As I mentioned last week, I'm auctioning off an advance review copy of The Stepsister Scheme. All proceeds will be donated to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
The auction is now live. I went for the 10-day listing, so if my math skills haven't failed me, the auction will close on October 23.
Please check it out and spread the word. I believe I've got everything set up properly with the eBay listing, but if you see a problem, let me know ASAP so I can get that corrected.
Like I said before, if the bidding breaks $100, I'll start to throw in some extra prizes to the winner. How many prizes depends on just how high that closing price goes. I've never done this before, so I have no idea what to expect. Scalzi raised over $2000 with a similar auction ... but then, he's John Scalzi. I figure any donation to NCADV is a good one.
And on that note, if you don't want to bid but still feel like donating, the NCADV donations page is at http://www.ncadv.org/donate.php
sistercoyote and guinwhyte offered the ideas that led to this nice graphic ad. Feel free to swipe it and to add whatever embellishments you like! Or if you prefer the easy way, just copy and paste the following code for the short and sweet:
Thanks, all.
Please check it out and spread the word. I believe I've got everything set up properly with the eBay listing, but if you see a problem, let me know ASAP so I can get that corrected.
Like I said before, if the bidding breaks $100, I'll start to throw in some extra prizes to the winner. How many prizes depends on just how high that closing price goes. I've never done this before, so I have no idea what to expect. Scalzi raised over $2000 with a similar auction ... but then, he's John Scalzi. I figure any donation to NCADV is a good one.
And on that note, if you don't want to bid but still feel like donating, the NCADV donations page is at http://www.ncadv.org/donate.php
sistercoyote and guinwhyte offered the ideas that led to this nice graphic ad. Feel free to swipe it and to add whatever embellishments you like! Or if you prefer the easy way, just copy and paste the following code for the short and sweet:Thanks, all.
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Um ... the way eBay works, I think you might still have to actually pay the shipping, but I can bring a refund with the book when I come to Chicago.
P.S. - Scalzi posted it on Whatever!
Edited at 2008-10-13 02:07 pm (UTC)
John is awesome :-)
Any suggestions for an alternate tagline?
Whatever you decide, thank you. I very much appreciate the generosity and willingness to give here.
(And I'm spending far too much time today hopping over to eBay to follow this thing...)
Edited at 2008-10-13 08:02 pm (UTC)
Yeah, me, too, but I think I'll wait until the 22nd (I won't be able to get up that early the 23rd) to decide if my max is going to change - that will give me a better idea of what it's really going to go for.
I'm going to blame this entirely on LJ having such a wild range of styles, none of which are necessarily conforming to any particular specs.
Best of luck with the auction.
I talked to him about it, and he said he's been wanting to do something that combined both anime and western styles. DAW is apparently the first publisher that said, "Go for it!" I think he's on to something here :-)
You do that a lot -- make me feel better.
I put a link up to the auction from my LJ. Every click counts, after all :)