Hi dear friends!!
It’s November – you know what that means!
It’s almost time for one of my favorite Icelandic traditions… 🎁
This will be my 4th year celebrating Jolabokaflod, and it has become one of my favorite holiday traditions!
I’ve loved sharing this tradition with my Austenesque friends near and far.
It is such a special and unique way to connect with each other during the holidays. 🫶🏼
So please, consider this your invitation to join in for this years’ celebration! ✉️
You can take part if you live internationally (must have Amazon distribution nearby). 🌍
You can take part if you only read ebooks! 📱
There are two groups in this years’ Austenesque Jolabokaflod
GROUP 1 – readers that want to GIVE and RECEIVE paperbacks
GROUP 2 – readers that want to GIVE and RECEIVE ebooks
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~ What Austenesque Jolabokaflod Looks Like ~
📗 All are welcome to take part!
📕 Anyone who is taking part will send 1️⃣ Austenesque book and receive 1️⃣ Austenesque book for Austenesque Jolabokaflod.
📗 Gifted books will be paperbacks or ebooks (no audiobooks) and can be gifted from Amazon (since Book Depository is no longer an option, the only way we can still have worldwide participants is through nearby Amazon distribution centers)
📕 Participants will share their mailing address and a list of 5-10 Austenesque books that are on their wishlist (and that they don’t plan on purchasing or receiving as gifts in the next 2 months!)
📗 I’ll collect all the information from interested participants and then randomly sort and designate who is gifting to whom. (This will be Secret Santa style – meaning you won’t know in advance who is gifting your book!)
📕 Participants will purchase an Austenesque book (from their recipient’s wishlist) and send it to their assigned recipient before December 5th.
📗 Recipients will receive their Austenesque Jolabokaflod book in the mail or via email, but keep it unopened until December 24th.
📕 Recipients will open and enjoy their new book on December 24th in celebration of Austenesque Jolabokaflod! (To really embrace the holiday – read a few chapters of your new book and eat some chocolate!) 🍫
Want to take part in Austenesque Jolabokaflod?
Here’s what you need to know!
🎁 Participants will need to decide if they want to participate in the PAPERBACK or EBOOK Austenesque Jolabokaflod (i.e. if you pick paperback, you will send and receive a paperback, if you pick ebook, you will send and receive an ebook – open to US residents only)
🎁 Participants will need to pick 5-10 books that they would like to receive
🎁 Participants will send the book directly to the recipient in one of these methods:
- Amazon (depending on the country of the recipient you may need to use other Amazon sites such as amazon.es or amazon.ca
- Gift an Ebook through Amazon and date it to be sent on December 24th
Bravo, Meredith! It’s such a fun and happy news!!
Count on me, of course! I’ve been in the three editions and I had fun during the process 😉
As soon as I can, I’ll fill out the form. I’ve just arrived home from working and your post has made me jump LOL
Muchas gracias for organising Jolabokaflod, my friend 🙂
If I do ebook, how do I send it to specific date?
Great question! When you are checking out it will ask if you want to send it immediately or schedule it to send on a certain date. All you would need to do is set the schedule to send on December 24th.
Love this! I did this last year and I’m excited to participate in it again. Thanks so much Meredith. It takes a lot of time to organize this!
Hi Meredith!
I have enjoyed doing this since you started this tradition here! Count me in again for this year!
This is the most fabulous idea! I’ve missed out before due to other circumstances, but I may have to this year … Sounds so fun!
Done it! And let the party begin!
Happy Jolabokaflod to all of you 😉
Yay! I enjoyed doing Jolabokaflod with this group last year and am excited to be able to do it again this year!
What a great happening
I look forward to participate
I have registred for the US ebook, even though I am in Denmark. But since Denmark is such a small country, I can only by ebooks on the Amazon.com site. So I hope it is all right?
Thank you for organising it one more year!!! I am really looking forward to gift and be gifted xD
Yay! I’m happy I saw this in time. I love Austenesque Jolabokaflod – thank you so much for organizing this, Meredith. Look forward to participating!
When will the book assignments go out? I am worried I may have deleted the email when sorting through my inbox.
I was wondering the same, Seantrice. I haven’t seen an email either and I just want to be sure I don’t miss anything!