BEA Sweepstakes-- Official Rules
SPONSOR
This promotion (the "Sweepstakes") is sponsored by HarperCollins Publishers ("HarperCollins"), 10 East 53rd Street, New York, New York 10022
ENTRY
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY to enter, register for the BookPerk $0.00 offer at http://www.bookperk.com/sweeps-BEA-Tickets. By participating in the sweepstakes with Bookperk, you will receive by email special offers for books and other goods and services. You can unsubscribe from these promotional emails at any time. Multiple entries are automatically disqualified; only the first entry will be considered.
ELIGIBILITY
The Sweepstakes is open to all legal residents of the United States eighteen years of age and older as of May 16, 2012 excluding employees and immediate family members of HarperCollins, and its parent, 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 wherever prohibited or restricted by law.
Each entrant in the Sweepstakes must be the rightful holder of the email account submitted at entry. In the event of a dispute concerning the identity of the holder of the email account, the holder will be deemed to be the person who owns the email address according to the records of the email service provider. The email account must be opened prior to the commencement of the Sweepstakes.
ENTRY PERIOD
The Sweepstakes will commence on May 16, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. (ET). The last entry will be accepted May 25, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. (ET).
SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION OF WINNERS
One (1) potential winners will be selected by a random drawing from among the eligible entries. Potential winners will be chosen by Bookperk no later than June 7, 2012. Potential winners will be notified by email and required to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Release (the “Affidavit”). If a potential winner does not return the Affidavit within 7 days of delivery the prize will be deemed forfeited and an alternate winner will be chosen.
PRIZES
The winner will receive:
One (1) pair of tickets to BEA on Thursday, June 7 - Power Reader Program at the Javits Center.
Estimated value of prize: $90
The prizes will be awarded, provided there is at least one (1) eligible entry. Prize is non-transferable and cannot be sold or redeemed for cash. In the event that a prize is unavailable, Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a cash payment of equal or greater value.
All federal, state and local taxes are the sole responsibility of the winners.
CONDITIONS
By participating, entrants affirm that they have read these Official Rules, agree to be bound by them and the selection of the winner, which shall be final, and waive any right to claim ambiguity in the Sweepstakes and/or these Official Rules. 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 their 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, (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, and (iv) any personal or other injury resulting from use and enjoyment of the prizes.
HarperCollins may only use the personally identifiable information obtained from the entrants in accordance with its privacy policy, which may be found at http://www.harpercollins.com/footer/privacyPolicy.aspx
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 Support@bookperk.com no earlier than June 7, 2012, but no later than December 7, 2012. You may also send a self-addressed stamped envelope (postage not required from Vermont residents) to Claire Goldwitz, HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53rd Street, 9th floor, New York, New York 10022 during the time period above.
