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Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
Steven Johnson

Enter for a chance to win an advance reading copy of Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation, by Steven Johnson.

Steven Johnson, an innovative, popular thinker, addresses urgent and universal questions: Where does the flash of brilliance come from? How do we generate the great ideas that push our careers, our lives, our society, our culture forward? What do we need to know, and what kind of environment do we need to foster, to come up with these ideas ourselves?

In Where Good Ideas Come From, Steven identifies the seven key principles to the genesis of great ideas. He traces them across time and disciplines, from FBI agents tracking terrorists to scientists figuring out nature's riddles to Gutenberg borrowing a wine press to print the first books to Larry and Sergey founding Google on a hunch and a formula. Steven proves that the relevant question is not, how did those guys get so clever? What we need to ask is this: What kind of environment fosters the development of these kinds of ideas? The answers may surprise you. Sign up for the chance to win one of one hundred and fifty (150) galley copies of Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson (Approximate Retail Value $5.00).

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Open to residents of the fifty United States, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories and possessions, ages 18 and older.

Sweepstakes begins July 29, 2010. Entries must be received no later than August 2, 2010, 11:59:59 PM Eastern Time.

Winners will be selected on or about August 9, 2010.

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Where Good Ideas Come From Galley Sweepstakes

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Open to residents of the fifty United States, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories and possessions, ages 18 and older.

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  1. To enter the Where Good Ideas Come From Galley Sweepstakes ("Sweepstakes"), review these Official Rules and fill out the entry form, including your first and last name, mailing address, email address and company name (if applicable). Entries may be sent via this website only and must be received no later than August 2, 2010, 11:59:59 PM Eastern Time. Limit one entry per person.
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Winners:

  1. From all eligible entries received, one hundred and fifty (150) winners will be chosen in a random drawing held on or about August 9, 2010 by Sponsor, whose decisions concerning all matters related to this Sweepstakes are final and binding.
  2. Winners will be notified by email or mail. The odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries received.

Prizes:

  1. One hundred and fifty (150) winners will receive an advance reading copy of Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson (Approximate Retail Value $5.00).
  2. In the event that there is an insufficient number of eligible entries, Sponsor reserves the right not to award the prizes.

Eligibility:

This Sweepstakes is open to residents of the fifty United States, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories and possessions, ages 18 and older. Employees of Sponsor and its parent company, subsidiaries, affiliates or other parties in any way involved in the development, production, or distribution of this Sweepstakes, as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings, children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible to participate in the Sweepstakes. Void where prohibited by law. All state and local restrictions apply.

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Winners List:

To receive a copy of the winners list, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope by February 9, 2011 to Riverhead Marketing, 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014, Attention: Where Good Ideas Come From Galley Sweepstakes Winners List.

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