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Equity of Evil Virtual Book Publicity Tour March/April 2012

Join Rudy A. Mazzocchi, author of the medical thriller, Equity of Evil (Twilight Times Books), as he virtually tours the blogosphere March 5 – April 20 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT RUDY A. MAZZOCCHI 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
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Exceeding Expectations Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Lisa April Smith, author of the mystery suspense novel, Exceeding Expectations (2old2wait2young2giveup), as she virtually tours the blogosphere March 7 – April 20 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Lisa April Smith Author Lisa April Smith lives with her husband, He-who-wishes-to-remain-anonymous, in Eternal Playland, Florida, a delightful spot just off I-95. Ms. Smith describes Eternal Playland as: “a little piece of level heaven with occasional dampness, where the bugs are plentiful but respectful, and even the smallest strip mall contains at least one pizza place and a nail salon.” Before discovering a passion for writing, Ms. Smith sold plumbing and heating,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Genie Ignites Virtual Publicity Tour March 2012

Join Kellyann Zuzolo, author of the paranormal romance, The Genie Ignites (Boroughs Publishing Group), as she virtually tours the blogosphere March 5 – 23 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Kellyann Zuzulo A former journalist, Kellyann’s interest in Middle Eastern myth and legend stems from her stint as a Managing Editor of Publications for the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, D.C.She is a published author of several genie romance novellas. One book, Angels & Genies, was included in a collection for which Charlaine Harris wrote the foreword. Kellyann lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, three children, and a jaunty terrier
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The Right Track Virtual Book Publicity Tour March 2012

Join Jill Limber, author of the contemporary romance novel, The Right Track (Boroughs Publishing Group), as she virtually tours the blogosphere March 5 – 23 2012 on her third virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Jill Limber A multi-published author and former RWA President, Jill Limber’s latest books are Montana Morning, A Heart That Dares and The Right Track. As a child, some of Jill’s tales got her in trouble, but now she gets paid for them. Residing in San Diego with her husband and a trio of dogs and one very ancient cat, Jill’s favorite pastime is to gather friends and family for good food,
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A Heart That Dares Virtual Book Publicity Tour March 2012

Join Jill Limber, author of the historical romance novel, A Heart That Dares (Boroughs Publishing Group), as she virtually tours the blogosphere March 5 – 23 2012 on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Jill Limber A multi-published author and former RWA President, Jill Limber’s latest books are Montana Morning, A Heart That Dares and The Right Track. As a child, some of Jill’s tales got her in trouble, but now she gets paid for them. Residing in San Diego with her husband and a trio of dogs and one very ancient cat, Jill’s favorite pastime is to gather friends and family for good
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Conscious Calm Online Book Tour March & April 2012

Join Laura Maciuika, author of Conscious Calm: Keys to Freedom From Stress and Worry as she virtually tours the blogosphere in 2012 on her first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Dr. Laura Maciuika Dr. Laura Maciuika is a clinical psychologist and transformation mentor who has been bridging realities her entire life. Raised by Lithuanian parents, she spoke mainly Lithuanian at home and English outside. Visiting Lithuania as a child, a student, and later as a psychologist and teacher, helped her learn how to move between world views, expanding her own as she supported other psychologists and teachers in broadening theirs. She began graduate school at the same
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Paris Adieu Virtual Book Publicity Tour March 2012

Join Rozsa Gaston, author of the women’s contemporary fiction, Paris Adieu (Belcastro Agency), as she virtually tours the blogosphere March 5 – 23 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Rozsa Gaston Rozsa Gaston is an author who writes serious books on playful matters. She is the author of Paris Adieu, Dogsitters, Budapest Romance, Lyric, Running from Love and the soon to be released Paris Adieu sequel, Black is Not a Color Unless Worn By a Blonde. Rozsa studied European intellectual history at Yale, and then received her master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia. In between Rozsa worked as a singer/pianist all
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Dark is the Sky Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012

Join Jessica Chambers, author of the women’s fiction, Dark is the Sky (All Things That Matter Press), as he virtually tours the blogosphere March 5 – April 20 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Jessica Chambers Jessica Chambers has been inventing stories even before she was old enough to hold a pen. She has a passion for writing contemporary novels packed with emotion, complex relationships and often a touch of mystery. Visually impaired from birth, Jessica currently lives with her family and Staffordshire bull terrier in the English town of Windsor. In addition to devouring fiction of all genres, she loves watching
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The Promised Land Virtual Book Publicity Tour March/April 2012

Join Valerie Stocking, author of the historical coming of age novel, The Promised Land (SJT Press), as she virtually tours the blogosphere March 5 – April 20 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Valerie Stocking Valerie Stocking was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, and wrote her first short story when she was five. When she was eight, she won a short story contest in Jack and Jill Magazine. She wrote her first play at the age of ten. In 1966, when she was twelve, she and her mother moved to a small town in Florida where they lived for a year. During this time,
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Montana Morning Virtual Book Publicity Tour March 2012

Join Jill Limber, author of the historical romance novel, Montana Morning (Boroughs Publishing Group), as she virtually tours the blogosphere March 5 – 23 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Jill Limber A multi-published author and former RWA President, Jill Limber’s latest books are Montana Morning, A Heart That Dares and The Right Track. As a child, some of Jill’s tales got her in trouble, but now she gets paid for them. Residing in San Diego with her husband and a trio of dogs and one very ancient cat, Jill’s favorite pastime is to gather friends and family for good food, conversation
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Her Frozen Wild Virtual Book Tour March & April 2012

Join Kim Antieau, author of the mainstream action adventure novel, Her Frozen Wild (Green Snake Publishing), as she virtually tours the blogosphere March 5 – April 20 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Kim Antieau Kim Antieau has written many novels, short stories, poems, and essays. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, both in print and online, including The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Asimov’s SF, The Clinton Street Quarterly, The Journal of Mythic Arts, EarthFirst!, Alternet, Sage Woman, and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. She was the founder, editor, and publisher of Daughters of Nyx: A Magazine of Goddess Stories,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Barrett Company Hollywood Virtual Book Publicity Tour March 2012 + Kindle Fire Giveaway

Join Charlie Barrett, national book publicist and owner of the publicity company, The Barrett Company, and vice president Barbara Wall, as they tour the blogosphere March 5 – 23 on their second virtual blog tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Charlie Barrett Well known, experienced, professional Hollywood book, TV and movie publicist Charlie Barrett formed The Barrett Company in 1991 as a full service publicity and media relations agency to serve books/authors/publishers, television and motion picture industry clients. The Los Angeles headquartered publicity firm offers 21st century publicity and media relations services to celebrities, authors, actors, directors, screen writers, filmmakers as well as film and television producers. Charlie’s
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  • February 6, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Blood: The New Red Virtual Book Publicity Tour March 2012

Join David S. Grant, author of the literary novel Blood: The New Red (Offense Mechanisms, an imprint of Silverthought Press, November 2011), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in March on his fourth virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About David S. Grant David S. Grant is the author of ten books including Corporate Porn, Bleach|Blackout, Hollywood Ending, and Rock Stars.  His latest novel, Blood: The New Red, is now available.  David lives and writes his weekly rock, travel, and NBA columns from New York City.  For more information go to http://www.davidsgrant.com Twitter: @david_s_grant About Blood: The New Red Blood: The New Red begins at an after party where
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  • February 6, 2012
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Special Delivery Virtual Book Publicity Tour March/April 2012

Join Kathi Macias, author of the Christian contemporary novel, Special Delivery (New Hope Publishers, March 6, 2012), as she virtually tours the blogosphere from mid-March to mid-April on her tenth virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Kathi Macias Kathi Macias is a multi-award winning writer who has authored more than 30 books and ghostwritten several others. A former newspaper columnist and string reporter, Kathi has taught creative and business writing in various venues and has been a guest on many radio and television programs. Kathi is a popular speaker at churches, women’s clubs and retreats, and writers’ conferences, and won the 2008 Member of the Year award from AWSA (Advanced Writers and Speakers Association).
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Do You Dare To Be Yourself? Virtual Book Publicity Tour April 2012

Join Andreas Dudas, author of the self-help/leadership book, Do You Dare To Be Yourself? (BE SHiRO, GmbH, Switzerland, Feb 2012), as he virtually tours the blogosphere April 2 – 20, 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Andreas Dudas Andreas was born in 1964 in Switzerland to immigrant parents who spent more than 10 years in a forced labour camp. He was constantly ridiculed by the citizens of his home town, bullied by his fellow students, excluded from any social and sports activities and dismissed from school. Despite such an adverse, he was not willing to comprise himself for the sake of others’ opinions or letting people
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Grinding It Out: How to Create a Six-Figure Law Practice Virtual Book Publicity Tour February/March 2012

Join Chris Shella, author of the nonfiction legal book, Grinding It Out: How to Create a Six-Figure Law Practice (Digisoda Publishing), as he virtually tours the blogosphere February 6 – March 23  2012 on his second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Chris Shella Author Chris Shella is a graduate of Morehouse College and the University of Texas Law School and started his legal career in Long Island, New York at the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office. He is admitted to the practice of law in New York, Maryland, the District of Columbia, and North Carolina. Shella is also admitted to the federal court in the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Downtown Green Virtual Book Publicity Tour March 2012

Join Judy Christie, author of the Christian fiction novel, Downtown Green (Abingdon Press), as she virtually tours the blogosphere March 5 – 30 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Judy Christie Author Judy Christie loves to help busy people slow down and enjoy each day more – in her series of novels about Green, Louisiana, and her Hurry Less Worry Less nonfiction books. Judy started her writing career as the editor of The Barret Banner in elementary school and has kept a journal since she was nine (and still has all of them). She likes strolling around flea markets, walking in the
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The Canker Death Online Book Tour February, March, April 2012

Join James Bottino, author of the fantasy and science fiction novel The Canker Death as he virtually tours the blogosphere in February 2012 on his first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About James Bottino James R. Bottino’s life-long interests mix esoteric and disparate fields of study. By day, his foremost influences have been the study of literature and the art of writing. Following these pursuits led him to read anything he could in these areas and to complete every under-graduate and graduate course available to him in the field of creative writing. Following this line, he taught high school English throughout the 1990’s, focusing on the teaching of
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Casey and Kyle Online Book Tour February 2012

Join Will Robertson, author of the comic Casey and Kyle: I’m Saving Up for a Big Brother!!! as he virtually tours the blogosphere in February 2012 on his first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Will Roberston WILL ROBERTSON enjoys playing music and working on his serve in Tennis. His favorite beverage is an Iced Tea with no lemon. He loves Tacos and Panini Sandwiches and is fond of road trips. He is an avid mini golfer and an aggressive bumper car driver. He lives with his wife and two children in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. His house is yellow. He started drawing comics on a road trip when
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Henry Wood Detective Agency Online Book Tour February 2012

Join Brian Meeks, author of the mystery novel Henry Wood Detective Agency as he virtually tours the blogosphere in February 2012 on his first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Brian Meeks Brian D. Meeks found a love of writing through a random act of blogging. On Jan 2, 2010, he was overcome by boredom and found blogger.com. With little else to do before the football game kicked off, he wrote a piece about woodworking. Later that same day, while visiting a woodworking forum, he found a button labeled ‘blog’, so he cut and pasted the piece he had written and then went to watch football. The next
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No Innocent Affair Online Book Tour February 2012

Join Edward F. Mrkvicka Jr., author of the nonfiction Christian book No Innocent Affair as he virtually tours the blogosphere in February 2012 on his first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Edward Mrkvicka Edward Mrkvicka is a lay minister and counselor, and life-long Bible student. His religious writings have been awarded Best Christian Book of the Year, Best Christian Study of the Year, named a National Best Book Awards finalist, and a winner in the Christian Choice Book Awards. He has also been awarded the prestigious Faith Writers Seal of Approval. His efforts on behalf of families, understanding adultery, and the devastating effect of divorce on children
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Act of Grace Online Book Tour February 2012

Join Karen Simpson, author of the contemporary speculative fiction novel Act of Grace as she virtually tours the blogosphere in February 2012 on her second tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Karen Simpson Karen Simpson is passionate about the craft of writing fiction, the art of quilting, and the discipline of historical research. She received her bachelor’s degree in Animal Husbandry, M.A. in Foreign and International Trade and a M.S. in Historic Preservation. A historic preservationist trained in heritage interpretation and administration, the subjects and themes of her fiction are often taken from the stories she discovers while doing research for museum exhibits. In 2009 Simpson was awarded
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Daddy’s Home Virtual Book Publicity Tour March/April/May 2012

Join A.K. Alexander, author of the thriller novel, Daddy’s Home (D’Vine Press), as she virtually tours the blogosphere March 19 – May 11 2012  on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About A.K. Alexander I started writing when I was nine-years-old. I used to write short stories on my dad’s notepads. One day he read one and he said to me, “You are a writer.” It stuck. My dad is still my biggest supporter and he is also my mentor in many ways. I went to college at The University of Southern California. My parents though didn’t think that “creative writing” at USC was a
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Confessions of a Color-Blind House Painter Virtual Book Publicity Tour February 2012

Join Selwyn Mills, author of the autobiography, Confessions of a Color-Blind House Painter (CreateSpace), as he virtually tours the blogosphere February 6 – 29 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Selwyn Mills Selwyn Mills served an apprenticeship in decorative painting before starting his own business in 1956, which lasted until his retirement in 1992. He worked as a craftsman painter, wrote for the National Paint Journal, served as President of the National Painting Contractor Association in Nassau County, New York, and taught faux painting. While painting professionally, Mills earned his doctorate in psychology and operated a successful private psychotherapy practice. Dr. Mills
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Defending Jacob Virtual Book Publicity Tour February 2012

Join William Landay, author of the family drama thriller, Defending Jacob (Delacorte Press, Jan 2012) as he virtually tours the blogosphere from February 6 – 29, 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About William Landay William Landay is the author of The Strangler, a Los Angeles Times Favorite Crime Book of the Year, and Mission Flats, winner of the Creasey Memorial Dagger Award for Best First Crime Novel and a Barry Award nominee. A former district attorney who holds degrees from Yale and Boston College Law School, Landay lives in Boston, where he is at work on his next novel of suspense. His latest release is Defending
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Chasing Glenn Beck Virtual Book Publicity Tour February 2012

Join Michael Charney, author of the political nonfiction book, Chasing Glenn Beck: A Personal Experiment in Reclaiming Our Hijacked Political Conversation (Riddle Brook Publishing), as he virtually tours the blogosphere February 6 – 29 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Michael Charney Michael Charney is a principal with Charney Coaching & Consulting LLC, where he provides expert services in the areas of team building, communications and succession management.  As part of his responsibility for social media strategy and business platform development, he also provides regular blog, Facebook and Twitter postings. As an executive and leader he has pioneered work in corporate social
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Letters on Balboa Island Virtual Book Publicity Tour February 2012

Join Kathy Holmes, author of the women’s fiction novel, Letters on Balboa Island (Createspace), as she virtually tours the blogosphere February 6 – 29 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Kathy Holmes Born in the City of Angels, raised on Walt Disney, and inspired by the dreams of both, Kathy Holmes grew up in southern California halfway between Disneyland and the beach. Tantalized by the tropics since Adam Troy set sail on the Kon Tiki in James A. Michener’s “Adventures in Paradise,” she traveled to tropical destinations such as Hawaii, Florida, the Caribbean, Mexico, and Asia Pacific. Eventually, she moved to Florida
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Acts of God While on Vacation Virtual Book Publicity Tour February 2012

Join Richard Tillotson, author of the literary comic fiction novel, Acts of God While on Vacation (Arlington Avenue Books), as he virtually tours the blogosphere February 6 – 29 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Richard Tillotson Richard Tillotson has been a Peace Corps volunteer in Borneo, a playwright in New York, a copywriter in Hawaii, and is a relative of an English Lord, all of which helped him write Acts of God While on Vacation, a National Semi-Finalist for the 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award and named “Hawaii’s best fiction book of 2011” by The Honolulu Star-Advertiser. He works in Honolulu
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Tumbleweed Heights Virtual Book Publicity Tour February/March 2012

Join Joan Bird, author of the contemporary romance novel, Tumbleweed Heights (Boroughs Publishing Group), as she virtually tours the blogosphere February 6 – March 23 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Joan Bird Joan Bird has been telling stories for years. In her first incarnation she was a singer/song writer with a rock band (yes, her Fender guitars are awesome), then she started writing books, mostly for herself. Joan’s storytelling is legendary amongst her family and friends. For years she’s been including short stories with her holiday greetings each December and for years her friends and family have been encouraging her to
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Pictures of the Past Virtual Book Publicity Tour February 2012

Join Deby Eisenberg, author of the historical fiction, Pictures of the Past (Studio House Literary), as she virtually tours the blogosphere February 6 – 29 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Deby Eisenberg As the leader of an established Chicago area Book Club, Deby Eisenberg challenged herself to write a novel that her avid readers could not put down and would love to discuss. With a Masters Degree from the University of Chicago, she is a former English teacher and journalist. Inspired by so many wonderful books and formidable authors, and drawing on her love of literary research, art, architecture, Jewish history,
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