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July 31st, 2010
International Winners!
I am delighted to announce the winners of THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY International Book Blogger Tour! (What a strong showing from Team Brazil! Now I really can’t wait for you to meet the Brazilian character in the sequel to TCS, titled CINDY ON A MISSION – coming Fall 2011 in the US!) 
Huge congrats to:
– Renata Chaves (Roses’N’Wine)
– Lynsey Newton (UK Book Tours)
– Mariana Paixão (Muito Pouco Crítica)
– Priscila Braga Curto (Bookaholic)
WINNERS: Please contact me here with your mailing address to receive your touring copy of THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY!
And now…
The 10 in ’10 Teen Chick Lit Challenge Check-In!
Can you believe it’s the end of July already? Where did this month go??? It’s time to post our progress on our 10 in ’10 Teen Chick Lit Challenge reading lists.
I so happy to finally have gotten some reading in this month despite being on deadline for CINDY ON A MISSION. Kiersten White’s fabulous PARANORMALCY is a Must. Read. If you’re a fan of Rachel Hawkins’ HEX HALL (i.e. if you love The Funny and The Paranormal), then PARANORMALCY should definitely be on your radar. It recently got bumped up by a month on the release schedule, so look for it at your local bookstore on August 31st!
Okay, your turn. What have you been reading in the YA chick lit realm?
July 8th, 2010
Happy July, everyone!
Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of review requests from international bloggers who don’t have an easy way to purchase a finished copy of THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY. Unfortunately, my publisher doesn’t generally send ARCs internationally and I don’t have any ARCs left to give away.
But it got me thinking.
Right now, THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY is out on submission in a dozen or so different countries. We know that it will be released in Poland from the fabulous publisher Wydawnictwo NASZA KSIEGARNIA and we would love to see the Cindy message of “Celebrate your strength – Embrace your future – Be extraordinary” shared with girls all over the world!
The lovely Renata of Roses ‘n Wine book blog in Brazil wanted to help me get the word out about THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY in Brazil. So I was trying to figure out a good way for us to do that. US bloggers frequently “tour” books where one person receives an ARC and sets up a tour with a small group of other bloggers they think would love that book. I asked Renata what she thought about possibly doing something like that for THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY in Brazil and her enthusiastic response convinced me this was a great idea. Not just for Brazil, but for other countries as well.
And so, I’m delighted to announce…
THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY
International Book Blogger Tour!
For all you wonderful international bloggers who actively read chick lit and YA books, I am going to be sending out up to 5 finished copies of THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY.
Because this is a big expense for me, I need to make sure the people who are signing up genuinely want to read THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY and are 100% committed to setting up a small book tour with other bloggers in their home country, bloggers they believe would also enjoy this particular book.
With that in mind, here are the guidelines for the book tour…
TOUR COORDINATOR GUIDELINES
1) If you receive a copy of THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY during the TCS International Book Tour event, you agree to set up a 3-person tour of THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY with other YA book bloggers in your country.
2) The 3 book bloggers you choose to participate in your country tour a) must be active readers of teen (YA) books and b) must LOVE the chick lit genre.
3) The 3 book bloggers you choose must also:
– Read the basics about THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY on the books page
– Read the excerpt of THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY on the excerpt page
Your 3 bloggers must read those pages and be excited to read the rest of the book before they are confirmed to be part of your tour. This ensures that all of the bloggers on your tour are genuinely interested in THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY’s girl power theme and chick lit voice.
4) All book bloggers must agree to read the book within 2 weeks of receiving it on your tour and must mail the book, at their own expense, to the next person on the tour. (The last person on your tour will mail the book back to you to keep.)
HOW TO GET INVOLVED
If you would like to coordinate a book tour of THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY in your country, here’s how to submit your name for consideration:
1) Read the basics about THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY on the books page.
2) Read the chapter one excerpt of THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY on the excerpt page.
3) Tell your blogging friends about the event and link them to the basics and excerpt of the book (using the links noted above).
4) Make your list of 3 bloggers who have read the book blurb and first chapter, are excited to read the rest of THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY, and agree to read the book within 2 weeks of receiving it and mail it (at their expense) to the next person on your tour.
5) Comment below by Friday, July 30, 2010 with the following information:
– Your name
– Your blog name and blog URL
– Your country
– The 3 bloggers (blog name and blog URL) you’ll be touring the book with if you receive a copy
– Why you are excited to read THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY
HOW I’LL CHOOSE PARTICIPATION
Since this is a large business expense for me, I’ll be making my decision like a publisher would. I’ll be looking at your blog and the kinds of books you usually review. I’ll be checking out the blogs of the other 3 tour members too. I’ll be considering which countries are represented (e.g. if there are several requests for the same country, they probably won’t all get chosen). And I’ll be giving a lot of thought to why you want to read THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY (so be as specific as you can about why THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY is a must read for you!).
My goal with this event is to make sure that the international book mailings go out to people who may genuinely enjoy THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY’s girl power themes and upbeat chick lit voice. I will be sending out up to 5 finished copies of THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY. The final number of copies sent out will be decided solely at my discretion.
I will announce the official tour participants here on the blog on Saturday, July 31, 2010 and will ship out the books shortly thereafter to begin their tours. Best of luck to everyone who wishes to participate!
June 1st, 2010
Thanks so much for playing along with us last week during the Egmont debut author tour! Here are the winners of the wonderful goodies from last week’s blog posts here.
The winner of Chelsea Campbell‘s THE RISE OF RENEGADE X bookmarks is:
CINDY S.
The winner of Bree Despain‘s THE DARK DIVINE nail polish is:
MOLLY BOUNDS WILLIAMS
Congratulations Cindy and Molly! Please contact me here with your mailing address to receive your prize.
May 21st, 2010
Welcome to Day 5 of the High School Flashback Tour! It’s Friday, and you know what that means… SWAG!!!
Today on each of our blogs, we’ll be offering up a prize pack filled with all five of these fabulous goodies:
Five blogs, five goodie packs to win. Be sure to comment on everyone’s blog today!
To win the giveaway here, comment below with:
a) The most memorable thing you learned about Christina, Christy, Jen or Kim on my blog this week (+1 entry)
and/or
b) The most memorable thing you learned about me in my interviews here, here, here and here. (+1 entry)
The winner will be announced on Monday. Good luck and happy reading!
April 26th, 2010
Did you guess Kate’s lie? Be sure to check out the updated post to see if you guessed correctly!
Bundle o’ Bookmarks winner
Congratulations to…
Mallory
(aka Teen Bibliophile)
Congrats, Mallory! Please contact me here with your mailing address to receive your prize.
Chat tonight!
Tonight, Jessica from Chick Lit Teens is hosting me as the featured author in the 10 in ’10 Teen Chick Lit Challenge chat! Join us at 8pm EST to chat about The Cinderella Society and what you’ve been reading for the challenge. It’s never too late to join the challenge!
Permanent Chatzy link for 10 in ’10 Teen Chick Lit chats!
To make everyone’s life easier, here’s the permanent Chatzy link for our monthly 10 in ’10 Teen Chick Lit Challenge chats. It’s a premium room so we can accommodate as many people as we want!
www.chatzy.com/921886379231
10 in ’10 Teen Chick Lit check-in post
And don’t forget to check out this month’s 10 in ’10 check-in post, hosted by Jessica:
www.chicklitteens.com/2010/04/10-in-10-teen-chick-lit-challenge-april.html
I had a bunch of ARCs hit my desk in March – all of which were dark paranormals – so I didn’t read any of my chick lit books. With the debut of The Cinderella Society officially behind me, I’m looking forward to catching up on chick lit reads in May!
See you in chat tonight at 8pm EST!
April 16th, 2010
Thanks so much to everyone who sent emails, comments and tweets on The Cinderella Society‘s book birthday! It was absolutely a day I will never forget. And even though I’m woefully behind on ever catching up with individual thank yous, I can tell you that each and every one of them means the world to me. Thank you!!
I had a blast at the TCS Twitter launch party on Tuesday and hope you did too! MEGA thanks to Jen and Espe at Late Bloomer Online for coordinating that massive undertaking and to Jessica at Chick Lit Teens and Stacey at Page Turners for helping them with hostess duties during the epic 7-hour event.
I’ll be packaging up all the launch party prizes in the next week to ship them off to the winners. And there are four more winners to announce too! Check out today’s Good News Friday post over at Teen Fiction Cafe to see if you’re one of the four winners of special TCS launch swag from the official TCS blog launch party!
And if you’re in the Midwest and want to celebrate in person, my official launch party and signing for The Cinderella Society is tomorrow and open to the public with tons of giveaways and door prizes!
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Barnes & Noble – Metropolis
2540 Futura Pkwy. #135
Plainfield, IN 46168
2:00pm
** Official TCS launch party: author chat, signing, door prizes and more! **
Hope to see you there!
Cheers,
April 14th, 2010
Okay, here’s an insider secret:
Authors LOVE seeing pictures of people reading their books!
Seriously. This gives us all kinds of wonderful Awww moments (which we crave like chocolate. For reals.). So… I want to see pics of you with The Cinderella Society!
To encourage you to send along those pics, I’m giving away an exclusive TCS girl power gift basket to one lucky picture sender! Here’s the TCS girl power gift basket I’ll be giving away:
The gift basket includes:
** TCS metal glass slipper bookmark
** TCS mini authentic glass slipper
** Sandra Magsamen inspirational keychain (“Celebrate who you are”)
** Sandra Magsamen inspirational mini-plaque (“Believe”)
** Cute pink and red plaid notecards
Since the TCS glass slipper bookmark and mini glass slipper are in the cute pink and purple boxes, here’s what they look like:
Here’s how to play!
The Official TCS Reader Pics Game!
1) Take a fun picture with you and The Cinderella Society
2) Post a link to your photo below or tweet it to me at @kaycassidy by Sunday, April 25th, 2010
That’s it! Fun and easy, no? I’ll be putting together a slideshow of the pics just for fun, so make sure it’s something you’re okay with me including in that (after I figure out how to make one in Flickr). 
BONUS TIME!
And to make it even more fun… 5 lucky picture senders will win a signed bookplate/bookmark pair in addition to being eligible for the gift basket!
I can’t wait to see your pics and send off the gift basket!
Contest Update!
This giveaway is now closed. Since there were no entries by the April 25, 2010 deadline, this gift basket will not be awarded at this time. Look for another chance to win it later!
April 13th, 2010
Big huge bundles of YAY!!!
Today, at long last, is the official release day of THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY!
Since I am all about sharing the love, I’m delighted to announce THREE fun celebrations!
Celebration #1 – Blog Launch Party Today!
Join me and my TFC author buds at TEEN FICTION CAFE all day today for your chance to win some special TCS launch swag!
UPDATE: These prizes have been awarded.
Celebration #2 – Twitter Launch Party Tonight!
And then, join us on Twitter at 6pm – 1am EST (3pm – 10pm PST) for the official TCS Twitter launch party! We’ll have tons more prizes with fun ways to win the special TCS launch swag. Just remember to use the hashtag #HonoraryCindy to participate!
UPDATE: These prizes have been awarded.
Celebration #3 – Twitter Avatar Giveaway!
Speaking of Twitter, do you want to help spread some Cindy cheer? Join Team Cindy as we change our avatars to the TCS cover for the rest of April! Here’s the avatar for your convenience. And be sure to tweet me @kaycassidy after you change it so I can see it!
If you keep the TCS avatar up throughout the entire month of April… you’ll be eligible to win a pack of signed TCS bookmarks in two fun sizes! Just my way of saying thanks for being an Honorary Cindy.
Open to US/Canada/International – 10 winners to be chosen at random and announced in early May!
UPDATE: These prizes have been awarded.
Come join the festivities!
April 12th, 2010
Thanks to everyone for playing the “What’s your favorite line?” game with the TCS excerpt! I’m delighted to announce the winner of the TCS glass slipper bookmark!
And the winner is…
Kate
(aka I Just Wanna Sit Here and Read)
Congratulations, Kate! Please contact me here with your mailing address to receive your prize.
And stay tuned tomorrow for a chance to win more great goodies to celebrate tomorrow’s launch of The Cinderella Society! WOOHOO!!!
April 6th, 2010
It’s T-minus seven days until The Cinderella Society is in stores! This time next week, glass slipper covers will abound.
To tide you over until then, I’m delighted to announce that the exclusive TCS excerpt is now available for a sneak peek! Check it out in the Books section of the site at:
www.kaycassidy.com/books/TCS/excerpt
I’m very excited about both bits of news–TCS debuting next Tuesday (the same day Glee returns) and finally having the excerpt on the site. So… let’s celebrate!
Go check out the excerpt, then come back here and comment below with your favorite line from chapter one for your chance to win the official Cinderella Society glass slipper metal bookmark!
Good luck and happy reading!
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