Bookreporter.com -- Beach Bag of Books Contest

THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED.

Our Summer Beach Bag of Books Contests have ended. Thank you for participating. Be sure to watch the Bookreporter.com newsletter for future contests.

Our WHERE THE RIVER RUNS Beach Bag is a beautiful, lightweight beach tote filled with some truly special summer items. Along with a copy of WHERE THE RIVER RUNS, winners will receive a colorful stainless steel thermos, a large woven beach mat, cute bikini-shaped playing cards, bath salts shaped like a beach ball, and a colorful over-sized floppy sun-hat guaranteed to keep the sun out of your eyes as you are reading. Please note that the colors of each item will vary. We have five to give away, as well as five copies of WHERE THE RIVER RUNS.

To enter to win, answer the question below:

Where is Meridy�s dress from?

You can find the answer by reading an excerpt here:
http://www.bookreporter.com/features/beachbag2005/where_the_river_runs.asp#excerpt

Send your answer to the question above, along with your name and snail mail address to Summer@bookreporter.com by Thursday, August 25th at 11:59PM.

Winners will be chosen in a random drawing from all correct responses received.

If you wish to snail mail your answer and address, please send to:
Beach Bag WHERE THE RIVER RUNS Contest
The Book Report
250 W 57th Street - Suite 1228
New York, NY 10107

All entries must be postmarked by Thursday, August 25th at 11:59PM.

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OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES FOR BEACH BAG OF BOOKS "WHERE THE RIVER RUNS" CONTEST

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

ELIGIBILITY: The contest is open to all residents of the United States (excluding Puerto Rico) over the age of 18. The following persons and their employees of The Book Report, Inc. and their affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and the immediate families (spouse, parents, siblings, and children) of each of the above. Winners will be chosen in a random drawing from all correct responses received. One entry per e-mail address.

HOW TO ENTER: Contest is open from 9AM on Friday, August 19th thru 11:59PM on Thursday, August 25th at 11:59PM, 2005. While the contest is posted on Bookreporter.com, you can enter by answering this contest question:

Where is Meridy�s dress from?

You can find the answer by reading an excerpt here:
http://www.bookreporter.com/features/beachbag2005/where_the_river_runs.asp#excerpt

Send your answer to the question above, along with your name and snail mail address to Summer@bookreporter.com by Thursday, August 25th, 2005 at 11:59PM.

Winners will be chosen in a random drawing from all correct responses received.

If you wish to snail mail your answer and address, please send to:
Beach Bag WHERE THE RIVER RUNS Contest
The Book Report
250 W 57th Street - Suite 1228
New York, NY 10107

All entries must be postmarked by Thursday, August 25th, 2005 and received by Monday, August 29th, 2005.

HOW TO WIN: Total number of eligible entries received determines odds of winning. One entry per e-mail address. From all eligible entries received, Bookreporter.com will randomly select Five (5) First Prize Winners who will receive a WHERE THE RIVER RUNS Beach Bag prize. Our WHERE THE RIVER RUNS Beach Bag is a beautiful, lightweight beach tote filled with some truly special summer items. Along with a copy of WHERE THE RIVER RUNS, winners will receive a colorful stainless steel thermos, a large woven beach mat, cute bikini-shaped playing cards, bath salts shaped like a beach ball, and a colorful over-sized floppy sun-hat guaranteed to keep the sun out of your eyes as you are reading. Please note that the colors of each item will vary (Approximate retail value: $75.00). Five (5) runners up each will win WHERE THE RIVER RUNS (Approximate retail value: $12.95).

POSTING OF PRIZE WINNERS: All prize winners will be listed on Bookreporter.com by first name and city/state by Friday, September 2nd, 2005.

ALL ENTRIES MUST BE POSTMARKED BY August 25th, 2005 and received by MONDAY, August 29th, 2005.

LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY/RESERVED RIGHTS: Neither the Sponsor, nor the parent, subsidiary or affiliate companies, nor the promotional agencies shall have any obligation or responsibility with regard to (i) entries that contain inaccurate information or do not comply with these rules, (ii) entries, prize claims or notifications that are lost, late, incomplete, illegible, unintelligible, damaged or otherwise not received by the intended recipient, in whole or in part, due to computer or technical error of any kind, (iii) telephone, electronic, hardware, software, network, Internet or computer malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or (iv) any damages or losses of any kind caused by any prize or resulting from acceptance, possession or use of any prize. The Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Web Site or otherwise violating these rules. The Sponsor further reserves the right to cancel, terminate or modify the Sweepstakes if the Sweepstakes cannot be completed as planned because of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention or technical failures of any sort.