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FREESHIPFTW is back! Free Shipping within Philippines (conditions apply).

Conditions to avail of free shipping within the Philippines for the October 2011:

1. Products included in this Free Shipping Offer: Books only. For “over-sized” books we will inform you availability of this offer.
2. Minimum purchase of PhP800.00. Transaction must be paid within a *reasonable* period.
3. Moleskine, Fashionary, Novelty and non-books items not included.
4. Your mailing address must be a regular service area of 2GO. If you opt for LBC because of 2GO’s non-serviceable area or other services Free Shipping won’t apply. Sorry!

Valid until October 31, 2011.

To use, process and checkout your order regularly by providing shipping and payment details. Before you submit your final order the system will request if you want to use a Coupon Code, type: FREESHIPFTW

FREESHIPFTW is only valid for book orders above PhP800.00.

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Here are some new books postings for October, 2011.

The Dark Tower & Other Stories by C.S. Lewis
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by Gordon Dahlquist
Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino
The Best American Erotica 2007 (Edited by Susie Bright)
You Suck: A Love Story by Christopher Moore
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust
The Past Recaptured by Marcel Proust
Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt by Anne Rice
One Hundred and One Famous Poems
Jim Morrison: The Lords and The New Creatures Poems
The Best American Poetry 2003 (Yusef Komunyakaa)
Foul Play!: The Art and Artists of the Notorious 1950s E.C. Comics!
Frank R. Paul: Father of Science Fiction Art (HB)

Dictionary of Theories: One stop to more than 5,000 theories
100 Most Dangerous Things in Everyday Life by Laura Lee
The Pocket Dangerous Book for Boys: Things To Do (HB)
The Inner Reaches of Outer Space by Joseph Campbell
The Ig Nobel Prizes 2 by Marc Abrahams (Hardbound)
The Fundamentals of Creative Design by Gavin Ambrose and Paul Harris
Don’t Know Much About Anything by Kenneth C. Davis
Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
Michelangelo & the Pope’s Ceiilng by Ross King
Introducing The Universe (Comics Graphic Format)
Buddha For Beginners (Comic Graphic Form) by Stephen T. Asma
The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould (1981)
This Book of More Perfectly Useless Information by Mitchell Symons (HB)
The Case for Christianity by C.S. Lewis
The Barbie Chronicles: A Living Doll Turns Forty
That’s Not in my American History Book by Thomas Ayres
Encyclopedia of Celtic Wisdom by Caitlin & John Matthews

Happy Book Shopping!

www.avalon.ph

UPDATE (Nov. 18, 14:20): Out-of-stock. Thank you very much!

Purchase anything on the website that’s for SHIPPING and you get a free Harry Potter bookmark! Sorry, no pick-ups! Bookmarks are LIMITED (around 8 to be given away) and once we run out we will announce it on our Twitter account: avalonph.

Promo ends November 22, 2010 or when supplies last. Common sense and Conditions apply (no late payments, etc).

Congratulations to twitter user @aninarubio!

You win the following:

1 – Moleskine Large Ruled Notebook
1 – Moleskine Large Cahier Ruled Black Set of 3 and
1 – Moleskine Pocket Squared Notebook

We will contact you to get your shipping address. Expect an e-mail/@mention from us soon!

Want to purchase a Moleskine instead? We offer the best Philippine prices of Moleskines on our website! Check it out!

Thanks everyone for participating. I hope the contest format is fun especially the act of @mentioning your Twitter friends/followers. If you have a comment to make this contest format better let us know!

Follow @avalonph on Twitter or be a fan of our Facebook Page for the latest news & announcements about Avalon.ph.

Back to school? Use a Moleskine set as your new notebooks!

New projects at work? Use those fancy Cahiers to keep track of each one!

Or just write, sketch & doodle anything!

Avalon.ph is giving away a Moleskine set consisting of:

1 – Moleskine Large Ruled Notebook
1 – Moleskine Large Cahier Ruled Black Set of 3 and
1 – Moleskine Pocket Squared Notebook

How to join?

Entries will be submitted through Twitter. The twist for this contest is that if you want to win, entries are to be submitted by your friends/followers and not yourself! Either you request them to @mention you, or @mention your most generous friends/followers to win and wait for them to @mention you back. At the end of the contest, all @mention entries will be submitted through Randomizer to draw one (1) winner!

The line to tweet is:

Share Moleskine Love! I want @mytwitterfollower to win a Moleskine set from @avalonph! Details here – http://bit.ly/ccDbT3

Obviously, change @mytwitterfollower to any of your friend/follower twitter account (believe it or not in my previous contest some didn’t). As long as you enter your tweet in the format provided, Avalon.ph will easily track all your entries and @mentions. No repeat @mentions. Same @mentions will only be counted once per account.

Before you start tweeting @mention to your friends, here are the mechanics for this contest:

- Contest duration from June 9 up to June 15 (Tuesday) June 16 (Wednesday), 3:00pm, 2010. Winner will be drawn within 12 hours after contest end.

- Winner, or the person you @mention should have a Philippine-based address serviceable by major couriers.

- Must be able to verify your entry and should appear in my twitter stream (@avalonph). In short, if I cannot see your entry because the one who @mention you has a private profile, it will not count. Respectfully request them to follow @avalonph and I will follow back to check the entry.

- At the end of the contest, all entries will be submitted to a Randomizer website and a winner will be drawn.

- Winner will be notified through Twitter. Winner must respond within a reasonable period, preferably 2-3 working days.

- COMMON SENSE apply on all disputes, loopholes and oversights. Avalon.ph is the SOLE arbiter to decide on issues about this contest. Avalon.ph reserves the right not to really change, but to fine-tune the mechanics as we see fit during the duration of the contest.

This is not about who gets the most @mentions like our last contest. All @mentions will be submitted through a Randomizer to draw a winner. Remember, one entry can make a difference. One of the winners of our last draw only had 2 entries (as compared to some who have 20+).

Please do not ask us about how many entries you received. We will not answer inquiries with regards to your number of entries. Remember, some may have private profiles and some Twitter account are ‘spam’/fake accounts. If a user has a private profile it is your job to inform them to follow me. We will only count “valid” entries according to the @avalonph Twitter feed (not yours). What I see on my @avalonph twitter feed is different from what you see on yours.

We do not encourage SPAM. While there’s no limit to the entries/@mentions you can make, please be aware that SPAMMING your twitter stream might cause some of your followers to unfollow you. Please use discretion and respect your follower’s annoyance threshold.

Make one of your Twitter followers happy! Tweet them to win a Moleskine Notebook! Good luck!

www.avalon.ph
www.twitter.com/avalonph

Congratulations to @tashaism for having the most Twitter mentions with 57!

For our 2nd winner, we compiled all @mention entries and did a random draw (excluding @tashaism):

Congratulations to @Rambuc! A Large Moleskine Plain Reporter will be shipped to your address.

Didn’t win and want to purchase a Moleskine instead? We offer the best Philippine prices of Moleskines on our website! Check it out!

Thanks everyone for participating. I hope the contest format is something fun especially the generous act of nominating/mentioning your Twitter friends/followers. If you have a comment to make this contest format better let us know! Was it spammy? Do we need to fine-tune some rules? Leave them in the comments section below.

Follow @avalonph on Twitter or be a fan of our Facebook Page for the latest news & announcements about Avalon.ph.

UPDATE (04/23 02:30am): No repeat nominations per user, but you can nominate as many friends/followers as you want. Just be conscious of your Twitter timeline, you don’t want to annoy your friends/followers. Practice FAIR PLAY, do not create Twitter accounts w/out followers just to add up your points. We read and inspect all nominations/accounts. Private profiles must (even temporarily) follow @avalonph and give us enough time to inspect and verify your entry. Remember: all disputes, loopholes, oversights – Common Sense rules!

UPDATE (04/21 13:21pm): We decided to have two (2) winners instead of one! First winner will be the one with most ‘nominations/mentions’, for the second winner we will be compiling all nominations and a winner will be selected through randomizer (1st winner no longer included). Now you have more chances to win!

Let’s head straight to the point. We’re giving away a large Moleskine Notebook through Twitter!

What is Twitter?  Twitter is a social networking and instant messaging service that allows its users to send instant updates about their status. It is a great way to keep you updated what’s happening to your friends, favorite celebrities and world news. If you already have a twitter account, follow us: @avalon.ph and join our Moleskine Giveaway contest!

There is a unique twist for this contest- you won’t win, but a Twitter friend/follower of yours will have the chance to bring home the Moleskine Notebook!

Just copy and paste and tweet this:

I want @mytwitterfollower to win a Moleskine from @avalonph! Details here – http://bit.ly/aDmcp0

Obviously, change @mytwitterfollower to any of your friend’s or follower’s twitter account. As long as you enter your tweet in the format provided, Avalon.ph will easily track all your entries and ‘nominations’.

What happens next? By the end of the contest period, we will count all ‘@myfollower’ and the one with the most “nominations” will win a large Moleskine Notebook!

There’s more! All nominations/mentions (except the first winner) will be compiled another winner will be drawn through Randomizer! More chances to win!

Contest will run from April 21 to 30, 2010.

Before you start tweeting, here are the mechanics for this contest:

- Winner, or the person you ‘nominate’ should have a Philippine-based address that’s serviceable by major couriers.

- Must be able to verify your entry and should appear in my twitter stream/search (@avalonph). That means private profiles will only qualify if you have @avalonph as your follower.

- Winner/s will be notified through Twitter. Winner must respond within a reasonable period, preferably 3-5 working days.

- In case of a tie, Randomizer will be used to determine the winner.

- Winner will receive a large Moleskine Notebook (either a Classic Ruled, Ruled Reporter, or Plain Reporter- Large)

- COMMON SENSE apply on all disputes, loopholes and oversights. Avalon.ph is the SOLE arbiter to decide on issues in this contest.

- Avalon.ph reserves the right not to really change, but to fine-tune the mechanics as we see fit during the duration of the contest.

While there’s no limit to the entries/nominations you can make, please be aware that SPAMMING your twitter stream might cause some of your followers to unfollow you. Please use discretion and respect your follower’s annoyance threshold.

Make someone happy! Tweet them to win a Moleskine Notebook! Good luck!

www.avalon.ph
www.twitter.com/avalonph