Pump Up Your Book Chats with Dr. Harry Saranchak

Dr. Harry J. Saranchak earned a B.A. degree cum laude from Georgetown and followed it with an M.D. from University of Connecticut School of Medicine. For 30 years he was a vascular and general surgeon in three Connecticut hospitals, and for 25 of those he was also educator and mentor to medical students, residents and colleagues—while receiving eight Golden Scalpel awards for teaching excellence. A Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Dr. Saranchak co-authored seven medical journal articles from 1974 to 1984. After retiring from his private practice at Grove Hill Medical Center in New Britain , CT , he wrote Betrayals of Hippocrates. You can visit his
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Kim Baccellia

Kim Baccellia has always been a sucker for the paranormal. She blames it on her families’ love for such things such as having picnics at cemeteries, visiting psychics, and reading her mother’s copies of the daily horoscope. She even had her own horoscope column in middle school, which was a big hit! Kim’s other works include the poem, “My Father”, which appears in the anthology Mind Mutations, published by The Sun Rising Press. Her essay about the adoption of her son, Finally, Our Turn, appeared in Adoptive Families magazine. Her YA multicultural fantasy, Earrings of Ixtumea, is published by Virtual Tales and available now at Amazon. A member of
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Book for Review: Fiction/sports ‘Love Means Zero’ by Daisy Jordan

Daisy Jordan will be touring in September & October ‘10 with her fiction/sports book, Love Means Zero. A chance encounter in a Rome hotel, two tremendously damaging photographs, and Hilton Joliet’s life is instantly altered. Previously working a dead-end job as an assistant in a portrait studio, she is now a freelance photographer for Game Set Match magazine, “the Us Weekly of tennis,” as she calls it. Thrown rapidly into a jet-setting life of world-class tennis, the best seats at the best matches, and trailing the hottest young tennis stars and their model and actress girlfriends, Hilton, a former tennis player herself, can’t imagine a more fun job or
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New Book for Review: Biography ‘Leonard Rose: America’s Golden Age and Its First Cellist by Steven Honigberg

Steven Honigberg will be touring in September with his biography, Leonard Rose: America’s Golden Age and Its First Cellist. Leonard Rose (1918 – 1984) the great American cellist, was considered one of the most important teachers and musicians of the twentieth century. Author Steven Honigberg, who studied at The Juilliard School from 1979 to 1984 in Leonard Rose’s final class, examines the multifaceted American artist and the classical music context dominating Rose’s twentieth century. This eagerly awaited biography portrays a complex individual during a period of tremendous individualism. Honigberg explores his sympathetic nature, his unyielding devotion to the cello, and, inevitably, his failings. Throughout, the reader sees Rose among
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Pump Up Your Book’s August 2010 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 4

Welcome to Day Four of Pump Up Your Book’s August 2010 Authors on Virtual Book Tour! Follow along as these talented authors travel the blogosphere all month long to talk about their books, their lives and their future projects. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author with a recent release or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! ________________________________________ Kim Baccellia, author of the young adult novel, Crossed Out, will be
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Loving God with All Your Heart Virtual Book Tour September ’10

Join Susie Hobson, author of the Christian Living book, Loving God with All Your Heart: Keeping the Greatest Commandment in Everyday Life (Nordskog Publishing), as she virtually tours the blogosphere in September on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book. About Susie Hobson Susie Hobson has a B.A. in Special Education, M.S. in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Alabama, and carried a deaf / hearing-impaired and blind / vision-impaired caseload for 16 years. She retired for more time with family and to write as God has called her. She and her husband Rich have two daughters, Whitney and Amelia, live in Montgomery, and attend Lakeview Baptist Church.
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The Golden Pathway Virtual Book Tour September/October ’10

Join Donna McDine, author of the historical story book, The Golden Pathway (Guardian Angel Publishing), as she virtually tours the blogosphere in September and October on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book. About Donna McDine Donna McDine is an award-winning children’s author, Honorable Mention in the 77th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition and two Honorable Mentions in the 78th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition. Donna’s stories and features have been published in many print and online publications, and her first book, The Golden Pathway, will be published through Guardian Angel Publishing. Ms. McDine is a member of the SCBWI, Musing Our Children, and The National Writing for Children Center.
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Jackie M. Johnson

Jackie M. Johnson is an author and freelance writer. Her first book, Power Prayers for Women, has sold nearly 200,000 copies. She has also written articles, poetry, and hundreds of devotionals for Focus on the Family’s Renewing the Heart website, and was a contributor to A Cup of Comfort, coauthored by James Stuart Bell and Carol McLean Wilde. A native of Milwaukee, Jackie lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Visit her encouragement blog, A New Day Café, at anewdaycafe.blogspot.com or her website, www.jackiejohnsoncreative.com. Jackie’s latest book is When the Love Ends and the Ice Cream Carton is Empty (Moody May 2010). Thank you for this interview, Jackie. Do you remember
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Paula Deen’s Savannah Style Virtual Book Tour August ’10

Join Paula Deen, author of the home and garden decorating book, Paula Deen’s Savannah Style (Simon & Schuster), as she virtually tours the blogosphere in August ‘10 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Paula Deen She is the quintessential American success story, a best-selling author and a television show host, a tastemaker to the stars and to the everyday housewife and family. She is Paula Deen, a down-home, strong willed mom who overcame personal tragedy, long odds, financial and physical challenges to carve one of the most effective and wide ranging entertainment brands that exists today. A brand that is idyllic, inspiring, fun
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The Remains Virtual Book Tour July ’10 (Kindle Edition)

Join Vincent Zandri, author of the thriller suspense novel, The Remains (Stone House Ink), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in July ‘10 on his third virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Vincent Zandri The Remains author, Vincent Zandri, is an award-winning novelist, essayist and freelance photojournalist. His novel As Catch Can (Delacorte) was touted in two pre-publication articles by Publishers Weekly and was called “Brilliant” upon its publication by The New York Post. The Boston Herald attributed it as “The most arresting first crime novel to break into print this season.” Other novels include the bestselling, Moonlight Falls,Godchild (Bantam/Dell) and Permanence (NPI). Translated into several
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Book Review: Take Me Out to the Ballgame by Gary Morgenstein

Title: Take Me Out to the Ballgame Author: Gary Morgenstein Paperback: 290 pages Publisher: CreateSpace Language: English ISBN-1448620503 ISBN-978-1448620500 Reviewed by Lucinda Gunnin Gary Morgenstein’s Take Me Out to the Ballgame offers a slice of life look at the blue-collar folks of Buffalo and their love for a down on its luck baseball team, the Buffalo Matadors. Focusing on everything from the ineptitude of the Congressional extension of unemployment benefits to the overpayment of baseball stars, Morgenstein writes with his finger on the pulse of the real baseball fan and the real American worker, understanding what makes them both tick. When he mingles the high power world of Matadors’
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Book Review: Black Smoke by Robin Leigh Miller

Title: Black Smoke Author: Robin Leigh Miller Paperback: 292 pages Publisher: Cerridwen Press (January 22, 2010) Language: English ISBN-1419960237 ISBN-978-1419960239 Reviewed by Lucinda Gunnin Synopsis: Samantha Wells has lived through more hell in her short life than most. At the age of eight her serene life was turned upside down. Her parents were brutally murdered and Sam barely escaped with her life. But she didn’t do it alone — a soft calm voice led her to safety, the voice of her spirit guide. Disguised by a black mask and the handle Black Smoke, with the help of her spirit guide Sam rescues those unfortunate people who find themselves in
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Moonlight Falls Virtual Book Tour May 2010

Join Vincent Zandri, author of the thriller novel, Moonlight Falls (R.J. Buckley Publishing), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in May ’10 on his second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Vincent Zandri Vincent Zandri is an award-winning novelist, essayist and freelance photojournalist. His novel As Catch Can (Delacorte) was touted in two pre-publication articles by Publishers Weekly and was called “Brilliant” upon its publication by The New York Post. The Boston Herald attributed it as “The most arresting first crime novel to break into print this season.” Other novels include Godchild (Bantam/Dell) and Permanence (NPI). Translated into several languages including Japanese and the Dutch, Zandri’s
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Pump Up Your Book Tour Host Spotlight: Girls Just Reading

Because we value our blog hosts, Pump Up Your Book is now putting the shoe on the other foot and interviewing them instead of having them interview us. We are now offering our readers a chance to get to know our blog hosts and what better way than a personal interview? Today, Pump Up Your Book is proud to spotlight Girls Just Reading, a book blog run by Grayslake, Illionois, blogger Julie Caldwell. Q: Thank you for this interview, Julie. Can you tell us what is your blog’s main focus? Three girls reading and reviewing books from fiction genres that we are interested in, namely, African-American Fiction, Chick-Lit, Crime,
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Pump Up Your Book Blog Host Spotlight: Confessions of an Overworked Mom

Because we value our blog hosts, Pump Up Your Book is now putting the shoe on the other foot and interviewing them instead of having them interview us. We are now offering our readers a chance to get to know our blog hosts and what better way than a personal interview? Today, Pump Up Your Book is proud to spotlight Confessions of an Overworked Mom , a book blog run by Castleton, Vermont, blogger Ellen Christian. Q: Thank you for this interview, Ellen. Can you tell us what is your blog’s main focus? [Ellen] My main focus is on natural and organic living and on our lives in rural
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Ni’il: The Awakening Virtual Book Tour May 2010

Join James Boyle, author of the urban fantasy/horror novel, Ni’il the Awakening (iUniverse, December 2008), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in May on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About James Boyle Like all of us, James is a product of his environment. He was raised in a religious/spiritual family and that spirituality pervades most of his work. He even attended a Catholic Seminary for a year before deciding the priesthood was not for him. James’ father worked for the phone company as he was growing up, which was much like growing up in a military family. The company transferred his family from town
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Pump Up Your Book Blog Host Spotlight: The Cajun Book Lady

Because we value our blog hosts, Pump Up Your Book is now putting the shoe on the other foot and interviewing them instead of having them interview us. We are now offering our readers a chance to get to know our blog hosts and what better way than a personal interview? Today, Pump Up Your Book is proud to spotlight The Cajun Book Lady, a book blog run by south Louisiana blogger Kristina (aka Kris). Q: Thank you for this interview, Kris. Can you tell us what is your blog’s main focus? Kris: Well let me start off by saying thank you for having me here! The blog’s focus
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Pump Up Your Book Blog Host Spotlight: Just One More Paragraph

Because we value our blog hosts, Pump Up Your Book is now putting the shoe on the other foot and interviewing them instead of having them interview us. We are now offering our readers a chance to get to know our blog hosts and what better way than a personal interview? Today, Pump Up Your Book is proud to spotlight Just One More Paragraph, a book blog run by Roaring Branch, Pennsylvania, blogger Theresa Dunlap. Q: Thank you for this interview, Theresa. Can you tell us what is your blog’s main focus? Theresa: When I started, my focus was on reviewing books. The blog a life of its own,
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Book Review: Life Choices: Navigating Difficult Paths

LIFE CHOICES: NAVIGATING DIFFICULT PATHS by Judi Moreo & Friends Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: Turning Point International (January 15, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0982526407 ISBN-13: 978-0982526408 Synopsis: If you feel “stuck” in a situation that appears to be beyond your control, these stories will show you how others have coped with crisis and uncertainty, made tough choices and positive changes in order to find deeper meaning and satisfaction in their relationships and learned to live with purpose every day. Rarely do we find a book that addresses so many different challenges. Life Choices does this in a powerful and inspiring way. This book is about experiences, the people who
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Pump Up Your Book Blog Host Spotlight: Cafe of Dreams

Because we value our blog hosts, Pump Up Your Book is now putting the shoe on the other foot and interviewing them instead of having them interview us. We are now offering our readers a chance to get to know our blog hosts and what better way than a personal interview? Today, Pump Up Your Book is proud to spotlight Cafe of Dreams, a book blog run by Brighton, Iowa, blogger April Pohren. Q: Thank you for this interview, April. Can you tell us what is your blog’s main focus? April Pohren: Bringing great books and authors to readers everywhere! To do this, I include book reviews, book spotlights,
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Pump Up Your Book Blog Host Spotlight: Rundpinne

Because we value our blog hosts, Pump Up Your Book is now putting the shoe on the other foot and interviewing them instead of having them interview us. We are now offering our readers a chance to get to know our blog hosts and what better way than a personal interview? Today, Pump Up Your Book is proud to spotlight Rundpinne, a book blog run by Centerville, Ohio, blogger Jennifer Higgins. Q: Thank you for this interview, Jennifer. Can you tell us what is your blog’s main focus? Jennifer: The main focus of my blog is to bring more people back to reading by promoting authors and their books
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Pump Up Your Book Blog Host Spotlight: Michelle V’s Blog: Life in Review

Because we value our blog hosts, Pump Up Your Book is now putting the shoe on the other foot and interviewing them instead of having them interview us. We are now offering our readers a chance to get to know our blog hosts and what better way than a personal interview? Today, Pump Up Your Book is proud to spotlight Life in Review, a mainly book review blog run by Hewitt, Texas, blogger Michelle Vasquez. Q: Thank you for this interview, Michelle. Can you tell us what your blog’s main focus is? Michelle: My blog is almost all book reviews. I stick primarily to Christian books, most of which
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Book Review: An Axe to Grind by F.M. Meredith

Title: An Axe to Grind Author: F.M. Meredith Genre: Crime/police procedural Publisher: Dark Oak Mysteries Pages: 178 ISBN: 978- 1892343789 Rating: SYNOPSIS Detective Doug Milligan and his partner question suspects in the murder of a stalker including the stalker’s target, her boyfriend, father and brother, as well as the stalker’s step-father. The investigation leaves little time for Doug to see his fiancée and fellow officer, Stacey Wilbur. Stacey handles a molestation case which involves the son of a friend. She and her mother talk wedding plans, though all must wait until Doug’s renter, Officer Gordon Butler finds another place to live. When Doug disappears while tailing a suspect, Stacey
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New Book for Review: Urban Fantasy Immortalis Carpe Noctem

Katie Salidas will be touring May 17 – 28 with her urban fantasy, Immortalis Carpe Noctem. Walking back home through the badly-lit campus of UNLV, twenty-five year old Alyssa is brutally attacked by two savage men. By the time a handsome stranger intervenes, Alyssa has almost bled to death, and doesn’t even struggle as her new protector sinks his sharp teeth into her neck. Alyssa wakes to a harsh new reality, and to a raging thirst she’s never felt before. Lysander, the sexy yet aloof man who turned her, must now teach her the way of the immortals – and with such a desirable teacher Alyssa starts to realize
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Book Review: The Cutting by James Hayman

THE CUTTING by James Hayman Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: St. Martins Minotaur Language: English ISBN-10: 0-312-53129-x ISBN-13: 13: 978-0-312-53129-4 SYNOPSIS Someone is Stealing the Hearts of Beautiful Young Women. NYPD homicide detective Mike McCabe left New York for Maine to escape his own dark past and to find a refuge from the violence of the big city for himself and his teenaged daughter, but on the fog-shrouded, cobblestone streets of Portland he finds far more than he bargained for. On a warm September evening the mutilated body of Katie Dubois, a pretty high school soccer star, turns up, dumped in a Portland scrap yard. Her heart has been neatly
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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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Hiking Through: Finding Peace and Freedom on the Appalachian Trail Virtual Book Tour March & April 2010

Join Paul V. Stutzman, author of the memoir, Hiking Through: Finding Peace and Freedom on the Appalachian Trail (Synergy Books), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in March and April 2010 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Paul V. Stutzman After Paul Stutzman’s wife died, Paul quit his job to hike the Appalachian trail to give himself time to think and to heal. Hiking Through: Finding Peace and Freedom on the Appalachian Trail is his story. A former restaurant manager, he is now retired and planning his next big adventure: a cross-country bicycle trip. Stutzman currently lives in Berlin, Ohio. To see pictures
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Book Review: Corrigans’ Pool by Dot Ryan

Title: Corrigans’ Pool Author: Dot Ryan Genre: Historical fiction Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. Pages: 404 ISBN: 978-0-595-46740-2 Purchase your copy here! Be swept away by history and romance in Corrigan’s Pool by Dot Ryan. Ella Corrigan has long carried great responsibility. After her mother’s horrific accident, her father turned to alcohol, leaving Ella to manage Greenpole, the family’s Savannah plantation. While a good and fair mistress, romance has eluded her, and at twenty-four, she is on the urge of becoming a spinster. When Gentry Garland, with eyes black as night, rides into Savannah from Texas, Ella’s life brightens. Ella falls in love with the dashing horse rancher, but is brokenhearted
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Book Review: Real Men – What is Happening with our Males by Greg Middleton

Title: Real Men – What Is Happening with our Males? Author: Greg Middleton Genre: Social Issues Publisher: Lulu Pages: 125 ISBN: 978-0-557-12071-0 Purchase your copy here! Are you a “real man”? Real Men: What is Happening with Our Males? was written for males dealing with specific male issues. Addressing the serious shift in dynamics between males and females brought about by changes in laws and customs, changes in technology, and changes in the roles females now play in society, Real Men takes a look into our past, the present, and looks into the future to help men adjust their lives to today’s reality. I approached Real Men with a
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Moonlight Falls Virtual Book Tour February & March 2010

Join Vincent Zandri, author of the thriller novel, Moonlight Falls (R.J. Buckley Publishing), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in February and March on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book Promotion! About Vincent Zandri Vincent Zandri is an award-winning novelist, essayist and freelance photojournalist. His novel As Catch Can (Delacorte) was touted in two pre-publication articles by Publishers Weekly and was called “Brilliant” upon its publication by The New York Post. The Boston Herald attributed it as “The most arresting first crime novel to break into print this season.” Other novels include Godchild (Bantam/Dell) and Permanence (NPI). Translated into several languages including Japanese and the
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VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR, BLOG TOUR & BOOK PUBLICITY ENDORSEMENTS: NICE THINGS PEOPLE SAY ABOUT PUMP UP YOUR BOOK

❤️"I can’t believe the response. That’s incredible. Thank you so much for your hard work. Yours was by far the best tour I’ve ever done."Kate Damon, JURY DUTY IS MURDER

❤️"Thank you Dorothy for a lovely tour! Thanks so much for the graphics and wonderful trailer!!"Avery Sterling, PRECIOUS BURDENS

❤️"I just wanted to thank you for everything. You ARE the queen. Your are so personable and professional. Your graphics soared beyond. They are beautiful. It was a pleasure to work with you."Jude Hopkins, BABE IN THE WOODS

❤️"THANK YOU for all of these graphics!!! That was a valuable added perk of working with you on the VBT! Thank you for all the work you put into those, and into the organization and follow-ups on the tour itself. It's been a pleasure working with you, Dorothy!"Allyson Rice, The Key to Circus-Mom Highway

❤️"Oh, awesome!! Thank you so much! You ran such a lovely tour. Those images are great, I look forward to using them and will miss seeing the regular postings on Twitter ;-).
I really appreciate your steadfast and ongoing support. It means a lot!!"Palmer Pickering, MOON DEEDS

❤️"Just wanted to send you a quick note to say thank you again for the amazing blog tour and to tell you that we will be adding the tour to Mark's author website in the next few days. We will of course be recommending your company to other authors we know. And when Mark's next book is out, we will use your services again." Kirsten Grenside on behalf of Mark Grenside, FALL OUT

❤️"Thank you for all the great, creative, work you have done on behalf of my book. You are
a special lady, as a kind hearted woman and a professional."
Maria Andrade, DEFIANCE AND REDEMPTION

❤️"Everyone did an excellent job. The blog pages were beautiful, and the trailer was so clever and funny. Thanks for sending these lovely "souvenirs" from my tour. I will be able to use all of these posts on Twitter. I enjoyed this so much and look forward to my next tour!"
Irene Woodbury, HONEYMOON ROULETTE

❤️"I am delighted with the results of my recent tour with Pump Up Your Book. Dorothy is meticulous and professional, presents beautifully laid out pages, maintains constant contact with the client, and gives more than expected value for money. In a nutshell: you get what you pay for and more on top! I will certainly be using Dorothy’s services for my other Regency romance books.”
Arabella Sheraton, THE LORD BLACKWOOD REGENCY ROMANCE SERIES

❤️"Thank you so much for The Shadow of Atlantis tour. I've really enjoyed all the posts and seeing my book being promoted. I will definitely come back to you with another of my titles!"
Wendy Leighton-Porter, THE SHADOW OF ATLANTIS

❤️"Thank you so much for the great job on the book tour! Pump Up Your Book was a driving force in the launch of THE PILATE SCROLL!"
M.B. Lewis, THE PILATE SCROLL

❤️"Thank you ever so much - it was a fun tour. I will continue singing your praises to my fellow authors. And grateful for the images, I will put them to continued use."
Kathleen Shaputis, HIS KILT DROPPED HERE

❤️"I appreciate you and your hard work. Thank you for creating these awesome images for my book and allowing me to use them. I am very thankful to have them!"
Joni Ankerson, TO KILL OR BE KILLED

❤️"Thank you for an Amazing Virtual Book Tour for Son of a Soldier! I really appreciate all the work you put into it!"
Aiken Brown, SON OF A SOLDIER

❤️"Thanks so much for getting ANNA INCOGNITO out there and reviewed and shared with so many people. It was great to see it on so many twitter feeds!"
Laura Preble, ANNA INCOGNITO

❤️"Thank you so much for such a fantastic tour! You did an amazing job getting it together so quickly, and I couldn’t have been happier!"
Lena Gregory, GRAVE CONSEQUENCES

❤️"Thank you so much Dorothy! I appreciate your hard work. Love the graphics!"
Jennifer Chase, FLOWERS ON HER GRAVE

❤️"This has been one of the best things I’ve done as an author. Not only am I getting the word out about my books but I’m learning about my own work and my readers along the way. I love it!"
Elysia Strife, A PROMISE IN ASH

❤️"Today my blog tour ended, with another great review which made me end the tour with a big smile! What a fun way to end this incredible 4-week tour. I will surely miss it. I want to thank you for arranging it so well and for being there for me whenever I needed. Thank you!!!"

Miri Leshem-Pelly, SCRIBBLE & AUTHOR

❤️"I think you did an excellent job, thank you!"
Shami Stovall, KNIGHTMARE ARCANIST

❤️"Just wanted to thank you for the book tour. :) You did a great job. :)"
Suzanne M. Hurley, THE TEDDY BEAR EYE CLUB

❤️"I just wanted to thank you for a wonderful virtual tour in August for Brimstone and Water. I was very happy with the amount of attention given to the book and to me. I am mentioning it to friends on line that haven't gone to the site yet to be sure and take a look. Thanks for all your work."
Sharon House, BRIMSTONE AND WATER

❤️"Thank you for running my book promotion for BlackJack. I am so pleased with the reviews that came in and appreciated all you did. My sales have improved from being around 800,000 down to the 200,000 on Amazon and hopefully dropping still. I will definitely be contacting you for a promotion again."
Christine Donovan, BLACKJACK

❤️"You’ve been a joy to work with, and I’d do another tour with you in a heartbeat. Overall, it was an excellent experience and a good value. I’ll be sure to look you up when it’s time to release my next book."
Michael Allan Scott, GREY DAZE

❤️"Just wanted to thank you for putting together a great tour for You Won't Remember This. I think the author was pleasantly surprised and overall very pleased."
Bacon Press Books

❤️"Dorothy, thanks so much for another great VBT!!! The Twitter-Party was a new feature this time that I particularly enjoyed. I will continue to recommend PUYB to my writer-friends, because you are simply the best!!!"
T.M. Wallace, WINTERGARDEN

❤️"Thank you for a great blog tour for my “Depression and Your Child.”
I’m in the middle of my third book and will definitely call on you again when it’s time to market it."
Deborah Serani, DEPRESSION AND YOUR CHILD

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Ashley Fontainne, GROWL

❤️"Thanks for a very good experience with Pump Up Your Book. Fighter Pilot's Daughter has sold out of the first printing (still available as POD on Rowman & Littlefield's site, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.). My editor at R & L says there's a very good chance the book will come out in paperback in the summer. He asked me "Did you hire a publicist or something?" I told him about you, and he was impressed."
Mary Lawlor, FIGHTER PILOT'S DAUGHTER

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Lee Papa, TEMPLE OF ALL KNOWING

❤️"I can't believe the response this book is getting! I am so very thrilled that she liked it!!! You are THE BEST, Dorothy, for hooking up this amazing tour with all these stunning reviews! This was the book I was going to keep under my bed forever and ever and now WOW. I can't believe this is happening. It's like a dream come true!"
Madeline Wynn, DAUGHTER OF THE FALLEN

❤️"Just wanted to say I'm appreciating your tweets so much. This is really helping my book sales, and I'm telling writer friends about you."
Mary Lawlor, FIGHTER PILOT'S DAUGHTER

❤️"Thank you SO much!!!! I had a blast on the tour and appreciate all the time the bloggers and reviewers spent promoting Ash to Steele:)"
Karen-Anne Stewart, ASH TO STEELE

❤️"When it comes to looking for a virtual book tour coordinator, Dorothy Thompson of Pump Up Your Book Tours is simply the best. I have tried several virtual book tour coordinators and have even set up a book tour on my own, but none of them were as successful as my tours with Pump Up Your Book Tour, which has the combination of expertise and experience needed to get the author the results they need. On this latest tour, TWELVE TO MURDER made it up to number three on Amazon! Thank you, Dorothy!"
Lauren Carr, Best-Selling Mystery Author of Mac Faraday, and Lovers in Crime, Mysteries

❤️"Thank you again for all of your help and support for my recent book tour. You were so supportive and responsive, and I enjoyed working with you. It was a great tour and I really enjoyed it, especially when my book hit the top 100 in the two subcategories! That was awesome! Thanks for "pumping up my book!""
Monique Roy, ACROSS GREAT DIVIDES

❤️"Thank you for another amazing tour, Dorothy!! I loved the sites I had an opportunity to visit and the people I met along the way. I even made a few new friends and found wonderful supporters that I'll never forget - I promise! The exposure you gave my book was absolutely unbelievable, and I can't think of a better way to welcome and expose an author's new creation to the literary world. Happy New Year to all your readers and may your success continue to grow. "
Kaylin McFarren, BURIED THREADS

❤️"Thank you for a great virtual book tour. I thought it went really well and it was great to have a wave of PR that flowed through the two month period of my book release. I'm working on my next book - and will definitely reach out to you when it comes time to market! You were a delight to work with and really made me feel looked after. As I've mentioned before, I just don't know how you do it all."
--Deborah Serani, DEPRESSION AND YOUR CHILD

❤️"I just wanted to let you know how wonderful I felt my book blast went for Be Careful What You Wish For in the month of August. So many emails and contacts that I would never have gotten. The publicity was just phenomenal!"
--R.K. Avery, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR

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--Lila Munro, LOVE VINDICATED

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--Carol Nicolas, THE SIXTH POWER

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-- Alicia Singleton, DARK SIDE OF VALOR

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-- Malana Ashlie, GRINGOS IN PARADISE

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---Deborah Woehr, PROSPERITY: A GHOST STORY

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--Kathy Holmes Eckardt, REAL WOMEN WEAR RED

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--Mary Ann Loesch, NEPHILIM

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How do you make sales happen for you?

A lot of hard work! I sponsor a lot of on line parties, festivals and contests. Book sales don’t magically happen, believe me. An author has to work hard to earn her readers. And then she has to work hard to keep them by giving them something they’ll enjoy reading. I try hard to make my books worth a reader’s time.

-- Sheila Roberts, Author of Winter at the Beach