Author: Jasper

yet another Moleskine giveaway contest…

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

Raw Images (Books & Others – 04/08/10)

Here are raw images of stocks out of the box. Most of them are not yet posted on the website. For inquiries please use this link, that is the most efficient way for us to read and reply to your message asap. Please CLICK on the image you want to view, and click again to zoom them, no need to squint :).

We also have our picks of the pack:

L-R: Magical Diaries of Aleister Crowley: Tunisia 1923, Uncle Silas: A Victorian Gothic Novel of Mystery by J.S. LeFanu

L-R: Audrey Beardsley: Imp of the Pervese, Romance of the Three Kingdoms by San Kuo Chih Yen-I

New Titles Posted, Mar 2010 (2nd)

New titles in stock posted. Here’s our top picks:

Ancient Inventions: Wonders of the Past – Brimming with odd facts and entertaining curiosities, written with zest and humor, comprehensive and fun to read, Ancient Inventions is a wonderful celebration of the endless inventiveness of the human mind.

The Collected Poems: Sylvia Plath – To this day, Sylvia Plath’s writings continue to inspire and provoke. Her only published novel, The Bell Jar, remains a classic of American literature, and The Colossus (1960), Ariel (1965), Crossing the Water (1971), Winter Trees (1971), and The Collected Poems (1981) have placed her among this century’s essential American poets.

James Bond 007: Five Complete Novels (HB, Casino Royale) – Here are five complete and completely satisfying thrillers starring the incomparable, indestructible, ultra-sexy, ever-loving, ever-living James Bond, Special Agent 007, now available in one volume and licensed to be read by you!

Devilish Doings: 20 Fiendish Tales (Hardbound) – Does the Devil exists? Only God knows for sure. But judging by the evidence in this collection, Devilish Doings, if he doesn’t exist, humanity needed to create him.

Be sure to check out our Clearance category for books and other items (mostly) under Php200.00! You may also access it here.

Happy shopping!

Devilish Doings
Devilish Doings: 20 Fiendish Tales (Hardbound)
Mindful Pleasures: Essays on Thomas Pynchon
The New Steinerbooks Dictionary of the Paranormal by George Riland
Lenin: For Beginners (Cartoon format)
Away by Amy Bloom
Ancient Inventions: Wonders of the Past
The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter
The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams (Hardbound)
The Reunion by Alan Lightman
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins (1989)
In Favor of the Sensitive Man & Other Essays by Anais Nin
Winter of Artifice: Three Novelettes by Anais Nin
Anais: The Erotic Life of Anais Nin by Noel Riley Fitch
The Colossus of Maroussi by Henry Miller
The Stories of Bernard Malamud
Dubliners – A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (HB)
Boy Meets Girl by Meg Cabot (The Princess Diaries)
The Chronicles of Narnia (Complete, Movie Cover)
A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle
James Bond 007: Five Complete Novels (HB, Casino Royale)
The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney
The Mammoth Encyclopedia of the Unsolved by Colin & Damon Wilson
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking (Hardbound)
Panati’s Parade of Fads, Follies and Manias
A Changed Man by Francine Prose (Hardbound)
The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and The Supernatural
The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z (Ayn Rand Library)
The Next Fifty Years: New Essays from 25 Scientists (2002)
The Collected Poems: Sylvia Plath
Ancient Inventions
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
Your Diet is Driving Me Crazy (Food Conflicts/Love Life)
Uncle John’s Top Secret! Bathroom Reader for Kids Only!
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories (Hardbound)
The Best American Erotica 2000 (Edited by Susie Bright)
The Best American Erotica 2003 (Palahniuk, Kaysen)
The Fabulous Girl’s Code Red: A Guide to Grace under Pressure
More of the Straight Dope by Cecil Adams
Shampoo Planet by Douglas Coupland
Miss Wyoming by Douglas Coupland (Hardbound, Can)
Monsters in our Midst (Edited by Robert Bloch)
The Last Time I Saw Mother by Arlene Chai (Proof)
The October Country by Ray Bradbury
What Just Happened: A Chronicle from the Information Frontier by James Gleick
It’s A Conspiracy! The Shocking Truth About America’s Favorite Conspiracy Theories!
Night and Day by Virginia Woolf
Eating Fire and Drinking Water by Arlene Chai
You Did What? Mad Plans & Great Historical Disasters
It Seemed Like a Good Idea…: A Compendium Of Great Historical Fiascoes
The Works of Jules Verne (Leatherbound Edition)
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka
King Kong (Hardbound 1976, hard-to-find)
Amnesia Moon by Jonathan Lethem
The Wall of the Sky, The Wall of the Eye by Jonathan Lethem
The Capra Chapbook Anthology
The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis
Christ Recrucified by Nikos Kazantzakis
Thereby Hangs A Tale (Stories of Curious Word Origins)
Ask the Pilot: Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel
Battle Angel Alita: Angel of Redemption (Manga)
The Lover by Marguerite Duras
Hollywood Urban Legends by Richard Roeper
The Computers of Star Trek
Been There, Done That! The Balls-to-the-Wall Checklist of Things Worth Doing!