All this month is Giveaway May at Consumerism Commentary. Every day, I’ll be choosing one winner randomly for a prize. Each day there is a small challenge in order to qualify for the giveaway, and today is no exception.
Today I have a Kindle With Wi-Fi from Amazon.com to give away. This is the version that does not contain ads or sponsored messages for the screensaver. It is ad-free, and you can use the device to read a large library of books. You can even read Consumerism Commentary on your Kindle, and a wide variety of other blogs and news websites is available.
Today’s challenge is a little different than those I’ve had so far. You can enter multiple times for this giveaway, earning “points.” The more points you earn, the more of a chance you have to win the Kindle.
- Comment on this article with your favorite book or a book you anticipate reading soon. One point. Leave only one comment; you won’t receive more than one point for leaving more than one comment, and you must mention a book to receive this point.
- Subscribe to the Consumerism Commentary RSS feed and let me know in your comment that you have done so. Two points. If you are already subscribed, say so in your comment. If not, you can use these buttons to subscribe:
- Sign up for the Consumerism Commentary email newsletter and respond to the confirmation email you receive through email to let me know you’ve subscribed. Three points. If you’re already a subscriber, respond to the last email I sent.
- Follow @flexo on Twitter and tweet the following message: Pls RT! Win a Kindle from @flexo. Today only! http://flexo.me/cckindle — when you’re logged into Twitter, you can automatically enter that text by clicking here. Let me know that you’re following and you’ve tweeted the message by saying so in your comment. Four points plus one bonus point for every 1,000 followers you have with a maximum of five bonus points.
- Become a fan — or “like” — Consumerism Commentary on Facebook. If you are already a fan, don’t fret. You will qualify, too. Let me know you’re a fan in your comment below. Two points.
- Share this article on your Facebook wall, and let me know that you’ve done so in your comment below. Three points.
You don’t need to do all of the above, but the more you do, the better chance you have of winning. That’s twenty points you can earn if you accomplish all of the above tasks and have at least 5,000 Twitter followers. At a minimum, the comment on this article is necessary to be awarded any points. As with all of the giveaways on Consumerism Commentary, you must qualify in order to win. The requirements are listed in the Giveaway May introductory article.
Today’s deadline is extended to midnight Eastern Time. In order to win, your comment and any other actions must be received or accomplished before the deadline.
Thanks for reading Consumerism Commentary!
Published or updated May 10, 2011. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the RSS feed or receive daily emails. Follow @flexo on Twitter and visit our Facebook page for more updates.
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Luke Landes founded Consumerism Commentary in 2003 and has been building online communities since 1990. Luke, also known as Flexo, has contributed to PC World Magazine, US News, Forbes, and other publications. 
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Fave book – Exit Strategy by Douglas Rushkoff.
Longtime RSS subscriber.
Longtime Twitter follower, retweeted, which automagically goes on my Facebook as well.
I count 10 points.
Between a rock and a hard place.
Thanks for the giveaways!
planning on reading a few books over the summer including The Millionaire Next Door and 4 Hour Body.
i subscribe to the rss.
Oh, and I’m also already fan on facebook, tweeted it, and follow the RSS feed. Thanks!
I will be reading the Dune series that has been sitting on my shelf for years.
Facebook, newsreader, and email done. Tho I think I’ve got it across 2 different emails if that matters.
And Mark Twain’s Autobiography.
One of my favorites is The Wheel of Time Series. I think A Crown of Swords is my favorite book so far out of the series.
Thanks for the great articles. I’ve used the yahoo RSS feed for years to follow your posts. Keep up the good work!
Kindle books are cheaper than paperbacks – something my textbooks budget can appreciate. Thanks for the chance to win!
[#1: comment]
And I follow via RSS – love the Google Reader! :-)
[#2: follow CC via reader]
I just finished the Steig Larsson trilogy and loved it!
I’m also a fan on FB, follow the feed in Google Reader, and re-tweeted (cdiltz13). Thanks!
Already a CC subscriber and Facebook fan! I tweeted the contest as well and shared it on Facebook :) Right now my favorite book I’m digger deeper into is Mindless Eating. Great prize today Flexo – thanks for the contest!
It’s not a book I hope to read soon, but it is one that I hope to finish soon – War & Peace. I do not know how I would have tackled this one if it weren’t for being able to get an electronic copy from the library – I know I couldn’t carry that tome around!
Rp918grl, I am a fan on facebook and twitter. I also receive the e newsletter. I love this site. I am just starting to read “The 60- minute money workout” by Ellie Kay.
Love to read Boris Akunin mystery books – Murder on the Leviathan or He Lover of Death
Here’s my tweet
http://twitter.com/#!/snagglepink/status/67929471390453760
Thanks for the giveaway! I’m also subscribed via the email newsletter.
1) The Four Pillars of Investing -William Bernstein
2) I’m already subscribed to the Consumerism Commentary RSS feed
1. One of my favorite books is “Total Money Makeover” by Dave Ramsey
2. I subscribe to Consumerism Commentary via RSS feed.
3. I follow you on twitter and tweeted
4. I’m a facebook fan.
5. I shared this link on the Bucksome Boomer fan page.
1. I’ll be starting to read “The Olive Season” by Carol Drinkwater, soon.
2. I subscribe to CC via GoogleReader (what would we do without RSS feeds?)
3. Just subscribed (and confirmed) to email newsletter
5. “Liked” CC on Facebook
6. Shared the link to this article on Facebook.
Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander and the rest of the series. I can’t put them down!
forgot to finish: I am a follower on facebook, shared this article on facebook and receive the email newsletter!
Book: The Big Short (1)
Also: Subscribe to RSS (2), Like on Facebook (2)
Hello
I am currently reading a book called “The three motivators” and am following you on twitter/retweeted.
Thanks for the giveaway!
The Help by Kathryn Stockett. I want to read it before I see the movie.
I am a follower on Facebook and subscribe to Consumerism Commentary via RSS feed
One of my all time favorite books is DragonDoom by Dennis L McKeirnen(sp?). I also look forwarf to an easy way to start reading through Dave Ramseys books….
Also, I retweeted and was already a tweet follower, I get the RSS straight into Outlook (does anyone else do that anymore?), and I did Like on facebook. I don’t anticipate posting the article to my wall though, so there goes three points. Also, I ave a small number of twitter followers, very smll – so no bonus points there either.
My daughter has asked me to please, please read Twilight. I was thinking of reading The Fountainhead instead.
I’ve FB liked, subscribed via email, signed up for the RSS Feed, and retweeted the contest. I was already following you on Twitter. (Which is how I heard about this!)
Thanks for hosting this contest. I’ve finally given into the idea that I might enjoy a Kindle, I’ve just been trying to convince myself to spend the money.
Book: The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
RSS subscriber and twitter follower.
My favorite book recently finished is Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin.
Follow on Twitter and tweeted:
http://twitter.com/#!/slostrem/status/67950881047457792
Also follow you on Facebook.
Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey. My SO has been suggesting it for a while.
RSS subscriber.
Oil price should be around 3 $ for healthy US growth.
Would love a Kindle. Just read “Look Homeward, Angel” by Thomas Wolfe. A classic.
My favorite book? Oh dear. I don’t have one. I don’t have a favorite food or color, either. I just like stuff. ;-) Gun to my head, I have to say Of Human Bondage, or perhaps Memoirs of a Geisha. Also Little Women. Or Crime and Punishment. Or Kite Runner. Gone with the Wind, too. Those are all great books.
I’m an RSS subscriber.
Following and tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/Getalonghome/status/67956416224296960
FB fan: Cindy Dyer
FB shared: http://www.facebook.com/GetAlongHome/posts/215928585092843
I enjoyed reading the Hunger Games trilogy.
RSS Subscriber
Facebook Like
Follow on Twitter and Retweeted message
Signed up for newsletter
Shared Article on Facebook
1. I would like to continue reading through the Bible this year. (1)
2. I already subscribe to RSS feed through google reader (2)
3. I follow you on twitter and tweeted. (4)
4. I am a fan on FB. (2)
5. I shared this article on FB (3)
I hope to soon read “Being Wrong” but my favorite book over the last few years has been “The Ascent of Money”. With a Kindle I’ll get back into fiction
I’ve got about 50 books on my “to read” shelf. Each just as anticipated as the next!
I already subscribe by RSS
I already follow on twitter and I retweeted
I am already a fan on FB
I shared on FB
Fave book- Anna Karenina by Tolstoy
i subscribe to your feeds in google reader
follower @rsmc1
http://twitter.com/#!/rsmc1/status/67977507848192001
fb fan – ria c
email sub
Favorite book? Maybe Persuasion.
I subscribe to the feed, and follow on Twitter (BurgBarbL)–and have retweeted. Am also a FB fan.
I’m looking forward to finally finishing War & Peace.
I liked you on Facebook, subscribed to the RSS feed, followed you on twitter & retweeted the contest link. :)
No favorite book … but one that always come to mind for me is Eat, Pray, Love.
I already subcribe to your feed!
I just tweeted out the post!
I have digital or physical copies of the following books awaiting spare time; The Internet is a Playground, The Sixth Man, Liberty Defined, and The Social Animal.
I am not sure if I have a favorite book. I really do like anything by Crichton though. I’ll just say Jurassic Park for now. (1 Point)
RSS feed subscriber (2 Points)
Responded to confirmation e-mail (3 Points)
Follow @flexo on Twitter and tweet the following message: Pls RT! Win a Kindle from @flexo. Today only! http://flexo.me/cckindle (4 Points [no bonus :(])
Fan of CC on FB (2 Points)
Share this article on your Facebook wall (3 Points)
Total points: 15
My favorite books tend to change somewhat depending on what I’ve read recently. My current favorites are George R. R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” series, and Patrick Rothfuss’s new book “A Wise Man’s Fear”.
I’m already subscribed to your rss feed.
I’m reading Collapse, How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Diamond’s follow up to Guns, Germs & Steel.
+ Feed Subscriber
+ Tweet (https://twitter.com/#!/Mr_Matt/status/67967937922875392)
+ Facebook Fan
+ Facebook Article Share
My favorite book is a collection of all Jane Austin’s works. (1)
RSS feed subscriber (2)
Signed up and responded to confirmation email (3)
Tweeted! (@MeredithRae)
My favorite book is Naked by David Sedaris
Thanks for the opportunity!!
Already an RSS feed subscriber
I anticipate on continuing to read Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch series.
I already subscribe to your RSS feed.
I am already a Facebook fan.
Favorite book – probably Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time. Maybe “The Hobbit”. It’s hard to pick just one book and I’ve read a bunch over the years, but I’d say I’ve re-read those two the most.
Well, my favorite book is the Bible, and I love the fact that you can get it on the Kindle.
I am looking forward to reading The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry soon. Thanks for the giveaway!
Subscribed via RSS
Subscribed to email newsletter.
Tweeted to 1500 followers.
Liked Consumerism Commentary on Facebook.
Shared on Facebook.
Just added my total points = 16
1. I want to read Searching for Eternity by Elizabeth Musser (+1)
2. Subscribe to the Consumerism Commentary RSS feed (+2)
3. Signed up for the Consumerism Commentary email newsletter (+3)
4. Follow @flexo on twitter and tweeted https://twitter.com/ljatwood/status/67978328396668928 (+4)
5. “Like” Consumerism Commentary on facebook (+2)
Total: 12 points
1. My favorite books have been “The Lord of the Rings” since I read them in fifth grade.
2. I subscribed to your RSS feed in My Yahoo.
3. I signed up for your email newsletter.
4. I followed you on Twitter and tweeted this here: https://twitter.com/#!/alee67/status/67977849189044225
5. I already “liked” your page on Facebook.
6. I shared this article on Facebook.
For books, I usually read non-fiction. I just finished reading The Motley Fool investment guide for teens with my teenage daughter. I’d like to read another book by David Gardner about investing and personal finance, perhaps the Motley Fool million dollar portfolio.
I would like to read “Something Borrowed” soon!
I am subscribed to the Consumerism Commentary RSS feed.
My favorite book is Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. <3
Added to Google Homepage!
Tweeted woooo!
Liked and Shared on FB :]
I am currently reading Your Money: The Missing Manual. I have been reading Get Rich Slowly for years, so the material is very familiar.
1 for this comment
2 for being subscribed to the RSS feed (also for years)
4 for following and re-tweeting on twitter
2 for being a facebook fan
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9 total
I’ve really enjoyed ‘The Plot Against America’ an alternate history of the 1940 election by Phillip Roth.
Shared article on FB, following the Commentary on FB
I am hoping to read the Illiad on my hopefully brand new kindle!
i follow @flexo on twitter!
i Tweeted about the giveaway!
so excited!
i like Consumerism Commentary on facebook!
I really like Stephen King books, my favorite one is The Dead Zone. +1
I am subscribed to the Consumerism Commentary RSS feed via Google Reader. +2
I signed up for the Consumerism Commentary email newsletter. +3
I follow @flexo on Twitter and tweeted. http://twitter.com/#!/4be1/status/67987154097291264 +4
I liked you on Facebook. +2
I shared this article on Facebook. +3
Well my all time favorite book is “The Once and Future King” by T.H. White, but of things I’ve read lately, the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin (source of the TV show Game of Thrones) has really blown me away.
I also subscribe to the RSS feed, d’oh! ;)
Glad I found your site. I’m looking forward to reading the Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman. Just subscribed to your RSS feed and newsletter. I now follow you on Twitter and RT’ed this giveaway. Also now an FB fan and posted on my wall!
I love reading your blog and couldn’t resist entering for the free Kindle. My favorite book is the Cat who Walked through Walls by Robert Heinlein. In fact, I named my son after one of the characters.
I have had you in my RSS feed for about 2 months now.
I recently read The Gift Of Imperfection by Brene Brown. I “like” you on Facebook. Subscribed to your emails, but have not received any yet, so can’t reply.
I have been wanting a Kindle for some time now. My favorite book is Pride and Prejudice.
Jim Cramer’s Real Money: Sane Investing in an Insane World
I already subscribe to the Consumerism Commentary RSS feed
I subscribe to your RSS feed.
Well, “favorite” book gets difficult, but next on the “to-read” list (especially since it’s due back at the library soon) is “God and gold : Britain, America, and the making of the modern world” by Walter Russell Mead.
I’m already subscribed to the RSS feed ;)
On a side note, how do you go through all the posts and add up these points? Seems like a lot of work.
I tweeted!
I like you on Facebook.
I shared the article on Facebook.
About to undertake Atlas Shrugged!
1. Favorite book: Heaven Invades Earth by Bill Jonshon
2. I’m subscribe to the RSS
Just read Battle Hymn of a Tiger Mother. Loved it!
RSS followed, Liked on facebook, and shared on facebook.
I tweeted using both my Twitter accounts.
1. Favorite Book = The Wind Up Bird Chronicle
2. RSS Feed = Done
3. Newsletter = Done
4. Twitter = Done
5. Like FB Page = Done
6. Share on FB Wall = Done
Thanks!
The next book I’m going to read is You’re Lucky You’re Funny by Phil Rosenthal.
I am looking forward to reading If You Ask Me by Betty White.
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Already subscribed to Consumerism Commentary RSS feed with Google Reader.
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
I follow @flexo on Twitter – Janetfaye and I tweeted the message:
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I am a Fan of Consumerism Commentary on FB – Janet Fri
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I will soon be reading Scones & Bones by Laura Childs.
I am subscribed to Consumerism Commentary through an RSS feed.
I am reading Road to Serfdom and so far I love it.
Also,
RSS Feed = Done.
Newsletter = Done.
Thanks.
Looking forward to reading Tina Fey’s new book – Bossypants.
(have already been subscribed to the RSS via Google reader!; followed you on twitter, re-tweeted the message; like-d via Facebook; and shared on my Facebook wall).
PS – for the record, awesome blog and posts. Thanks so much for all the sharing!
book: Living Loaded Dan Dunn
Rss feed: yes
newsletter: yes
FB: yes
FB post: yes
Twitter: yes
I am already a subscriber of the RSS feed and my favorite book is Your Money or Your Life. Two points!
Am currently reading “Natural Running” by Danny Abshire. Next to read is “Born to Run”.
Am a subscriber as well. And a Facebook Fan.
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