LDS Authors Giveaway Hop

Announcing the LDS Authors Giveaway Hop

Featuring Books Written by LDS Authors

Hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer & The Book Bug

May 11th to 17th

You need not be an author to participate, any family friendly site is welcome to join the hop and giveaway a book by an LDS author.

Our hope with this hop is to bring some of the wonderful LDS authors and their fabulous books on to your radar.

You might be surprised by how many popular mainstream books are written by LDS authors. Shannon Hale, Orson Scott Card, Janette Rallison, Brandon Sanderson, Brandon Mull, James Dashner, Ally Condie, Stephenie Meyer, Bree Despain, Jessica Day George, Aprilynne Pike, Kiersten White, Robison Wells, Jason Wright, Heather Dixon, Obert Skye, Richard Paul Evans, Julie Berry, Mette Ivie Harrison, Becca Fitzpatrick, Lisa Mangum, Amber Argyle, Jennifer Laurens, Brodi Ashton... the list could go on and on.

In addition to these well know LDS authors there are dozens of amazing LDS authors who you may not yet have heard of.

The Whitney Awards: http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/
LDStoryMakers: http://ldstorymakers.com/
LDS Publishers: http://ldstorymakers.com/resources/for-writers/lds-publishers/

A great resource for fiction books by LDS authors:
http://ldsfiction.blogspot.com/

2011 Releases:
http://ldsfiction.blogspot.com/2011/12/2011-lds-fiction-by-title.html

2010 Releases
http://ldsfiction.blogspot.com/2010/12/2010-lds-fiction-by-title.html

HOP RULES:

• You must choose 1 or more books by an LDS author to feature.
• You must host a giveaway on your site, you are responsible for obtaining a book for giveaway and taking care of the shipping charges.
• Your giveaway post must include the hop image & linky (or links to the host's sites if you can't get the linky to work).
• Please only 1 mandatory entry - all others must be optional - Keep It Simple! No long lists of things for people to do.
• Your post must be live by 12:01 EST on May 11th. Please post before going to bed on Thursday, May 10th.
• The giveaway must be specifically for this hop.
• Your site must be family friendly - no erotica or 18+ sites.

To host a giveaway just add your blog or website to the linky. Please add your shipping info in parenthesis after your blog name.

If you are an LDS author and would rather donate copies of your book for giveaway instead of hosting a giveaway on your site just email Kathy at toobusyreading(at)gmail(dot)com or Lexie at lexie.bookbug(at)gmail(dot)com.