Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Felicity Arrives

About a year ago a certain blogpal posted this lovely news at her place, and I've been waiting impatiently ever since to write this post.

Vanessa Jaye's debut novelToday is the release day for Felicity Stripped Bare by Vanessa Jaye, a writer I've known since I started up this place.

Over the years that we've been cyber-acquaintances, Vanessa has had to put up with a lot from me. There was that rumor I started about her looking exactly like Angelina Jolie that has never entirely died down (hey, compare the lip photos and tell me there's not a resemblance.) Then there was the time I told off some ninny book doctor pimp posing as an author in her comments (very impolite of me to do that on someone else's blog, and I did apologize. To Vanessa, not the anonymous ninny, may she rot in scammer hell.) I'm pretty sure Vanessa doesn't realize I'm the one who . . . wait, we'll talk about that later during the Secret Jaye Expose chat.

I am particularly happy about Vanessa's novel coming out because 1) I get to give her a hard time about any mistakes I find in it and 2) it's an e-book. Regarding the latter, that means I don't have drive to the bookstore to buy it or wait around for the UPS guy to deliver it. I can have it as soon as Samhain downloads it to me. This also means I don't have to pack it up and ship it -- I can simply e-mail it to my winners.

Which brings me to the giveaway portion of this post. :)

If you'd like to read Felicity Stripped Bare along with me, in comments name the title and author of an e-book that you've enjoyed recently (or if you're e-book deprived, just toss your name in the hat) by midnight EST on Wednesday, July 9, 2008. I'll draw ten names at random from everyone who participates and e-mail the winners a copy of Felicity Stripped Bare by Vanessa Jaye. This giveaway is open to everyone on the planet, even if you've won something here at PBW in the past.

Added: Some folks have e-mailed to ask what format Felicity is in -- I'm buying my giveaway copies from MyBookStoreAndMore.com so the winners will receive the e-book in their choice of the following formats: Adobe, eBookwise REB1150, HTML, Mobipocket/Kindle, MS Reader, Rocketbook or Sony PDF.

43 comments:

  1. Anonymous12:17 AM

    That is an enticing cover.

    The last ebook I enjoyed was Evermore by Lynn Viehl (Kindle edition.)

    L.

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  2. Anonymous1:13 AM

    Seize the Night by Sherrilynn Kenyon
    Marian in SA

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  3. Please don't enter me in the contest, I fully intend to buy the book.
    Just dropped by to leave a quiet little "sqeeee!!" :D

    But I WOULD like to sign up for the Secret Jaye Expose chat...

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  4. Ever since I read the shower shopping excerpt I've been waiting to get my hands on FSB.

    One of the last e-books I really enjoyed was - My Fair Captain by J.L.Langley.

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  5. I can't remember the last ebook I read, which obviously shows I need to read more of them. Please throw my name into the hat.

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  6. The last ebook I enjoyed was a YA book by Meg Cabot: All American Girl. I'm a sucker sometimes for those YA novels ;)

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  7. I've just finished Sherrilyn Kenyons 'Seize the Night'.... started out a bit puzzling, but the minute the heroine and hero meet it's sizzling off the screen.
    I've found that we don't get a lot of releases here in Australia, so ebooks are the best way to get to them.

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  8. omg. I'm sitting here in shock. Someone just left a message on my blog that's you'd posted about FSB! Thank you, Lyn! :speechless:: I hope you enjoy it. I want to say more, but we're still working last minute kinks out with the new website (which should hopefully go live later today!)

    The last good book I read? The 2 Vols of HUSH - Batman graphic novel. If you like romantic suspense, and you love Bats, I'd highly recommend these two.

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  9. I just started the Battlestar Galactica e-book by Jeffrey Carver.

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  10. Anonymous8:24 AM

    Ebook deprived. I like the feeling of paper in my hand. But I'll throw my name in for this one!

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  11. Some of the e-books from Ellora's Cave are fantastic. I especially like Bronwyn Green. Ronan's Grail was absolutely the best.

    I also enjoyed Hal Spacejock by Simon Haynes.

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  12. Don't enter me in this contest because I already won this book in a contest Vanessa had on her blog. I just stopped by to say that I absolutely LOVED Felicity Stripped Bare. It was my first eBook that I read and now I'm hooked on eBooks. I can't wait for Vanessa to publish more eBooks because I know they will be good.

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  13. Throwing my name in the hat.

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  14. I just saw a review of this. It sounds really good.

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  15. I read Diplomatic Immunity as an e-book awhile back. We're still mostly addicted to dead tree editions in my house (but open to change).

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  16. not a big ebook reader, but I'm game to try it out.

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  17. Too busy writing to read lately, but please throw my name in the hat. This sounds like an excellent way to celebrate finishing my first draft! :)

    -DiDi

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  18. Hell for Leather by Beth Williamson.

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  19. I recently read and thoroughly enjoyed Joely Sue Burkhart's The Rose of Shanhasson.

    Of course, I should mention I visit your Scribd pages often. You've helped me through many a lunch hour!

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  20. Anonymous10:51 AM

    Throwing my name in the hat!

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  21. FYI, Sasha White's first ebook Meandros is now on her site as a free download. So nobody has to be ebook deprived, even if you don't win Felicity. *g*

    I think the last ebook I bought was Patrice Michelle's Anticipation (Samhain).

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  22. I'm behind on my e-book reading, because she has another one more recent than this (Silky), but I absolutely loved Muse by Lazette Gifford.

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  23. Anonymous12:22 PM

    Entering my name in the hat...lately I have been ebook deprived!

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  24. Anonymous12:26 PM

    I'm in the middle of Have Mercy by Sheila Viehl

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  25. Anonymous1:28 PM

    The last e-book I read and thoroughly enjoyed was Beautiful Death by Joely Sue Burkhart.

    And sorry to cross comment but...

    Ms. Jaye- You have awesome taste in graphic novels!....and vigilantes. ;)

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  26. Steelflower, by Lilith Saintcrow. I picked it at random, not believing I'd enjoy it, and I spent the whole night reading it, right up till 6 a.m. Couldn't put it down. Loved it!

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  27. The most recent ebooks I've read were Seducing Simon by Maya Banks and Aiden's Charity by Lora Leigh.

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  28. The last ebook I read was Elle Kennedy's "Heat of the Moment."

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  29. I've been on a classics kick... lately reading Jane Austen stories off Project Gutenberg.

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  30. The last ebook I was reading was The Host by Stephenie Meyer. I just started reading ebooks when I got my laptop earlier this year.

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  31. Very happy for Vanessa! Yay! I've been gloming Judith McNaught historicals. Enjoying them immensely.

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  32. Anonymous8:55 PM

    Stay With Me by Maya Banks

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  33. Anonymous9:05 PM

    Lynn,
    I want to win! You are the first author I ever read who offered e-books so I'm going to name you! Oh, I did just download the free Sherrilyn Kenyon e-book "Seize the Night." I already owned a copy, but now I have it on my laptop for something to read when I'm bored!
    Tami
    Jacksonville

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  34. recklass by Maya Banks
    Wallflower from Samhain
    Hunter's Misery by Shiloh Walker
    This one sounds good. Please enter me in this contest.

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  35. I'm throwing my name in the hat.
    Teresa

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  36. Hmm... Have Mercy by Lynn Viehl. Excellent read.

    I'm not usually a fan of e-books, but I can always change my mind - or have it changed for me.

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  37. Anonymous7:42 AM

    Christine Feehan's Dark Magic
    Anne Bishop's Tangled Web
    Katie Macalister's Holy Smokes etc etc etc. I've been on a e-book buying binge these few months lol

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  38. I am currently ebook deprived because my new laptop is in the shop.

    That's got to be why the last ebook I read was an e-ARC of Larissa Ione's Pleasure Unbound.

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  39. Throw my name in the hat - Natalie.

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  40. My Palm Treo is packed to the eyeballs (if it had eyeballs) with eBooks. I'm midway through Allison Winn Scotch's "Department of Lost and Found"... liking it thus far.

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  41. Since I've been out of the country studying abroad, I've been reading anything I can get my hands on that isn't a medical text thanks to those pesky airline luggage weight restrictions. Please throw my name in!

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  42. Anonymous10:55 PM

    Tossing my name into the hat!

    Thanks!

    Terri W.

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