Giveaway campaigns
For readers and authorsUpdated 2 min read
A giveaway is a campaign type with no review obligation: the author offers protected copies to readers who enter, either first come or drawn, and each winner receives the book the way the campaign delivers it. A win counts as one reader toward the author's plan, a winner owes nothing, there are no reminders, and an entry that is not drawn costs the reader nothing.
The short answer
What a giveaway is
A giveaway is a campaign whose copies come with no review obligation. The author sets the number of copies, how winners are chosen (first come, until the copies are gone, or drawn on a closing date), and how the book is delivered (read on Booklabria or a protected download, as any campaign). There is no deadline, no reminder and no reliability mark for winners.
For the reader
- Giveaways appear in the ARC hub under Opportunities, marked Giveaway, and on the book's page, which is where you enter: Enter is one press from the book page (the hub takes you there first). A first-come giveaway hands you the copy at once if any are left.
- Once entered, you can withdraw your entry any time before the draw. If you win, you are told under the bell and by e-mail, and the copy lands in My requests to open or download like any copy; it is yours and stays after the book is out. If the draw did not pick you, you are told once; the entry stays in My requests as Not this time., and nothing about it is on your record.
- Every giveaway links its official rules: free to enter, no purchase, one entry per account, the draw or first-come rule, the prize, the sponsor (the author's pen name; Booklabria is the platform).
- A review is welcome but never owed. Writing one carries the ARC reader mark like any review from a copy.
For the author
- Studio › Campaigns › New campaign, campaign type Giveaway. The wizard drops the review deadline and the requirements; it keeps the book, the copies, the delivery choice and your note, and asks for the draw date or, on first come, the end date.
- Each winner counts as one reader toward what your plan allows per campaign, exactly like an approval.
- A drawn giveaway closes on its date and picks winners at random among the entries; you cannot choose them, and the page says so to readers. A first-come giveaway closes when the copies are gone or on its end date, whichever comes first. Entries are approved on their own; you can decline an entrant before the draw only, never after a claim.
- Entries and wins show on the campaign's Activity and in the Reader spots block; a giveaway has no funnel. Winners never see each other's names.
Where this lives
Related
- Requesting an ARC: When an author runs an active campaign, the book page shows Request an advance copy and the ARC hub lists it under Opportunities with your openly computed match; a request carries a short note, waits for the author's decision, and can be cancelled while pending. There is no waitlist.
- Running an ARC campaign: Studio, Campaigns, New campaign walks through the book, dates and reader spots, ideal readers (genres, tropes, languages, regions, requirements), delivery (formats, files, your message) and how to launch (draft, scheduled, or now). Applications gather under Applications with each reader's match and reliability; approve or decline one by one or in batches, and every decision notifies the reader.
- ARC delivery and tracking: You choose per campaign how readers receive the book: Read on Booklabria (the file stays on the server, readers open it on the site or in the app, and the Reading tab shows progress by chapter, who finished and where readers stop, as counts) or Download a protected copy (signed links that expire after fifteen minutes, five downloads per approval, every EPUB watermarked). Upload the EPUB or PDF on the Delivery tab; reading on Booklabria needs the EPUB. The Activity tab notes approvals, downloads and reviews as they happen; the analytics funnel shows how many downloads became reviews.
- Reading or downloading your ARC, and how the file is protected: The author chooses per campaign how you receive an approved ARC: you read it on Booklabria (the file stays on the server, you open it from My requests, your progress is saved as you read) or you download a protected copy through a link that expires fifteen minutes after it is issued, five downloads per approval, every one logged, every EPUB watermarked. If a link expires, ask for a fresh one; if you reach the limit, write to the author or support.
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