Category: Giveaways

A lot of people want to be writers. Probably more want to make money from writing. In Scratch, a wide range of authors talk about the side of writing that doesn’t get talked about enough: making cold hard cash.

Here’s the official synopsis:

A collection of essays from today’s most acclaimed authors—from Cheryl Strayed to Roxane Gay to Jennifer Weiner, Alexander Chee, Nick Hornby, and Jonathan Franzen—on the realities of making a living in the writing world.

In the literary world, the debate around writing and commerce often begs us to take sides: either writers should be paid for everything they do or writers should just pay their dues and count themselves lucky to be published. You should never quit your day job, but your ultimate goal should be to quit your day job. It’s an endless, confusing, and often controversial conversation that, despite our bare-it-all culture, still remains taboo. In Scratch, Manjula Martin has gathered interviews and essays from established and rising authors to confront the age-old question: how do creative people make money?

We’re giving away 5 copies of Scratch to Book Riot readers, thanks to our friends at BookBaby. One of these lucky winners will also win  $500 credit on any BookBaby order over $500. 

Go here to enter the giveaway, or just click the cover image below:

We have 10 copies of The Girl in the Garden by Melanie Wallace to give away to 10 Riot readers.

Here’s what it’s about:

When June arrives on the coast of New England, baby in arms, an untrustworthy man by her side, Mabel—who rents them a cabin—senses trouble. A few days later, the girl and her child are abandoned.

June is soon placed with Mabel’s friend, Iris, in town, and her life becomes entwined with a number of locals who have known one another for decades: a wealthy recluse with a tragic past; a forsaken daughter returning for the first time in years; a lawyer, whose longings he can never reveal; and a kindly World War II veteran who serves as the town’s sage. Surrounded by the personal histories and secrets of others, June finds the way forward for herself and her son amid revelations of the others’ pasts, including loves—and crimes—from years ago.

In vivid, nuanced prose, Melanie Wallace explores the time-tested bonds of a small community, the healing power of friendship and love, and whether the wrongs of the past can ever be made right.

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We have 10 copies of Caraval by Stephanie Garber to give away to 10 Riot readers.

Here’s what it is:

Welcome, welcome to Caraval—Stephanie Garber’s sweeping tale of two sisters who escape their ruthless father when they enter the dangerous intrigue of a legendary game.

One of 2017’s most anticipated YA novels.

Raves from:

“I lost myself in Caraval and never wanted to come out.” —Sabaa Tahir, author of An Ember in the Ashes

“Beautifully written.” —Renée Ahdieh, author of The Wrath and the Dawn

“Shimmers with magic.” —Marie Rutkoski, author of The Winner’s Curse

A legendary game, the unbreakable bond of two sisters, and a mesmerizing romance.

It’s the closest you’ll ever find to magic in this world . . .

Simply go here to enter the giveaway, or just click the cover image below. Good luck!

It’s pretty amazing how good ereaders are now. High-resolution screens, great battery life, built-in wi-fi, backlighting, and more. There is one frontier though that only a few ereaders have tackled: water-resistance.

The bath, the beach, poolside: all classic places to read that haven’t to this point been conducive to ereading. But not anymore.

We’re giving away the best of the new breed of waterproof ereaders: the Nook Glowlight Plus. It’s a damn fine ereader that you can take with you to any reading spot without worrying about frying it with a little splash.

So, go here to enter for a chance to win, or just click on the image below. Good luck!

We have 10 copies of Wires and Nerve by Marissa Meyer to give away to 10 Riot readers.

In her first graphic novel, bestselling author Marissa Meyer extends the world of the Lunar Chronicles with a brand-new, action-packed story about Iko, the android with a heart of (mechanized) gold. When rogue packs of wolf-hybrid soldiers threaten the tenuous peace alliance between Earth and Luna, Iko takes it upon herself to hunt down the soldiers’ leader. She is soon working with a handsome royal guard who forces her to question everything she knows about love, loyalty, and her own humanity. With appearances by Cinder, Cress, Scarlet, Winter, and the rest of the Rampion crew, this is a must-have for fans of the bestselling series.

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Picture books, illustrated novels, graphic novels–we love when art and the written word harmonize. Share your favorite illustrated books, and be entered to win a copy of It’s All Absolutely Fine by Ruby Elliot.

It’s All Absolutely Fine is for anyone who struggles with not feeling absolutely fine. Tackling the not-so-simple subjects of depression, anxiety, and body image, Ruby’s unique, humorous, and brutally honest voice and eccentric illustrations will remind readers that they’re not alone—and that it’s okay to struggle and to talk about struggling.

So go here to enter for a chance to win, or just click the cover image below. Good luck!

We have 10 copies of Here We Are by Kelly Jensen to give away to 10 Riot readers.

Book Riot’s own Kelly Jensen edited Here We Are, a scrapbook-style teen guide to understanding what it means to be a twenty-first-century feminist. It’s packed with contributions from a diverse range of voices, including TV, film, and pop-culture celebrities and public figures such as ballet dancer Michaela DePrince and her sister Mia and politician Wendy Davis, as well as bestselling authors like Nova Ren Suma, Malinda Lo, Brandy Colbert, Courtney Summers, and many more. Paste Magazine named Here We Are A Most Anticipated YA Book of 2017 and says “it’s too good to pass up.”

So go here to enter, or just click the cover image below:

Subscription boxes are all the rage these days, but book-of-the-month clubs have been around for decades. There is just something implicitly great about getting surprise books in the mail.

For our latest giveaway, I was looking around for a cool subscription to giveaway, and I thought this Thriller & Espionage Club from The Mysterious Bookshop looked great. So that’s what we have on offer: a three-month subscription that will provide you some curated picks from a bookstore dedicated to these genres. Not bad right?

Go here to enter for a chance to win, or just click the exceedingly generic “espionage” image below:

We have 10 copies of Once We Were Sisters by Sheila Kohler to give away to 10 Riot readers.

Here’s what it’s about:

A stunningly beautiful, heartrending literary memoir about the tragic death of the author’s beloved older sister and a tribute to their bond. When Sheila Kohler was thirty-seven, she received the heart-stopping news that her sister Maxine was killed when her husband drove them off a deserted road in Johannesburg. Stunned by the news, she immediately flew in, determined to find answers and forced to reckon with the lingering effects of their unusual childhood. In her signature spare and incisive prose, Kohler evokes the bond between sisters and shows how that bond changes but never breaks, even after death.

Interested now? Ok, go here to enter for a chance to win, or just click the cover image below. Good luck!

We have 100 copies of Gilded Cage by Vic James to give away to 100 Riot readers!

Here’s what it’s about:

The world belongs to the Equals—aristocrats with magical gifts—and all commoners must serve them for ten years.

But behind the gates of England’s grandest estate lies a power that could break the world.

Our heroes are a brother and sister who are brought to serve Britain’s most powerful family. It’s upstairs-downstairs drama; beautiful and wicked aristocrats romancing rebellious commoners; and an epic of politics, passion, and revolution.

Not all are free. Not all are equal. Not all will be saved.

For your chance to be one of the 100, go here to enter, or just click on the book’s cover below. Good luck!