http://barrylyga.com/get-goth-girl

Follow the easy instructions and you could win a signed copy of Goth Girl Rising AND a Kyra minimate!

And now, with no further ado, here’s the video!

I hope everyone out there enjoys the book. I know that many of you have been waiting since the original publication of The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl for this book to come out. Well, it’s here! So go have some fun with it.

To celebrate, I’ve added a couple of pages over at BarryLyga.com, under the Goth Girl Rising item in the Novels menu. First up is a Reviews page, where I’ve posted excerpts from some of the reviews the book has received to date. I’m happy to report that — so far — people seem to like it.

Secondly, I’ve posted a deleted scene from the book. I don’t think it really has any spoilers in it, but it will probably make more sense if you read the book first.

That’s all for now — have a great Goth Girl Rising Day! I hope you will let me know what you think of the book! 

Well, one way to get the minimate is to buy Goth Girl Rising! Hey, let's face it — if you're on this page, odds are you were going to buy the book anyway, right? So why not get a little something extra in the bargain? To find out how to get the minimate when you buy the book, go to this page.

But hey — some of my favorite words in the world are "No Purchase Necessary." So, here's another — new — way to get the Goth Girl Minimate. It's dead easy.

See that very cool Goth Girl Rising widget a little further down on the page? Of course you do. Just click on the "Share" button and put that widget on your MySpace or Facebook or web site or blog. Then, send an e-mail to widget@barrylyga.com containing the link to your page with the widget AND your full mailing address.

Now, it's no fair to create an obscure, dead page on your blog or your site and just stash the widget there. That's not cool. No, the idea here is to spread the love! So, put the widget somewhere prominent, like on your front page. Stick it there, then send the e-mail.

Every week for the month of October, I will choose fifteen winners at random and send them minimates.

Here's the widget — have fun!

Want a Goth Girl minimate? Well, if you do (and who wouldn't — she's so cute…in a totally kick-ass way, of course), then odds are you also want to read Goth Girl Rising. So I'm here to show you how you can kill two birds with one stone.

This idea was inspired by bestselling author Joe Finder, who was kind enough to grant me permission to steal his idea and make some modifications to it. It's pretty simple…

1. Between now and midnight on October 19 (the official publication date for Goth Girl Rising), preorder a copy of Goth Girl Rising. You can do this from Amazon.com, BN.com, or your local independent bookseller.
2. If you actually see Goth Girl Rising on sale in a store, go ahead and buy it. (You know you want to…) Similarly, if you go to pre-order the book online and it's ready to ship, that's cool, too.
3. E-mail a PDF or a JPG file of the preorder form or the receipt from step 1 or 2 to this special e-mail address: minimate@barrylyga.com. Be sure to include your full mailing address! This e-mail address is ONLY for this promotion! No one will be answering questions sent there, so if you have questions, ask them in the comments below or use the contact form.
4. The first 100 people who e-mail their receipt/preorder form will get a Goth Girl minimate!
5. From everyone else who sends in their information, we will randomly pick another 100 people to get a Goth Girl minimate!

If you don't know how to to make a PDF or a JPG from something on your screen…

• Here's how to make a file out of what's on your screen in Windows…
• Here's a video version, in case that's easier for you…
• Here's how to make a PDF on the Mac…

If you buy the book at a brick-and-mortar store and you don't own a scanner, you can have your receipt scanned at places like Kinko's and similar office supply/services stores.

You CANNOT just forward or e-mail a text confirmation or e-mail confirmation from an online store! It needs to be a file showing the web site's confirmation screen or a scan of a paper receipt from a store!

Sorry, but this offer is for U.S. readers only.

Whew! There you go! Have fun!

If you don't want to bother with Twitter, I'll be automagically reposting the tweets on this site — just look at the column to the left! — so come back each day!

Check it out! And click for a larger image.

Click on each image for a larger picture!

First up, Kyra ready for a fight:  

Ouch! Kicking Fanboy in the nads:

   

This was not easy, folks! There were some really fun trailers, and in the end, the three judges had a tough time. But here we go…

There were a total of 22 entries, most of which focused on The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy & Goth Girl. Remember: Every single entry wins a Goth Girl Minimate!

Of those 22 entries, the judges narrowed it down to eight semi-finalists, then three finalists, then the winner.

SEMI-FINALISTS — These folks will receive the Minimate and a special prize from my publisher, Houghton Mifflin:

• Fanboy & Goth Girl Trailer #3
• Fanboy & Goth Girl Trailer #8
• Fanboy & Goth Girl Trailer #11
• Boy Toy Trailer #2
• Goth Girl Rising Trailer #2

FINALISTS — These folks will receive the Minimate, the prize from Houghton Mifflin, and a signed hardcover edition of Boy Toy:

• Fanboy & Goth Girl Trailer #10
• Fanboy & Goth Girl Trailer #12

THE WINNER receives all of the above prizes plus a signed ARC (advanced reader copy) of Goth Girl Rising!

Fanboy & Goth Girl Trailer #6

Watch the winning entry:

Here's the interview.