Skull Throne Fan Ambassador Program
Hi All,
As you are no doubt aware, after more than two years since The Daylight War was released, The Skull Throne is now a thing that exists, at least in ARC form.
ARC is short for “Advanced Read Copy”. These are no-frills uncorrected proofs that go out to booksellers and reviewers so they can have an early look at the book before it goes on sale. Copies of ARCs are quite limited, as it is a small promotional print run.
I myself only get 5 ARC copies, of which I keep two and give the others as gifts to beta-readers or my mom. I can usually snag a few extra by begging/giving puppydog eyes to my publisher. These I use for fan art contests like the Skull Throne ARC Contest (which is still accepting entries!).
This time, however, Random House has provided me a loophole in their Fan Ambassador Program.
The deal is pretty simple. They have 50 Skull Throne ARCs and 250 Warded Man paperbacks to be put into a lottery. U.S. residents* enter your name, e-mail and mailing address for a chance to win.
Winners will receive an ARC of Skull Throne to keep for yourself along with 5 paperback copies of The Warded Man that we ask you to give away to people who haven’t read the series before. It could be friends, family, acquaintances, or just a random stranger you catch reading a fantasy book at the train station.
It’s that easy.
Right now, you can count on fingers how many people have read the final version of Skull Throne. I’m excited to share it first with people who will really appreciate it.
Interested? Enter here, but be sure to check out the Official Rules first! Despite what the rules say (there are a couple of incorrect dates RH is fixing as of my writing this blog) this contest will run through February 12th, 2015.
There’s another way to win! Enter the Skull Throne ARC contest by February 8th!
The Skull Throne will be released on March 31st in the U.S. with translations to follow. Pre-order the U.S. edition from Random House today.
*Apologies to all my international fans, but regional distribution rules mean Random House cannot send books internationally without violating contracts. All contests that I run from this blog (including the Skull Throne ARC contest) are and always will be open worldwide, but please don’t fault the publishers when they cannot offer the same. There will be special publisher offers to come in other markets as well. News on those as they materialize.
When will the drawing for this Ambassador Program be? Or did it already happen and I wasn’t selected? Can’t wait! 🙁
The drawing has happened and the books are being mailed! No notifications were emailed, so there is still a chance you won.
Fingers crossed! Thanks for the response!
I just got my copy in the mail today! 😀
For some reason, I only received 1 copy of The Warded Man, but I’ll happily go forth and give it to someone in need of a great story. ^^
There was a mix-up in the mailing. If you received one Warded Man, 4 more will soon follow.