Sunday, November 29, 2009

Leap Badge No.6


Let's face it, reading is hot - and so is Leap Badge No. 6! Grab your copy today and get entered in our SWAG contest to end all SWAG contests. ;)

Don't know about the contest? It's easy. Snag a Leap badge, and post it on your Blog, MySpace, Facebook, etc. Email us at contests@leapbks.com with the address of the page where you loaded it. Why? One word: SWAG. For full contest details, go here.

Speaking of hot...heat things up this winter with our smouldering new releases, Island Sting by Bonnie J. Doerr and Freaksville by Kitty Keswick. Don't forget to join us in January for the official launch of Leap Books and the Leap Badge contest results!

Thursday, November 19, 2009

We've Been WOWed!


Island Sting by author Bonnie J. Doerr is featured at La Femme Readers as a Waiting on Wednesday pick. We're thrilled that this action-packed eco-mystery is on Eleni's list. Hope it's on yours too!

And here's a big shout out to Eleni both for selecting the book and for being an avid participant in our Leap Books badge contest. Eleni's collected each new badge as it comes out, so we're expecting she'll be a big winner. If you don't know about our contest, read the blogs below and check out the awesome badges on the right.

Frances O'Roark Dowell, Edgar-award-winning author of Dovey Coe says this about Island Sting: "Once you start reading, you’ll find yourself flipping pages as fast as you can, eager to find out what happens next." 

 If you love intrigue and care about endangered animals, you'll want to snag your copy when it comes out on January 6, 2010. For more info on Island Sting, click here.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Sharing the Leap Badge Love....

We have to say we have the best readers...or pre-readers since we're officially launching on January 1st 2010! (It's almost here!) Everyone on the Leap staff is tickled pink or purple or whatever your favorite color, about the responses we get from our reviewers, readers and fans!
Bookaholics unite! We love your emails! You rock!
And to share the Leap badge love, we'd thought we'd do a random shout out every week to a few of our fans...

Elie
http://ellzreadz.blogspot.com
Sara
http://thehidingspot.blogspot.com
Jackie
www.book-whisperer.blogspot.com
Karin
http://karinlibrarian.wordpress.com
Eleni
http://lafemmereaders.blogspot.com

So share the love and check out these loyal bloggers of books. Next week it just might be you.

Friday, November 13, 2009

Leap Badge No.5


Leap Badge No.5 is all about Girl Powa! The sky's the limit if you believe in yourself.


13 Things You Can Do to Create Girl Powa in Your Life

• Be a role model.
• Challenge yourself each day to achieve something new.
• Never surrender. If you don’t succeed, get back out there and keep trying until you do!
• Believe you are beautiful, cuz you are!
• To thine own self be true. Good ol Willy Shakespeare had it right.
• Leave the world better than you found it.
• Be someone’s shoulder and ear when they need it.
• Pay it forward. It will come back around to you.
• Learn something new and then teach it to someone else.
• Be sure to take time to enjoy the little things.
• Take care of Mother Earth, we only get one home.
• Believe in yourself.
• Read, cuz knowledge is power!

(And remember, Girl Powa isn't just for girls, it's for EVERYONE.)

Grab your copy of Badge No. 5 today and get entered in our SWAG contest to end all SWAG contests. ;)

Don't know about the contest? It's easy. Snag a Leap badge, and post it on your Blog, MySpace, Facebook, etc. Email us at contests@leapbks.com with the address of the page where you loaded it. Why? One word: SWAG. For full contest details, go here.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Leap Badge No.4

We're just a few short months away from the official Leap Launch date of January 1, 2010 and our swag contest give away. Due to popular demand, we've opened our contest up to North America and the UK. We didn't expect this kind of response, but we're delighted with your Leap enthusiasm!

Don't know about the contest? It's easy. Snag a Leap badge, and post it on your Blog, MySpace, Facebook, etc. Email us at contests@leapbks.com with the address of the page where you loaded it. Why? One word: SWAG. For full contest details go here.

Have a look at Badge No.4. After all, the eye is the window to the soul:


More Launch Loot!

We hope everyone had a safe and spooktacular Halloween! The Leap crew hung out with family, handed out candy, went for hayrides and did some serious trick or treating. Since we're on sugar overload, we thought we'd tempt you with another awesome swag prize for our Leap Badge/Launch Contest.

Don't know about the contest? It's easy. Snag a Leap badge, and post it on your Blog, MySpace, Facebook, etc. Email us at contests@leapbks.com with the address of the page where you loaded it. Why? One word: SWAG. For full contest details go here.

Without further ado, here's the Under My Skin gothic choker: