Call for Bout of Books 9.0 Experts

We need YOU.

Bout of Books has attracted more participants every time we've held it. And as it grows, we're limited as to how many people we can reach and interact with.

That's where Bout of Books experts come in.

What makes a person a Bout of Books expert, you ask?

• You've participated in three Bout of Books prior to 9.0
• You love Bout of Books and want to make sure everyone knows how awesome it is
• You're willing to commit some of your free time to helping us
• You love connecting with fellow book lovers and cheering them on

If you're chosen as an expert, you get to visit #boutofbooks-ers' blogs and comment on their posts--tell them how awesome they are and how well they're doing. WHO DOESN'T LOVE SPREADING LOVE?!?!?

We will be closing this form on December 22nd. If you're interested in helping us, make sure you get on our list before then!

Call for Bout of Books 9.0 Challenge Hosts

Bout of Books 9.0 is January 6th through January 12th

Like us on Facebook

and follow us on Twitter

to join the social media fun.

We need YOUR help. This post is ONLY for people who want to host a challenge.

Challenges information

• Bloggers host challenges on their own blogs. (If you do not have a blog, you may host it here.)
• Challenges run for 24 hours and run from midnight CST to midnight CST.
• There will be a limit of two challenges per day.
• Challenge sign up will close December 15th at 11:59pm CST.

Things to keep in mind:

Preference will be given to challenges that are NOT genre specific. You will be turned down or asked to change your challenge so it's not genre specific. We want to include EVERYONE. For an idea on what we look at, visit Kelly's post on this topic: The Challenge of Challenges

Preference is given to international giveaways OR no giveaways. We're a worldwide read-a-thon.

You must have a challenge idea at the time of filling out the form to be considered. If you don't have an idea, check out what some past participants said about what they'd like to see.

Chat Tomorrow!

Join us tomorrow on the Twitter chat!

Reminder Reminder Reminder

Tomorrow, Saturday, November 2nd at 10am CDT (time zone conversion), we're going to have Get Your Fix #boutofbooks chat.

Come see what other book lovers are reading!

Come watch @BookBender end up in Twitter jail!

Join us for all the #boutofbooks fun you can handle!

Tomorrow! November 2nd! 1oam CDT (time zone conversion)!
Tweet about it!

Don't Forget the Get Your Fix Bout of Books Chat!

This is your friendly reminder that you can get your Bout of Books fill in ONE week on NOVEMBER 2ND.

In one week, on Saturday, November 2nd at 10am CDT (time zone conversion), we're going to have Get Your Fix #boutofbooks chat.

What will we be doing, you ask?

Chatting.

Chatting about bookish topics.

You LIKE chatting about bookish topics, right?

So join us on November 2nd.
At 10am CDT (TZC).
On Twitter.

Tweet that you're going to be there!

(Don't worry. We'll post a reminder about the chat the day before so you don't forget.)

Need a Bout of Books Fix Before 9.0?

Get your Bout of Books fill on NOVEMBER 2ND.

On Saturday, November 2nd at 10am CDT (time zone conversion), we're going to have Get Your Fix #boutofbooks chat.

What will we be doing, you ask?

Chatting.

Chatting about bookish topics.

You LIKE chatting about bookish topics, right?

So join us on November 2nd.
At 10am CDT (TZC).
On Twitter.

(Don't worry. We'll post a reminder about the chat so you don't forget.)

Bout of Books 8.0 Grand Prize Winner!

Bout of Books 8.0 has ended but the fun doesn't stop until the Grand Prize Winner is announced!

And the Winner is...

Elizabeth @ Nightmare on Bookstreet

Elizabeth's winning entry came from following @creativedeeds on Twitter!

Congratulations, Elizabeth!

Keep your eye on your inbox, you'll be receiving emails from Amanda and Shirley soon!

We would like to thank everybody who signed up and participated in the read-a-thon. We're always striving to make this event the best it can be and we couldn't do that without your enthusiastic participation.

Please note that the challenge hosts are responsible for notifying winners and announcing prizes on their own blogs for the mini-challenges.

For those that are interested in helping out for the next Bout of Books, we post a call for help roughly a month prior to the start of the read-a-thon - which will be around December 9th for 9.0. Keep an eye on this blog for that announcement.

Once again, thank you to everyone who helped make Bout of Books 8.0 a success! We appreciate that you love books and that you're willing to shout it to the stars!

-Kelly and Amanda

Bout of Books 8.0 Wrap Up

Congratulations!
You have survived Bout of Books 8.0!

In this post, we invite you to link up to your overall progress for Bout of Books. You don't have to create a wrap-up post--it can be your goals post with day 7's progress.

Whatever works for you, works for us.

Here are important informational nuggets you probably want to know:

Bout of Books 9.0 will be from January 6th to 12th.

The Grand Prize winner will be announced TOMORROW.

Challenge hosts are responsible for announcing their own winners.

We'll have a #boutofbooks chat between now and January. Watch this space for details.

Following this blog is the BEST way to stay up to date on EVERYTHING.

Since we can't reach out to everyone personally to remind them about upcoming events (though wouldn't that be awesome?), we do our best to keep this blog updated with the most current information. That means you're responsible for following us if you want to receive the latest news.

Thank you for making this event fabulous!

BONUS: Review-a-thon

The Book Monsters are hosting a REVIEW-A-THON starting TODAY through September 1st. If all your reviews have piled up after Bout of Books, the Monster Review-a-thon is the perfect event for you.

PS: The linky will remain open until September 6th.