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Pump Up Your Book Trailer Of The Week: Luna’s Veil by Wes Verde #BookTrailer #BookTeaser

We’re happy to announce Wes Verde’s Luna’s Veil Book Teaser Trailer is this week’s PUYB Trailer of the Week! About the Book Title: Luna’s Veil By Wes Verde Publication Date: June 29, 2024 Pages: 328 Genre: Horror Leonard Burton wakes up to find his life in ruins. His wife is dead, and no one believes his story about what killed her – he’s not even sure he believes it himself. Now, in jail for the crime and with no friends, his prospects are bleak. That is, until he is rescued by Dr. Cecil Gainor, an enigmatic investigator and perhaps the only other man who knows what unnatural horrors are
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  • August 18, 2023
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How to Create an Amazon Author Page That Drives Book Sales

One of the greatest options for indie authors to self-publish a book is through Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing or KDP. It gives millions of consumers quick and easy access to every book you publish. It’s an excellent book marketing tool to help you get your name out there!      To boost your visibility to potential readers and set yourself up for a lot of book sales, you’ll need to create an Author Page in Your Amazon Author Central account. Understanding what an Amazon Author Page optimization is the first step toward success.     Read the rest of article at Vents Magazine.


📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Imbalance of Power Virtual Book Publicity Tour #HistoricalFiction

· ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Armin Shimerman’s Imbalance of Power Virtual Book Tour January 2 – 27. · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Inside the Book · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ ·  Title: Imbalance of Power (Illyria Book 3) Author: Armin Shimerman Publisher: Jumpmaster Press Pages: 380 Genre: Historical Fiction On January 24, 2023, renown stage and television actor Armin Shimerman will release the final book of his historical trilogy, Illyria. Imbalance of Power will be released by Jumpmaster Press. The story continues in the world he created, occupied
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Shine His Light 3 Virtual Book Publicity Tour & Giveaway #ChristianDevotional

· ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Marie McGaha’s Shine His Light 3 Virtual Book Tour January 2 – 27. · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Inside the Book · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Title: Shine His Light 3: Instructions in Life Author: Marie McGaha Publisher: DWB Publishing Pages: 137 Genre: Christian Devotional/Nonfiction Life is the journey we take on our way to Heaven. It’s not easy, it’s not pretty, and sometimes, it’s downright difficult. However, we have an Advocate unlike any other, Jesus Christ. In Shine His Light, the
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents THE ROAD TO CHRISTMAS Virtual Book Publicity Tour #WomensFiction #Romance

· ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Sheila Roberts’ The Road to Christmas Virtual Book Tour October 17 – November 17. · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Inside the Book: · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Title: The Road to Christmas Author: Sheila Roberts Publisher: Harlequin (MIRA) Pages: 320 Genre: Women’s Fiction/Romance Blurb: Michelle and Max are not planning on a happy holiday. Their marriage is in shambles and the  D word has entered their vocabulary. But now their youngest daughter, Julia, wants everyone to come to her new house in Idaho for
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Defiance and Redemption Virtual Book Publicity Tour #WomensFiction #HistoricalFiction

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Maria J. Andrade’s Defiance and Redemption Virtual Book Tour February 1 – March 31. Inside the Book Title: DEFIANCE AND REDEMPTION: A LIFETIME OF UNBROKEN BONDS Author: Maria J. Andrade Publisher: Clara Publishing Pages: 250 Genre: Women’s Fiction/Historical Fiction BOOK BLURB: Based on a true story, Defiance and Redemption, A Lifetime of Unbroken Bonds, brings to life the joys, dramas, and triumphs of two sisters, Eva and Victoria Alisio and their loyal friend Marta. The sisters are raised by their atheist Grandfather Marcus and religious Grandmother Maria Luisa. Eva, a proud and strong-willed young woman defies her family, society, and culture, faces scandal and
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Through Dangerous Doors Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Memoir

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Robert Charles Lee’s THROUGH DANGEROUS DOORS Virtual Book Tour January 3 – February 25. Inside the Book Title: THROUGH DANGEROUS DOORS Author: Robert Charles Lee Publisher: Wido / E.L. Marker Pages: 212 Genre: Memoir BOOK BLURB: In a life defined by risk, Robert Charles Lee experiences a poor and free-ranging childhood in the racist South of the 1960s. After his father dies, the family grows dysfunctional. As a result, teen-age Robert seeks sanity and solace by rock climbing solo and driving cars fast. He wins a scholarship and graduates from university, but still seeks to escape the South. Moving to Alaska
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents SUNSET ON MOONLIGHT BEACH Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Romance #WomensFiction

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Sheila Roberts’ SUNSET ON MOONLIGHT BEACH Virtual Book Tour March 15 – April 15. Title: SUNSET ON MOONLIGHT BEACH Author: Sheila Roberts Publisher: Harlequin Mira Pages: 416 Genre: Romance / Women’s Fiction BOOK BLURB: Jenna Jones has been standing on the shore of the Sea of Love for too long. Even with two good men interested in her, she’s been afraid to wade in. According to her best friend, Courtney, she should. The water’s fine. Life is great! Practically perfect, if you don’t count Courtney’s problems with her cranky ex-boss. Maybe Courtney’s right. It’s time to dive in. When tragedy
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents HOW TO OVERCOME INSOMNIA ALL BY YOURSELF Virtual Book Publicity Tour #SelfHelp

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Antoinetta Vogels’ HOW TO OVERCOME INSOMNIA ALL BY YOURSELF Virtual Book Tour March 1 – 31. Title: HOW TO OVERCOME INSOMNIA ALL BY YOURSELF Author: Antoinetta Vogels Publisher: Balboa Press Pages: 163 Genre: Self-Help BOOK BLURB: It’s time for bed. You’re tired, but you know you’ll be tossing and turning for hours to come. At dawn, you fall into a deep sleep, but it’s short-lived. Long before you’re ready, your alarm clock mercilessly informs you that it’s time to get up. After decades of nights like this, Antoinetta Vogels unraveled the enigma of her sleeping problem and restored her ability
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents A REAL ROYAL CHRISTMESS Virtual Book Publicity Tour #HolidayRomance

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Linda West’s A REAL ROYAL CHRISTMESS Virtual Book Tour October 19 – November 13! Inside the Book Title: A REAL ROYAL CHRISTMESS Author: Linda West Publisher: Morningmayan Publishing Pages: Appr. 300 Genre: Holiday Romance BOOK BLURB: A runaway Prince leaves his Kingdom to complete his father’s dying wish. A broken-hearted girl concocts a plan to win her ex back no matter the cost. When these two opposites are thrown together by fate and end up in the same adorable ski lodge, to their dismay and surprise, their lives will be changed forever-after. A fast-paced funny and enchanting holiday romance you
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The Descartes Evolution Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Thriller

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you N.J. Croft’s THE DESCARTES EVOLUTION Virtual Book Tour June 22 – July 24! Inside the Book Title: THE DESCARTES EVOLUTION Author: N.J. Croft Publisher: Sideways Books Pages: 268 Genre: Thriller BOOK BLURB: A woman with a rare genetic illness must uncover her connection to a terrorist group before their next attack in this exciting new bio-thriller from the author of Disease X. Lucas Grafton has spent the last ten years hunting the Conclave, a secret organization who took everything from him, including his very identity. Now he has a lead—an imminent terrorist attack on London—code-named “Descartes”. But he can’t connect
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents MALL Virtual Book Publicity / Blog Tour #Dystopian

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Pattie Palmer-Baker’s MALL Virtual Book Tour September 2 – 27! We are looking for reviews (paperback U.S./PDF), interviews, guest posts and book features/promo. Sign up on form below! Inside the Book Title: MALL Author: Pattie Palmer-Baker Publisher: Del Sol Press Pages: 272 Genre: Dystopian BOOK BLURB: A Novel by Pattie Palmer-Baker Winner of the Del Sol Most Promising Novel, 2017 MALL is a sparkling alternate world where everyone is beautiful, employed with enough income to consume and to experience a myriad of pleasures including drugs, gambling, theater, holographic adventures. No poverty and little or no crime. A lot of sex. But
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Pump Up Your Book Most Asked Questions – Book Teasers

Pump Up Your Book’s Most Asked Questions – Book Teasers I feel it’s time to answer questions aimed at our book teasers for those who don’t know exactly what they are. We have added book teasers to some of our book packages completely free of charge because it gives the book buyer a visual of what’s inside the book. We love making these and don’t mind giving them away! So let’s start with our first question… What are book teasers? Our book teasers are simply snippets of the book blurb with images put to video – some still but mostly moving and they run for less than 3 minutes.
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Code Blue Virtual Book Publicity Tour @aquarianmind1 #poetryprose #literaryfiction #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jamell Crouthers’ CODE BLUE Series Virtual Book Tour October 1 – 31 2018! Inside the Series The Code Blue: An Oath to the Badge and Gun series chronicles a police officer named Gary who has been on the force for a few years. He soon is entrenched in a lot of lies, corruption, racism and agendas being pushed by his superiors. The question throughout this series is whether he as a good cop becomes part of the corruption or does he report it? Part of this series features his son Gary, Jr who is a young teenager wanting to be
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents What Happens in Summer Virtual Book Publicity Tour @CaridadPineiro

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Caridad Pineiro’s WHAT HAPPENS IN SUMMER Blog Tour June 4 – 29! Inside the Book Title: WHAT HAPPENS IN SUMMER Author: Caridad Pineiro Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca Pages: 320 Genre: Contemporary Romance BOOK BLURB: The sizzling heat doesn’t always stay in summer. . . Connie Reyes and Jonathan Pierce only discovered how different they were after a magical summer on the Jersey Shore. She was ambitious and practical; he was artistic and rebellious. Their parting was heartrending, and the intervening years have only made a reunion less and less possible. Now, Jonathan is back in Sea Kiss, having made a fortune
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Welcome Reluctant Stranger Virtual Book Publicity Tour @eHolyChair

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Evy Journey’s WELCOME RELUCTANT STRANGER Blog Tour March 5 – 30! Inside the Book Title: WELCOME RELUCTANT STRANGER Author: Evy Journey Publisher: Sojourner Books Pages: 314 Genre: Multicultural Women’s Fiction BOOK BLURB: What happens when a brokenhearted computer nerd and culinary whiz gets rescued by a relationship phobic psychologist with a past that haunts her? For Leilani and Justin, it’s an attraction they can’t deny but which each is reluctant to pursue. More so for Leilani whose family had to flee their troubled country when she was only nine. Leilani is focused on leaving the past behind, moving forward. But
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Cat Tales: Heart-Warming Stories About the Cats and Kittens of RESQCATS Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jeffyne Telson’s CAT TAILS: HEART-WARMING STORIES ABOUT THE CATS AND KITTENS OF RESQCATS Blog Tour March 5 – 30! Inside the Book Title: CAT TAILS: HEART-WARMING STORIES ABOUT THE CATS AND KITTENS OF RESQCATS Author: Jeffyne Telson Publisher: Independent Pages: 332 Genre: Animals/Cat Rescue BOOK BLURB: In 1997, Jeffyne Telson founded RESQCATS, Inc, as a non-profit organization dedicated to the rescue, care and adoption of stray and abandoned cats and kittens. In the ensuing 20 years, with the help of a small group of dedicated volunteers, Jeffyne has grown RESQCATS well beyond her dreams, into a highly respected rescue organization
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Reflections: A Journey to God Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Gary and Susan Eby’s REFLECTIONS: A JOURNEY TO GOD Virtual Book Tour September 4 – 29! Inside the Book Title: REFLECTIONS: A JOURNEY TO GOD Author: Gary & Susan Eby Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing Pages: 268 Genre: Spirituality/Self-Help/Healing/Poetry BOOK BLURB: Our disclaimer: you are completely free to reject everything we have to say about spirituality. What we believe in is not that important. What really counts is what you believe that gives your life meaning, direction, and purpose. This book is about our personal stories with Spirit and what we’ve learned along our journeys. We’re sharing it with you because
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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 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 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 The Jungle Within Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Charles M.’s THE JUNGLE WITHIN virtual book tour June 6 – August 31! Inside the Book Title: The Jungle Within Author: Charles M. Publisher: Createspace Pages: 308 Genre: Drama/Suspense When Evan and Katie said “I do”, they expected to navigate life together side-by-side. But when a car accident and a tawdry affair disrupt life as they know it, Evan and Katie are forced to venture on alternate paths, alone. In the darkest depths of an unforgiving coma, Evan fights to survive the treacherous jungle of his mind. He embarks on a spiritual journey to understand the meaning of life and
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  • May 14, 2016
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Book Marketing Tip: How Important Is Your Book Cover?

We have had thousands of book covers come through whether they are for blog tours, book blasts, cover reveals, trailer blitzs, and review campaigns to name a few.  One of our most recent things we offer are the book review campaigns.  The book review campaigns are for  authors wanting more reviews at Amazon.  Plus, the bloggers may add your review to your page at Goodreads and your selling page at B&N as well as on their own blog.  Just what the author wants.  But the main focus is Amazon.  This is where books get noticed.  The more reviews your book gets, not only will that make your book look
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Book Marketing Videos: How to sell a million books with CJ Lyons

As a book promoter, I watch a lot of book marketing videos and I would like to share them with you here at Pump Up Your Book.  Book marketing can be an arduous task for the new as well as seasoned author but if you pay attention to those who have successfully sold lots of books, you’re one step closer to selling lots of yours.  Happy book marketing!


Pump Up Your Book Presents Luna Marina and the McMachina Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you G.A. Costa & A.R. Costa’s  LUNA MARINA AND THE MCMACHINA virtual book tour July 6 – 31! Title: Luna Marina and the McMachina (The Adventures of Luna Marina Blue Book 1) Author: G.A. Costa & A.R. Costa Publisher: G.A. Costa & A.R. Costa Pages: 485 Genre: Young Adult Format: Paperback/Kindle Fourteen-year-old Luna Marina Blue has the temper and disposition of a sailor (with the language and the manners to match)! She’s mad at everyone and everything around her, but what has her maddest of all is that it’s the first day of school and summer vacation is over. Poor Little
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{Nonfiction/Self-Help} Overcoming Anxiety Blog Tour Sign Up

David Berndt, Ph.D. will be touring July 27 – August 20 with his nonfiction/self-help book, Overcoming Anxiety! We are looking for: Reviews (PDF only) Interviews Guest Posts Book Spotlights Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: Overcoming Anxiety Author: David Berndt, Ph.D. Publisher: David Berndt, Ph.D. Pages: 110 Genre: Nonfiction/Self-Help Format: Kindle The good news is that anxiety can be overcome without relying on medication. Psychologist David Berndt, Ph.D., in Overcoming Anxiety outlines several self-help methods for management of anxiety and worry. In clear simple language and a conversational style, Dr. Berndt shares
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Shaytan: A Journey Into Evil Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you David S. Arthur’s SHAYTAN: A JOURNEY INTO EVIL virtual book tour July 6-31! Title: Shaytan: A Journey Into Evil Author: David S. Arthur Publisher: Brighton Publishing LLC Pages: 395 Genre: Adventure/Thriller India – 1947. In the heart of the jungle, death stalks the night. The authorities claim it is a man-eating leopard. The natives believe it is something far more terrifying—a creature that by day wears the skin of a man, but when craving human flesh becomes the demon…SHAYTAN! While on expedition to India, historical sleuth Richard Quizzenbury and his wife, Emily, suddenly find themselves on the hunt for a
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“When tour begins, how much will I have to be on call on a daily basis?”

Since Pump Up Your Book opened its doors back in ’07 (was Pump Up Your Book Promotion back then), we’ve had thousands of questions pour in about our services and about virtual book tours in general. Every Friday, I’ll be posting a new question to help everyone learn more about what we do and what virtual book tours can do for them. If you’d like to submit your question, click here. Vincent asks: When the tour begins, how much will I have to be on call on a daily basis? The most successful tour is when there are team players and with virtual book tours, the team players are
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October ’09 National Media Placements

National Media Placements for Pump Up Your Book Promotion Clients We are happy to announce the following placements during the most recent tours with Pump Up Your Book Promotion in October ’09.  We wish congratulations to all the authors who made it! Dianne Castell, author of the romance novel, Hot and Irresistible, appeared in USA Today during her  October and November ’09 tour with Pump Up Your Book Promotion.  Visit her tour page here. Lady Colin Campbell, author of the biography/psychology book, Daughter of Narcissus, appeared in an October edition of the Chicago Sun Times during her October ’09 virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book Promotion.  Visit
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