Did you win a new iPad2?
April 28, 2011 by Tarcher/Penguin
Filed under Books, DailyTarcher, In the News.
*THE WINNER*
Congratulations to lucky reader Allison Murphy, of Columbia, SC, who won our iPad giveaway after pre-ordering The Internet is a Playground by David Thorne. The giveaway, which the author ran in conjunction with his new site, Help Me Sell More Books Than Justin Bieber, entered readers who pre-ordered the book in a drawing for a fabulous new iPad2.
*THE RUNNERS UP*
We’re also excited to reward 8 runners-up with The Internet is a Playground prize packs. These readers are Helen Ayres (Tenterden, Kent, UK), Leonard Butler (Middletown, Maryland), Brendan Soustal (Nudgee, Queeensland, Australia), David Pullen (Bufford, Georgia), Kimberly Tripp (Redmond, Washington), Crystal Dubé (Lancaster Park, Alberta, Canada), Thijs van den Anker (Dooping Geldersekade, Amsterdam, Netherlands), and Stacey Rinnert (Lawrence, Kansas).
*THE BOOK: The Internet is a Playground, in stores today *
“Not everyone can do this stuff and be clever, ballsy and funny all at the same time, but Thorne is one.” – Bookgasm
“Brilliantly funny” – Jezebel
“Some of the funniest and most clever writing I have read in years.” – WIRED
In this new book, the internet phenomena Thorne, whose website 27bslash6 attracts more than 4 million visitors a month, shares the crazy correspondences that earned him his reputation as an evil online genius. His schemes include trying to pay his chiropractor with a drawing of a spider and tormenting a secretary who asked him to make a missing poster for her cat in the viral e-mail, “Missing Missy.”
Still not convinced you need this book now? Check out Thorne’s infamous “Missing Missy” correspondence.
and order the book….
I’m a winner because I will be getting the book! I don’t need no stinking iPad2 anyway!
hmph!
Seriously, though, congrats to all those who did win!
I have to admit, it was the offer of a free iPad that tipped me over the edge and made me buy the book. Despite losing the competition I now realise it was for the best because our house resounds to occasional peals of laughter. I was concerned at first because the company that sent me my copy appeared to have used it in some form of combat. I didn’t feel like I was the first owner. But I needn’t have worried, it has now been fingered more than a lingerie catalogue in a boy’s dormitory.
Is there a way to find out if my entry made it in? I bought the book 2 minutes before the deadline and didn’t have my confirmation email to mail so I sent a screen shot of my order confirmation. Please let me know since there will be another drawing! Thanks
I am hereby angry at Tarcher/Penguin for deleting the ‘Andrew’ comments.
I assumed ‘Andrew’ **was** David Thorne.
Congrats to the winners! Sad it wasn’t me, but i still have an awesome book – looking forward to many, many hours sat on the toilet with this book.
Me too David, me too
will you be doing any other talks in nyc other than tonight? looks like i just missed it. congrats on all your success. witty enough to cut through all the boring internets clutter. i love it!
I thought it was a joke.
Damnit, I wanted Apple to be logging MY personal data and whereabouts so it could (supposedly) be used in targeted advertising! Thanks David. You suck!
South Carolina? Probably just using it for target practice.
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