MobileRead Spring Contest - The Winners!

Alexander Turcic · 05-21-2010, 05:12 AM

At long last! Sorry for the delay guys, but here are your winners for our MobileRead Spring Contest.

The main prizes go to:

PocketBooks:
GeoffC and nikkie

Astak Pocket PROs:
Blue Monkey and Freckles

The 20 Directebooks vouchers go to:

AJ Starr
argentsly
ATDrake
cassidym
cu_cannon
desdemona
DocChip
dsvick
Ham88
Historiann
karenh
Latinandgreek
Lettir
loldevin
MantleTyper
PKFFW
R_Dollish
SilverGhost40
Sourpy
sqrt(-1)

Another round of Directebook vouchers for outstandingly entertaining entries go to:

Beppe
LCF
omk3
poohbear
SneakySnake
Steve Jordan
WT Sharpe

So who killed pshrynk? The answer: mtravellerh! All of you who submitted the right answer - you have shown us some excellent deductive and wildly creative reasoning that would even make Sherlock Holmes tremble with envy.

Even if you didn't win a reading device or a voucher this time, a big thank you to everyone for making this such a great game. As promised, attached you find the special, leather-bound in a crush proof cover, gold-leaf collector's edition of Rock Lobster's case notes for your maximum enjoyment.

My personal thanks to the MobileRead team who I believe did an amazing job in making this contest come true. You guys rock!!!!

Last but not least, thank you to our friends at PocketBook, Astak and Directebooks who sponsored this contest.

PS: Be on the lookout for more MobileRead contests soon!

Sweetpea · 05-21-2010, 05:20 AM

Congrats to the winners!

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Another round of Directebook vouchers for outstandingly entertaining entries go to:

Will these entries be posted somewhere as well?

netseeker · 05-21-2010, 05:23 AM

Congratulation to all winners!

Also a big thank you to all other participants of the contest as well as to PocketBook, Astak and Directebooks.

dreams · 05-21-2010, 05:32 AM

Congratulations, everyone

and a big Thank You to the very generous sponsors:
PocketBook, Astak and Directebooks .

zelda_pinwheel · 05-21-2010, 05:38 AM

congratulations to all the winners and a huge THANK YOU to everyone who participated ! this contest was really a lot of fun because of your discussion and theories and i enjoyed every minute of it. i hope you all had as much fun as i did !

BlueMonkey · 05-21-2010, 05:42 AM

Thx for the great contest!

I was really jumping with joy when I got the news

(And nearly embarrassed myself as I was staying in the college library at that moment

). Now I can't wait to get my hands on the EZ Reader

Congratz to all the other winners

David Munch · 05-21-2010, 06:05 AM

Congratulations to the winners..

Yet another awesome competition by MobileRead! Looking forward to the next one!

beachwanderer · 05-21-2010, 06:15 AM

Congrats to all winners and thanks again to those behind the scenes !

omk3 · 05-21-2010, 07:02 AM

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CONGRATULATIONS
to ALL the winners!!

An enormous THANK YOU
to MobileRead for organizing the most entertaining and creative contests ever, and to the very generous sponsors!

And...and...I'm lost for words. You guys... you actually went and got more prizes...for outstandingly entertaining entries... and one of them was for me?

That goes to show how amazing this place is... Really... A huge thank you to all!

zelda_pinwheel · 05-21-2010, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by omk3

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CONGRATULATIONS
to ALL the winners!!

An enormous THANK YOU
to MobileRead for organizing the most entertaining and creative contests ever, and to the very generous sponsors!

And...and...I'm lost for words. You guys... you actually went and got more prizes...for outstandingly entertaining entries... and one of them was for me?

That goes to show how amazing this place is... Really... A huge thank you to all!

aw ! omk, it's all worth it for a reaction like that !

sorry we put you through so much mental anguish. we hope the prize will make up for it a little bit.

zelda_pinwheel · 05-21-2010, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Congrats to the winners!

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Another round of Directebook vouchers for outstandingly entertaining entries go to:

Will these entries be posted somewhere as well?

maybe the participants in question can be persuaded to post them, if you ask nicely.

Direct Ebooks · 05-21-2010, 07:12 AM

Well done to all the winners. I really enjoyed the competiotion - great fun and really well run. Hopefully we will see many more!

ShortNCuddlyAm · 05-21-2010, 07:14 AM

Congrats to the winners, and a BIG thank you to MR and the sponsors

Lady Blue · 05-21-2010, 07:17 AM

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omk3 · 05-21-2010, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

aw ! omk, it's all worth it for a reaction like that !

sorry we put you through so much mental anguish. we hope the prize will make up for it a little bit.

Mental anguish? I loved it!

And the deluxe leather-bound gold-leaf ebook is of course a priceless prize in itself! I will keep it in the most prominent shelf of my library for ever

(loved the epilogue by the way

)

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Will these entries be posted somewhere as well?

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

maybe the participants in question can be persuaded to post them, if you ask nicely.

Mine is already posted and buried somewhere in the huge discussion thread. I can probably find the post again if you are interested

05-21-2010, 05:23 AM	#3
netseeker sleepless reader Posts: 4,770 Karma: 557657 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Germany, near Stuttgart Device: Sony PRS-505, PB 360° & 302, nook wi-fi, Kindle 3	Congratulation to all winners! Also a big thank you to all other participants of the contest as well as to PocketBook, Astak and Directebooks. __________________ — Angel to some, demon to others —

05-21-2010, 05:32 AM	#4
dreams Anticipation Posts: 21,410 Karma: 50511916 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	Congratulations, everyone and a big Thank You to the very generous sponsors: PocketBook, Astak and Directebooks . __________________ MobileRead Wiki . MobileRead's Patricia Clark Memorial Library free (mostly PD) ebooks MobileRead's Posting Guidelines . Author Guidelines 2012 list - 2013 list

05-21-2010, 05:38 AM	#5
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,828 Karma: 908606 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	congratulations to all the winners and a huge THANK YOU to everyone who participated ! this contest was really a lot of fun because of your discussion and theories and i enjoyed every minute of it. i hope you all had as much fun as i did ! __________________ blog.ex-elibris.fr : les liseuses, les ebooks, nos lectures, la technologie… I don't want none of that mischief on my eels! - pdurrant since i would never want to disappoint wde and vr, we are thrilled to present the next exciting avatar in zelda's wardrobe, by vivaldirules himself.

05-21-2010, 05:42 AM	#6
BlueMonkey Evangelist Posts: 437 Karma: 2338 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Augsburg Device: Astak EZ Reader Pocket Pro, Nexus S	Thx for the great contest! I was really jumping with joy when I got the news (And nearly embarrassed myself as I was staying in the college library at that moment ). Now I can't wait to get my hands on the EZ Reader Congratz to all the other winners __________________ BlueMonkey is proudly inspired by Evil Monkey and El Mono Azul

05-21-2010, 06:15 AM	#8
beachwanderer Haiku-Hasardeur (c)K-Thom Posts: 1,460 Karma: 2596164 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Northern Germany Device: enTourage eDGe, PB 360 plus, a number of Palm OS devices	Congrats to all winners and thanks again to those behind the scenes ! __________________ Look around, then close your eyes and see! Donnerstags-Haiku via Walfischbucht-Blog / MobileRead Pin - Can be yours too, drop me a PM

05-21-2010, 06:05 AM	#7
David Munch Scholar Posts: 673 Karma: 3001550 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Denmark Device: iPad 2	Congratulations to the winners.. Yet another awesome competition by MobileRead! Looking forward to the next one!

05-21-2010, 07:02 AM	#9
omk3 Wizard Posts: 1,455 Karma: 37243 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Europe Device: pocketbook 360, kindle 4	..... CONGRATULATIONS to ALL the winners!! An enormous THANK YOU to MobileRead for organizing the most entertaining and creative contests ever, and to the very generous sponsors! And...and...I'm lost for words. You guys... you actually went and got more prizes...for outstandingly entertaining entries... and one of them was for me? That goes to show how amazing this place is... Really... A huge thank you to all! __________________ My translations/ Οι μεταφράσεις μου: (ψιλο)ΝΕΚΡΗ (Naomi Kramer) , Ίχνη Φαντασμάτων (Maria E. Schneider)

05-21-2010, 07:12 AM	#12
Direct Ebooks Hibernian eBook Warrior Posts: 184 Karma: 1264 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Cork, Ireland Device: Sony Reader	Well done to all the winners. I really enjoyed the competiotion - great fun and really well run. Hopefully we will see many more! __________________ Visit Directebooks.com for all your bestsellers and our unique loyalty program - Money back with each purchase! Check us out and if you decide to buy with the little guy, you get 25% off your first eBook!

05-21-2010, 07:14 AM	#13
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,882 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	Congrats to the winners, and a BIG thank you to MR and the sponsors __________________ Am --- So long, and thanks for all the fish

05-21-2010, 07:17 AM	#14
Lady Blue the snarky blue one Posts: 4,422 Karma: 70357 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: next to the cute little fish Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, PRS-600	Congratulations Winners!

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