Multiverse Book Giveaway Contest

Hi World!
 
I’m celebrating the upcoming March 2016 release of The Road To Hell (Multiverse #3) by David Weber and yours truly.
 
I'm giving away a few advance reader copies which are normally only made available to book reviewers and professionals in the publishing industry. But to make it extra special, I decided to include copies of Hell’s Gate (Multiverse #1) and Hell Hath No Fury (Multiverse #2) as well.
 
Here are the contest rules. You can win by chance or you can win by skill.
 
WINNING BY CHANCE:
Respond to this to get yourself entered for one random chance to win. You can get additional random chances by responding at each of the other places I’ve posted this. Those places are: my website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Twitter.
 
WINNING BY SKILL:
Guess the final page count for THE ROAD TO HELL. You may enter one guess per person per site. Responding to this contest with a page count guess will automatically give you an entry in the winning by chance side of the Multiverse book giveaway. If several people have the same closest guess, the one who posted first wins.
 
GRAND PRIZE:
Multiverse #1: HELL’S GATE in trade paperback
Multiverse #2: HELL HATH NO FURY in trade paperback
Multiverse #3: THE ROAD TO HELL in advance reader copy format
 
RUNNER-UP PRIZE:
Multiverse #1: HELL’S GATE in trade paperback
Multiverse #2: HELL HATH NO FURY in trade paperback
 
There will be at least one Grand Prize won by skill and at least one won by chance. I reserve the right to allocate the Runner-Up Prizes as seems good to me. There will be at least three Runner-Up Prizes.

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1/27/2016 Update: The first of many Runner-Up Prizes has been won by Sonja Thiede. Sonja's books will be in the mail shortly. Everyone's entries here and on social media sites remain in the pool for the next drawing. Sonja is not eligible to win another Runner-Up Prize but remains eligible for an upgrade to Grand Prize winner. The Grand Prize by Skill has not yet been won. If the exact page count is not guessed by March 1st, the prize will be awarded to the closest guess so far.

2/3/2016 Update: Today's Runner-Up Prize winner is Erich Maybaum. Next week a Grand Prize Winner will be selected.

2/11/2016 Update: The Grand Prize by Skill has been won by Henry Brown with a guess of 701 pages.

Photographic evidence of the final book provided. For those wondering, I don't know why Amazon's description says 720 either. David and I had a last minute rewrite of a few chapters between the ARC and the final manuscript, so that might have had something to do with it.

I salute all the entrants. The rest of you are owed several more By Chance drawings for Runner-Up Prizes and the other Grand Prize.

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2/24/2016 Update: Congratulations to the winners!

Grand Prize by Skill - Henry Brown
Grand Prize by Chance - Tera Fulbright
Grand Prize the Third - Sean Boyle (Yes, yes. I know I only promised two grand prizes, but I also never identified whether the page count guess was for the ARC or the hardcover. Sean Boyle's guess was the closest to the ARC's final page count, so you could say he won by Sort Of Skill.)
Runner-Up Prize Winners: Sonja Thiede, Eric Maybaum, Becca Hendershot, Anita Allen, Leon Jester, and Alicia Washkevich (Again so maybe I only promised three runner-up prizes, but in my defense I did use the wiggle phrase "at least.")

The contest is now closed. Thank you. Have a wonderful day.

THE ROAD TO HELL is available for preorder and will be on bookshelves on March 8th.