ohh i saw this too late i think...
xd

I can't brain today...
...I have the dumb

OK, I think I found the right book. BTW, great puzzle. But I'm not sure about it since GoogleBooks doesn't let me see some pages.
But then... I have a question: is it possible to solve this riddle for non-English speaking person? I'm pretty good at some easy chatting but when it comes to some book terminology or smth less known I might fail, so I'd like to know if it's worth trying.

Sometimes I'm down for things like this, but I saw this and though, "fuck this shit, I'm just going to buy the game."

And I did.

Very nice puzzle. I've sent you the code, but I'm not sure about it. Just write here about am I right or not, I'm really interested :)

great puzzle! but i have problems with the last part. i don't understand it :\

Is it a coincidence that the person who's in the picture is also depicted on the 50 dollar bill i.e. the amount of money you are spending on the giveaway?

I cant figure out what JV stands for.
Probably my name: João Vitor. LOL

This puzzle gives me a headache. :D But I'll give it a shot.

The fuck?

I found the key. best. puzzle. ever.

6 or 7 hours left. So far I have 13 persons that have solved it.

The moment is coming...

Half an hour left... I will post the complete solution here, maybe in steps.

Link
The key seems to have been the biggest trouble. J.V stands for Jules Verne. He wrote "In Search of the Castaways" or "Captain Grant's Children" in 1867. Many focused too much on Grant and searched for his texts. Pag an el is also a clue, Paganel is one of the characters in the book.

The second part is a common cipher. "p78 r1 w7" is page 78, row 1 and word 7 that is Paganel. To get the words in the correct order you have to arrange them so that you can read page, row and word in all columns. (I made a little grammatical error in the last part)

 p78 r1 w7  Paganel
 a50 o3 o7  Dear
 g515w8 r5  person
 e64 r6 d8  reading
 p7  o22w11 this
 a203w1 o2  you
 g401r14r5  shall
 e186o8 d12 now
 p282w1 w9  send
 a175r8 o2  your
 g229o18r1  steam
 e58 w2 d5  name
 p475r5 w9  to

treasurehuntersmeeting@hotmail.com

 a148o11o7  together
 g102w1 r2  with
 e413r8 d7  the
 p174o8 w6  word

Bachelor

 a19 w6 o9  expressed
 g71 r4 r10 in
 e261o10d4  same
 p419w27w15 code
 a71 r1 o12 as
 g483o3 r3  I
 e359w26d11 used

The code used for bachelor is p513r12w12 (5+13+12+12=42 the answer to everything)

A total of 14 people solved it. There will be no second part (saving that for another giveaway in the future) just a normal randomize to get the winner. I will do these things on Sunday evening as I am a bit busy this weekend.

Ah, so that's the answer. +1 for thinking of a great puzzle!

just do a normal puzzle weirdo

I counted number 8 twice so there was actually 15 persons that solved it.

Random.org says that the fourteenth to solve it is the winner.
That is Vitek, congratulations. I will add you on steam so we can discuss your price.