Here's how the Secret Summer Santa Exchange will work: Each participant will make a Secret Summer Santa Amazon Wishlist with a collection of titles (all under fifteen dollars). Names will be thrown in a virtual hat and drawn so that each person will have a Secret Summer Santa who will give them a book, and a Secret Summer Santee they will give to. Secret Summer Santas will choose a title from their Santee's wishlist. I want to be clear: Everyone who signs up will both give and receive a Summer Reading book. Sounds like fun? Yeah, I thought so too.
Here are the rules:
- You do not have to be a book blogger to participate. Everyone's welcome!
- You will need an Amazon account in order to participate, and you should create a special Wishlist with the Secret Summer Santa title. If you need help setting up a Wishlist, email me and I'll help you figure it out.
- Secret Summer Santas (SSSs--heh) will chose ONE item from your Wishlist, so it is suggested that you choose items of around $15. They will NOT be asked to order multiple books to hit the $15 limit.
- Pre-ordered items can be put on your Wishlist ONLY if they will be published BEFORE July 21.
- Sign ups begin on the 20th of April and end on June 21, the first official day of summer.
- After the names are exchanged, you will be asked to send a note (via Amazon) to your Santee to let them know their gift is on the way. Make sure you don't spoil their surprise!
- Entering your name in the link list below is OPTIONAL.
To join the exchange, you must fill out THIS form, as it is the place where you will be asked to enter your name, email address, and the url for your Wishlist.
15 comments:
Woot! I'm in!
I'm so down!
I'm so in. how exciting! What a wonderful idea.
Meghann
http://absconditas.com/
Brilliant idea! :)
I am going to join as soon as I create a wishlist, but I do have a question: do we send our partner a book straight from Amazon or can we look at their list and buy them a book at a local bookstore then send it to them?
I decided to go with the Amazon Wishlist because that way, participants don't need to share their addresses.
I deleted my original link and signup because it auto-filled with a giveaway URL rather than my homepage!
I posted about this on my blog as well a week or two ago!
Julie--thanks for plugging the event! And welcome!
This sounds like so much fun! I wanted to check though, is it open to international people? I'm in Australia, and I know shipping can be an issue!
Thanks!
Baggins
bookishbaggins(at)gmail(dot)com
I'd love to participate, but I have the same question as Baggins: Is this open to international people?
Baggins and Mervi--I've taken a poll of the participants that are already signed up. They're willing to ship internationally through The Book Depository...or similar. So feel free to join!
I'm really looking forward to this, thanks so much everyone for being willing to ship international! :-D And thanks Ruby for hosting such a fun event!
Great, thank you! :)
What a great idea!
Totally in and signing up under the wire!
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