I’ve recently been approached by two different book publishers looking to get some publicity for upcoming/recently published books that I think would be of some real interest to WHYGAVS readers. They’ve both provided me with a copy of their book to give away to my readership, which means this is the one time that you guys all get to benefit from me going Hollywood.
First up is John Moody’s Kiss It Goodbye, which looks at the inner-workings of the 1960 World Champion Pirates, especially that year’s Cy Young winner Vern Law. I’m always interested in Pirate history and for people my age, I think a guy like Law can kind of be lost in the mix of the Clementes and Mazeroskis and Stargells of that era and the ’60 team can be over-simplified by “big underdogs, Maz’s homer,” so I’m happy to have a chance to give it a closer look.
Second is Josh Wilker’s Cardboard Gods, which is also the name of his most excellent baseball blog. I’ve seriously lost countless hours on his website reading his posts like this one about this blog’s namesake and I really can’t recommend it highly enough and so I can only assume his book is of the same quality. He’ll also be at Joseph Beth Booksellers on the Southside on May 12th at 7 PM to do a reading and signing of the book, if you’re interested in checking that out.
I have one copy of both books to give away to lucky readers, so if you’re interested please e-mail me with the e-mail title “WHYGAVS Book Giveaway Spectacular” and indicate in the body of the e-mail if you’re interested in being entered for one or both drawings. I’ll assign numbers to each entry and draw separate winner for each book using random.org to generate a number. Entries are due by 7 PM on Tuesday, May 11th and the drawings will take place shortly after. Below is the fine print, for the FCC and other legalities.
Each book was furnished to me by the book publisher, in exchange for publicity for their book. That’s all I received from them and was not otherwise compensated by either in any way shape or form. I was not asked to write anything positive or otherwise about either book in exchange for a promotional copy. Each participant is only eligible for one entry per each drawing and family members of WHYGAVS bloggers are not eligible. No purchase is necessary and purchase does not improve odds of winning. This contest is subject to all local, state, and federal laws, and void where prohibited. By submitting an entry, contestants agree to the rules of the contest and state that they are legally allowed to enter the contest. Contest rules are subject to change at any time, though they will be announced in a post on the blog.
