Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a beloved children’s story written by Roald Dahl. In the story, Charlie Bucket wins one of five Golden Tickets in the chocolate Wonka Bars. This ticket grants him access to the Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory, and by the end of the story, Charlie ends up inheriting the factory for himself. This Golden Ticket is the inspiration for Bookshop.org’s Golden Bookmark Competition, which will award one lucky winner £300 in Bookshop.org gift cards every year for life. Yes, for life!
The winner of the Golden Bookmark Competition will also get to nominate their favourite bookshop to receive a one-time £500 donation. This aligns with Bookshop.org’s mission to financially support independent bookshops.
The competition starts today and will run for a month, until Thursday 10 November. To enter the Golden Bookmark Competition, all you need to do is fill in this form. Entrants will receive five bonus entries each time someone enters through their referral link. You can get your link once your first entry is submitted.
It’s not surprising that Bookshop.org is being so generous with this reward. Their entire business model comprises of bookstore sellers receiving 30 percent of the cover price from each sale they generate on the platform.
Nicole Vanderbilt, Managing Director of Bookshop.org UK had this to say about the Golden Bookmark Competition:
“We are incredibly excited to be launching this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for one lucky reader to win free books from Bookshop.org for the rest of their life. We hope the chance to win free books for life will come as acheerful, heart-warming initiative. As with everything we do, we are running this giveaway also (and most importantly) to draw people’s attention on the positive difference that independent bookshops make to our lives, and to give the winner the chance to show their concrete support to their favourite independent. Look out for booksellers’ #BooksForLife recommendations on our homepage and on social media, as they share their suggestions of books that will keep you entertained for a lifetime – something an algorithm will never be able to do!”
Nicole Vanderbilt
More information about the competition rules can be found here. We wish the best of luck to all entrants. Because who wouldn’t love free books for a lifetime?
