the course to someone and they registered, you got this great Amazon coupon. My son registered and I got the coupon.

But instead of trying to figure out how to spend it from this side of the pond, I thought, why not give it away to one of my British friends. Old or New!!

So here's how to enter:

Just sign up for my newsletter (see link, top left column). It's new you see, and when I finally send out my first newsletter, I'd like to have actual people to send it to. Also, I love the British and I want more British friends.

Yes, I've  been to England, luv, a few times. Actually saw Shakespeare In Love in the cinema, once. (Did you catch my British accent there? =)

If you want an additional chances to win just tweet and FB this:

@elle_strauss wants British friends. Find out how to win a 25 Pounds Amazon card at www.ellestraussbooks.blogspot.com #scotlandrocks #englandrocks

You can enter even if you don't live in England, as long as you know how to shop at Amazon.co.uk

Just tell me in the comments if you have 1, 2 or 3 entries.

Contest is open until Sunday. I'll announce the winner on Monday the 19th.

Please pass it on!

20 comments:

  1. Great contest! Count me in! I'll be sure to tweet & facebook it. And put my email in so you have people to send it to . LOL Congrats btw on your upcoming release!!!!

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  2. What a fun contest! I actually DO have an Amazon.co.uk account (mostly because they have wonderful children's books that are nearly impossible to get over on this side of the pond), so I am definitely in! And I Tweeted this, too, so that's 2 entries.

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  3. Very cool--don't enter me as I'm a Canuck too, but just wanted to tell you you're awesome for turning your freebie into a contest! :)

    Angela @ The Bookshelf Muse

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  4. If I put on a fake British accent, does that count? LOL! Great giveaway!

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  5. ER - Yes, fake accents totally count! :)

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  6. Blimey! What a great contest! LOL!
    I did just Tweet it.

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  7. Been following your blog for quite a while so had to enter this! I've entered twice - newsletter and tweet.

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  8. Oh I love England! I'm in. I was actually born there because my dad was in the military.

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  9. That's a total bummer about being hacked. Scary!

    At least you got control back.

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  10. What a great contest! Good luck with it! =)

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  11. That's quite the British accent you've got there! :) That's a fantastic contest.

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  12. Oh Elle you are so sweet - I'm sure the winner will appreciate it and put it to oodles of good book buying use!

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  13. OH yes - did I tell you!? my sister is doing her first giveaway! A zombie plush bunny - you should check it out! *squee*
    http://rinnisplayground.blogspot.com/2011/09/first-giveaway-handmade-zombie-plush.html

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  14. Luv a duck, what a fantastic contest! Tweeted, Facebooked and signed up to newsletter.

    Brit in Cyprus :D

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  15. Two entries please - I signed up and tweeted. :)

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  16. Woo what a fun contest! I've signed up and tweeted, so that's two entries for me! Congratulations on your upcoming release - so soon now! :-)

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