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Tiffany Morris wins the signed hardbound first edition of S3B1: Between Their Worlds.

Tiffany’s prize will be in the mail by tomorrow at the latest and on its way to her doorstep. This concludes the fourth of the current series of six raffles for signed volumes from the Noble Dead Saga. And now, since we know that all of you want to know what comes next…

The current raffle for a signed hardbound first edition of S3B1: Between Their Worlds ended as of midnight last night. Hopefully all of you got your entry in before the deadline.

The winner selected via use of Random.org has been notified via email and has 48 hours to respond with verification of shipping address. If no response is received, a new winner is selected and verification repeats. Come Monday we should have either a winner to announce or notification of a redraw process.

After that, we will let all of you know when the next raffle will begin and what the prize will be. In this six raffle series, there will be three signed hardbound first editions of S3B2: The Dog in the Dark interspersed with other prizes. You might already have guessed what the next prize will be if you have been monitoring the order of prizes on the raffles so far. And yes, you may enter each raffle regardless of winning a previous prize.

The deadline for all entries is tonight at Midnight (PST) tonight. So if you have not entered already to win a signed hardbound first edition of S3B1: Between Their Worlds…

Please see the “original post” and follow the instructions so your entry is confirmed in your first submission.

This raffle is only open to participants in the USA.

Just a heads up. The third raffle for a signed hardbound first edition of S3B1: Between Their Worlds… ends Friday, at Midnight PST. So if you have not entered yet…

Please see the “original post” and follow the instructions so your entry is confirmed in your first submission.

This raffle is only open to participants in the USA.

Time for the fourth in our six raffles for books from the Noble Dead Saga. This week’s prize is a signed hardbound first edition of S3B1: Between Their Worlds…

But wait—there’s more! Watch for notice later this day to join in on another raffle happening over at BarbHendee.org!

Follow instructions below so your entry is confirmed on the first submission. Entries sent in before this notice have been deleted. This raffle is open to only readers in the USA. 

Jennifer Gardner wins the second of three signed hardbound first editions of S3B2: The Dog in the Dark.

Jennifer’s prize will be in the mail by tomorrow and on its way to her doorstep. This concludes the third of the current series of six raffles for signed volumes from the Noble Dead Saga.

And now, since we know that you all want to know what is next…

Since the release of S3B2: The Dog in the Dark, we have heard from non-USA readers having problems in finding where to purchase it in their territory. Similar problems have been reported with other volumes in the Noble Dead Saga. We checked into this with our editor, and here is what we have learned. (Oh, and we checked the latest listings at places like Amazon.co.uk, and S3B2 is available there right now!)

From Barb: Okay, I just checked the B&N stores within a hundred miles of our house, and all of them are showing that they have copies of S3B2: The Dog in the Dark. I just wanted to make sure because this is an unusual release date for us.

So far, the only glitch I'm seeing for this release date is that the mass market paperback for S3B1: Between Their Worlds is being listed on Amazon and B&N as a completely separate book (it's not linked on the hard cover/Kindle page at either site), and the e-editions are still listed at $12.99 when they should have dropped to $7.99. Our publisher is closed for the holidays, but if this problems has not corrected itself, I'll contact our editor on Wednesday and see if she can help.

From J.C.: Certain standard vendors we link for each book on our “Books” page have delayed updating their listing for S3B2: The Dog in the Dark. Very frustrating for us, as well as some of our readers of ebook editions. This has been reported to our publisher, and I am monitoring those vendors several times per day. As soon as proper listings are available, I will update them immediately on our site.

Noble DEAD Raffle #1—UPDATE

The winner of the first raffle has been determined and notified, but we have yet to set up processing on the prize. Please stayed tuned for the official announcement later today, along with details for when the next raffle will begin. There will be a little something extra as well for what is coming.

Charles Shumaker wins the signed hardbound first edition of S3B1: Between Their Worlds.

Delivery instructions have been forwarded to the publisher’s publicity department. Charles’ prize should be shipped by early Tuesday and arrive within ten business days. This concludes the last of the current series of bi-weekly raffles for signed volumes from the Noble Dead Saga.

Don’t be sad, for we’ll have more online events like this in the future. For now, it is time for us to settle into a busy summer schedule of planning for S3B3 [untitled], waiting to see copyedits for S3B2: The Dog in the Dark… oh, and another entry in “Tales from the world of the Noble Dead Saga”…

COMING SOON!

Yes, indeed, watch for a notice later this week about the (early) release of the first entry in the “Bones of the Earth” sequence, Karras the Kitten. Anyone up for a little dwarven adventure? Also coming sometime in June (maybe earlier) will be the second entry in the “Homeward” sequence called The Feral Path. Of course, this means J.C. has to also find time to do the publishing side. In the meantime, for those who missed it, stop by the “Tales” page at NobleDead.org to check out Homeward, I: The Game Piece, already available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble online.

That’s enough of a teaser for now. And most of all, thank you to everyone who joined in on the fun with the raffles.

The current raffle for a signed hardbound first edition of S3B1: Between Their Worlds is now closed. The random winner has been selected, contacted for verification of shipping information, and has 48 hours to respond.

Once verified, the official winner will be announced. This is the last in the current series of raffles, but don’t be too sad; we’ll have other little online events like this in the future. And keep an eye out in the coming week for something special of interest as well.

There’s about 35 hours left in the final raffle in this series for a signed, hardbound, first edition of S3B1: Between Their Worlds. The deadline for entries is this Friday, Midnight, PST, so get yours in if you haven’t already.

Please follow the instructions below so your entry is confirmed on the first submission.

The raffle is open to only readers in the USA. Deadline for receipt of all entries is Friday, May 11th, Midnight PST (via the timestamp on the email you send for your entry). By the following Monday, one random winner will be notified via email and (once confirmed) will be announced (by name only) through the NobleDead.org and its newsfeed and accepted social systems. The publisher will be notified as well, and the winner should receive the prize within 10 business days.

Go to the Contact page and submit the following information:

Name: [First and Last in full]
Email: [where winners will be notified]
Subject: NOBLE DEAD RAFFLE
Message: Street Address, City, State, Zip Code

ABOUT EMAIL:

1. Use an account that you check at least once everyday.
2. If you are screening for spam by rejecting HTML content, white-list the “nobledead.org” domain in your mail program and/or server to be certain you receive notification if you win a raffle. [We do not send email spam—ever!]
3. Barb and J.C. have full control of all participant information; you will not be added to any form of mailing list. All entries are discarded/deleted once a raffle is complete.

Winner Selection Process

The following is the process for the raffle and awarding of the prize.

1. Each entry is checked upon arrival for complete contact and delivery information as required. This saves a step in the process for having to request and then verify the winner’s shipping information.
2. Correct and complete entries are confirmed by email within 72 hours of being received. Incomplete entries are discarded and, if possible, the entrant is notified.
3. After the raffle's closing date/time, all entries are checked for duplicates based on Name, Email, and Delivery Address. Clear duplicates are discarded. Indeterminate ones may receive an email query at our discretion.
4. Verified entries are assigned a number by ordered of date/time received. The total number of entries is entered into a pure random number generator to select the winner. [See Random.org]
5. The winner is notified and reconfirmation of entry delivery information is requested. The winner has 48 hours to respond. If no response is received, that entry is discarded and a new winner is selected according to Step 4.
6. Upon confirmation of delivery information, the winner is announced via NobleDead.org and its news distribution systems, including linked social systems.
7. Delivery information is passed on to the publisher’s publicity department, and the winner will receive the indicated prize, usually within 10 business days.

Here we are again for the sixth and finally time in this current series of raffles. Time for just one more chance to have a book shipped straight to your door from the publisher, this time for another signed hardbound first edition of S3B1: Between Their Worlds…

Please follow the instructions below so your entry is confirmed on the first submission.

Nicolette Whealy wins the signed hardbound first edition of S2B2: Through Stone and Sea.

Delivery instructions have been forwarded to the publisher’s publicity department. Nicolette’s prize should be shipped by late Monday or early Tuesday and arrive within ten business days. This concludes the fifth of six bi-weekly raffles for signed volumes from the Noble Dead Saga.

Coming next Friday, we will initiate the last raffle in this current series. The next prize is another signed hardback first edition of S3B1: Between Their Worlds. Watch for the notice coming next Friday, May 4th, so spread the word.

NOTE: Entries will not be accepted until after notice of the raffle’s opening is given via this and other avenues of news from NobleDead.org.

Jessica Villasenor wins a signed hardbound copy of S2B3: Of Truth and Beasts.

Delivery instructions have been forwarded to the publisher’s publicity department. Jessica’s prize should be shipped by tomorrow and arrive within ten business days. This concludes the third of six bi-weekly raffles for signed volumes from the Noble Dead Saga.

Coming next Friday, we will initiate the next raffle. This time the prize is a little different: the complete Series/Phase 2 of the Noble Dead saga as signed paperback first editions. The winner will receive all three: In Shade and Shadow, Through Stone and Sea, Of Truth and Beasts.

Watch for the notice coming next Friday, April 6th; as entries for the next raffle will not be accepted until then. So spread the word.

The current raffle for a signed hardbound copy of S3B1: Between Their Worlds is now closed. The random winner has been selected and contacted for verification of shipping information and has 48 hours to respond.

Once verfied, the official winner will be announced and we’ll present a little information about the prize for the next raffle starting this coming Friday. Spread the word.

UPDATE: Barb and J.C. have just completed revisions on S3B2: The Dog in the Dark.

The manuscript is now back in the hands of their editor. Next stop, the copyedits, likely in another month or so. Excerpts will not appear at NobleDead.org until likely September, as with previous editions of the saga, so don’t get too anxious just yet.

This is the last day for entries in the current raffle for a signed hardbound copy of S3B1: Between Their worlds. There’s about ten hours left to the deadline tonight at Midnight, PST, so get your entry in if you haven’t already. [Open only to readers in the USA].

See the original raffle notice for full instructions on how to enter. We’ll announce the winner by Monday along with any details for the next raffle down the way.

Revisions on S3B2: The Dog in the Dark are nearly complete, so JC took some time to find some time for other delayed work. The gallery function for book covers at NobleDead.org has finally been fixed and updated. If you had trouble with the “Int’l Gallery” or even book cover enlargement on the “Books” page, hopefully you won’t anymore. The new ajax script also updates book “Excerpts” access as well. Likely you won’t notice any difference if you’ve peeked at online excerpts before.

And don’t forget about the ongoing “Noble Dead Raffle” for a signed copy of S3B1: Between Their Worlds, which ends this coming Friday, Midnight, PST.

We’re a bit late, as it was Barb and J.C.’s anniversary Friday, though they took Thursday off instead and then had to catch up on revision work for S3B2: The Dog in the Dark.

But here we are again, finally. Time for another chance to have a book shipped straight to your door from our publisher, this time for another signed hardback copy of S3B1: Between Their Worlds…

Matthew Hage wins a signed copy of S2B3: Of Truth and Beasts.

Even as you read this, instructions have been issued to the publisher’s publicity department, and Matthew’s prize should arrive within ten business days. This concludes the second of six bi-weekly raffles for signed volumes from the Noble Dead Saga.

Coming next Friday, we will initiate the next raffle for another signed hardback copy of S3B1: Between Their Worlds, the first book in the third of four series/phases in the Noble Dead Saga. Watch for the notice, as entries for the next raffle will not be accepted until then. Keep an eye out for other special news yet to come from NobleDead.org and BarbHendee.org.

The current raffle closed as of Friday, Midnight, PST. The next raffle begins this coming Friday, so watch for the announcement.

The next book prize is another signed copy of S3B2: Between Their Worlds, the currently released volume of the Noble Dead Saga. See the “Books” page at NobleDead.org for synopsis and additional information.

The winner of the current raffle has been generated by random selection and will be contacted later today by email for confirmation of delivery information. Once that step is complete, we will announce the official winner.

For those curious about how winner selection and other parts of the process, it is as follows:

1. Each entry is checked upon arrival for its inclusion of complete contact and delivery information.
2. Correct and complete entries are confirmed by email within 72 hours of being received. Incomplete entries are discarded and, if possible, the entrant is notified.
3. After the raffle's closing date/time, all entries are checked for duplicates based on Name, Email, and Delivery Address. Clear duplicates are discarded. Indeterminate ones may receive an email query at our discretion.
4. Verified entries are ordered by date/time received and thereby assigned a number.
5. The total number of entries is entered into a pure random number generator to select the winning entry. [See Random.org]
6. The winner is notified and reconfirmation of delivery information is sought.
7. Upon confirmation of delivery information from the winner, the winning announcement is made via NobleDead.org and its news distribution system, including linked social systems and sites.
8. Delivery information is passed on to the publicity department of our publisher, and the winner will received the indicated prize, usually within 10 business days.