Birthday Giveaway Official Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. THE FOLLOWING GIVEAWAY IS INTENDED FOR PLAY IN THE FIFTY (50) UNITED STATES (AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA) ONLY. DO NOT ENTER THIS GIVEAWAY IF YOU ARE NOT LOCATED IN THE FIFTY (50) UNITED STATES (AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA).

SPONSOR:Half Price Books, Records, Magazines, Incorporated (“Half Price Books”), 5803 E. Northwest Hwy., Dallas, TX 75231.

ELIGIBILITY: The Birthday Giveaway (the “Giveaway”) is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States (and the District of Columbia). Do not enter this Giveaway if you are not a resident of the fifty (50) United States (and District of Columbia). Entrants must be at least 18 years old at the time of entry. Minors will be automatically disqualified. Employees of Half Price Books and their respective parent companies, affiliates, promotion and other vendor agencies involved in this Giveaway, as well as the immediate family members (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee, are not eligible to enter. This Giveaway is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited by law.

TIMING: The Giveaway Period begins Saturday, July 27, 2024, at 12:00:01 AM CT and ends Friday, August 2, 2024, at 11:59:59 PM CT (the “Giveaway Period”).

DESCRIPTION OF GIVEAWAY: Entrants will be entered into a drawing to win one of five (5) $52 Half Price Books Gift Cards

HOW TO ENTER: There are two (2) ways to enter. No purchase is necessary to enter or win. All entries are the property of Sponsor for use in potential future marketing promotions and not returnable.

Online Method of Entry: During the Entry Period, visit hpb.com/giveaway and follow all entry instructions. All online entries must be received during the Entry Period. Online entrants are subject to all notices posted online including Sponsor’s Privacy Policy, which can be found at www.hpb.com/privacy-policy.html. In the event of a dispute as to any email registration, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register will be deemed to be the entrant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. Each potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder. Any attempt by any participant to obtain more than one entry by using multiple identities, email addresses, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that participant’s plays, and that participant may be disqualified in Half Price Books’ sole discretion. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries, including any error that may result in an erroneous appearance of qualification for a prize. Sponsor is not responsible for any problem or technical malfunction of any computer equipment or software that results in loss of entry. Likewise, Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible or misdirected registrations, which will be disqualified. All entries become the sole and exclusive property of Sponsor or Administrator and will not be returned. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.

Mail-In/Alternative Method of Entry: To enter the Giveaway without filling out the entry form, you may submit a mail-in entry. To enter via this method, handwrite your first and last name, street address, phone number, and e-mail address on a piece of paper, insert the paper into a #10 envelope and mail your entry via first-class mail to: HPB Birthday Giveaway, 5803 E. Northwest Hwy., Dallas, TX 75231. Only one mail-in entry accepted per person per Entry Period. Sponsor is not responsible for late, lost, damaged, illegible, or postage-due mail. To be eligible for a given random drawing, your mail-in entry(ies) must be received by HPB between 12:00:01 a.m. on the Entry Period Start Date and 11:59:59 p.m. on the Entry Period End Date of the relevant Entry Period.

WINNER PRIZE SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION: This is a game of chance. Odds of winning are based on the number of eligible entries. The potential winner will be selected by drawing an entry form at random. All potential winners are subject to verification by Sponsor, whose decisions are final and binding in all matters related to the Giveaway. The potential winner will be notified by telephone once the Entry Period has ended and winners have been selected. The potential winners will be asked to provide additional verification information and is required to respond to such notification within forty-eight (48) hours of the first notification attempt. Sponsor shall have no liability for any winner notification that is lost, intercepted or not received by a potential winner for any reason. If, despite reasonable efforts, a potential winner does not respond within forty-eight (48) hours of the first notification attempt, or if the prize or prize notification is returned as unclaimed or undeliverable to such potential winner, such potential winner will forfeit his or her prize. Should the winner not respond within the required timeframe, the prize may remain un-awarded.

If any potential winner is found to be ineligible, or if he or she has not complied with these Official Rules or declines a prize for any reason prior to award, such potential winner will be disqualified and an alternate winner might be selected as detailed herein, or the prize may remain un-awarded. The prize is not transferable; no prize substitutions or cash alternatives are allowed except as may be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Entrants who live outside of the fifty (50) United States (and District of Columbia) or fail to complete all required entry fields will be disqualified.

PRIZE AND RETAIL VALUE: Five (5) winners will receive a Half Price Books Gift Card worth $52, valid at all Half Price Books stores, Half Price Books Outlets and online at HPB.com. Prize is valued at $52.00, excluding shipping (US). Allow 8 weeks for delivery. Sponsor will not replace any lost, mutilated, or stolen gift cards. All federal, state, local and other taxes and fees are the sole responsibility of the winner.

AGREEMENT TO OFFICIAL RULES: Participation in the Giveaway constitutes full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding. Winning a prize is contingent on fulfilling all requirements set forth herein. By entering, each participant agrees to: (a) comply with and be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor which are binding and final in all matters relating to this Giveaway; (b) release and hold harmless the Sponsor, the prize suppliers and each of their respective parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies, and any other organizations responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the Giveaway, and all of their respective past and present officers, directors, employees, shareholders, agents and representatives (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liability, including but not limited to negligence and damages of any kind to persons and property, including but not limited to invasion of privacy (under appropriation, intrusion, public disclosure of private facts, false light in the public eye or other legal theory), defamation, slander, libel, violation of right of publicity, infringement of trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights, property damage, or death or personal injury arising out of or relating to a participant’s entry, creation of an entry or submission of an entry, participation in the Giveaway, acceptance or use or misuse of prize (including any travel or activity related thereto) and/or the broadcast, exploitation or use of entry; and (c) indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Released Parties from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liabilities (including reasonable attorney’s fees) arising out of or relating to an entrant’s participation in the Giveaway and/or winner’s acceptance, use or misuse of a prize.

RELEASE & HOLD HARMLESS: By entering the Giveaway, you release and hold harmless Sponsor and its respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with this Giveaway or any prize won, including any injuries, loss or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with participation in the Giveaway. Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of this offer, administration of the Giveaway or in the announcement of prizes.

FORCE MAJEURE: In the event Sponsor is prevented from continuing with this Giveaway, or the integrity and/or feasibility of the Giveaway is undermined by any event including but not limited to fire, flood, epidemic, earthquake, explosion, labor dispute or strike, act of God or public enemy, satellite or equipment failure, riot or civil disturbance, war (declared or undeclared), terrorist threat or activity, hacking, or any federal, state or local government law, order or regulation, order of any court or other cause not within Sponsor’s control (each a “Force Majeure“ event or occurrence), Sponsor shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to abbreviate, modify, suspend, cancel or terminate the Giveaway without further obligation and, if so, Sponsor reserves the right, but not the obligation, to award the prize from among all valid and eligible entries received up to the time of such Force Majeure event.

PUBLICITY: Except where prohibited, acceptance of a prize constitutes winners’ consent to Sponsor’s and its designee’s use of winner’s name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions and/or hometown and state for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration. IF ENTRANT IS CHOSEN AS A PRIZE WINNER, ENTRANT’S PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION MAY BE DISCLOSED TO THIRD PARTIES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, PLACING ENTRANT’S NAME ON A WINNER’S LIST AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Giveaway; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Giveaway; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Giveaway or the processing of entries; or (5) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Giveaway or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. If for any reason an entrant’s entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant’s sole remedy is another entry in the Giveaway play, provided that if it is not possible to award another entry due to discontinuance of the Giveaway, or any part of it, for any reason, Sponsor, at its discretion, may elect to hold a random drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the date of discontinuance for any or all of the prizes offered herein. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. In event that production, technical, seeding, programming or any other reasons cause more than stated number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be available and/or claimed, Sponsor reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing among all legitimate, un-awarded, eligible prize claims.

WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PERSON, WHETHER OR NOT AN ENTRANT, TO DAMAGE, DESTROY, TAMPER OR VANDALIZE ANY COMPUTERIZED SITE OR UNDERMINE THE OPERATION OF THE GIVEAWAY IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND DILIGENTLY PURSUE ALL REMEDIES AGAINST ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

DISPUTES: Entrant agrees that: (i) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Giveaway, or any Prizes awarded, other than those concerning the administration of the Giveaway or the determination of winners, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; (ii) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Giveaway, or any Prizes awarded, shall be resolved exclusively in the state or federal courts of Dallas, Texas; (iii) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Giveaway, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (iv) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Giveaway, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Texas or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Texas.

USE OF ENTRANT’S PERSONAL INFORMATION: By participating in the Giveaway, entrants may be sharing personal or confidential information with Sponsor. By participating in the Giveaway, entrants agree to Sponsor use of his or her personal information as described herein and in the HPB privacy policy.

WINNERS LIST: The names of the prize winners may be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope postmarked by September 27, 2024 to: Half Price Books, Records, Magazines, Incorporated, 5803 E. Northwest Hwy., Dallas, TX 75231, Attention: HPB Birthday Giveaway Winners List.