NOTE: CONTEST CLOSED. WINNERS WILL BE CONTACTED BY THE END OF JANUARY

BestFantasyBooks.com is giving away 3 prizes this month: 1 FREE Amazon Kindle WiFi, a $50 Amazon gift card, and a copy of Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings in a New Years Giveaway contest!

Anyone can apply – the only requirements are that you have a website, blog, or some means of sharing the contest online with other people. The more you “post” about this contest online, the more chances you have to win. Best Fantasy Books is a big fan of Amazon Kindles (see our review of the Amazon Kindle ebook reader).

Interested?

How to Apply:

1. Write a small mention detailing the giveaway and post it somewhere online!  You can write about this notice on your blog, website, or even share that information via some other means (a forum post on a related fantasy site, etc). To be considered a valid entry, you must have a link back somewhere to this page so other readers can visit (and enter) the contest post too AND the post must be publically visible (no email or anything like that).
2. Send an email to bestfantasybooks@gmail.com with the following so I can verify the entry:

• The title of the email as: BEST FANTASY BOOKS CONTEST
• The web address of the website/post containing your blurb containing the active link to either http://bestfantasybooks.com or http://www.bestfantasybooks.com/blog/best-fantasy-books-2010-amazon-kindle-contest-giveaway/

For more chances to win, spread the information about this contest as much as you can! The more you post about this contest, the more chances you have of winning the Kindle

Don’t know where to start? Here are just a couple suggestion on where to start (each would count as 1 entry):

• A twitter post
• A facebook comment (publicly viewable)
• A wordpress.com blog post
• A blogspot.com post
• A post on your website
• A forum post mentioning the contest

Prize Giveaway Details:

1. Amazon Kindle: Person with the most entries
2. $50 Dollar Amazon Gift card: Person with the second most entries
3. Copy of The Way of Kings (Brandon Sanderson): Random draw from those who’ve entered the contest (minus the other two prize winners)

Prize to be given away by January 4th (I’ve extended the competition to the 14th), 2011 — Winners will be contacted via email

So go forth and spread the word on the net about the Kindle ebook readers giveaway!!

NOTE: NO SPAMMING OF THE CONTEST PERMITTED.  I WON’T ACCEPT ENTRIES WHERE YOU SPAM OUT THE CONTEST ON FACEBOOK, FORUMS, OR ANY OTHER PLACE ON THE WEB. Post about the contest legitimately (I’ve had a few users spam the contest out on facebook – this is a no no).

As with previous volumes in the Wheel of Time series, Macmillan is making the prologue for Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson’s The Gathering Storm available for purchase before the hardcover is released on 10/27/09.

In the prologue, titled ‘What The Storm Means,’ Rand al’Thor, the Dragon Reborn, struggles to unite a fractured network of kingdoms and alliances in preparation for the Last Battle. As he attempts to halt the Seanchan encroachment northward—wishing he could form at least a temporary truce with the invaders—his allies watch in terror the shadow that seems to be growing within the heart of the Dragon Reborn himself.

‘What the Storm Means’ is available for $2.99 as either an ebook or an audio download. You can buy the ebook from a wide range of online retailers, and it is compatible with nearly all e-reading devices, including the Sony Reader and the Kindle. The complete list of retailers can be found here.

Review written for Best Fantasy Books by Enchanté (a.k.a) Jon Snow from Sleeping With Books.

I’ve gotten a whole lot of books from Egmont publishers recently.

One of the books I received from the publishers was a children’s picture book. I am a primary school teacher and just love picture books. They bring together many elements of writing and enjoyment that novels just cannot reproduce. They are very eye catching because they usually have great art, the story draws you in and the rhyming enraptures you. This one even has a fantasy feel to it!

Sir Charlie Stinky Socks goes on an adventure with his faithful cat and good grey mare where he meets creepy monsters, fire breathing dragons and a not so wicked witch. Each encounter he faces he is left abandoned by his companions but brave and clever Sir Charlie will know what to do.

Just when I started to wonder where the story was leading, a clever ploy was there to distract me. This book has fold out pages that flow with the story line! “As Charlie pushed open the big wooden door. Up the windy windy staircase marched Sir Charlie Stinky Socks.”

Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and the Really Big Adventure by Kristina Stephenson does not disappoint at all, in fact, it probably goes a step beyond. It had great narrative, the art was fantastic and the pop out pages were very well thought out. Young kids should be drawn to this book like moths to a flame.