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Pump Up Your Book December 2012 Virtual Book Publicity Holiday Tour Special

Pump Up Your Book is happy to announce a very cost-saving special for December to help you promote your book during the holidays. Because we want to give back to the community and we know how everyone is strapped buying presents and getting ready for the holidays, we are offering a 2 week special only applicable during the month of December. If you are an author with a new release or a book that was published years ago and you want to give it new life, read on! The December 2012 Virtual Book Publicity Holiday Tour Package includes: Full publicity included but not restricted to daily postings about your
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Guest Blogger: 5 Tips for Finding a Publisher in the Digital Age by Steven Boggs

Our guest today is Steven Boggs. Welcome Steven! 5 Tips for Finding a Publisher in the Digital Age By Steven Boggs Entering the literary world of publishers, agents and submissions is one of long, pronounced waits and one that requires bone-crushing patience and thick skin.Luckily, by using these five steps below, you can cut down on much of the time and anguish by circumventing the large percentage lost to the learning curve and get your book published as expediently and painlessly as possible. Revise, Revise, Revise It can be so tempting for writers who’ve just finished their book to want to get it out to the public as soon
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Join ‘Voluspa’ Ray East & Sam D at The Book Hoard – Win a Free Kindle Fire HD!

Ray East and Sam D, authors of Voluspa: A Magical World, are stopping off today at The Book Hoard, as part of their colossal 3 month virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book where they are giving away a Kindle Fire HD! Visit today’s stop at http://www.thebookhoard.com/2012/09/voluspa-a-magical-world-by-sam-d-ray-east/. Enter every day at a different blog for more entries! This contest begins August 6 and ends on October 26 2012. An extra bonus prize: $50 goes to one lucky person who leaves a comment on any of their blog stops. It could be you! The Kindle Fire HD giveaway is only open to U.S. and Canada but the $50 giveaway
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Join ‘The IRA on Film and Television’ Mark Connelly at Carol’s Notebook – Win a Free Kindle Fire HD!

Mark Connelly is stopping off today at Carol’s Notebook as part of his colossal 3 month virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book where he is giving away a Kindle Fire HD! Enter every day at a different blog for more entries! If you’d like to enter this fantastic giveaway, visit http://www.squirrelqueen2.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-ira-on-film-and-television.html. This contest begins September 4 and ends on November 30 2012. An extra bonus prize: $50 goes one lucky person who leaves a comment on one of his blog stops! This contest is open to everyone. If you’d like to visit the authors’ official tour page to gain more entries and find out where else they
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Join ‘Voluspa’ Ray East & Sam D at Between the Covers – Win a Free Kindle Fire HD!

Ray East and Sam D, authors of Voluspa: A Magical World, are stopping off today at Between the Covers as part of their colossal 3 month virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book where they are giving away a Kindle Fire HD! Visit today’s stop at http://bookexcerpts.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/author-interview-ray-east-voluspa/. Enter every day at a different blog for more entries! This contest begins August 6 and ends on October 26 2012. An extra bonus prize: $50 goes to one lucky person who comments on Ray & Sam’s tour stops. This contest is open to U.S. and Canadian citizens only. Sorry international! If you’d like to visit the authors’ official tour page
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Join ‘Tales From Earth’s End’ Sandy Nathan at The Road to Here – Win a Free Kindle Fire HD!

Sandy Nathan, author of the Tales From Earth’s End series, is stopping off today at The Road to Here, as part of her colossal 3 month virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book where she will be giving away a new Kindle Fire HD! Visit today’s stop at http://www.squirrelqueen2.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-angel-brown-eyed-boy-review-and.html. Enter every day at a different blog for more entries! This contest begins September 4 and ends on November 30 2012. An extra bonus prize: $50 goes to some lucky someone who comments on her blog posts and leaves a comment. If you’d like to visit the author’s official tour page to gain more entries and find out where
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Sparkelicious Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Libby Floyd, author of the women’s fiction, Sparkelicious, as she tours the blogosphere October 1 – 26 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT LIBBY FLOYD Libby Floyd has been a national on-air television personality for over 15 years with appearances on ShopNBC, Shop-At-Home and The Food Network. She was the youngest ever nominee for the prestigious position of Poet Laureate of South Carolina following the release of her poetry book A Winning Heart. Libby is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and was a contestant in the Miss America and Miss USA programs. Her latest book is the contemporary
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Join ‘Pam of Babylon’ Suzanne Jenkins at I’d Rather Be Reading at the Beach – Win a Free Kindle Fire HD!

Suzanne Jenkins is stopping off today at I’d Rather Be Reading at the Beach as part of her colossal 3 month virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book where she is giving away a Kindle Fire HD! Enter every day at a different blog for more entries! If you’d like to enter this fantastic giveaway, visit http://irbratb.com/2012/09/14/dream-lover/. This contest begins July 2 and ends on September 24 2012. An extra bonus prize: $50 goes to the person who visits the most tour stops and leaves a comment. If there is a tie, we will choose a winner at Random.org. This contest is open to U.S. and Canadian citizens
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Join ‘Tales From Earth’s End’ Sandy Nathan at Debra’s Book Cafe – Win a Free Kindle Fire HD!

Sandy Nathan, author of the Tales From Earth’s End series, is stopping off today at Debra’s Book Cafe, as part of her colossal 3 month virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book where she will be giving away a new Kindle Fire HD! Visit today’s stop at http://www.debrasbookcafe.blogspot.com/2012/09/author-interview-with-sandy-nathan.html. Enter every day at a different blog for more entries! This contest begins September 4 and ends on November 30 2012. An extra bonus prize: $50 goes to the person who visits the most tour stops and leaves a comment. If there is a tie, we will choose a winner at Random.org. If you’d like to visit the author’s official
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Join ‘Voluspa’ Ray East & Sam D at Little Library Muse – Win a Free Kindle Fire HD!

Ray East and Sam D, authors of Voluspa: A Magical World, are stopping off today at Little Library Muse, as part of their colossal 3 month virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book where they are giving away a Kindle Fire HD! Visit today’s stop at http://www.littlelibrarymuse.blogspot.com/2012/09/guest-post-ray-east-author-of-voluspa.html. Enter every day at a different blog for more entries! This contest begins August 6 and ends on October 26 2012. An extra bonus prize: $50 goes to the person who visits the most tour stops and leaves a comment. If there is a tie, we will choose a winner at Random.org. This contest is open to U.S. and Canadian citizens
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Join ‘Pam of Babylon’ Suzanne Jenkins at Hardcover Feedback – Win a Free Kindle Fire HD!

Suzanne Jenkins is stopping off today at Hardcover Feedback as part of her colossal 3 month virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book where she is giving away a Kindle Fire HD! Enter every day at a different blog for more entries! If you’d like to enter this fantastic giveaway, visit http://www.hardcoverfeedback.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-angel-and-brown-eyed-boy-by-sandy.html. This contest begins July 2 and ends on September 24 2012. An extra bonus prize: $50 goes to the person who visits the most tour stops and leaves a comment. If there is a tie, we will choose a winner at Random.org. This contest is open to U.S. and Canadian citizens only. Sorry international! If you’d
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Join ‘Voluspa’ Ray East & Sam D at Beyond the Books – Win a Free Kindle Fire HD!

Ray East and Sam D, authors of Voluspa: A Magical World, are stopping off today at Beyond the Books, as part of their colossal 3 month virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book where they are giving away a Kindle Fire HD! Visit today’s stop at http://beyondthebooks.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/character-interview-amy-benson-from-ray-east-sam-ds-voluspa/. Enter every day at a different blog for more entries! This contest begins August 6 and ends on October 26 2012. An extra bonus prize: $50 goes to the person who visits the most tour stops and leaves a comment. If there is a tie, we will choose a winner at Random.org. This contest is open to U.S. and Canadian citizens
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with YA Steampunk Author SM Blooding & Win Set of Tarot Dolls!

SM Blooding lives in Colorado with her pet rock, Rockie, and Ms. Jack, who’s a real bird. She’s still learning to play the piano and guitar, which is going marginally better, and for those of you looking for an Arabic update, she has successfully learned one word, “Yalla, people yalla!” She’s dated vampires, werewolves, sorcerers, weapons smugglers and US Government assassins. Yes. She has stories. Her latest book is the YA steampunk, The Hands of Tarot. Visit SM Blooding on the web at www.smblooding.com. About the Book: She imprisoned and beat him. And now she thinks he’s her trophy. Synn El’Asim will do almost anything to prove her wrong.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Mr. Breeze Virtual Book Publicity Tour & Kindle Fire HD Giveaway

Join Morrie Richfield, author of the inspirational fantasy, Mr. Breeze, as he tours the blogosphere October 1 – January 11 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! The Mr. Breeze Virtual Book Publicity Tour is part of huge Kindle Fire HD giveaway. See details further down on how you can win one for your own! ABOUT MORRIE RICHFIELD Morrie Richfield lives in Pennsylvania with his two sons, his dogs and his cat. He is working on his next novel, and he still dreams that someday the world will be a better place for all of us to live. His latest book is the inspirational
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Join ‘Tales From Earth’s End’ Sandy Nathan’ at Melissa’s Eclectic Bookshelf & Win new Kindle Fire HD!

Sandy Nathan, author of the Tales From Earth’s End series, is stopping off today at Melissa’s Eclectic Bookshelf, as part of her colossal 3 month virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book where she will be giving away a new Kindle Fire HD! Visit today’s stop at http://melissaseclecticbookshelf.blogspot.com/2012/09/advice-about-writing-from-my-mom-guest.html. Enter every day at a different blog for more entries! This contest begins September 4 and ends on November 30 2012. An extra bonus prize: $50 goes to the person who visits the most tour stops and leaves a comment. If there is a tie, we will choose a winner at Random.org. If you’d like to visit the author’s official
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Join ‘Voluspa’ Ray East & Sam D at Pump Up Your Book – Win Free Kindle Fire HD

Ray East and Sam D, authors of Voluspa: A Magical World, are stopping off today at Pump Up Your Book, as part of their colossal 3 month virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book where they are giving away a Kindle Fire HD! Visit today’s stop at http://www.pumpupyourbook.com/2012/09/05/authorvid-ya-fantasyauthor-ray-east-chats-with-pump-up-your-book/. Enter every day at a different blog for more entries! This contest begins August 6 and ends on October 26 2012. An extra bonus prize: $50 goes to the person who visits the most tour stops and leaves a comment. If there is a tie, we will choose a winner at Random.org. This contest is open to U.S. and Canadian
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Sandwich with a Side of Romance Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Krista Phillips, author of the Christian fiction romance, Sandwich with a Side of Romance, as she tours the blogosphere October 1 – 26 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT KRISTA PHILLIPS KRISTA PHILLIPS is a debut author and owner of the popular blog, One Woman’s Dream. She lives with her husband and four daughters in Middle Tennessee. Her latest book is the Christian fiction romance, Sandwich with a Side of Romance. Visit her website at www.KristaPhillips.com. Connect with her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/kristaphillips. Friend her at Facebook at www.facebook.com/authorkristaphillips. Pick up a copy of Sandwich with a Side of Romance at
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First Chapters: Ashes Ashes the Twins Fall Down by Pauline L. Hawkins

Title: Ashes Ashes the Twins Fall Down Author: Pauline L. Hawkins Paperback: 124 pages Genre: Nonfiction Publisher: Anole (June 14, 2012) Language: English ISBN – 0578105306 ISBN – 978-0578105307 About Ashes Ashes the Twins Fall Down Where were you on 9/11? That question has become part of the fabric of our lives as Americans. On that bright, sunny day, none of us had any idea what was in store and how it would change our lives. Depending on what part of the country you lived in, you may not have known anything was going on until several hours after the first plane struck. You may not have heard the
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Like #Titanic? #Win a copy of Michael Bowler’s ‘A Matter of Time’ at #Goodreads!

Win a copy of Michael Bowler’s historical fiction, A Matter of Time, at Goodreads today! Enter below! Goodreads Book Giveaway A Matter of Time by Michael Bowler Giveaway ends September 28, 2012. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win About the Book: What is your destiny? This question haunts 20-year-old Jamie Collins. A junior at Santa Clara University in 1986, Jamie has friends, a professor who mentors him, and a promising future as a writer. Then the dreams begin – nightmarish visions that transport him back to a time and place fifty years before he was born: Titanic’s maiden voyage in 1912! Less than a week before
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Angie of the Garden Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join J.E. Hall, author of the romance/mystery, Angie of the Garden, as he tours the blogosphere September 4 – 28 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT J.E. HALL J.E. Hall is the author of the romance mystery novel, Angie of the Garden. Pick up your copy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Angie-Garden-J-E-Hall/dp/1468557297/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1342449026&sr=1-1&keywords=ANGIE+OF+THE+GARDEN Purchase your copy at the publisher’s website: http://bookstore.authorhouse.com/Products/SKU-000549256/Angie-of-the-Garden.aspx ABOUT ANGIE OF THE GARDEN Angie of the Garden is a story about a psychiatrist named Hollis Simms. He is an affable individual who is dedicated to his patients, and his family. Hollis is married to a provocative and wealthy woman named Olivia: their irrepressible
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Pump Up Your Book Presents River’s End Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Melody Carlson, author of the Christian fiction, River’s End, as she tours the blogosphere September 4 – 28 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT MELODY CARLSON Melody Carlson is one of the most prolific novelists of our time. With around 200 books published and sales topping 5 million, Melody writes primarily for women and teens. She’s won numerous honors and awards, including The Rita, The Gold Medallion and Romantic Times Career Achievement Award. Some of her books are being considered for TV movies and film. Melody has two grown sons and makes her home in the Pacific Northwest with her husband.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Miracle Inspector Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Helen Smith, author of the dystopian thriller, The Miracle Inspector, as she tours the blogosphere September 4 – October 26 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT HELEN SMITH Helen Smith is a member of the Writers Guild of Great Britain and English PEN. She traveled the world when her daughter was small, doing all sorts of strange jobs to support them both – from cleaning motels to working as a magician’s assistant – before returning to live in London where she wrote her first novel which was published by Gollancz (part of the Hachette Group). She is the author of bestselling
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Pump Up Your Book Presents “Felice’s Worlds” Virtual Book Publicity Tours Schedule

Join Henry Massie, author of the historical biography, “Felice’s Worlds” as he tours the blogosphere September 4th – October 6th, 2012, on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book ! ABOUT HENRY MASSIE Henry Massie is a psychiatrist, award-winning author, and pioneering researcher in the field of autism. FELICE’S WORLDS–From the Holocaust to the Halls of Modern Art, is the a memoir and biography of his mother, a brilliant and beautiful woman who participated in many of the most critical periods of the 20th Century. Website Address: www.booksbnimble.com Twitter Address: @booksbnimble Facebook Address: /booksbnimble ABOUT THE BOOK FIRST SHE ESCAPED THE HOLOCAUST AND THE POVERTY OF
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Ashes Ashes the Twins Fall Down Virtual Book Publicity Tour + Kindle Giveaway

Join Pauline L. Hawkins, author of the biography/autobiography, Ashes Ashes the Twins Fall Down, as she tours the blogosphere September 4 – 28 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT PAULINE L. HAWKINS Pauline L. Hawkins was born in Munson Army Hospital at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on Easter Sunday. Pauline has been in the health insurance industry for almost thirty years, working her way up from the mailroom to corporate management and claims payment. In 2002, Pauline received her Instructional Design certification, which allows her to create instructor-led and learner-paced training curricula, along with computer-based learning activities and website creation. Pauline has enjoyed
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Tales From Earth’s End Virtual Book Publicity Tour + Kindle Fire HD Giveaway

Join Sandy Nathan, author of the paranormal fantasy Tales From Earth’s End series including The Angel & the Brown-Eyed Boy, Lady Grace: A Thrilling Adventure Wrapped in Epic Love and Sam & Emily: A Love Story From the Underground, as she tours the blogosphere September 4 – November 30 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! The Tales From Earth’s End Virtual Book Publicity Tour is part of huge Kindle Fire HD giveaway. See details further down on how you can win one for your own as well as cash prizes! ABOUT SANDY NATHAN Sandy Nathan writes to amaze and delight, uplift and inspire,
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Pump Up Your Book Chats With “Felice’s Worlds” Author Henry Massie

Author Henry Massie will be touring the blogosphere with Pump Up Your Book Virtual Book Tours September 4 – 28th, 2012, with his historical biography, “Feblice’s Worlds.” About Henry Massie Henry Massie is the author of the historical biography, “Felice’s Worlds.” Henry Massie is a psychiatrist, award-winning author, and pioneering researcher in the field of autism. FELICE’S WORLDS–From the Holocaust to the Halls of Modern Art, is the a memoir and biography of his mother, a brilliant and beautiful woman who participated in many of the most critical periods of the 20th Century. Find out more about him here: Website Address: www.booksbnimble.com Twitter Address: @booksbnimble Facebook Address: /booksbnimble The
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The IRA on Film and Television Virtual Book Publicity Tour + Kindle Fire HD Giveaway

Join Mark Connelly, author of the history/film criticism book, The IRA on Film and Television, as he tours the blogosphere September 4 – November 30 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! The IRA on Film and Television Virtual Book Publicity Tour is part of huge Kindle Fire HD giveaway. See details further down on how you can win one for your own as well as cash prizes! ABOUT MARK CONNELLY Born in Philadelphia, Mark Connelly completed a masters degree in Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he received a Ph.D in English. His books include The Diminished Self: Orwell and the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents “Blood and Whiskey” Virtual Book Tour

Join authors Kathleen McFall and Clark Hays of the darkly romantic novel BLOOD AND WHISKEY as they tour the blogosphere this September 3rd ~ 29th with PUMP UP YOUR BOOK VIRTUAL BOOK TOURS. ABOUT THE AUTHORS Clark Hays grew up in Montana in the shadow of the Tobacco Root Mountains. In addition to his fiction work, he is a cowboy, a published poet and occasional food critic. Recently, he was nominated for Pushcart Prize for short fiction and not so recently for a Rhysling award for poetry. Clark brings a deep knowledge about the modern west, weaponry, country music and existentialism to his Kathleen McFall grew up in the
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The Right Way and the Wrong Way to Promote Your Book Online: I Choose the Wrong Way by Susan Wingate

The Right Way and the Wrong Way to Promote Your Book Online: I Choose the Wrong Way By Susan Wingate Of late, every time I teach at a writing conference, the program coordinators slate a workshop with a title something like this: How to Blog Effectively or The Art of Blogging. You get the idea. They have rules like: never blog without knowing the topic you’ll be discussing; and, try to blog in your niche. Words of wisdom for sure however if your niche is writing or more succinctly, novel writing, well every Johnny out there has a blog about it. It seems the blogging market for how-to-write has
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Glastonbury: A Novel of the Holy Grail Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Donna Fletcher Crow, author of the historic epic, Glastonbury: A Novel of the Holy Grail, as she tours the blogosphere September 4 – 28 2012 on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT DONNA FLETCHER CROW Donna Fletcher Crow is the author of 40 books, mostly novels dealing with British history. The award-winning Glastonbury, A Novel of the Holy Grail, an Arthurian grail search epic covering 15 centuries of English history, is her best-known work. Donna and her husband live in Boise, Idaho. They have 4 adult children and 11 grandchildren. She is an enthusiastic gardener. Donna is also the author of The Monastery
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❤️"Thank you again for all of your help and support for my recent book tour. You were so supportive and responsive, and I enjoyed working with you. It was a great tour and I really enjoyed it, especially when my book hit the top 100 in the two subcategories! That was awesome! Thanks for "pumping up my book!""
Monique Roy, ACROSS GREAT DIVIDES

❤️"Thank you for another amazing tour, Dorothy!! I loved the sites I had an opportunity to visit and the people I met along the way. I even made a few new friends and found wonderful supporters that I'll never forget - I promise! The exposure you gave my book was absolutely unbelievable, and I can't think of a better way to welcome and expose an author's new creation to the literary world. Happy New Year to all your readers and may your success continue to grow. "
Kaylin McFarren, BURIED THREADS

❤️"Thank you for a great virtual book tour. I thought it went really well and it was great to have a wave of PR that flowed through the two month period of my book release. I'm working on my next book - and will definitely reach out to you when it comes time to market! You were a delight to work with and really made me feel looked after. As I've mentioned before, I just don't know how you do it all."
--Deborah Serani, DEPRESSION AND YOUR CHILD

❤️"I just wanted to let you know how wonderful I felt my book blast went for Be Careful What You Wish For in the month of August. So many emails and contacts that I would never have gotten. The publicity was just phenomenal!"
--R.K. Avery, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR

❤️"Just wanted to touch base with you and extend a huge thank you for the wonderful and successful book blast you arranged for Love Vindicated for me. I was very happy with your services and will be passing your name and brand along to some writer friends with a stellar recommendation. Again thanks and I look forward to working with you again in the future."
--Lila Munro, LOVE VINDICATED

❤️"Thank you so much for all your hard work in putting together the virtual book tour for The Sixth Power. I appreciate it so much."
--Carol Nicolas, THE SIXTH POWER

❤️"Thank you SO MUCH for such a great blog tour!"
--Sandra D. Bricker, ALWAYS THE BAKER, FINALLY THE BRIDE

❤️"Wow - you are absolutely fantastic. Can't believe how lucky I was to find you :)"
--Jo Sparkes, THE BIRR ELIXIR

❤️"I just wanted to let you know that tonight Steven Manchester's Twelve Months became The Story Plant's first #1 Kindle bestseller. This couldn't have happened without you. Barb's cover is an absolute showstopper, Sue's copyediting boosted the overall work, Jackie's proofreading kept all of us honest, and Tracee Gleichner's blog tour started what has become an avalanche of great reviews."
-- Lou Aronica, STORY PLANT

❤️"Blog tours have been the most effective promotion I’ve done. Dorothy Thompson and her company Pump Up Your Book are the greatest. I’ve spent money with other promotion companies that advertised packages then didn’t deliver the service they advertised, inflated their audience and reach and point blank falsely represented themselves. Dorothy has been a Godsend, and by far, her services are the best promotional endeavors I’ve invested in thus far."
-- Alicia Singleton, DARK SIDE OF VALOR

❤️"I didn't realize that there is a place on amazon that you can see your stats for foreign sales; mine are really good and I believe it is your tweeting service. I think I might have found the key to successful self-publishing when I found Pump Up Your Books."
-- Suzanne Jenkins, PAM OF BABYLON SERIES

❤️"Dorothy Thompson helped promote my book, Gringos in Paradise: Our Honduras Odyssey. Taking part in it was so much easier (and less expensive) than the travel schedule I was hving to keep doing on my own. She set up everything, coached me through my part, and I found my book and I promoted it all over the Internet. It definitely increased my book sales."
-- Malana Ashlie, GRINGOS IN PARADISE

❤️"Dorothy was not only a lot of fun to work with but she helped me get the word out about my book. I would recommend her to both debut and experienced authors."
---Deborah Woehr, PROSPERITY: A GHOST STORY

❤️“Dorothy is a firecracker promoter. She is skilled at finding the most visible placements in promoting your book with unmatched enthusiasm.She is creatively talented and a wonderful person to have on your team.”
--Kathy Holmes Eckardt, REAL WOMEN WEAR RED

❤️“I invested in a three month virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Books promotions for my noir thriller, Moonlight Falls. Not only did the marketing campaign work wonders for spreading the word about the new novel, in the very last month, on the very last day of the tour, Moonlight Falls became an Amazon Kindle bestseller!”
–Vincent Zandri, MOONLIGHT FALLS and THE REMAINS

❤️“I’m so pleased every day when I look at Google Alerts and see our titles all around the blogosphere, so thanks for that!”
–-World Ahead Media

❤️“This has been a wonderful experience. Dorothy Thompson and her whole team are very committed to each author, take each author’s tour very seriously, and work towards maximum exposure in the right places. This is the best book promotion expenditure I’ve made in terms of return on investment. I highly recommend Pump Up Your Book Promotion.”
--Phyllis Zimbler Miller, MRS: LIEUTENANT

❤️"I used Pump Up Your Book promotions a few months ago for my novel, Nephilim. My publisher is a great person, but when it comes to promotions, she encourages authors to do that on their own. Enter Dorothy Thompson at Pump Up Your Book. I had 8 reviews of the book and was featured as a guest author every day of the week at various websites during the month that I used her company. Amazing! She secured everything for me which was really nice and I didn't have to do anything but write a few blogs or answer interview questions. I would use Pump Up Your Book again in a heart beat!"
--Mary Ann Loesch, NEPHILIM

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How do you make sales happen for you?

A lot of hard work! I sponsor a lot of on line parties, festivals and contests. Book sales don’t magically happen, believe me. An author has to work hard to earn her readers. And then she has to work hard to keep them by giving them something they’ll enjoy reading. I try hard to make my books worth a reader’s time.

-- Sheila Roberts, Author of Winter at the Beach