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Monday, March 2, 2009

And the winners are...

We are delighted to announce the winners of Sharing-Books first contest. You may have followed the race for downloads that heated up in the second half of the contest. Now the tally is completed and here is the winning book for the first category - Most Read (downloaded):


The Little Suitcase, written by Andrea Azevedo and calligraphy by Madison Oser

The next top four books in this category were:
  • Philmore, Xebob and the Impossibility Theory written by Lucas Spata and illustrated by Chris Strebly
  • Frustrated Feet written and illustrated by May Wang
  • Knee Deep in Sheep written by Andrea Azevedo and illustrated by Lou Dahl
  • Sloogie had a Boogie written by Andrea Azevedo and illustrated by Patricia Sauer
All three authors listed in the top five downloaded books were very active in promoting their books. Lucas Spata has created a foundation to direct the proceeds of his writing to children going through cancer treatment. May Wang published her book at the end of January and despite having only the second half of the contest time to promote her book May was very effective at gathering an audience for her Frustrated Feet. Well Done!

Winner Andrea Azevedo took several initiatives in the last two weeks of the contest to help The Little Suitcase come back from behind and take the lead. We will feature an interview with Andrea in the next few days and we asked her to share some of the ideas she used to promote her books.

Our second prize was for the Most Loved Book based on a weighed average of the appreciation votes entered by registered users. The winning book is:

The Little Suitcase, written by Andrea Azevedo and calligraphy by Madison Oser

The next four books in this category are:
  • Philmore, Xebob and the Impossibility Theory written by Lucas Spata and illustrated by Chris Strebly
  • Shark Pool written by Jennifer Poulter and Illustrated by James Messer
  • Sloogie had a Boogie written by Andrea Azevedo and illustrated by Patricia Sauer
  • Pet Pup written by Jennifer Poulter and illustrated by E. R. Stanton
You may recall if you read the story of Sharing-Books on our site, that The Little Suitcase was the book that triggered the creation of Sharing-Books. We tease Andrea that all this work (and fun) is all her fault. So it is fitting that after a tough race she wins this first contest. Andrea and her co-creators have pledged all their revenue from The Little Suitcase to the benefit of the hospital that took care of Dylan Oser, the young boy who inspired the book.

As this was our first contest, we forgot to give it a name. As we will offer many contests we will simply refer to this one as "Contest Number One" to distinguish it from upcoming contests. Stay tuned as we plan to announce our next contest very soon.

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