Dear fellows, it’s been two weeks since I’ve announced my win-a-free-book contest and it’s now officially over. Luckily for me, I will not need be crying in a corner forever alone, as I’ve managed to get more than ten entries submitted. To be more precise, a total of seventeen different people mailed me, and I had two more friends abstain from their participation knowing they would get their free copies anyway.

I must admit I found the total number of submissions surprising both in a good way and a bad way. I’d expect more people to want to get free stuff, even if it’s a fantasy book, but given Dedoimedo’s demographics, mostly hardcore geeks who tend to mistrust and treat everything with scorn, seventeen is a good number. On the brighter side, seventeen strangers want to read my book, which is not a bad thing at all. Let’s announce them.

The winner will soon have received emails informing of their wins. As promised, in return for the free book, they will need to spend some time reading it and hopefully enjoying it, after which they’ll express their honest opinion in a review on Amazon, be it good or bad. That’s pretty much that.

Oh yes, they had to sweat a little – and write a paragraph on their favorite software. So it’s not just a simple book competition and a freebie giveaway, it’s a community software review no less! Well, you can read more over at dedoimedo.com. If you’re the winner, feel free to leave any comments – if you chance to stroll by.

Cheers.