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Check out our new (freebietastic) Talk topic

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RachelMumsnet · 20/04/2012 11:23

Hello, a few words about this new Talk area .

In case you weren't aware, each month we giveaway around 250 books from our book club newsletter.

We aim to include a variety of books and in the past we've given away Booker longlisted novels, historical fiction, crime, 'chick lit' as well as cookery books, children's books and parenting books.

We've created this new discussion topic so we can announce each month which books will be included in the giveaway and also to give you a place to share your thoughts and discuss the giveaway books you acquire with other Mumsnetters once you've read them.

As you know, nowt comes for free and the more feedback we can give the publishers, the more likely we are to continue getting such a wide range and abundance of great books to offer for free each month.

To make sure you're up to date on all things literary on MN, sign up to the book club newsletter, follow @mumsnetbookclub twitter feed and check this area of the site each month.

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RachelMumsnet · 20/04/2012 16:14

@zipzap

I tried to sign up for several books on the day they came out but I kept getting a 'failed' message come up with a try again button. I did try again (for most books!) but all had the same problem.

Sorry, meant to report it at the time. Not sure if it is because I was trying to do it at the same time as lots of other people and the server couldn't cope or if it was something else.

Hi Zipzap, sorry about that. There was a slight delay in making the giveaway forms live on Wednesday, so I'm guessing this caused the 'failed' message. We usually open the giveaways at midday the day after sending out the newsletter to ensure everyone has a fair chance. They do go quickly, so it's worth setting a reminder to go in and apply. We email everyone who has been successful within a couple of days.

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RachelMumsnet · 23/04/2012 10:08

@vogonmothership

The give aways usually start at midday. Any chance of varying the time (eg evening) to give those of us who can't get on t'interweb in the day a chance?

Yes, this is something we'd been considering and will open the next giveaway the evening after the bookclub newsletter has been distributed. We'll also be announcing on this area of the site and on @mumsnetbookclub twitter account.

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RachelMumsnet · 23/04/2012 10:10

@BumgrapesofWrath

Have the e-mails been sent about the recent giveaway yet?

Yes, the emails were sent out yesterday afternoon.

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RachelMumsnet · 23/04/2012 10:20

@zipzap

Thanks for that RachelMN

It was probably sometime between 1.00 - 1.30pm on the Wednesday that I tried and got the problem. Pure fluke that I spotted the email then and thought it was worth a try. I just assumed that I was too late and that they had all gone but I was just a bit worried that I wasn't getting a page back but the requests were getting logged and you'd think that I was being greedy for requesting two or three copies of each book! Blush

Sadly you were too late zipzap - the giveaway forms are open for around an hour but tbh the books have usually gone before that. Don't worry we don't have you on the blacklist for being greedy Wink

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RachelMumsnet · 23/04/2012 10:21

@iseenodust

Great idea. I got one of the Susan Lewis books and didn't know where to join/start a thread. Think it ended up just me and no reply because picked somewhere a bit obscure.

ps I thought the book was worth a read and had some interesting topics interwoven.

Thanks for starting the thread iseenodust, I did spot it. We'll move the threads about giveaway books over to this talk topic and hopefully that will prompt someone to join your discussion.

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RachelMumsnet · 23/04/2012 10:24

@jimswifein1964

Hmm, I have to agree its very unfair to people working - but on the other hand, I suppose you need to limit the number of people who are able to get on and try, so the website doesn't crash! I wish the giveaway was on my day off once though.

See message above - we're going to set the giveaway to start in the evening next month, so hopefully that should give everyone a fair chance.

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RachelMumsnet · 25/04/2012 10:02

Sorry for the confusion here. If you've just signed up for the bookclub newsletter you'll have to wait until next month I'm afraid. The bookclub newsletter is generally sent out the 2nd Tuesday of each month. We'll keep you posted on the exact date when we announce the next month's giveaways. Currently we're taking the first 50 names that apply for the books - they do go quickly, so if you haven't been lucky, I'm afraid you must have been too late. We are considering whether this is the best /fairest/ easiest way of doing this so do keep your thoughts coming in on this and we'll let you know exactly how this is going to work in the next week or so. As we said in a post earlier, we agree that it's fairer to open the giveaway forms in the evening and this will definitely happen next month.

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