Conditions may apply. You must be 18+ to enter this preorder campaign. US only. Promotion ends 10/19/23. For full Official Rules, see bottom of page.

When in Doubt, Play Dead: Life Advice from an Unexpected Source by Ally Burguieres goes on sale October 17, 2023! Preorder your copy to receive a super cute sticker (while supplies last) and two phone wallpapers!

 

How do I enter?

Send Quirk Books a photo of your When in Doubt receipt using the Google form linked below, whether you have preordered the book or requested it from your local library. (Note: please make sure your full name, book title, and the date are visible on your receipt.)

If you have trouble uploading your receipt to the Google form, please send an email to [email protected] with the requested information and include [WHEN IN DOUBT PREORDER] in the subject line.

We will send you the sticker once the campaign is closed after October 19, 2023, and will send you the digital phone wallpapers once we verify your entry.

All receipts must be dated 10/17/23 or earlier and submitted by 11:59pm EST on 10/19/23.

 

 

Enter Preorder Campaign

Send Quirk Books a photo of your receipt using this Google form.

 

About the Book

Featuring 70 watercolor illustrations, this totally adorable gift of a book offers wisdom and insight from a delightfully unexpected source: the opossum.

Shy, resourceful, and deeply misunderstood yet thoroughly relatable, opossums offer a model for seeing the world—and oneself—in an entirely fresh way.

Written and illustrated by Ally Burguieres, creator of the popular Instagram account @ItsMeSesame, who spends her days as a wildlife rehabber caring for and learning from opossums, When in Doubt, Play Dead offers encouragement to embrace life’s weird, wild, and wonderful moments.

Learn to live your life the opossum way with advice including the following.

  • The difference between a weed and a flower is often a matter of taste.
  • It’s nobody’s business what’s in your pouch. Unless you’ve got snacks in there. In which case, you should share.
  • A bit of risk is part of life. Cross that street, but ALWAYS look both ways beforehand.
  • Smile! Unless someone tells you to, in which case you are well within your rights to scream.
  • And more.

With kindness and humor, this enchanting book of life advice will surprise, inspire, and charm you.

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OFFICIAL RULES
IMPORTANT: Please read these Official Rules before entering the When in Doubt, Play Dead Preorder Campaign (the “Preorder Campaign”), presented by Quirk Books (“Sponsor”). By entering the Preorder Campaign, you agree to the terms of these Official Rules. These Official Rules shall govern in the event of any inconsistency with other Preorder Campaign-related materials.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.
ELIGIBILITY: The Preorder Campaign is open to residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older at time of entry. All federal, state, and local regulations apply. LIMIT ONE ENTRY PER PERSON. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED. Employees of Sponsor, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, and agencies, and their immediate family members and persons living in their household are not eligible to enter the Sweepstakes.
ENTRY PERIOD: The Preorder Campaign begins at 12:01 PM (ET) on Friday, September 15, 2023, and ends at 11:59 PM (ET) on Thursday, October 19, 2023.
HOW TO ENTER: Online entry only. Enter by completing and submitting the entry form as instructed at https://forms.gle/vLnJL8USePB5Kzte9. If you have trouble uploading your receipt to the Google form, please send an email to [email protected] with the requested information and include [WHEN IN DOUBT PREORDER] in the subject line.
In the event of a dispute, entries will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the email address used for entry. Automated entries are prohibited, and any use of automated devices will result in disqualification. Sponsor is not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate entry of information by entrants; lost or late entries or transmissions; interrupted or unavailable network, server, or other connections; scrambled transmissions or other errors or problems of any kind whether mechanical, human, or electronic, technical malfunctions of any computer hardware, software, or any combinations thereof; or problems associated with any virus or any other damage caused to entrants’ systems. Incomplete or illegible entries will be voided. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned.
Comments and/or posts including photographs or videos may not include obscene, offensive or inappropriate (in Sponsor’s sole and absolute discretion) material or defame any person, or otherwise infringe on any person’s proprietary rights. If you are posting a photograph or video, you must have permission from the photographer/videographer (or be the photographer/videographer yourself) and have permission from any persons who appear in the photo or video before submitting it.
PRIVACY POLICY: All information submitted in connection with entry to this Preorder Campaign shall be governed by Sponsor’s privacy policy (at https://www.quirkbooks.com/page/privacy-policy). By entering this Preorder Campaign, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to this privacy policy.
PRIZE:
Every entrant who proves they have preordered or requested When in Doubt, Play Dead from their local library will receive the following:
1. A sticker (quantity: 125)
2. Two phone lock screens, delivered digitally via email attachment
Actual value of prize may vary. No transfer or cash or other substitution of all or part of a prize is permitted, except by Sponsor, which reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to substitute the prize or prize component with another of comparable or greater value. Any and all taxes on the prize will be the responsibility of the entrants. Sponsor shall not be responsible for any cancellations, delays, postponements, substitutions, changes in services, damage in the delivery of the prize, and/or loss of any prize in connection with delivery of the prize via mail. In the event that there is an insufficient number of eligible entries, Sponsor reserves the right not to award the prizes.
Quirk Books will be checking preorder receipts and will deem entrants as disqualified if requested information is missing from entry. Entrants may also be required to complete, execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Release. Noncompliance with these conditions may result in forfeiture of the Prize, and Sponsor reserves the right to select alternate entrants (from other eligible, qualified entries received before the deadline) in such circumstance. If entrant notification of the Prize is returned as undeliverable, Sponsor may, at its discretion, select an alternate entrant.
DISCLAIMERS/LICENSE: By competing in this Preorder Campaign and/or accepting the prize, entrants agree that Sponsor, and its respective parent companies, assigns, subsidiaries and affiliates, and advertising, promotion and fulfillment agencies and all of their respective employees, officers and directors will have no liability whatsoever, and will be held harmless by entrants for any liability for any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind to person and property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the acceptance, possession, misuse, or use of the prizes, or participation in this Sweepstakes.
To the extent allowed by law, participation in the Preorder Campaign in any way, or acceptance of, or participation in, any prize constitutes each entrant’s consent for, and grant of a non-exclusive, sub-licensable and assignable license to Sponsor to use, publish, post or display entrant’s name, social media handles, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions, statements, as submitted in connection with the Preorder Campaign, and prize information, regardless of whether altered, or used alone or with other material, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, for promotional, advertising, and publicity purposes in any medium now known or later discovered, worldwide and in perpetuity, without review or approval, and without further notice, payment, or consideration of any kind. All rights, consents and licenses granted to Sponsor under these Official Rules and/or any Affidavit of Eligibility and Release will survive the termination of this Sweepstakes.
RIGHT TO MODIFY OR CANCEL: Sponsor may cancel, suspend or modify the Preorder Campaign or any part of it, in any way, if Sponsor determines in its sole discretion that the Preorder Campaign is not capable of executing as Sponsor intended, or that any error, omission, fraud, technical failure, tampering, computer virus, or other factor, technical or otherwise, beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control, impairs or may impair Sponsor’s ability to properly conduct the Preorder Campaign, subject to any applicable law or regulation.
In the event of any inconsistency between these Official Rules and any disclosure or other statement contained in any Preorder Campaign-related materials, these Official Rules will govern.
DISPUTES: Any dispute arising from this Preorder Campaign will be determined according to the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, without reference to its conflict of law principles, and by entering the entrants consent to the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Pennsylvania County and agree that such courts have exclusive jurisdiction over all such disputes.
WINNERS LIST: For a list of the Winners, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope by February 18, 2024 to Christina Tatulli, Quirk Books, Attn: Quirk, Dry Humping Preorder Campaign, 215 Church Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
SPONSOR: Quirk Books, 215 Church Street, Philadelphia PA 19106