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Book Contest, looking for under-known authors perfect for Book Clubs
The book pick book contest, open to all authors

2010 Winner of "The Book Pick" Contest:

Looks Easy Enough: A Joyful Memoir of Overcoming Disease, Divorce, and Disaster
Looks Easy Enough: A Joyful Memoir of Overcoming Disease, Divorce, and Disaster
By Scott Stevenson

LOOKS EASY ENOUGH is a work of narrative non-fiction recounting a four year period in the author’s life where at the age of forty-six he marries for the first time, retires, and moves with his bride to a small mountain town to live the simple life. Instead, he finds himself supporting his wife through cancer, helping his sister through a grueling four year divorce from an abusive husband, painfully witnessing their retirement money circle the drain in the biggest stock market crash since the Great Depression, and watching as a thousand foot wall of dense smoke and raging flames (the Cedar Fire - San Diego, California) approaches their home – the home they spent the last three years building themselves. With the flames less than a hundred yards from their back door they realize, they could lose everything. Yet through it all – cancer, divorce, market crashes, and forest fires - the author ultimately sees the events for what they really are . . . and comes out smiling.


About "The Book Pick" Contest!

We are seeking America’s greatest undiscovered books that our book clubs will LOVE! So we want to know about all the books that maybe aren't getting on Oprah's or the Best Seller list, but SHOULD BE! We want to help YOU get the word out to book clubs about YOUR book! We have over 2700 members and 450 clubs (and growing) in our community and we are looking for the next, best story to share with readers.


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Winter 09 Top 5 finalist, Joan Lerner
said, “Becoming a finalist in the Book Bundlz Book Pick Contest is a source of great pride. The attendant publicity "Among Us Women" got from appearing daily on its website, between selection by the committee and the membership vote, promoted sales and invitations from a couple of book clubs. I noted the honor on my own website (www.amonguswomen.com) 
and use it as a tag line when I speak about my book.” 



Here is how it goes...

Book submissions will be accepted from all published authors (includes self-published, young, old, big names and unknowns) as long as the book is printed and has an actual ISBN number and can be found through the Amazon database. (See dates below for submission)

Once we get all the book submissions in, the submissions will be narrowed down to the Top 5* book picks that we think are most appropriate for our book club readers.

If your book is in the Top 5, it will be listed on our site for roughly 3 weeks!!! During which time, we will open up the voting. Top vote getter of the chosen 5 will be our BB Book Pick for the indicated month.

A note about voting: Clubies can vote once a day EVERY day of the voting period! But only once a day. So vote often! And recruit your friends! (Remember it's free to become a Clubie.) You want lots of votes, cause...


The winner will receive:

The Monthly Feature on BookBundlz website, including mentions on: the Home page, Club House, & Best Sellers to name just a few pages

5 free reviews from our BB Club House members (Ceci, Reese, Sam, Nick, and the Book Junky)

Feature in our monthly e-newsletter, NewsBundlz. Click here to sign up if you haven't already.

Twitter and Facebook mentions on our BB Twitter and Facebook Fan page

Promoted as the winner of our contest for 6 MONTHS on our BB Club House page

Mentioned in our Press Release announcing the winner

Whoah! We may not be the "Grand Dame Miss O" but that's a great value to the winner (and the Top 5)! 

Additional prizes may be announced.


Requirements to Enter:

Your book must be a book that is appropriate for book clubs (i.e. Fiction, memoir, etc. No text books, "how to"s, etc.)

There is a $35 non-refundable entrance fee for regular registration, payable through PayPal 

TWO non-returnable printed versions of your book must be mailed to and received by the cut off date to (No E-books at this time.):

BookBundlz
P.O. Box 309
Port Hueneme, CA 93044-0309

Both books will be donated to literacy organizations after the contest. (See below.)

Your book must be available to purchase through Amazon. (We work in conjunction with their database, so you have to be in there. Click here to get your book listed on Amazon.)



Contest Dates:

2010 Contest:

April 12-May 8th:

Submissions are accepted (Must be post marked by May 8, 2010)

June 3:

We will announce the top 5 book choices as narrowed down by our BB staff.

June 3-June 29th:

The top 5 will be up for a vote on our website. 

July 1:

We will announce the winner!

August:

The winning book will be featured on BookBundlz as our BB Club House Book Pick!
Why August? Because we need OUR readers to get their books a month ahead of time so we can get those FREE reviews rolling for you!

July 1 - December 31st:

You will be posted as the winner from on the BB Club House page.


Other Details and things to Note:

What happens to the books once the contest is done?
All books submitted will be donated to help the Campaign for Literacy.
Both of your donated books will go to Open Books in Chicago, IL.
Your second book will be donated to another organization of our choosing working to promote literacy in another area to be determined for each contest. This organization will be featured on our website.


If you are not in the top 5 book selection:
If your book is not picked in the top 5, you can re-enter during the next contest. All requirements apply.


*Top 5 is a relative number. If we don't think there are 5 worthy choices of being a book club pick, we will choose the appropriate amount subject to our discretion.

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