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HarperCollins Children’s Summer Reading Sweepstakes
Official Rules
SPONSOR
This promotion (the "Sweepstakes") is sponsored by HarperCollins Children’s Publishers Inc. ("HarperCollins"), 10 East 53rd Street, New York, New York, 10022.
ELIGIBILITY
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. To become eligible to win in the HarperCollins Summer Reading Sweepstakes, simply sign up for the HarperCollinsChildren’s Newsletter at HarperCollinsChildrens.com. Multiple entries are automatically disqualified, and only the first submission will be considered. If you already receive the HarperCollins Children’s Newsletter, you are automatically entered to win.
The Sweepstakes is open to all legal residents of the United States, 18 years of age and older by May 24, 2007, excluding employees and immediate family members of HarperCollins, and its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, assigns, advertising, promotional and fulfillment agents, attorneys, and other representatives and the persons with whom each of the above are domiciled. Offer void outside the United States and wherever prohibited or restricted by law.
Each entrant in the Sweepstakes must be the rightful owner or have authorized use of the e-mail account indicated by the entrant's e-mail address. In the event of a dispute concerning the identity of the winner submitting an entry, the winner will be deemed to be the person in whose name the e-mail account is opened. The e-mail account must be opened prior to 9:00 a.m. (EST) on May 24, 2007.
ENTRY PERIOD
The Sweepstakes will commence on June 5, 2008 at 9:00 a.m.(EST). The last entry will be accepted on
September 4, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. (EST)
SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION OF WINNERS
Winners will be selected by a random drawing from all the entries. Winners will be chosen on or about
September 4, 2008. All potential winners will be notified by e-mail. Potential winners may be required to sign and return to HarperCollins an affidavit of eligibility and release of liability (the "Affidavit"), and, if the Affidavit is not returned within 14 days of notification, the potential winner will be deemed to have forfeited the prize, and an alternate potential winner will be chosen.
By participating, entrants agree to release, discharge, and hold harmless HarperCollins, its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates and assigns, and their respective advertising and promotion agencies from any and all liability or damages associated with acceptance, use or misuse of any prize received in the Sweepstakes.
PRIZES
Ten (10) winners will receive a Summer Reading Prize Pack which includes:
Septimus Heap, Book Four: Queste, Warriors: Power of Three #3:
Outcast, Seekers #1: The Quest Begins, The Last Apprentice: Attack
of the Fiend, The Magic Thief, Prince Caspian, Chronicles of Ancient
Darkness #4: Outcast, Sisters of the Sword, Skulduggery Pleasant:
Playing with Fire, Roscoe Riley Rules #3: Don't Swap Your Sweater
for a Dog, The Floods #2: School Plot, and You're a Bad
Man, Mr. Gum!. Estimated prize value: $184.88. Total contest value of $1,848.80.
All prizes will be awarded, provided there are at least 10 entrants. Only one prize will be awarded per individual, family, or household. All prizes are non-transferable and cannot be sold or redeemed for cash. HarperCollins reserves the right to substitute a cash payment of equal or greater value for the prizes. Any state, local, or provincial taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner.
CONDITIONS
By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the results of the random selection of the winners, which shall be final, and waive any right to claim ambiguity in the Sweepstakes and/or these Official Rules. All federal, state and local tax liabilities arising from this Sweepstakes will be the sole responsibility of the winner. Acceptance of prizes constitutes permission to use the winner's name, likeness, biography, and prize won for purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity without additional compensation, except where prohibited or restricted by law.
The entrants release, discharge, and hold harmless HarperCollins and its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, assigns, attorneys, representatives and agents, including advertising, promotion and fulfillment agencies, from any and all liability or damages arising from the administration of the Sweepstakes and the use or misuse of any prize received in this Sweepstakes, including, without limitation, the following: (i) late, lost, incomplete, delayed, misdirected or unintelligible entries, (ii) any printing, typographical, administrative or technological errors in any materials associated with the Sweepstakes, and (iii) any damage to the entrant's computer, related equipment, data files, and software resulting from entrant's downloading of information regarding the Sweepstakes or participation in the Sweepstakes.
HarperCollins may only use the personally identifiable information obtained from the entrants in accordance with its privacy policy, which may be found at http://harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Home/PrivacyPolicy.aspx?TCId=110.
HarperCollins reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, cancel or suspend this Sweepstakes should a virus, bug, computer problem or other causes beyond HarperCollins's control corrupt the administration, security or proper operation of the Sweepstakes. HarperCollins may prohibit you from participating in the Sweepstakes or winning a prize if, in its sole discretion, it determines that you are attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes by cheating, hacking or employing other unfair practices or by abusing other entrants or the representatives of HarperCollins.
ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND, IN SUCH EVENT, HARPERCOLLINS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO PURSUE ITS REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING COSTS AND ATTORNEY'S FEES) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW.
Any dispute arising from the Sweepstakes will be determined according to the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of laws principles, and the entrants consent to the personal jurisdiction of the State and Federal Courts located in the State and County of New York over them and agree that such courts have exclusive jurisdiction over all such disputes.
THE ODDS OF WINNING DEPEND UPON THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES RECEIVED.
For the names of the prize-winners, e-mail your request to HCCSweeps@harpercollins.com after
November 2, 2008 or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Children’s Online Marketing HarperCollins Children’s Summer Reading Sweepstakes, c/o HarperCollins Publishers 10 E. 53rd Street, 17th floor, New York, NY 10022. All requests for a list of winners must be received by January 1, 2009.
If you have any problems entering this contest or have questions about this contest please e-mail HCCSweeps@harpercollins.com.
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