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The best evil writing contest clauses

January 17th, 2011 · No Comments · humor

Do you recall my post about the writing contest run by First One Digital Publishing? Over the weekend, Evil Wylie ran a contest designed to mock the First One contest. He asked people to suggest terms and conditions that were even more absurd than the ones First Digital had. He got some doozies.

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You might want to avoid the First One writing contest

January 15th, 2011 · 5 Comments · opinion

I wrote a post a few days ago about First One Digital Publishing, a new publisher who plan to focus on ebooks (yes, another one). I wish I’d taken a closer look at them at the time, because I’ve now learned of their rather questionable business practices.

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MobileRead are having a contest

October 29th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

Over at MR we are having another contest, and it starts on 31 October. This one’s a murder mystery: You will have the chance to solve a new murder mystery that inexplicably takes place inside the secluded MobileRead headquarters. Take a bit of an Agatha Christie cozy and combine it with a classic “locked room” [...]

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Kobo launches a new contest

June 17th, 2010 · No Comments · contest, kobo

A friend emailed me the link to Kobo’s newest promotion. It’s on Facebook, so you’ll need an account. The contest runs until 20 July 2010. I’m not entirely clear on how you participate. You have to give Kob access to your personal info just to enter for the contest, and there is no way in [...]

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Wattpad sponsors poetry contest

April 27th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news

From the press release: Do you have a poem pacing about in the confines of your computer or your mind? Is it wild? Gentle? Hilarious? Tragic? Insane? Serious? Abstract? Concrete? All of the above? Or is it something completely different? Submit it to Wattpad and you may get published! Be sure to include the tag [...]

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