And, the Winner Is…

--Deb — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:36:54 +0000

And, about time I got around to announcing this, too (grin).

So, first, I exported all the comments into a file I could open in Excel, and then I went through and added in all the extra chances–for having posted on your blog, for having come from a specific blog’s contest post, for subscribing to Knitting Scholar’s RSS feed. And then I deleted the couple duplicates from people who commented more than once. Assuming I didn’t miss anybody’s extras (and if I did, I really didn’t mean to, and I was careful)–I came out with 217 Chances to Win. Then I went to Random.org to generate THREE WINNERS and came up with 75, 92, and 152. I compared those to my excel sheet and…

The winners are:

Which just goes to tell you that working the odds really does work, because Hanna came in with the most chances (20) from all the people who linked through from her blog. (Second place was Chris from Stumbling Over Chaos, who had 11 chances.)

Now, the prizes?

I decided that I’d offer a chance for each of the books I’ve been given so far, and that the winners will get to choose which they want–and if they choose the same books, Hanna gets her first pick, Janelle will get her second, and Maria will get her third, because that’s fair.

The choices?

So, ladies, I just need an email from you telling me which books you’d like, and then I will try to get them shipped out in as timely a manner as possible. (Thankfully, this won’t require math or massive Excel charts.) And, of course, I’ll need your mailing addresses, too…

Thanks, everyone, for playing!

Knitting Scholar’s First Contest!

--Deb — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:29:10 +0000

Since several publishers have been kind enough to provide me with review copies, it seems selfish to keep ALL of them, so it seemed a good time to have a contest.

In fact, it’s a multi-part contest! You’ve got more than one way to win!

Here’s what you have to do. Either…

1. Link to Knitting Scholar on your blog or website. That gets the blog-owner’s name entered in the drawing. (Note–the blog-owner must leave a comment here with a link to her blog post to be eligible. Otherwise, how would I know?)

2. Leave a comment ON THIS POST. (Preferably telling me something nice, like why you like the site, but really, compliments are optional.) This gets you entered in the drawing.

But, wait! There’s more!

3. When you leave your comment, tell me how you found your way here. If you came via a link from someone’s blog, you not only get entered yourself, but the blog who sent you here gets an extra chance to win!

In other words, if, um, Sally links here and mentions the contest–she gets one chance. If five people come here from her blog and leave comments referring to Sally’s blog, not only do they each get one chance to win, but they each give Sally another chance … meaning Sally will now have SIX chances to win.

So, if you have a blog, it behooves you to send as many people over here as you possibly can. And if you found your way here from someone’s blog, it’s a Nice Thing to Do, to tell me how you got here.

And–still more!

4. If you came via RSS feed OR you subscribe to Knitting Scholar’s RSS feed now, say so, and you get Two chances instead of just one! (Those are those “Subscribe” buttons at the top right. You’re on the honor system, here, but I do know what my subscriber numbers look like right now, so I’ve got an idea how many people subscribe already–so, no fibbing!)

5. If you came from another blog and then write your own post linking here–be sure to specify in your comment the name of the blogger who referred you in the first place AND a link to your own blog. (This gives you the chance to get extra chances for yourself, but still Do the Right Thing by making sure the person whose blog you heard about this from gets her extra chance, too.)

So. The technical, small-print stuff.

You must leave comments ON THIS POST to be eligible for the prize drawing. Comments left on any other post will not qualify.

There will be at least two winners (possibly more), who will be selected via some sort of Random-Number Generator.

The contest is open for entrants until … November 15th, 2008. That should give everyone plenty of time to write a post and to give readers a chance to respond. Obviously, I want to give as much chance for the word to spread as possible!

Did I miss anything?

Now, while you’re here–please take a look around!

NOTE: November 16–comments have been closed, and now I have to do all the math to figure out the winners!

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