Author Archive

The Greatest Benefit of Virtual Book Tours

I’ve been promoting authors’ books with virtual book tours (VBTs) since 2007. I could share numerous benefits of VBTs: promoting a book from the comfort of your own home, the vast audience they reach, and their longevity (I can type the author’s name and book title from one of my first clients into Google and still see results from her virtual book tour.). I might even discuss two detailed articles I wrote on why VBTs work and how to judge your VBT’s success from my own experience promoting Little Shepherd when it first came out. But I’m not going to talk about any of that. Why? Because that’s not
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Christopher Cloud Author of Voices of the Locusts

About Voices of the Locusts   Sixteen-year old Jack O’Brien has never known the bittersweet stint of love, and romance is the farthest thing from his mind as he and his family arrives at a remote U.S. Air Force outpost in Japan where Jack’s father is base commander. The year is 1948. Jack’s life changes after a chance encounter with Fujiko Kobaysi, a beautiful and enchanting 17-year-old Japanese girl. Jack is immediately smitten. Fujiko’s traditional parents are overly protective and monitor her every move, and Jack and Fujiko meet secretly at her garden, located some distance from her village. There is a good reason why Fujiko’s parents are so
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Sarah Renée, Author of The Saderia Series

Sarah Renée has loved writing from an early age. She has been writing short stories since the age of 4, and at the age of 10, she came up with the idea for The Tiger Princess. She wrote the novel when she was 12. She is fascinated with wild animals and the wild world outside her home, and has an obvious great love of tigers. She enjoys spending time with her cats, reading, drawing, and playing her violin when she is not writing. In her free time, she is constantly daydreaming about her many characters, creating new ones, and coming up with interesting adventure story ideas. She is now
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Christmas Kindness Virtual Book Publicity Tour

    Join C.C. Gevry, author of the first chapter reader, A Christmas Kindness,  as she tours the blogosphere December 2 – 23, 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT A CHRISTMAS KINDNESS   Title: A Christmas Kindness Genre: First chapter reader Author: Cheryl Malandrinos Publisher: 4RV Publishing Pages: 24 Language: English ISBN – 978-0985266141   Eight-year-old Robert is eager to share his wish list with Santa at the mall on Christmas Eve. When he meets Glenn, who has only one request for Santa, Robert is confused over what he should do. Can he cast aside what he wants and ask Santa to bring his new friend
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Pump Up Your Book Presents: Thy Will Be Done Virtual Book Publicity Tour

    Join Ronald Kirk, author of the Christian living book, Thy Will Be Done,  as he tours the blogosphere December 2 – 27, 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT THY WILL BE DONE   Title: Thy Will Be Done Genre: Christian living Author: Ronald Kirk Publisher: Nordskog Publishing Pages: 256 Language: English ISBN – 978-0988297654 The world cries out for an imaginative but realistic Biblical guide to the life foreshadowed in Christ’s model prayer. No foolish utopia, here is a powerful, comprehensive portrait of a sinful world redeemed and transformed by Christ—including the tools needed to hasten the day. The author weaves a tapestry of possibility–Christ’s
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Pump Up Your Book Presents: Closet Words Virtual Book Publicity Tour

  Join Kim Hilton, author of the Christian inspirational book, Closet Words,  as she tours the blogosphere December 2 – 27, 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT CLOSET WORDS   Title: Closet Words Genre: Christian inspirational Author: Kim Hilton Publisher: WestBow Press Pages: 174 Language: English ISBN – 978-1449774530 Taken word for word as heard from God, Closet Words is a collection of powerful and penetrating words written down in the stillness of a prayer closet. Hearing from God for several years, Kim Hilton began writing down what she heard. Encouraging, uplifting, and challenging words with a clear message to His servants, Closet Words gives
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{Christian Inspirational Book for Review}: Closet Words by Kim Hilton

Kim Hilton will be touring December 2 – 27 with her Christian inspirational book, Closet Words. We are looking for reviews, interviews, and guest posts. To sign up, click on banner below!   Book Description: Taken word for word as heard from God, Closet Words is a collection of powerful and penetrating words written down in the stillness of a prayer closet. Hearing from God for several years, Kim Hilton began writing down what she heard. Encouraging, uplifting, and challenging words with a clear message to His servants, Closet Words gives a renewal and refreshing word to the Christian believer. 174 pages About the Author: Kim Hilton, MCC, PCC, has a
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{Christian Living Book for Review}: Thy Will Be Done by Ronald Kirk

Ronald Kirk will be touring December 2 – 27 with his Christian living book, Thy Will Be Done. We are looking for reviews, interviews, first chapter reveals, guest posts, and book spotlights. To sign up, click on banner below!   Book Description: The world cries out for an imaginative but realistic Biblical guide to the life foreshadowed in Christ’s model prayer. No foolish utopia, here is a powerful, comprehensive portrait of a sinful world redeemed and transformed by Christ—including the tools needed to hasten the day. The author weaves a tapestry of possibility–Christ’s people growing as salt and light, putting flesh on the Bible’s vision of blessing in every aspect
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Mary Elizabeth The Spotless Cow VBT and Book Sale Extended! + Win $25 Amazon Gift Card

Great news, everyone! The virtual book tour for Mary Elizabeth The Spotless Cow by Salvatore (Sal) Barbera has been extended thru December 27, 2013. We are looking for book reviews, book trailer reveals, and guest posts. In addition, from November 4 – Dec 10, 2013 there are several openings for a book spotlight post featuring a $25 Amazon gift card giveaway. Participating bloggers will be able to provide Pump Up Your Book with a Twitter handle or Facebook page link that will be added to a Rafflecopter form to coordinate the giveaway. All participating bloggers from this tour (Oct – Dec) are eligible for a chance to enter and
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Saderia Series Virtual Book Publicity Tour

    Join Sarah Renée, author  of the middle grade fantasy adventure books, The Saderia Series, as she tours the blogosphere November 4 – 29, 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ————————————————————— ABOUT THE SADERIA SERIES The Tiger Princess (Book 1) Ten years ago, a devastating fire took the lives of Queen Karenisha and King Makero, leaving a young Princess Saderia orphaned.  Nobody knows how the fire started, but it ignited quickly. Too quickly. In ten years, the truth has never been discovered… Saderia is a curious 10-year-old tiger Princess. Her Aunt Cia and Uncle Jash have taken over the duties of Queen and King
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Joe Sergi, Author of ‘Sky Girl and the Superheroic Adventures’

Joe Sergi lives outside of Washington, DC with his wife and daughter. Joe is an attorney and a Haller Award winning author who has written articles, novels, short stories, and comic books in the horror, scifi, and young adult genres. Joe is the creator of the Sky Girl series of novels and the editor of Great Zombies in History. His first novel, Sky Girl and the Superheroic Legacy was selected Best of 2010 by the New PODler Review. Joe is a life-long comic fan who regularly writes on the history of comics and censorship for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. A complete list of Joe’s titles is available
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  • September 22, 2013
  • Author Interviews, Featured
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Tim & Debbie Bishop, Authors of ‘Two Are Better’

Tim Bishop Originally from Maine, Tim Bishop has over thirty years of experience in business, first as a CPA, then for many years in various roles in the corporate world. In addition to consulting for small businesses, Tim serves as a Hope Coach for TheHopeLine, a nonprofit organization that seeks to reach, rescue, and restore hurting teens and young adults. Debbie Bishop Debbie Bishop has taught for over twenty-five years, for the past ten years as a literacy specialist in Framingham, Massachusetts. She has a passion for reading and seeing that young people do it well. She also has high interest in recovery issues and encouraging others with her
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Lloyd Johnson Author of Living Stones

About Living Stones She was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Nearly killed in Seattle during a jihadist bombing, Ashley recognizes the synagogue bomber and is later stalked by a hired Muslim hit man in Israel. There she reacquaints with Najid, the Christian Palestinian scholar she had met at the University of Washington. She falls in love with him, putting her at odds with her Zionist pro-Israeli convictions. On the run, Ashley sees the beautiful rock churches and shrines.  But the living stones, the people of the Holy Land intrigue her. She meets Jews and Palestinians, Rabbis for and against Israeli settlement expansion. Gentle Palestinians like Najid’s
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New Children’s Book for Review: Mary Elizabeth The Spotless Cow

Salvatore Barbera will be touring October 1 – 31, 2013 with his children’s picture book, Mary Elizabeth The Spotless Cow. We are looking for reviews, interviews, guest post spots, and book spotlights. Please mention how you want to host this author and provide three dates that would work for you when inquiring. The story of Mary Elizabeth The Spotless Cow takes us on the journey she travels to figure out how to get the cows at a new farm to like and accept her. While she hopes to find friendship at her new home, instead she learns what it means to be different from everyone else. (Spotless!) Mary Elizabeth uses
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Christian Historical Fantasy Adventure Author Gary L. Doman

Gary L. Doman, whose (pen-)surname rhymes with “roman”, the French word for “novel”, was born in Syracuse (New York) and has spent the majority of his life in Connecticut. He has degrees from Fairfield University and the University of Connecticut. He has developed an interest in just about everything, especially history, geography, religion, language, and the natural world. He began writing as a child and has never really stopped, although he does periodically need to eat and sleep, and also devotes considerable time to his other creative and intellectual endeavors; these include his “weblog” the Doman Domain and one of the items of interest found there, namely, “The Best
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Sky Girl And the Superheroic Adventures Virtual Book Publicity Tours

    Join Joe Sergi, author of the young adult superhero fantasy novel, Sky Girl And the Superheroic Adventures, as he tours the blogosphere September 3 – November 29, 2013 on his second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ————————————————————— ABOUT SKY GIRL AND THE SUPERHEROIC ADVENTURES   Being a teenage girl is hard enough, but for DeDe Christopher, it is proving impossible. In addition to cliques, books, and boys, she has to worry about capes, apes, and aliens. Last year, DeDe discovered that she possessed fantastic abilities that were strangely similar to those of a comic book character named SkyBoy. With the help of her best friend Jason,
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  • August 28, 2013
  • Authors on Tour, Featured
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Two Are Better Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Tim and Debbie Bishop, authors of the inspirational travel adventure memoir, Two Are Better, as they tour the blogosphere September 3 – October 11, 2013 on their first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ————————————————————— ABOUT TWO ARE BETTER From an engagement to a cross-country trip in just ten weeks? And with no experience in bicycle touring—or marriage? While Tim left behind a 26-year corporate career and familiar surroundings, Debbie was about to enter a “classroom” she hadn’t seen in her 24 years of teaching.  Was it a grand getaway or a big mistake? Excerpt:  Over The Top (pgs. 90-91)Just 15 minutes into the day, we arrived at
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with T.J. MacLeslie, Author of ‘Designed for Relationship’

T.J. MacLeslie has been involved in a variety of Christian ministries since 1990, including pastoring, church planting, leadership development, prayer, and spiritual formation. He currently lives in the UK with his wife and two children where he leads a team focused on prayer and spiritual formation. You’ll often find him walking the fields with his dog, reading a book, or enjoying a warm cup of coffee. Visit him online at http://about.me/tj_macleslie. ———— INTERVIEW ———– Thank you for this interview, T.J.! Can you tell us why you wrote Designed for Relationship? As a minister and missionary, I have the opportunity to walk alongside people from all walks of life, and
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New MG/Tween Paranormal E-Book for Review: A Pirate, a Blockade Runner, and a Cat by Beverly Stowe McClure

Beverly Stowe McClure will be touring from October 7 – 31, 2013 with her middle grade/tween paranormal e-Book, A Pirate, a Blockade Runner, and a Cat. We are looking for reviews, interviews, guest post spots, book trailer reveals, and book spotlights. Please mention how you want to host this author and provide three dates that would work for you when inquiring. Thirteen-year-old Erik Burks’ life is falling apart. When he discovers a lace bra in the glove compartment of his dad’s car, his mom leaves his father and drags Erik from being king of the hill in Texas to the bottom of the pits in South Carolina. No Dad,
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  • August 1, 2013
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Little Shepherd Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2013 & Giveaway

Join Cheryl C. Malandrinos, author of the Christmas children’s picture book, Little Shepherd, as she virtually tours the blogosphere November 4 – 29, 2013 on her third virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ————————————————————— ABOUT LITTLE SHEPHERD Obed is in the hills outside Bethlehem on the night of Christ’s birth. Can he trust the miracle of Christmas to keep his flock safe while he visits the newborn King? GUARDIAN ANGEL PUBLISHING AMAZON BARNES & NOBLE INDIEBOUND.ORG ————————————————————— ABOUT CHERYL C. MALANDRINOS   Cheryl Malandrinos is a freelance writer, children’s author and editor. Her first children’s book, Little Shepherd, was released in August 2010 by Guardian Angel Publishing. She is
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New Book Children’s Picture Book for Review: Little Shepherd by Cheryl C. Malandrinos

  Cheryl C. Malandrinos will be touring from November 4 – 29, 2013 with her Christian children’s picture book, Little Shepherd. We are looking for reviews, interviews, guest post spots, book trailer reveals, and book spotlights. Please mention how you want to host this author and provide three dates that would work for you when inquiring. (Tour now full.) Obed is in the hills outside Bethlehem on the night of Christ’s birth. Can he trust the miracle of Christmas to keep his flock safe while he visits the newborn King? 16 pages (PDF or softcover available) Visit Cheryl’s website at http://ccmalandrinos.com/   If you would like to review Little Shepherd or host
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New Middle Grade Fantasy Adventure Novels for Review: The Saderia Series by Sarah Renée

Sarah Renée will be touring November 4 – 29 with her middle grade fantasy adventure novels, The Saderia Series. We are looking for reviews, interviews, guest post spots, first chapter reveals, and book spotlights with giveaways. Please mention how you want to host this author and provide three dates that would work for you when inquiring. Review copies available in digital or printed format. Please specify preference when querying. Maximum two books in the series for each blogger during this tour. (Tour now full.) Ten years ago, a devastating fire took the lives of Queen Karenisha and King Makero, leaving a young Princess Saderia orphaned. Nobody knows how the fire
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New YA Superhero Fantasy Novel for Review: Sky Girl and the Superheroic Adventures

Joe Sergi will be touring September 2 – November 29 with his young adult superhero fantasy novel, Sky Girl and the Superheroic Adventures. We are looking for reviews, interviews, guest post spots, first chapter reveals, book spotlights with giveaways. Please mention how you want to host this author and provide three dates that would work for you when inquiring. Review copy available in digital or printed format. Please specify preference when querying. Being a teenage girl is hard enough, but for DeDe Christopher, it is proving impossible. In addition to cliques, books, and boys, she has to worry about capes, apes, and aliens. Last year, DeDe discovered that she possessed fantastic
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New Memoir for Review: Two Are Better by Tim and Debbie Bishop

Tim and Debbie Bishop are touring September 3 – 27 with their memoir, Two Are Better. We are looking for reviews, interviews, guest post spots, first chapter reveals, book spotlights with giveaways. Please mention how you want to host this author and provide three dates that would work for you when inquiring. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to marry for the first time after your peers have already become grandparents? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to bicycle across America? As if each weren’t adventure enough, what if you combined the two? Some might consider this a recipe for disaster, but Tim
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Designed for Relationship Virtual Book Publicity Tour

  Join T.J. MacLeslie, author of the Christian living/spiritual relationship book, Designed for Relationship, as he tours the blogosphere August 2 – 30, 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ————————————————————— ABOUT DESIGNED FOR RELATIONSHIP Mankind has always struggled with the big questions: Why are we here? What is life all about? The search for answers has led in many directions, not all of them helpful. In this age, we are inundated with information, but this flood of knowledge has not necessarily produced wisdom. We find answers to the really important questions as elusive as ever. It really is all about relationship! This is the
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Faith on Earth? Book Blast Winner!

  Congratulations goes out to Stacey D. winner of a $25 Amazon gift card during the Faith on Earth? Book Blast. Thanks to all who participated. Follow our tours all month long to find more chances to win great prizes.


New Christian Living Book for Review: ‘Designed for Relationship’ by T. J. MacLeslie

T. J. MacLeslie will be touring August 5 – 30 with his Christian living/Spiritual Relationship book, Designed for Relationship. We are looking for reviews, interviews, guest post spots, first chapter reveals, book spotlights with giveaways. Please mention how you want to host this author and provide three dates that would work for you when inquiring. Mankind has always struggled with the big questions: Why are we here? What is life all about? The search for answers has led in many directions, not all of them helpful. In this age, we are inundated with information, but this flood of knowledge has not necessarily produced wisdom. We find answers to the
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Michael Bigham, Author of ‘Harkness’

Raised in the mill town of Prineville in Central Oregon beneath blue skies and rimrocks, Michael Bigham attended the University of Oregon and during his collegiate summers, fought range fires on the Oregon high desert for the Bureau of Land Management. He worked as a police officer with the Port of Portland and after leaving police work, obtained an MFA degree in Creative Writing from Vermont College. Michael lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and daughter. Harkness is his first novel. Visit Michael at http://michaelbigham.com/  —————– Thank you for this interview, Michael! Can you tell us why you wrote Harkness: A High Desert Mystery? As with most authors,
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Lindsey Fairleigh and Lindsey Pogue, Authors of ‘After the Ending’

Lindsey Fairleigh lives her life with one foot in a book—as long as that book transports her to a magical world or bends the rules of science. Her novels, from post-apocalyptic to time travel and historical fantasy, always offer up a hearty dose of unreality, along with plenty of adventure and romance. When she’s not working on her next novel, Lindsey spends her time reading and trying out new recipes in the kitchen. She lives in the Napa Valley with her loving husband and confused cats. You can visit Lindsey’s blog at lindseyfairleigh.blogspot.com. Lindsey Pogue has always been a little creative. As a child she established a bug hospital
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Giveaway Winners!

    Congratulations goes out the following winners: BookLady  won a $25 Amazon Gift Card from the Meg the Egg Book Blast Sylvia  won a copy of After the Ending by Lindsey Fairleigh and Lindsey Pogue Thanks to all who participated. Look for more chances to win great prizes by following our book tours.