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Winner Announced in the January Justice Book Blast!

Congratulations to Cassie J!  She won the $25 Amazon gift card during Athol Dickson’s January Justice Book Blast. Thanks to all who entered. Look for more chances to win fabulous prizes all month long from a variety of authors and Pump Up Your Book!


  • January 28, 2013
  • Announcements, What's New?
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Cheryl Malandrinos Talks Virtual Book Tours on Blog Talk Radio

Cheryl Malandrinos will be  on Talk Radio Network tonight talking about coordinating virtual book tours.  Here’s the press release information: TODAY on TALK RADIO NETWORK! Special Guest, Cheryl C. Malandrinos, has been coordinating virtual book tours since 2007. In “Coordinating A Virtual Book Tour,” she shares her years of experience in how to reach out to bloggers to host your tour, provides ideas for guest posts (300-500 word articles), teaches how to write a press release, shares tips on how to stay organized and ways to promote your virtual book tour. Cheryl C. Malandrinos has been coordinating virtual book tours through Pump Up Your Book since September 2007. She
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Happy Thanksgiving!

Dear Friends, Authors and Bloggers, We at Pump Up Your Book want to wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving!  May today bring joy to your heart as you sit around around the table with your friends and loved ones sharing memories and love.  We would like to personally thank the authors who have trusted us to with their books and our kind and hard working tour hosts who take time out from their already hectic day to review these books or host the authors in another way.  Thanksgiving is a time for thankfulness and what better time to let all our friends, co-workers, clients and hosting team know
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Calling all bloggers to participate in Suzanne Jenkins’ The Greeks of Beaubien Street Blog Tour + $100 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway!

We are recruiting bloggers to participate in Suzanne Jenkins’ women’s fiction The Greeks of Beaubien Street Book Tour/$100 Amazon GC Promotional Giveaway! This event will take place between January 2 and March 29. We are looking for at least 10 more bloggers who would be willing to review her book, interview her, have her write a guest post for you, post a book trailer reveal or just a plain and simple book spotlight. All bloggers will be included in the Rafflecopter form which means more Twitter or Facebook fans for you and you also will are eligible to win the $100 Amazon Gift Card as well. To sign up,
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Calling all bloggers to participate in Susan DiPlacido’s Shuffle Up and Deal Blog Tour + Kindle Fire Giveaway!

We are recruiting bloggers to participate in Susan DiPlacido’s erotica romance/romantic comedy Shuffle Up and Deal Book Tour/Kindle Fire Promotional Giveaway! This event will take place between December 3 – March 15.  We are looking for at least 20 more bloggers who would be willing to review her book, interview her, have her write a guest post for you or just a plain and simple book spotlight.  All bloggers will be included in the Rafflecopter form which means more Twitter or Facebook fans for you and you also will are eligible to win the Kindle Fire as well. To sign up, click here. When requesting a spot on her
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Watch Sheila Roberts’ new Merry Ex-Mas video where she’s the star!

This is soooo cute, just had to share! A song developed from Sheila Roberts’ new novel, “Merry Ex-Mas” (November 2012). This song was “written” by Jake O’Brien, a main character in the book. In the story, the music video of the song goes viral on YouTube and gets Jake in lots of trouble with his ex mother-in-law and his estranged wife. No mothers-in-law were harmed in the filming of this video. But poor Santa did get a hernia.


  • October 11, 2012
  • Announcements, Featured
  • Comments Off on FREE EBOOKS 3 DAYS ONLY: THE ANGEL & THE BROWN-EYED BOY & LADY GRACE BY SANDY NATHAN

FREE EBOOKS 3 DAYS ONLY: THE ANGEL & THE BROWN-EYED BOY & LADY GRACE BY SANDY NATHAN

FREE EBOOKS!!!! On October 13, 14 and 15, you can get a  FREE download of two of Sandy Nathan’s books, The Angel & The Brown-eyed Boy and Lady Grace in the Amazon Kindle store! If you want to read a couple of fantastic books FOR FREE, click on the Amazon buttons below each book! Tomorrow morning, a nuclear holocaust will destroy the planet. Two people carry the keys to survival: A teenage boy and an intergalactic traveler. By the late 22nd century, the Great Recession of the early 2000s has lead to a worldwide police state. A ruined United States barely functions. Government control masks chaos, dissenters are sent
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Heartfelt Condolences to the Family of Julie Cannon

We at the staff of Pump Up Your Book would like to extend our heartfelt condolences to the family of Julie Cannon in her recent passing.  Our heart goes out to you in your time of grief and sorrow.  Even though we only knew Julie for a short while, she touched the lives of every person she met including us.  She will truly be missed. Visit Julie’s Facebook page here. Like a bird singing in the rain, let grateful memories survive in time of sorrow. — Robert Louis Stevenson


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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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 “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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Congratulations to Kathleen Kelly for winning Kindle Fire!

A big congratulations goes to Kathleen Kelly who won a FREE Kindle Fire during Linda Schroeder’s Artists and Thieves book publicity campaign.  Congratulations Kathleen!


Last Day for FREE EBOOK ‘The Angel & the Brown-eyed Boy’ Today!

Sandy Nathan is touring with us September, October and November and she wishes to extend a gift to readers everywhere!  She is offering her paranormal fantasy novel, The Angel & the Brown-eyed  Boy (Book 1 in the Tales From Earth’s End series), for FREE to anyone who loves paranormal fantasy!  But you have to act quick – today is the last day! Here’s what her book is about: Tomorrow morning, a nuclear holocaust will destroy the planet. Two people carry the keys to survival: A teenage boy and an intergalactic traveler. By the late 22nd century, the Great Recession of the early 2000s has lead to a worldwide police
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Looking for blog hosts for huge Kindle Fire Promotion for The Baby Matrix

Laura Carroll will be touring July 2 – September 24 2012 with her nonfiction book, The Baby Matrix: Why Freeing Our Minds From Outmoded Thinking About Parenthood & Reproduction Will Create a Better World. We are looking for blog hosts who would like to review this book, interview Laura, have her write a guest post for you or post a book spotlight during her July, August and September tour. This tour is also part of a huge Kindle Fire giveaway where you, the blogger, can win, too! Also we are offering incentives for not only your visitors but you, also. Win $50 for the blog with the most comments
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‘Visions of You’ C.Y. Bourgeois on A Book and a Chat Blog Talk Radio Show

C.Y. Bourgeois, author of the suspense thriller, Visions of You, appeared on Blog Talk Radio’s A Book and a Chat today! C.Y. is a freshman author and an avid reader. After having spent countless enjoyable hours over the years reading other people’s narratives, she realized that she too has stories to tell. She considers herself a native of Alaska, having lived there since the age of two. She and her husband recently moved to northern Idaho where they now reside with their two dogs and three cats and where she is currently working on her second Shelby Leight novel, Visions of Mortality. Click here to listen!


DARKROOM ONLINE LAUNCH PARTY

Pre-order DARKROOM published by Simon & Schuster/Howard Books Amazon/Kindle: http://bitly.com/w2Qx1w Barnes & Noble/Nook: http://bit.ly/vG22no Join Joshua Graham, WINNER OF INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS, Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble #1 bestselling author LIVE ON CAMERA as he talks about his latest high-stakes thriller DARKROOM! We’ll open the chat lines for Q&A’s, and a chance for readers to win a brand new Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet, Free eBooks, and autographed copies of paperback and hardcovers by the author himself! DATE: MAY. 1st, 2012 TIME: 6:00PM Pacific / 9:00PM Eastern How to join: – click this link: http://t.wbx.me/ges8v – use the guest tab (not registered users tab) – enter your name in
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Pump Up Your Book to give away 2 10-day blog tours + $25 gift card on last day of celebration

It’s the last day of our month long 5th anniversary hoedown! Today the staff of Pump Up Your Book will be stopping off at Goodreads all day long and answer your book promotion and publicity questions and that’s not all! You can win one of  TWO  10 DAY VIRTUAL BOOK TOURS or A $25 GIFT CERTIFICATE!! To enter, head over to our Goodreads chat page and ask a question or leave a comment.  Easy peasy!  The winners will be selected by Random.org and announced on our tour page on Monday, April 30.  Not only can you ask us anything about book publicity, you have a chance to win a
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Pump Up Your Book Announces May 2012 Authors on Virtual Book Tour *watch video!*

Pump Up Your Book is proud to announce the May 2012 authors on virtual book tour! May 2012 Authors on Virtual Book Tour Caroline Alethia – Plant Teacher A.K. Alexander – Daddy’s Home Jennifer Allee – The Mother Road Carl Alves – Two For Eternity David Ankrah – Seeds Jim Beck – Virgil: A Superhero Tale C.Y. Bourgeois – Visions of You Bo Briar – Morgan Hall Judy Byington – 22 Faces Judy Christie – Hurry Less Worry Less for Moms Dr. Jackie C. Cogswell – Super Luke Faces His Bully Donna Fletcher Crow – A Darkly Hidden Truth MJ Fletcher – The Doorknob Society Marisa Garau – Dear
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PUMP UP YOUR BOOK TO GIVE AWAY FREE 10-DAY VIRTUAL BLOG TOUR

It’s day17 of our month long 5th anniversary hoedown where we give YOU the presents! Today Dorothy Thompson is stopping off at NY Times Bestselling Author Caridad Pineiro’s blog with a great giveaway! Win a FREE 10 DAY VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR!! To win, click on the image below and good luck! Click on image at left to enter the other giveaways we have this month!


It’s ‘A Story of the West’ Susan Spence’s Birthday Today!

We have a little secret.  One of our authors touring this month has a birthday today!  Her name is Susan Spence and she’s the author of the historical fiction, A Story of the West!  Please join in on the birthday celebrations and wish this lovely lady a very happy birthday!  And if you’d really like to make her day even more special, pick up a copy of her book!  Happy birthday, Susan!!!! ABOUT SUSAN SPENCE Susan Spence has always been intrigued with life in the west in the 1880s. She researched historical accounts and first-person narratives as she prepared to write A Story of the West. A lifelong resident
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Happy Easter from Pump Up Your Book

The Staff of Pump Up Your Book would like to extend to all our viewers a very happy, restful and wonderful Easter!


Q&A Talk with Rudy Mazzocchi at Goodreads + Win FREE eBook + Win $25 Gift Certificate

Rudy Mazzocchi, author of the  medical thriller, Equity of Evil (Twilight Times Books) will be on hand throughout the day of Monday, March 12 2012, to answer questions at his Q&A session on Goodreads. Rudy A. Mazzocchi is best known as a medical device and biotechnology entrepreneur, inventor, and angel investor, with a history of starting new technology ventures throughout the U.S. and Europe. He’s been privileged to have the opportunity to see the newest innovations in healthcare and work with some of the most brilliant researchers, scientists and physicians in the industry. Authoring more than 50 patents, he has helped pioneer new companies involved in cardiology, oncology, orthopedics,
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‘Red Hot Sky’ author Gordon Gumpertz on A Book and a Chat Blog Talk Radio Show tonight!

Gordon Gumpertz, author of the action adventure fiction novel, Red Hot Sky, is stopping off at A Book and a Chat Radio Show on Day 8 of his virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! Listen to Gordon tonight at A Book and a Chat starting at 6:30 p.m. eastern. Call-ins welcome! ABOUT THE BOOK: CO2 buildup in earth’s atmosphere reaches a tipping point. Global weather destabilizes, turns chaotic. Ice storms, dust storms, floods, blizzards, hurricanes, tornadoes pummel the earth nonstop. A secret computer model reveals that the frantic weather will peak out, and transform world climate into an alien environment devastating to human survival. Scientists Ben Mason,
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Pump Up Your Book’s 1st Annual Holiday Extravaganza Facebook Chat Party Winners!

We are happy to announce the winners at our Pump Up Your Book 1st Annual Holiday Extravaganza Facebook Chat Party last Friday night!  If you are listed among the winners (lucky you!), please email Dorothy Thompson at thewriterslife@gmail.com and let us know what you won.  If it’s a paperback or other physical prize, please include your mailing address.  If it’s an ebook, let us know whether you need the mobi file (Kindle), epub file (Nook) or pdf.   All winners were chosen at Random.org.  Winners have until December 30 to let us know if you’ve won. We at Pump Up Your Book want to thank everyone for coming and showing
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K.S. Krueger Being Interviewed at Stories From Unknown Authors Tomorrow!

K.S. Krueger, author of the middle grade fantasy series, Traegonia, will be interviewed on December 8th at Stories from Unknown Authors with Renee Hand. Number to call in is: (619) 566-0945. The show begins at 8 PM Eastern. Although her background has been in business, K.S. Krueger has always loved to write. She has written poetry and several children’s stories originally for her eldest daughter. Kim enjoys the idea of seeing the world through the eyes of her imagination and finds herself submerged in the worlds she creates. Imagination has never been in short supply ever since she was a child. Because her series rides a fine line between fantasy and
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Pump Up Your Book’s 1st Annual Holiday Extravaganza Facebook Chat Party!

ATTENTION:  WINNERS ARE NOW SELECTED FOR PUMP UP YOUR BOOK’S 1ST ANNUAL HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA FACEBOOK CHAT PARTY!!!  CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT IF YOU WON!  HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY EVERYONE! WE’RE HAVING A FACEBOOK PARTY!!!! Pump Up Your Book is proud to host the 1st Annual Holiday Extravaganza Facebook  Chat Party for authors touring in December 2011.  What better way to set the holiday mood by having a chance to talk to your favorite authors and win some wonderful prizes for you or to give to that special person for the holidays?  ‘Tis the season, right???  We’re giving away more than 50 prizes including books, gifts  and cash awards!!!
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Pump Up Your Book Live! November 2011 Author Chat / Book Giveaway Winners Announced!

We are happy to announce the winners at our Pump Up Your Book Live! November 2011 Author Chat / Book Giveaway Party last night in the Pump Up Your Book chat room! Congratulations to the following winners! Molly Edwards won a paperback copy of Noah Baird’s Donation to Clarity! Everyone won an e-copy of Veronica Blade’s Something Witchy This Way Comes! Melanie Schemanski won a paperback copy of Mike DiCerto’s The Door to Far-Myst! J.W. Nicklaus won a paperback copy of C. Elizabeth’s Absolute Obsession! April Pohren won an e-copy of Jason Krumbine’s Two and a Half Dead Men! Molly Edwards won an e-copy of Jason Krumbine’s The Dead
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Pump Up Your Book Live! November 2011 Authors on Tour Chat/Book Giveaway Party Friday Night!

The Pump Up Your Book Live! November 2011 Authors on Tour Chat/Book Giveaway Party will be held this Friday night, November 18 starting at 8 p.m. eastern time.  Chat with your favorite authors including Jason Krumbine, Terri Giuliano Long, Mike DiCerto, Noah Baird, C. Elizabeth, Veronica Blade, Jaime McDougall, Michelle Richardson, Cheryl Malandrinos, Frank Zaccari, M.E. Patterson and Glen C. Strathy! You can also win prizes! To find out more details, click here. See you at the party!!!


Nor’Easter Leaves Many Without Power

You might be asking yourself right now, why this is appearing at the Pump Up Your Book! website? Well, for those of you who don’t know, I live in one of the areas impacted by the freak October snowstorm that pummeled the Northeast this weekend. That means I have no power at home and will be without power until Friday. What that means to our tour hosts is I don’t have access to any of your contact information, because it is on my server at home that will remain out of service until electricity is restored. If you requested to be a tour host for any of the book tours
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Pump Up Your Book Live! October 2011 Author Chat / Book Giveaway Winners Announced!

We are happy to announce the winners at our Pump Up Your Book Live! October 2011 Author Chat / Book Giveaway Party last night in the Pump Up Your Book chat room! Congratulations to the following winners! Melanie Ski won a paperback copy of Richard Blunt’s Lucas Trent: Guardian in Magic! April Pohren won a paperback copy of M.E. Patterson’s Devil’s Hand! Molly Edwards won a paperback copy of Mary Ann Loesch’s Nephilim! April Pohren won a paperback copy of Greg Messel’s The Illusion of Certainty! Melanie Ski won a paperback copy of Sharon Bially’s Veronica’s Nap! April Pohren won a paperback copy of Peter Murphy’s Lagan Love! Molly
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