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{Juvenile Fiction} Ben’s School Daze Blog Tour Sign Up

Robin Sim & Joanne Larcom will be touring July 6 -31 with their juvenile fiction/children’s picture book, BEN’S SCHOOL DAZE! We are looking for: Reviews only (PDF) Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: Ben’s School Daze Authors: Robyn Sims and Joanne Larcom Publisher: Peence & Rogue Designs Pty Ltd Pages: 28 Genre: Children’s Picture Book This is a story about Ben, a lively and active boy, who finds the sensory experiences within his day to be overwhelming. Loud noises vibrate through his body and “shoes and sock bother him.. they never feel
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First Chapter: The Jack of Souls by Stephen C. Merlino

Title: The Jack of Souls Author: Stephen C. Merlino Publisher: Tortoise Rampant Books Pages: 352 Genre: YA Fantasy Format: Paperback/Hardcover/Kindle An outcast rogue named Harric must break a curse laid on his fate or die by his nineteenth birthday. As his dead-day approaches, nightmares from the spirit world stalk him and tear at his sanity; sorcery eats at his soul. To survive, he’ll need more than his usual tricks. He’ll need help—and a lot of it—but on the kingdom’s lawless frontier, his only allies are other outcasts. One of these outcasts is Caris, a mysterious, horse-whispering runaway, intent upon becoming the Queen’s first female knight. The other is Sir
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First Chapter: The Ark by Laura Liddell Nolen

Title: The Ark Author: Laura Liddell Nolen Publisher: HarperCollins Pages: 239 Genre: YA Scifi Format: Paperback/Kindle/Nook There’s a meteor headed for Earth, and there is only one way to survive. It’s the final days of earth, and sixteen-year-old Char is right where she belongs: in prison. With her criminal record, she doesn’t qualify for a place on an Ark, one of the five massive bioships designed to protect earth’s survivors during the meteor strike that looks set to destroy the planet. Only a select few will be saved – like her mom, dad, and brother – all of whom have long since turned their backs on Char. If she
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Let’s Talk About Tickling Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Veronica Frances’ LET’S TALK ABOUT TICKLING virtual book tour June 1 – September 30! Title: Let’s Talk About Tickling Author: Veronica Frances Publisher: Blue Note Books Pages: 240 Genre: Relationships/Nonfiction/Self-Help Format: Kindle Let’s Talk About Tickling is an honest, straightforward discussion about tickling. Discover the many different aspects of tickling—the fantasies, the realities, the many paradoxes of the tickling fetish and how to come to terms with ones own sensuality. A refreshing and very welcome find, Let’s Talk About Tickling is for anyone who wishes to expand their awareness of tickling and other related fetishes. This book will be of
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Pump Up Your Book Presents You Won’t Remember This Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Kate Blackwell’s YOU WON’T REMEMBER THIS virtual book tour June 1 – 26! Title: You Won’t Remember This Author: Kate Blackwell Publisher: Bacon Press Books Pages: 232 Genre: Short Stories/Southern Fiction Format: Kindle The twelve stories in Kate Blackwell’s debut collection illuminate the lives of men and women who appear as unremarkable as your next-door-neighbor until their lives explode quietly on the page. Her wry, often darkly funny voice describes the repressed underside of a range of middle-class characters living in the South. Blackwell’s focus is elemental—on marriage, birth, death, and the entanglements of love at all ages—but her gift
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Unexpected Rain Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jason LaPier’s UNEXPECTED RAIN virtual book tour June 1 – 26! Title: Unexpected Rain Author: Jason LaPier Publisher: HarperCollins (HarperVoyager) Pages: 350 Genre: SciFi Format: Paperback/Kindle/Nook In a domed city on a planet orbiting Barnard’s Star, a recently hired maintenance man named Kane has just committed murder. Minutes later, the airlocks on the neighbourhood block are opened and the murderer is asphyxiated along with thirty-one innocent residents. Jax, the lowly dome operator on duty at the time, is accused of mass homicide and faced with a mound of impossible evidence against him. His only ally is Runstom, the rogue police
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Core Attraction Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Ashlinn Craven’s CORE ATTRACTION virtual book tour June 1 – 26! Title: Core Attraction Author: Ashlinn Craven Publisher: Crimson Romance Pages: 201 Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Kindle Living with her dad and single since the Ice Age, Fiona Halpin’s plan is to get a promotion, a swanky house, and a boyfriend—strictly in that order. So when Dr. Declan MacCarthy and his protest leaflets turn up outside the power plant where she handles public relations, she’s almost too busy doing damage control to notice how gorgeous he is. Almost. Declan has returned from Japan to settle in his Irish hometown and
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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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{Juvenile Fiction} Angels, Angels, Everywhere Blog Tour Sign Up

Michelle Beber will be touring June 1 – August 28 with her juvenile fiction/children’s picture book, ANGELS, ANGELS, EVERYWHERE! We are looking for: Reviews (ebooks) Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: Angels, Angels, Everywhere Author: Michelle Beber Publisher: Balboa Press (Hay House) Pages: 30 Genre: Juvenile Fiction/Children’s Picture Book Format: Paperback/Kindle/Nook Angels, Angels, Everywhere is a non-denominational, multiracial book written in delightful rhythm and rhyme and accompanied by charming illustrations.  The themes of constant support and unconditional love are designed to help children deal with everyday experiences in life. By developing children’s
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Grey Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Christi J. Whitney’s GREY virtual book tour May 4 – June 26! Title: Grey (The Romany Outcasts Series, Book 1) Author: Christi J. Whitney Publisher: HarperCollins/HarperVoyager Pages: 400 Genre: Young Adult (Urban Fantasy) Format: Paperback/Kindle Sebastian Grey always thought he was a fairly normal teenager – good friends, decent grades, and a pretty sweet job in his foster brother’s tattoo shop. But when strangers arrive in town, Sebastian soon realizes that his world is nothing at all what it seemed. Secretive gypsies surround him, shadowy figures stalk him, and the girl he’s been dreaming about turns up at school. Now
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{Southern Fiction/Women’s Fiction/Short Stories} You Won’t Remember This Blog Tour Sign Up

Kate Blackwell will be touring June 1 – 26 with her collection of southern fiction/women’s fiction short stories, YOU WON’T REMEMBER THIS! We are looking for: Reviews (paperbacks – US only please/ebooks) Interviews Guest Posts Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: You Won’t Remember This Author: Kate Blackwell Publisher: Bacon Press Books Pages: 232 Genre: Short Stories/Southern Fiction Format: Kindle The twelve stories in Kate Blackwell’s debut collection illuminate the lives of men and women who appear as unremarkable as your next-door-neighbor until their lives explode quietly on the page. Her wry,
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{Fantasy/Horror} Shaytan: A Journey Into Evil Blog Tour Sign Up

David S. Arthur will be touring June 1 – 26 with his fantasy/horror novel, SHAYTAN: A JOURNEY INTO EVIL! We are looking for: Reviews (paperbacks – US only please) 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: 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
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{YA} ’89 Walls Blog Tour Sign Up

Katie Pierson will be touring June 1 – July 30 with her young adult novel, ’89 Walls! We are looking for: Reviews (50 paperbacks available US only/unlimited PDF ebooks) 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: ’89 Walls Author: Katie Pierson Publisher: Wise Ink Creative Publishing Pages: 240 Genre: Young Adult College is not in the cards for Seth. He spends his minimum wage on groceries and fakes happiness to distract his mom from the MS they both know will kill her. It’s agony to carry around a
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  • April 14, 2015
  • Authors on Tour, Featured
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Twist of Fortune Book Publicity Tour & Win Prize!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mike Martin’s A TWIST OF FORTUNE virtual book excerpt tour May 4-29! Title: A Twist of Fortune (Book 4 of the Sgt. Windflower Mystery series) Author: Mike Martin Publisher: Booklocker Pages: 278 Genre: Mystery Format: Paperback A Twist of Fortune is the fourth book in the Sgt. Windflower Mystery Series and it continues the adventures of Sgt. Windflower as he tries to solve crime and experience the joy and the sadness of life in a small maritime community. Follow along as he feels the sometimes bitter taste of an east coast winter and the unique culinary delights of this part
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{Contemporary Romance} Core Attraction Blog Tour Sign Up

Ashlinn Craven will be touring June 1-26 with her contemporary romance, CORE ATTRACTION! We are looking for: Reviews (10 paperbacks available US only/unlimited ebooks) Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: Core Attraction Author: Ashlinn Craven Publisher: Crimson Romance Pages: 201 Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Kindle Living with her dad and single since the Ice Age, Fiona Halpin’s plan is to get a promotion, a swanky house, and a boyfriend—strictly in that order. So when Dr. Declan MacCarthy and his protest leaflets turn up outside the power plant where she handles public relations,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Ark Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Laura Liddell Nolen’s THE ARK virtual book tour May 4 – June 26! Title: The Ark Author: Laura Liddell Nolen Publisher: HarperCollins Pages: 239 Genre: YA Scifi Format: Paperback/Kindle/Nook There’s a meteor headed for Earth, and there is only one way to survive. It’s the final days of earth, and sixteen-year-old Char is right where she belongs: in prison. With her criminal record, she doesn’t qualify for a place on an Ark, one of the five massive bioships designed to protect earth’s survivors during the meteor strike that looks set to destroy the planet. Only a select few will be
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{Mystery} A Twist of Fortune Book Excerpt Tour Sign Up

Mike Martin will be touring May 4-26 with his mystery, A TWIST OF FORTUNE (Book 4 of Sgt. Windflower Mysteries series)! This is a book excerpt tour. Bloggers will post their book excerpts chronologically so the reader can hop from blog to blog to not only get an exclusive glimpse into Mike’s new book but also have a chance to win an autographed copy of the first book in the series, The Walker on the Cape! All bloggers’ Twitter handles or Facebook links will be included in the Rafflecopter. We are looking for: Book Excerpt Spotlights ONLY Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to
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  • April 10, 2015
  • Authors on Tour, Featured
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Anzard Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Christopher Conroy’s ANZARD virtual book tour May 4-29! Title: Anzard Author: Christopher Conroy Publisher: CreateSpace Pages: 154 Genre: Children’s Fiction Format: Paperback/Kindle Author Christopher Conroy has just released a book for kids aged 8-12 called ANZARD. Teachers, parents, producers…take note!  This appealing and well-written book would give Lewis Carroll (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland) reason to worry.  As a matter of fact if you mixed in one part Harry Potter, with one part Pinocchio then added a generous helping of Alice in Wonderland…you’d get Anzard! ANZARD tells the story of how a young boy named Justin Cavell learns to listen to
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{Short Stories} Loss Angeles Blog Tour Sign Up

Mathieu Cailler will be touring May 4-29 with his short story collection, LOSS ANGELES! We are looking for: Reviews (unlimited paperbacks) 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: 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
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  • April 6, 2015
  • Featured, First Chapters
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First Chapter: A Dream Called Marilyn by Mercedes King

Title: A Dream Called Marilyn Author: Mercedes King Publisher: Triumph Productions Pages: 177 Genre: Historical / Modern Historical / Psychological Thriller Format: Kindle In the summer of 1962, nothing could prepare Dr. Charles Campbell for his first meeting with new client, Marilyn Monroe. A reputable L.A. psychiatrist, he’s been hired by a studio executive to treat and subdue the star, no matter what it takes. Although he’s been warned about Ms. Monroe’s unpredictability, she’s not what he expected. Gaining Marilyn’s trust means crossing doctor-patient boundaries, and trying to separate fact from Hollywood-fed-rumors proves destructive to both Charles’ career and his personal life. As Marilyn shares her secrets and threatens
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First Chapter: Genius de Milo by Russ Colchamiro

Title: Genius De Milo Author: Russ Colchamiro Publisher: Crazy 8 Press Pages: 320 Genre: SciFi/Comedy Format: Paperback/Kindle Best pals Jason Medley and Theo Barnes barely survived a backpacking trip through Europe and New Zealand that — thanks to a jar of Cosmic Building Material they found — almost wiped out the galaxy. But just as they envision a future without any more cosmic lunacy: The Earth has started fluxing in and out of existence, Theo’s twin girls are teleporting, and Jason can’t tell which version of his life is real. All because of Milo, the Universe’s ultimate gremlin. Joined by the mysterious Jamie — a down-and-out hotel clerk from
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{Children’s Fiction} Anzard Blog Tour Sign Up

Christopher Conroy will be touring May 4-29 with his children’s fiction, ANZARD! We are looking for: Reviews (unlimited paperbacks) 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: Anzard Author: Christopher Conroy Publisher: CreateSpace Pages: 154 Genre: Children’s Fiction Format: Paperback/Kindle Author Christopher Conroy has just released a book for kids aged 8-12 called ANZARD. Teachers, parents, producers…take note!  This appealing and well-written book would give Lewis Carroll (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland) reason to worry.  As a matter of fact if you mixed in one part Harry Potter, with one
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Quantum Level Zero Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Ted Grosch’s QUANTUM LEVEL ZERO virtual book tour May 4-29! Title: Quantum Level Zero Author: Ted Grosch Publisher: Double Dragon eBooks Pages: 287 Genre: SciFi Format: Kindle/Nook Winston Churchill stated that history is written by the victors. Germany terrorized Britain’s civilian population with V1 and V2 rockets. The Nazi historians would have a legitimate rational for that had they won the war. Quantum Level Zero takes place in a dystopian society of the near future Earth, where fanatics are about to win the war on terror for the good for the people and the good of society. Their leader, Matteen
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  • April 4, 2015
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Hearts Beneath the Badge Virtual Book Excerpt Publicity Tour & $50 Amazon GC Giveaway!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Karen Solomon’s HEARTS BENEATH THE BADGE virtual book excerpt tour May 4-29! Title: Hearts Beneath the Badge Author: Karen Solomon Publisher: Missing Niche Publishing Pages: 247 Genre: Nonfiction Format: Hardcover/Paperback/Kindle/Nook Hearts Beneath the Badge is a unique compilation of interviews with officers across the country. It’s not about the crimes they witness or the judgment they face; it’s about them – Damien, Danny, Frances, Ken, Pamela, Brian, and more. Their thoughts, their fears, their proud moments and their heartbreak. It’s about the people we often don’t see because we are blinded by the uniform. They are among the hundreds of
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Jack of Souls Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Stephen C. Merlino’s THE JACK OF SOULS virtual book tour May 4-29! Title: The Jack of Souls Author: Stephen C. Merlino Publisher: Tortoise Rampant Books Pages: 352 Genre: YA Fantasy Format: Paperback/Hardcover/Kindle An outcast rogue named Harric must break a curse laid on his fate or die by his nineteenth birthday. As his dead-day approaches, nightmares from the spirit world stalk him and tear at his sanity; sorcery eats at his soul. To survive, he’ll need more than his usual tricks. He’ll need help—and a lot of it—but on the kingdom’s lawless frontier, his only allies are other outcasts. One
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Ghostcrow Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you M.K. Theodoratus’ THE GHOSTCROW virtual book tour May 4-29! Title: The Ghostcrow: A Tale of Andor Author: M.K. Theodoratus Publisher: Smashwords Pages: 55 Genre: Supernatural Fantasy Format: Kindle/Nook Seeing ghosts has plagued Dumdie Swartz since early childhood. Afraid that ghost guts might stick to her if she stepped through them, thirteen-year-old Dumdie Swartz still cringes when she encounters them. Her strange attempts to avoid spirits create a lonely life. Her sisters constantly mock her strange behavior, her parents are clueless, and her social life is zero. Dumdie finds solace working in a shared garden with her elderly neighbor, Mr. Carson.
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{Women’s Fiction} The Color of Our Sky Blog Tour Sign Up

Amita Trasi will be touring June 1-26 with her women’s fiction/suspense, THE COLOR OF OUR SKY! We are looking for: Reviews (10 paperbacks US only & unlimited ebooks) Interviews Guest Posts Book Spotlights Read first chapter here. Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: The Color of Our Sky Author: Amita Trasi Publisher: Bloomhill Books Pages: 304 Genre: Women’s Fiction/Suspense Format: Paperback/Kindle A sweeping, emotional journey of two childhood friends—one struggling to survive the human slave trade and the other on a mission to save her—two girls whose lives converge only to change
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{YA SciFi} The Ark Blog Tour Sign Up

Laura Lidden Nolen will be touring May 6 – June 26 with her young adult scifi, THE ARK! We are looking for: Reviews (ebook only – you will be sent an ebook from Kindle store) Interviews Guest Posts Book Spotlights Read first chapter here. Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: The Ark Author: Laura Liddell Nolen Publisher: HarperCollins Pages: 239 Genre: YA Scifi Format: Paperback/Kindle/Nook There’s a meteor headed for Earth, and there is only one way to survive. It’s the final days of earth, and sixteen-year-old Char is right where she
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{SciFi} Unexpected Rain Blog Tour Sign Up

Jason LaPier will be touring June 1-26 with his scifi, UNEXPECTED RAIN! We are looking for: Reviews (ebook only – you will be sent a link to NetGalley) Read excerpt here. Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: Unexpected Rain Author: Jason LaPier Publisher: HarperCollins (HarperVoyager) Pages: 350 Genre: SciFi Format: Paperback/Kindle/Nook In a domed city on a planet orbiting Barnard’s Star, a recently hired maintenance man named Kane has just committed murder. Minutes later, the airlocks on the neighbourhood block are opened and the murderer is asphyxiated along with thirty-one innocent residents.
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{Thriller/Paranormal/Suspense} BlindSight Book Excerpt Tour Sign Up

Susan Peterson Wisnewski will be touring June 1-26 with her thriller/paranormal/suspense, BLINDSIGHT This is a book excerpt tour. Bloggers will post their book excerpts chronologically so the reader can hop from blog to blog to not only get an exclusive glimpse into Susan’s new book but also have a chance to win a $25 Amazon Gift Card! All bloggers’ Twitter handle or Facebook link will be included in the Rafflecopter. We are looking for: Book Excerpt Spotlights ONLY Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: BlindSight Author: Susan Peterson Wisnewski Publisher: SPW Writes
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