Posts Tagged ‘book publicists’

📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Stairway to Paradise Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Nadia Natali’s STAIRWAY TO PARADISE: GROWING UP GERSHWIN Virtual Book Publicity Tour October 2 – March 30! Inside the Book Title: STAIRWAY TO PARADISE: GROWING UP GERSHWIN Author: Nadia Natali Publisher: RareBird Books Pages: 304 Genre: Memoir BOOK BLURB: Growing up as Frankie Gershwin’s daughter, the sister of George and Ira Gershwin, was quite a challenge. I didn’t have the perspective to realize that so much unhappiness in a family was out of the ordinary. But I knew something was off. My mother was often depressed and my father was tyrannical and scary, one never knew when he would blow
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents There Be Demons Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you M.K. Theodoratus’ THERE BE DEMONS Virtual Book Publicity Tour October 2 – 31! Inside the Book Title: THERE BE DEMONS Author: M.K. Theodoratus Publisher: Independent Pages: 360 Genre: YA/Fantasy/Paranormal BOOK BLURB: Heroes come in all shapes. The war for Andor has lasted a century. Humans and their allies, the Angeli, fight demons from another plane who need a warmer planet to hatch and raise their young. Trebridge becomes Ground zero when Abraxas, a minion of the demon Prince Vetis, opens a secret portal into the city. The demons’ goal is to build an army to subjugate the city before the
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents A Long Ways From Home Book Blast!

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mike Martin’s A LONG WAYS HOME Book Blast September 11! Inside the Book Title: A LONG WAYS FROM HOME Author: Mike Martin Publisher: Friesen Press Pages: 364 Genre: Mystery BOOK BLURB: A weekend visit to picturesque Newfoundland by a large crew of outlaw bikers leaves behind another mess for Sgt. Windflower to clean up. This time he’s facing violence, murder, mystery and intrigue. This adventure has Windflower questioning everything he thought he knew. There are troubles on the home front, cutbacks in the policing budget, old friends leaving and new ones not quite here yet. Windflower is seeking to
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Monsterland Virtual Book Publicity Tour & Giveaway!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Michael Okon’s MONSTERLAND Virtual Book Tour October 2 – December 29! Inside the Book Title: MONSTERLAND Author: Michael Okon Publisher: Wordfire Press Pages: 232 Genre: Monsters BOOK BLURB: Welcome to Monsterland—the scariest place on Earth. The last couple years of high school have not been fun for Wyatt Baldwin. His parents divorce, then his dad mysteriously dies. He’s not exactly comfortable with his new stepfather, Carter White, either. An on-going debate with his best friends Howard Drucker and Melvin over which monster is superior has gotten stale. He’d much rather spend his days with beautiful and popular Jade. However, she’s
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Wickedly Ever After Book Blast!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lotta Smith’s WICKEDLY EVER AFTER: HALLOWEEN HIJINKS Book Blast September 18 – October 13! Inside the Book Title: WICKEDLY EVER AFTER: HALLOWEEN HIJINKS Author: Lotta Smith Publisher: Independent Pages: 213 Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery BOOK BLURB: As the new Mrs. Rowling, life is supposed to be easy for former FBI Special Assistant Amanda Meyer. Marriage to her drop dead gorgeous boss Rick is everything she dreamed of, unfortunately she can’t sleep, and she can’t even blame the ghost of his late stepmom Clara for popping up in the middle of the night with a tricky request. Someone staged mechanic Fynn’s
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Dead Cold Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jennifer Chase’s DEAD COLD Virtual Book Tour September 4 – November 30! Inside the Series Title: DEAD COLD Author: Jennifer Chase Publisher: JEC Press Pages: 326 Genre: Crime Thriller BOOK BLURB: What happens when one California community has a disturbing spike in homicides? It catapults cops into a deadly game of murder. Frozen human body parts hideously displayed at the crime scenes offers a horrifying interpretation that only a sadistic serial killer could design—and execute. On the hunt for a complex serial killer, vigilante detective Emily Stone must face her most daring case yet. Stone’s proven top-notch profiling skills and
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Day Moon Virtual Book Publicity Tour

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Brett Armstrong’s DAY MOON Virtual Book Tour August 21 – September 22! Inside the Book Title: DAY MOON (Tomorrow’s Edge Book 1) Author: Brett Armstrong Publisher: Clean Reads Pages: 389 Genre: Christian/Scifi/Dystopian BOOK BLURB: In A.D. 2039, a prodigious seventeen year old, Elliott, is assigned to work on a global software initiative his deceased grandfather helped found. Project Alexandria is intended to provide the entire world secure and equal access to all accumulated human knowledge. All forms of print are destroyed in good faith, to ensure everyone has equal footing, and Elliott knows he must soon part with his
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The Supernatural Pet Sitter: The Curse Book Blast

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Diane Moat’s THE SUPERNATURAL PET SITTER: THE CURSE Book Blast August 1! Inside the Book Title: THE SUPERNATURAL PET SITTER: THE CURSE Author: Diane Moat Publisher: Createspace Pages: 155 Genre: Middle Grade / Fantasy BOOK BLURB: Pepper Neely is no stranger to dangerous situations. In The Supernatural Pet Sitter: The Magic Thief, the young gnome defeated an evil witch who was stealing magic from the Familiars that Pepper took care of. She wouldn’t have survived without the intervention of a pack of werewolves, who endured painful, fiery spells to save Pepper’s life. Now Pepper is determined to repay the werewolves
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The Sullivans Boxed Set Virtual Book Publicity Tour

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Bella Andre’s THE SULLIVANS BOXED SET BOOKS 1-3 Virtual Book Tour August 1 – September 8! Inside the Book Title: The Sullivans Boxed Set Books 1-3 Author: Bella Andre Publisher: Oak Press, LLC Pages: 662 Genre: Contemporary Romance BOOK BLURB: More than 6 million readers have already fallen in love with the Sullivans! Now get ready to meet your new favorite family in Bella Andre’s New York Times and USA Today bestselling contemporary romances with the first three books in the #1 hit series. “Not since Nora Roberts has anyone been able to write a big family romance series
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents San Francisco Nights Virtual Book Publicity Tour & Giveaway!

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Greg Messel’s SAN FRANCISCO NIGHTS Blog Tour August 1 – September 29! Inside the Book Title: SAN FRANCISCO NIGHTS Author: Greg Messel Publisher: Sunbreaks Publishing Pages: 232 Genre: Mystery / Suspense The wife of a wealthy San Francisco shipping magnate leads a secret life but someone is threatening to expose her.  Private eye Sam Slater and his wife and partner, Amelia, meet a mysterious woman in a large red hat during a train trip. The woman approaches him pleading for help because she‘s receiving anonymous notes quoting Bible verses which are becoming more and more ominous with each passing
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Lockdown Book Blast & Giveaway!

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Samie Sands’ LOCKDOWN Book Blast August 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: LOCKDOWN Author: Samie Sands Publisher: Limitless Publishing Pages: 232 Genre: Horror/Scifi BOOK BLURB: Leah Watton’s practical joke has spiralled way out of control—all to impress a crush… With a prank online video, Leah hopes to catch the attention of Jake Colton, a cute, blond-haired, blue-eyed co-worker she’s had a crush on for months. But instead of sending it to Jake, she manages to forward the clip to her boss—who buys every gory second. When mass panic ensues, Leah learns the video is more than a staged
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Dinner Conversations Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jason Reid’s DINNER CONVERSATIONS Blog Tour August 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: DINNER CONVERSATIONS Author: Jason Reid Publisher: Createspace/Reid Group Pages: 348 Genre: Humor / Family / Parenting BOOK BLURB: “You are going to LAUGH! You are going to then wonder if these conversations actually happened. You are going to wonder what kind of guy would actually say these things to his family.” The answer is simple—yes, these conversations did actually happen. They occurred over a period of roughly 5 years, mainly at my dinner table.  I took them verbatim and posted them on Facebook so that all
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Hello, My Love Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Evy Journey’s HELLO, MY LOVE Blog Tour August 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: HELLO, MY LOVE Author: Evy Journey Publisher: Sojourner Books Pages: 317 Genre: Contemporary Women’s Fiction BOOK BLURB: In this modern-day tale inspired by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, bright, beautiful law student Elise Halverson looks forward to a promising career. Falling in love is low in her priorities. Well-known playboy Greg Thorpe is engaged to be married when he meets Elise. He finds her so unlike the women he used to date and he’s deeply intrigued. Distrusting the image she has of him, Elise avoids
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Fix Your Diet, Fix Your Diabetes Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Dr. Tony Hampton’s FIX YOUR DIET, FIX YOUR DIABETES Blog Tour August 1 – January 31! Inside the Book Title: FIX YOUR DIET FIX YOUR DIABETES Author: Tony Hampton, MD Publisher: Windy City Publishers Pages: 168 Genre: Self-Help BOOK BLURB: Want to fix your diabetes?  In this book, I share with my diabetic and borderline diabetic readers that they have the power to reverse or prevent diabetes simply by changing their diets.  It starts with how you think.  By removing old beliefs to new ones that better serve you, the path to recovery from diabetes can be that simple.  Once
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Summer on Earth Virtual Book Publicity Tour

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Peter Thompson’s SUMMER ON EARTH Blog Tour August 1 – October 31! Inside the Book Title: SUMMER ON EARTH Author: Peter Thompson Publisher: Persnickety Press Pages: 293 Genre: Sci-fi / Middle Grade BOOK BLURB: The night that eleven-year-old Grady Johnson looked out his window and wished upon a shooting star, his life changed forever. Grady, his Ma, and younger sister Luanne are having a hard summer. Dad has died and the family isn’t the same. Though Ma is trying her best, Grady knows they don’t have enough money to get by. The shooting star he saw was a space
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Bite Thy Neighbor Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Esmae Browder’s BITE THY NEIGHBOR Blog Tour August 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: BITE THY NEIGHBOR Author: Esmae Browder Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Pages: 300 Genre: Erotic Paranormal Romance BOOK BLURB: Some neighbors suck…literally. Quirky Maisy Harker spends her time daydreaming about her sexy husband, Jensen Helsing. Though their marriage is one of convenience, Maisy wishes the sparks of heat she feels around him were reciprocated. Sexually starved, she also lusts after her mysterious neighbor, Adam. True, his incisors do look a bit sharp, and he never seems to drink or eat anything—but hey, maybe that’s how
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Dreamers, Take Action! Virtual Book Publicity Tour

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Nikkie Pryce’s DREAMERS, TAKE ACTION! Blog Tour August 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: DREAMERS, TAKE ACTION! Author: Nikkie Pryce Publisher: Opportune Publishing Pages: 118 Genre: Self-help / Self-improvement / Self-motivation I remember going through stages in my life where I had no money; I was broken in spirit and mind. One day I realized in order to make more money and live the life I wanted, I had to start with myself. I started reading tons of self-help books, prayed more and did affirmation exercises to lift my self-esteem. It was time to see growth. If you
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Hearts at Seaside Virtual Book Publicity Tour & Giveaway!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Addison Cole’s HEARTS AT SEASIDE Blog Tour July 19 – August 18! Inside the Book Title: HEARTS AT SEASIDE (Sweet with Heat: Seaside Summers Book 3) Author: Addison Cole Publisher: World Literary Press Pages: 280 Genre: Sweet with Heat Romance BOOK BLURB: Sweet with Heat: Seaside Summers features a group of fun, flirty, and emotional friends who gather each summer at their Cape Cod cottages. They’re sassy, flawed, and so easy to relate to, you’ll be begging to enter their circle of friends! Hearts at Seaside by Addison Cole is the sweet edition of New York Times bestselling author Melissa Foster’s steamy romance novel Seaside
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Night in Jerusalem Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Gaelle Lehrer Kennedy’s NIGHT IN JERUSALEM Blog Tour July 3 – December 29! Inside the Book Title: NIGHT IN JERUSALEM Author: Gaelle Lehrer Kennedy Publisher: PKZ Inc. Pages: 246 Genre: Historical Romance A bewitching love story that is also an extraordinary portrait of Jerusalem, its faith, spirituality, identity, and kaleidoscope of clashing beliefs, Night in Jerusalem is a novel of mystery, beauty, historical insight, and sexual passion. David Bennett is invited to Jerusalem in 1967 by his cousin who, to the alarm of his aristocratic British family, has embraced Judaism. He introduces David to his mentor, Reb Eli, a revered
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Loss Angeles Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mathieu Cailler’s LOSS ANGELES virtual book tour May 4-29! Title: Loss Angeles Author: Mathieu Cailler Publisher: Short Story America Press Pages: 217 Genre: Short Stories Format: Hardcover Set in the glamorous city of Los Angeles, California, LOSS ANGELES skips the shine and celebrity the city is known for and instead dives deeply into the lives of ordinary Angelenos. In each of the fifteen stories in this collection, author Mathieu Cailler examines the private lives of a diverse mix of characters. This collection of stories showcases the rawness of real life, the complexity of navigating personal challenges and internal conflicts, and
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How to Become a Tour Host for Pump Up Your Book

Do you love books?  Do you love meeting the authors behind the books?  Would you like to be part of a team of book lovers who would like to help spread the word about these fantastic books and authors? Pump Up Your Book is looking for book bloggers interested in hosting authors of all genres.  We represent fiction and nonfiction, except for porn.  The authors who sign up with us are looking for an outlet to spread the word about their books and they’re seeking bloggers to help.  Why bloggers?  Bloggers – book bloggers in particularly – are looking for traffic.  Most companies who are searching for bloggers to
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  • January 10, 2013
  • Author Interviews, Featured
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Mark Spivak & Enter Kindle Fire Giveaway!

Mark Spivak is an award-winning writer specializing in wine, spirits, food, restaurants and culinary travel. He was the wine writer for the Palm Beach Post from 1994-1999, and since 2001 has been the Wine and Spirits Editor for the Palm Beach Media Group, as well as the restaurant critic for Palm Beach Illustrated. His work has appeared in National Geographic Traveler, Robb Report, Ritz-Carlton, Continental, Art & Antiques, Newsmax, Dream of Italy and Arizona Highways. From 1999-2011 he hosted Uncorked! Radio, a highly successful wine talk show on the Palm Beach affiliate of National Public Radio. Mark began writing Iconic Spirits after becoming fascinated with the untold stories behind
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  • December 26, 2012
  • Authors on Tour, Featured
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Saving Grace Virtual Book Publicity Tour + Win Kindle Fire HD!

Join Pamela Fagan Hutchins, author of the mystery/women’s fiction, Saving Grace, as she tours the blogosphere January 2 – March 29 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!  This tour is part of a huge Kindle Fire HD Giveaway.  If interested in signing up for a review, interview, guest post spot, book spotlight or book trailer reveal, please leave us your Twitter or Facebook link on the form below. ——————————————————————–   ABOUT PAMELA FAGAN HUTCHINS Pamela Fagan Hutchins writes award-winning mysterious women’s fiction and relationship humor books, and holds nothing back.  She is known for “having it all” which really means she has a
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  • December 8, 2012
  • Authors on Tour, Featured
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Plague Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join H.W. “Buzz” Bernard, author of the thriller, Plague, as he tours the blogosphere January 2 – February 28 2013 on his second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ————————— ABOUT H.W. “BUZZ” BERNARD H. W. “Buzz” Bernard is a writer and retired meteorologist.  His debut novel, Eyewall, which one reviewer called a “perfect summer read,” was released in May 2011 and went on to become a best-seller in Amazon’s Kindle Store. His second novel, Plague, came out in September 2012. He’s currently at work on his third novel, Supercell. Before retiring, Buzz worked at The Weather Channel in Atlanta, Georgia, as a senior meteorologist for 13
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  • November 25, 2012
  • Authors on Tour, Featured
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Lucas Trent 3: Grand Theft Magic Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Richard Blunt, author of the YA fiction, Lucas Trent 3: Grand Theft Magic, as he tours the blogosphere December 3 – March 15 2012 on his second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! The Lucas Trent 3: Grand Theft Magic 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 RICHARD BLUNT   Publishing under a pen name to keep his personal life separate from his writing life, Richard Blunt was raised in the heart of Europe, in a nation where English is not the native language. Like his
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  • November 23, 2012
  • Authors on Tour, Featured
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Vampire of Macondo Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Deborah Dupre, author of the nonfiction, Vampire of Macondo: Life, crimes and curses in south Louisiana on the Gulf of Mexico that powerful forces do not want you to know, as she tours the blogosphere December 3 – March 15 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! The Vampire of Macondo Virtual Book Publicity Tour is part of huge $100 Visa Card giveaway. See details further down on how you can win one for your own! ———————————————–   ABOUT DEBORAH DUPRE   New Orleans native Deborah Dupré reports censored human rights news stories. With Science and Ed. Specialist Grad Degrees from U.S. and Australian
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  • October 28, 2012
  • Authors on Tour, Featured
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Sweetest Taboo Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Eva Marquez, author of the YA/adult fiction, Sweetest Taboo, as she tours the blogosphere November 5 – 30 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!   ABOUT EVA MARQUEZ Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, daughter of European immigrants, Eva Márquez has spent most of her life outside of her home country. At the age of five, Eva accompanied her parents to the United States, where the family settled permanently. After graduating from university, she went on to complete graduate studies in International Relations in Spain. Eva received her Master of International Studies degree from the University of Sydney and went on to work
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  • October 27, 2012
  • Authors on Tour, Featured
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Beside Two Rivers Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Rita Gerlach, author of the Christian historical fiction, Beside Two Rivers, as she tours the blogosphere November 5 – 30 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT RITA GERLACH Rita Gerlach lives with her husband and two sons in a historical town nestled along the Catoctin Mountains, amid Civil War battlefields and Revolutionary War outposts in central Maryland.  In many of her stories, she writes about the struggles endured by early colonists, with both American and English settings. Her new historical series for Abingdon Press entitled ‘Daughters of the Potomac‘ was launched in February 2012, with Before the Scarlet Dawn, book 1,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Cocaine Zombies Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Scott A. Lerner, author of the paranormal suspense thriller, Cocaine Zombies, as he tours the blogosphere November 5 – 30 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT SCOTT A. LERNER Author and attorney Scott A. Lerner resides in Champaign, Illinois. He obtained his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Wisconsin in Madison and went on to obtain his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign. He is currently a sole practitioner in Champaign, Illinois. The majority of his law practice focuses on the fields of Criminal law and Family Law. Mr. Lerner lives with his wife,
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  • October 22, 2012
  • Authors on Tour, Featured
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Pump Up Your Book Presents No Time for Love Virtual Book Publicity Tour – Godiva Chocolates/Book Giveaway

Join JB Miller, author of the chick lit novel, No Time for Love, as she tours the blogosphere November 15 ’12 – January 25 ’13 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! The No Time for Love Virtual Book Publicity Tour is part of a Godiva Chocolates/Book  Giveaway. See details further down on how you can win! ———————————– ABOUT JB MILLER J.B. Miller is a published author of fiction, non-fiction, award-winning poetry, music, and numerous articles and blogs. No Time For Love is her first novel. She resides in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and three children. Visit her blog at http://notimeforlovebyjbmiller.wordpress.com.
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