Posts Tagged ‘book publicity’

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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2/05/12 – 2/11/12 Pump Up Your Book’s Weekly Twitterville Roundup

2/05/12 – 2/11/12 Pump Up Your Book’s Weekly Twitterville Roundup Happy Sunday! We decided to start a weekly roundup of all the most informative links we have found on the web that we’ve tweeted during the last week that have to do with book publishing, book promoting and social media that would be informative to the published and about to be published author. This week’s tweets include why reviewers can’t finish your book, a new Indie author becomes Amazon’s best seller, and more interesting things around Twitterville that I thought you’d love to know about it. Here’s one to watch.  Kelly Wilkinson has become Amazon’s best selling author with
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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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First Chapters: Acts of God While On Vacation by Richard Tillotson

Pump Up Your Book is proud to bring you the first chapters of fantastic books from magnificently talented authors. Not only does this give you a chance to see the author’s writing style, but it also helps in your book buying decisions. Today’s first chapter is from Richard Tillotson’s comic fiction, Acts of God While on Vacation. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Acts of God While On Vacation By Richard Tillotson CreateSpace (May 11, 2011) Comic Fiction 378pages Chapter One “You will die in September.” “What?”  Gordon Coburn stared
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  • February 8, 2012
  • Author Interviews, Featured
  • Comments Off on Interview with James R. Bottino – Author of The Canker Death

Interview with James R. Bottino – Author of The Canker Death

James R. Bottino is a self-admitted computer geek and a creative writing teacher rolled into one.  He earned a BS in English Education from Illinois State University and taught high school English in a suburb of Chicago for several years.  After teaching all day, he studied creative writing in graduate school at Northern Illinois University.  All the while, though, in the deep corners of the night, when no one was looking, he led a double life hacking and building computers and networks. Eventually, unbeknownst to him, word of his activities leaked out, and employment offers started coming in.  In the end, he switched his hobby with his profession and
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  • February 6, 2012
  • Authors on Tour, Featured
  • Comments Off on Special Delivery Virtual Book Publicity Tour March/April 2012

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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New Sci-Fi Paranormal Book for Review: The Green Memory of Fear by B.A. Chepaitis

B.A. Chepaitis will be touring in March and April with her sci-fi paranormal novel The Green Memory of Fear. On Prison Planetoid Three, Jaguar Addams uses her empathic gifts to make criminals face the fears that drive their heinous acts. Very few escape the telepathic web she weaves around them. . . . until now. When Jaguar takes on an assignment investigating a psychiatrist on trial for abuse of a little boy, she finds a killer unlike any she’s faced before. Dr. Senci’s psi skills are a match for her own, and unless she consents to do as he wants, he’ll use them to kill everyone she loves. Once
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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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New Book for Review: Conscious Calm: Keys to Freedom from Stress and Worry by Dr. Laura Maciuika

Dr. Laura Maciuika will be touring mid-March to mid-April 2012 with her self-help book Conscious Calm: Keys to Freedom from Stress and Worry. Stressed out? There is plenty of real external stress, sure, and a serious stress epidemic going on. Then there is what we do on the inside, often without even realizing it. Conscious Calm focuses on the internal patterns of stress creation we may not even notice, and describes how to get free of these patterns for good to find lasting calm. Integrating psychology and neuroscience, and combining practical wisdom from both East and West, Dr. Laura Maciuika explains the inner stress traps that so many of
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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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1/22/12 – 1/29/12 Pump Up Your Book’s Weekly Twitterville Roundup

1/22/12 – 1/29/12 Pump Up Your Book’s Weekly Twitterville Roundup Happy Sunday! We decided to start a weekly roundup of all the most informative links we have found on the web that we’ve tweeted that have to do with book publishing, book promoting and social media that would be informative to the published and about to be published author.  This week’s tweets include informative articles on self-publishing which I highly encourage authors who are planning to self-publish to look into first.  Enjoy! Why Every Entrepreneur Should Self-Publish a Book http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/28/why-every-entrepreneur-should-self-publish-a-book/ via @techcrunch Indie Epublishing: A Beginner’s To Do List http://thewritersguidetoepublishing.com/indie-epublishing-a-beginners-to-do-list Help! My Book’s Not Selling http://thewritersguidetoepublishing.com/help-my-books-not-selling Join the Book Publicity
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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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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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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’s 28-point Virtual Book Tour Checklist

Pump Up Your Book’s 28-point Virtual Book Tour Checklist By Dorothy Thompson, CEO/Founder of Pump Up Your Book Going on a virtual book tour?  Here are some things you should know. Your book has just been published.  Or maybe it’s going to be published in the next month or two.  Regardless, authors are signing up for virtual book tours the moment they hear about the exciting ways they can promote their books with them.  There is no better vehicle to sell your books online than with a virtual book tour  so I don’t really blame them. I would like to provide a checklist of things to consider before booking
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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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Dark Side of Valor Virtual Book Publicity Tour February 2012

Join Alicia Singleton, author of the suspense novel, Dark Side of Valor (Simon &  Schuster/Strebor), as she virtually tours the blogosphere February 6 – 29 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Alicia Singleton Born and raised in Philadelphia, the Howard University graduate embraced the written word at an early age. She credits this to her loving, older sister whom, while they were youngsters, made the author eat lotion on a regular basis. Realizing the need to sound-out the ingredients on the lotion label, Alicia stopped the lotion-eating practice, but continued to read the labels of the concoctions her sister brought for her
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Nobody’s Angel Virtual Book Publicity Tour February/March 2012

Join K.T. Wells, author of the contemporary romance novel, Nobody’s Angel (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 K.T. Wells K. T. Wells has been telling stories since before she could read. She used to narrate books for her baby brother, concocting a plotline from the pictures. Not much has changed. One of her husband’s favorite pastimes is to listen to her tales after asking her to tell the story of people they observe in restaurants, airports or the subway. Fascinated by the human condition, K. T.’s writing captures
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Honor Redeemed Virtual Book Publicity Tour February 2012

Join Loree Lough, author of the Christian fiction novel, Honor Redeemed (Abingdon Press), as she virtually tours the blogosphere February 6 – 29 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Loree Lough With more than 3,000,000 copies of her books in circulation, best-selling author Loree Lough’s titles earn 4- and 5-star reviews and industry/reader’s choice awards. She has received nearly 10,000 letters from fans who write to say she’s “a gifted writer whose stories touch hearts and change lives.” Her 9/11 series, First Responders (From Ashes to Honor, Honor Redeemed, A Man of Honor) is no exception, and it’s raising awareness and funds
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New Book for Review: Casey and Kyle: So Much For Being On Our Best Behavior!!! by Will Robertson

Will Robertson will be touring in February with his humor comic book Casey and Kyle: So Much For Being On Our Best Behavior!!! Casey and Kyle is a strip about the fun and chaos of kids. It’s about the things you remember about your own childhood and (for anyone with kids) the way your own kids really are. It goes deeper than your average kid strip and builds on the dynamic that exists between an older and younger sibling: The way the oldest always gets to be the hero; the younger the bad guy. It features a cacophony of neighborhood kids, each one making his own indelible stamp on
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New Book for Review: No Innocent Affair – Making Right the Wrong of Adultery

Edward Mrkvicka will be touring in February with his Christian Life book No Innocent Affair – Making Right the Wrong of Adultery. An avid student of the Word, Edward Mrkvicka addresses the fact that adultery is one of the main contributors to the destruction of the American family. Mrkvicka posits that few who engage in adulterous relationships realize the enormity of the cost of infidelity, both to themselves and innocent people in their lives. Beginning by comparing God’s view of adultery to society’s view, No Innocent Affair explains in frank yet loving terms that unrepentant adultery is more than just an innocent affair. It is choosing Satan over Jesus
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