Win an Advance Copy of Lucy!

Meet Lucy. She’s a bit of an outsider, having grown up in the jungles of the Congo, and she’s having some trouble adjusting to her new home in the Chicago suburbs. The culture shock alone is more than enough drama for a teenager, but there’s another issue at hand:

Lucy is part human, part ape.

Entertainment Weekly has rightly singled out Lucy by Laurence Gonzales as one of their 18 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This Summer, calling it a “fast-paced Crichtonesque thriller.” We’re sure you’ll feel the same way, and we want to give you a chance to get a head start on your summer reading—enter your email address below, and you’ll be entered to win one of fifty advanced reader’s editions of this book.

Official Sweepstakes Rules & Regulations

I. HOW TO ENTER. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Enter by submitting your email address between June 29, 2010 and July 13, 2010. LIMIT ONE ENTRY PER PERSON. Partially completed entries will not be accepted. Knopf is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete or misdirected entries, or for technical, hardware or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmission or any human error that may occur in the receipt or processing of online entries.

II. ELIGIBILITY
Sweepstakes is open to all legal residents of the United States who are over the age of 13 on June 29, 2010. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. Void wherever prohibited or restricted by law. Employees of Random House Inc., its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates, and their immediate family members, and persons living in their household are not eligible to enter this sweepstakes.

III. PRIZES
50 winners will receive one (1) advance reader’s edition of Lucy (9780307272607). (Approximate prize value is $5 USD)

IV. WINNERS
Winners will be chosen at random on or about July 13, 2010 from all eligible entries received by the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Odds of winning are based on number of entrants. All prizes will be awarded. By participation, entrants agree to be bound by the official rules and the decision of Random House. Winners will be notified by e mail on or about July 13, 2010. The prizes will be awarded in the name of the winners’ parents or legal guardians if winners are under the age of 18 on July 13, 2010. Taxes, if any are the sole responsibility of the winners, or their parents or legal guardians if winners are under the age of 18. Winners, or their parents or legal guardians if winners are under the age of 18, may be required to execute and return, within 14 days of receiving notification, affidavits of eligibility and release. Noncompliance within that period or the return of any notification as undeliverable will result in disqualification and the selection of an alternate winner. In the event of any other noncompliance with rules and conditions, the prize may be awarded to an alternate winner. RANDOM HOUSE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SUBSTITUTE PRIZES OF EQUAL OR GREATER VALUE IF PRIZES, AS STATED ABOVE, BECOME UNAVAILABLE.

V. RESERVATIONS. Acceptance of a prize constitutes permission for Knopf to use the winner’s name, likeness and biographical data for editorials, advertising, and promotional purposes in all electronic or print media without payment of additional compensation or further permission (unless prohibited by law). By entering, participants and their parents and legal guardians release and hold harmless Random House, their respective parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents, and representatives from any and all liability for an any injuries, loss, claim, action, demand, or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with the contest or any prize won, any misuse or malfunction of any prize awarded, participation in any contest-related activity, or participation in the contest. Entry names will NOT be used for subsequent email solicitation. For the names of the 50 winners, available after July 16, 2010, please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: “Lucy Sweepstakes” Alfred A. Knopf, 1745 Broadway Mail Drop 21-3, New York, NY 10019. Washington and Vermont residents may omit return postage.