Giveaway Rules
Giveaway Rules
By submitting an entry to the Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”), you acknowledge that you have read and agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of JD Lasica’s author site and that you satisfy all eligibility requirements.
The Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”) is open to all people age 21 or older at time of entry. Residents of Taiwan, South Korea, Portugal, Italy, Austria, China, Russia, Hong Kong, Greece, France, Japan, Spain, and the Czech Republic are not eligible to enter or win. Employees of JDLasica.com (the “Sponsor”), its respective parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, distributors, merchants involved with this Sweepstakes, and their immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each are not eligible to enter or win. Sweepstakes governed by California law. Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited by law. No purchase necessary to enter or win. A purchase will not improve your chances of winning. However, sharing on social media will.
HOW TO ENTER:
To enter the Sweepstakes, follow all onscreen instructions to complete and submit the online entry form (“Primary Entry”). You can earn an Additional Entry in the Sweepstakes when you send the Sweepstakes page to a friend, age 21 or older, by following the Additional Entry instructions on the screen (“Additional Entry”). The friend must enter the sweepstakes through your referral in order to get an additional entry. All entries must be received by 5 p.m. Pacific time on Friday, April 5 (“Sweepstakes Entry Period”). Online entrants subject to all notices posted online including but not limited to Sponsor’s privacy policy.
PRIZES & APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE:
Retail value of prize: $4.99 (full price) discounted to 99 cents. Prize includes: One copy of “Catch and Kill” digital edition (Kindle ebook, ereader or PDF reader). If winner is unable to receive the prize, then prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner may be selected in accordance with these Official Rules from among the remaining eligible entries for that prize. Prizes may not be transferred or assigned except by Sponsor. Prize winner will be responsible for shipping costs.
ODDS:
Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received during the Sweepstakes Entry Period.
THE FOLLOWING APPLIES TO THE ABOVE:
Winners will be selected in a random drawing from all eligible entries received. Random drawing will be conducted on or about 5 p.m. Pacific time on April 5 by a representative from the Sponsor whose decisions are final. Winners will be notified by email and/or social media or by other means at the judges’ discretion.
If a potential winner cannot be contacted, or if the selected winner cannot accept or receive the prize for any reason, or he/she is not in compliance with these Official Rules, the prize will be forfeited and may be awarded to an alternate winner. Prize is not redeemable for cash and non-assignable and non-transferable except to a surviving spouse. Entry and acceptance of prize constitute permission for Sponsor to use winner’s name in a social media posting without further compensation, except where prohibited by law. Limit: one prize per household. Prize is guaranteed to be awarded. Cash value of the prize cannot be redeemed.
Participating entrants agree to these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, and release, defend and hold harmless the Sponsor and its affiliated companies, and all other businesses involved in this Sweepstakes, as well as the employees, officers, directors and agents of each, from all claims and liability relating to their participation, acceptance and use or misuse of prize. Winner assumes all liability for any injury or damage caused or claimed to be caused, by participation in this Sweepstakes or use or redemption of prize.
Winner acknowledges the Sponsor and all other businesses concerned with this Sweepstakes and their agents do not make, nor are in any manner responsible for any warranty, representations, expressed or implied, in fact or in law, relative the quality, conditions, fitness or merchantability of any aspect of prize.
In the event of a dispute over the identity of an online entrant, entry will be deemed submitted by the “Authorized Account Holder” of the e-mail address submitted at time of entry. Authorized Account Holder means the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Entry materials/data that have been tampered with or altered, or mass entries or entries generated by a script, macro or use of automated devices are void. The Sponsor is not responsible for: (i) lost, late, misdirected, damaged, illegible or incomplete entries; or (ii) error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, or for technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions of any kind, or inaccurate transmission of or failure to receive entry information by Sponsor on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site or any combination thereof; or (iii) any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in the Sweepstakes. By participating in the Sweepstakes, you (i) agree to be bound by these Official Rules, including all eligibility requirements, and (ii) agree to be bound by the decisions of Sponsor and the independent judging organization, which are final and binding in all matters relating to the Sweepstakes. Failure to comply with these Official Rules may result in disqualification from the Sweepstakes. Sponsor reserves the right to permanently disqualify from any sweepstakes it sponsors any person it believes has intentionally violated these Official Rules and cancel the Sweepstakes if it becomes technically corrupted (including if a computer virus, bot or system malfunction inalterably impairs its ability to conduct the Sweepstakes), and to select winner from among all eligible entries received prior to withdrawal. Legal Warning: Any attempt by an individual, whether or not an entrant, to damage, destroy, tamper or vandalize this website or interfere with the operation of the sweepstakes is a violation of law and Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and diligently pursue all remedies against any such individual to the fullest extent of the law.
ARBITRATION:
This Sweepstakes shall be governed by and interpreted under the laws of the State of California, USA, without regard to its conflicts of laws provisions. By participating, entrants agree that any and all disputes arising out of or relating in any way to this Sweepstakes shall be litigated only in courts sitting in Alameda County, California, USA.
WINNERS LIST:
For a winners list (available after April 5, 2019), send a stamped, self-addressed envelope by May 5, 2019, to:
Sweepstakes Winner
c/o J.D. Lasica
3756 Pimlico Drive
Pleasanton, CA 94588 USA
CONFIDENTIALITY:
By entering the information, you are only signing up for the the Best of Indie Readers’ Circle newsletter. Your information will never be sold to anyone. You can unsubscribe easily from by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any of the weekly emails. Information provided by you to participate in this Sweepstakes is subject to Sponsor’s privacy policy located at BestofIndie.com/privacy/
SPONSOR:
J.D. Lasica, author
3756 Pimlico Dr.
Pleasanton, CA 94588
The personal information collected from each entrant in the course of the Sweepstakes will be used by Best of Indie Readers’ Circle for the purposes of administration of the Sweepstakes and as otherwise permitted in accordance with Best of Indie’s Privacy Policy. J.D. Lasica reserves the right to alter any rules of any sweepstakes at any time. If you have any questions or complaints about these sweepstakes, please contact [email protected].
