Social Media Success for Every Brand Sweepstakes

Official Rules 

SPONSOR This promotion (the "Sweepstakes") is sponsored by HarperCollins Focus ("HCF"), PO Box 141000, Nashville, TN 37214-1000.

ENTRY METHOD

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY 

To enter, submit the required information in the designated spaces at https://www.harpercollinsleadership.com/socialmediasuccess-launch-team/ and press “Submit” to complete your entry (“Entry”). By filling out and submitting this form, you will be automatically entered into the Sweepstakes. Following successful completion of the foregoing you will see a confirmation message. This message signifies your Entry has been received for the Sweepstakes. By participating in the Sweepstakes with HCF, you will receive by email special offers from HCF. You can unsubscribe from these promotional emails at any time. Multiple entries are automatically disqualified; only the first entry will be considered.  Although entrants will be invited, entrants are not required to participate in the Social Media Success for Every Brand Launch Team to be eligible for the Sweepstakes.

ELIGIBILITY

The Sweepstakes is open to all legal residents of the United States eighteen (18) years of age and older as of October 3, 2019 excluding employees and immediate family members of HCF, 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 outside the United States and 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 October 3, 2019 12:00 a.m. (ET). The last entry will be accepted October 17, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. (ET).

SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION OF WINNERS
Potential winners will be selected according to the order of submitting their entry. Potential winners will be chosen by HCF on or about October 18, 2019. Potential winners will be notified by email.

In HCF’s sole discretion, the potential winner may be disqualified and required to forfeit his/her prize, and an alternate winner may be selected in accordance with these Official Rules from among the remaining eligible entries, if sufficient time exists, if potential winner: (i) is unreachable or winner notification is returned as undeliverable; (ii) declines or cannot accept, receive or use the prize for any reason; or (iii) does not comply with these Official Rules.  Forfeited prizes may not be awarded.

PRIZES

The first 100 people to sign up will receive:

One (1) paperback copy of Social Media Success for Every Brand (Estimated retail value $17.99 each)

The prize will be awarded, provided there are at least one hundred (100) eligible entries.

3 winners will receive (all registrants eligible):

A 15-minute one-on-one phone consultation with Claire Diaz-Ortiz. (No estimated retail value)

The prize will be awarded, provided there are at least three (3) eligible entries.

Total estimated retail value of all prizes: $1,799.00

The one-on-one phone call prize has no approximate retail value and is subject to Claire Diaz-Ortiz's availability.  HCF is not responsible for and will not provide any software, hardware or other technical set-up or capability (or personnel support in connection therewith) that may be required to participate in the phone call. HCF is not responsible for cancellation or preemption of the one-on-one phone call sessions with Claire Diaz-Ortiz or for other circumstances that make it impractical or impossible to fulfill these elements of the prize (including, without limitation, if an agreeable time for the one-on-one phone call session cannot be established between the winner(s) and Claire Diaz-Ortiz).  If it becomes impractical or impossible to fulfill those elements of the prize, HCF’s only obligation will be to provide the remainder, if any, of the prize.  If the actual value of any aspect of the prize is less than the stated approximate retail value, the difference will not be awarded.  There is no substitution for any prize.  The prize is not transferable, assignable or redeemable for cash.  HCF reserves the right to substitute a cash payment of equal value for any aspect of the prize that has a retail value.

Sweepstakes winner must be 18 years of age or older and not a minor in his/her state of residence.

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 a prize 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 HCF, 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.

HCF may only use the personally identifiable information obtained from the entrants in accordance with its privacy policy, which may be found at https://www.harpercollinsfocus.com/privacy.

HCF (or its parent or affiliate) has entered into a license agreement with Supadu for HCF’s use of the Supadu promotions application in connection with the administration of the Sweepstakes. Supadu may store your personally identifiable information in accordance with its privacy policy, which may be found at: http://about.supadu.com/cookie-privacy-policy

HCF reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, cancel or suspend this Sweepstakes should a virus, bug, computer problem or other causes beyond HCF's control corrupt the administration, security or proper operation of the Sweepstakes. HCF 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 HCF.

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, HCCP 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 sicily.axton@harpercollins.com no earlier than October 17, 2019 but no later than November 17, 2019. You may also send a self-addressed stamped envelope (postage not required from Vermont residents) to Sicily Axton, HarperCollins Leadership, PO Box 141000, Nashville, TN 37214-1000 during the time period above.