Yesterday I gave out over 300 copies of my new eBook: Theming Drupal: A first timer's guide. What a great response! Thank you to everyone who participated in this giveaway! I'm looking forward to hearing about the new successes you have because of the ebook. And a special thank you to those who emailed me personally, tweeted and commented to thank me for this free gift.

I was a little bit shocked, however, some of the incredibly negative emails I got from people who felt I was being "unreasonable" for ending the promotion before they had downloaded their free ebook. Everyone who emailed after the end of the promotion and nicely asked for their copy was given a coupon for the shop (hint: there was more than one). And everyone who subscribed to the list after the end of the deadline, and is still on the mailing list, will be entered into a draw to receive a free copy of the eBook on the next mailing.

So to the complainer who emailed me to say, "I hardly think I should be apologizing to you; I’m the customer and you just lost a sale… and perhaps many future sales." ... actually, no. I haven't lost a sale at all. You lost out on a free ebook because you missed the deadline and then you were rude. Let this be a lesson to everyone: being nice gets you free ebooks after the end of a free giveaway. Being rude gets you nothing. If you feel you have been cheated or otherwise scammed you may email me nicely and ask for a coupon for a copy of the book. This offer expires when I get bored of people asking for handouts on a free promotion that's already ended. ;)