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Axiom's End - Goodreads Giveaway
🕑 Added 2020-03-01 22:11:45 +0000 UTCJust received this - tfw you hear about your own giveaway via e-mail blast.
So I'd been talking with SMP about how we can do Patreon exclusive stuff leading up to the release, but owing to Patreon's rules, I can't really do giveaways on Patreon, and here's why: Anything that might resemble gambling (in this case, effectively, paying a Patreon fee to enter a raffle) is against Patreon's rules. So even though I wanted to do a Patreon-based giveaway, I... can't.
Keeping within Patreon's rules, we can't offer ARCs as a perk (because those are not meant for sale, just for review, and are "uncorrected" regardless), and offering a finished book as a new tier perk just seems unfeasible since it would be a one-time reward and just doesn't make sense vis a vis Patreon's monthly model.
But here's what I can do, I *can* let you know that Goodreads or other external platforms are doing a giveaway, which is incredibly lame, I know! Also, incredibly lame, it's only for people in the US and Canada! Unfortunately, if I don't want to break Patreon's TOS, this might be the best I can do before July. Anyway, here's the link: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/304467-axiom-s-end
There will be more in the coming months, so I'll go ahead and post those here when they happen. Good luck, Bah-weep-Graaaaagnah wheep ni ni bong.
-Lindsay
Comments
Would be great if you could make another one for Europe. (But trans-atlanic shipping is quite expensive and international publishing rules complicated, so I kinda understand if not. )
James Anthony
I've seen others make a similar comment about giveaways on Patreon. But if the giveaway was on a public post, wouldn't that bypass the "gambling" restriction?
Sam
Ah yes, the Universal Greeting. Hail and well met, comrade!
Glenn Ponka
Yay! I can't wait!
Robert Dennys
Only for Nortamericanos, note.
Happily pre-ordered. All good. :)
Alicia Fitch
FYI for anybody just now signing up to Goodreads for this - If you add the book to your 'To-Read' shelf you can have Goodreads send you a notification email anytime a giveaway for it goes up on their site. I'm not sure what the default setting is, but you can find the setting under the 'Emails' portion of Account Settings.
Jubei
Doesn't work for Italy, predictably! Oh, well, I've already preordered it so it's not big deal!
Unfortunately it didn't work in Germany neither :/
Lindsay Ellis
It has a different publisher for the UK, which has caused all sorts of issues. I'll have to ask the UK publisher if they're doing anything differently.
Awww, doesn't work for the UK :(
