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  • October 8, 2013
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Pump Up Your Book Presents XGeneration: You Don’t Know Me Book Blast & Win $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is proud to announce Brad Magnarella’s young adult science fiction/coming of age XGeneration: You Don’t Know Me Book Blast December 2 – 27! Brad will be giving away a $25 Amazon Gift Card. To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form below or on participating blogs throughout the blast and good luck! All participating bloggers willing to host are eligible to win. Thank you! ABOUT XGENERATION: YOU DON’T KNOW ME Title: XGeneration: You Don’t Know Me Genre: YA Science Fiction/Coming of Age Author: Brad Magnarella Publisher: Brad Magnarella Language: English In the fall of 1984, Cold War tensions between Washington and Moscow are close to breaking.
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‘Lila: The Sign of the Elven Queen’ Mark Grant Interviewed at KXLO Radio

Mark Grant, author of the children’s novel, Lila: The Sign of the Elven Queen, is interviewed by Phyllis Hall of KXLO Radio! Mark J. Grant, a graduate of Occidental College, has been on Wall Street for thirty-seven years in various senior management positions. He has run capital markets for four investment banks and been on the boards of directors of four investment banks. Grant also writes “Out of the Box,” a commentary on the financial markets that is distributed daily to approximately 5,000 large money management institutions in forty-eight countries. He is the author of Out of the Box and onto Wall Street: Unorthodox Insights on Investments and the
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with New Adult Author Lilliana Anderson

Bestselling Author of the A Beautiful Series, Alter and the Confidante Trilogy, Lilliana has always loved to read and write, considering it the best form of escapism that the world has to offer. Australian born and bred, she writes New Adult Romance revolving around her authentically Aussie characters as well as a biographical trilogy based on an ex-Sydney sex worker, named Angelien.  Lilliana feels that the world should see Australia for more than just it’s outback and tries to show characters in more of a city setting. When she isn’t writing, she wears the hat of ‘wife and mother’ to her husband and four children.  Before Lilliana turned to
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  • August 29, 2013
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Brood X Book Blast – Win $25 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash + Halloween Party Pack!

Pump Up Your Book is proud to announce Michael Phillip Cash’s Brood X: A Firsthand Account of the Great Cicada Invasion Book Blast September 23 – October 25! Michael will be giving away a $25 Amazon Gift Card or a Halloween Party Pack for 18 to two lucky people at the end of the blast. To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form below or on participating blogs throughout the blast and good luck! All participating bloggers willing to host are eligible to win. Thank you! CONGRATULATIONS TO JASMINE992FINE FOR WINNING $25 AMAZON CARD & HALLOWEEN PACK!   ABOUT BROOD X: A FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT CICADA INVASION Title:
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  • August 28, 2013
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Stillwell: A Haunting on Long Island Book Blast – Win $25 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash + Halloween Party Pack!

Pump Up Your Book is proud to announce Michael Phillip Cash’s  Stillwell: A Haunting on Long Island Book Blast September 23 – October 25! Michael will be giving away a $25 Amazon Gift Card and a Halloween Party Pack for 18 to one of two lucky people at the end of the blast. To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form below or on participating blogs throughout the blast and good luck! All participating bloggers willing to host are eligible to win. Thank you! CONGRATULATIONS TO VICTORIA CORNINAS FOR WINNING $25 AMAZON CARD & HALLOWEEN PACK!   ABOUT STILLWELL: A HAUNTING ON LONG ISLAND Title: Stillwell: A Haunting on Long
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  • June 15, 2013
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  • Comments Off on {Cover Reveal} Pump Up Your Book Presents Romancing the Million $$$ Ghost Cover Reveal – Win Amazon Gift Cards & Ghostie Swag!

{Cover Reveal} Pump Up Your Book Presents Romancing the Million $$$ Ghost Cover Reveal – Win Amazon Gift Cards & Ghostie Swag!

Join Heide AW Kaminski, Pam Ryan and Dorothy Thompson, authors of the paranormal romance, Romancing the Million $$$ Ghost, as they tour the blogosphere September 2 – 27 on their first cover reveal with Pump Up Your Book! Heide, Pam and Dorothy will be giving away a ghostie swag to one lucky reader!  To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form on the participating blogs below and good luck! *** Contest is over!*** Congratulations to the following winners! Angela Kramer – Halloween Party Pack Anna Granberg – $25 Amazon Gift Card Amy Gettys – $25 Amazon Gift Card Valerie Rhodes – psychic phone reading from Pam Ryan Ali Lie –
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A Heartfelt Goodbye from Morrie Richfield

In all the seven years I’ve been running Pump Up Your Book, I have never had an author personally thank us along with his street team (Hollywood publicist Charlie Barrett and more) in a video.  We will miss you Morrie! Please pick up your copy of Revelation.  Morrie is a terrific guy and it has been a pleasure having him with us…we will miss him! Mr. Breeze is back; so is Michael Ryan and Rover, the magical dog. MR. BREEZE fans can rejoice. REVELATION, Morrie Richfield’s much-anticipated sequel to his novel MR. BREEZE, has arrived. Readers new to the strange but inspiring tale of a super being and his
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Robert Henry to appear on Blog Talk Radio’s A Book and a Chat Tuesday, May 7 6:30 p.m. (call ins welcome!)

Robert Henry, author of Age Re-Defined, will be appearing on Blog Talk Radio’s A Book and a Chat with host Barry Eva on Tuesday, May 7 at 6:30 p.m. eastern.   Visit http://www.blogtalkradio.com/across-the-pond/2013/05/07/abook-and-a-chat-with-robert-f-henry.  Call ins welcome! Robert is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, a Certified Personal Trainer, a Certified Specialist in Fitness Nutrition, and a Certified Wellness Coach. His awareness of fitness and nutrition began at the age of 29. When Robert first started to exercise, it was mostly for the purpose of increasing body weight through the addition of lean muscle mass. However, more than 20 years later, at the age of 52, after years of being lean
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Winner Announced in the Thy Kingdom Come Book Blast!

Congratulations to Faith C. She won the $25 VISA gift card during Lakesha Monique Ruise’s Thy Kingdom Come Book Blast. Thanks to all who entered. Look for more chances to win fabulous prizes all month long from a variety of authors and Pump Up Your Book!


PUYB Virtual Book Tour: Join ‘Shuffle Up and Deal’ Susan DiPlacido at Broowaha & Win Kindle Fire HD!

Susan DiPlacido, author of Shuffle Up and Deal, is stopping off today at Broowaha, as part of her virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book where she is giving away a Kindle Fire HD! Meet Izzy Santillo. She’s a charming-but-lonely thirty-four year old woman who loves poker and harbors a secret crush on the reigning king of Hold ‘em. Meet Nick Nolan, the reigning king of Hold ‘em. On the tables, he’s fast and loose and almost always wins. But when it comes to women, playboy Nick holds his cards too close and always loses. When Izzy and Nick meet in embarrassing fashion at a Las Vegas poker
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PUYB Virtual Book Tour: Join ‘Tickling Daphne H.’ Veronica Frances at Close Encounters with the Night Kind & Win Kindle Fire HD!

Veronica Frances, author of Tickling Daphne H., is stopping off today at Close Encounters of the Night Kind, as part of  her virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book where she is giving away a Kindle Fire HD! Tickling Daphne H. follows the ticklish journeys of Daphne, Dave, Carol and Harold, exploring how tickling deeply affects the lives of these four people. The story deals with the many different faces of tickling; the addictive and torturous, the pleasurable and erotic and the humorous and romantic. This is the very unusual love story of Daphne and Dave, two people facing their tickle-demons together. It is primarily the journey of
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  • February 25, 2013
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Lowell Christensen’s The One-Minute Zillionaire Book Blast – Win $25 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash!

Join Lowell Christensen, author of the humor book, The One-Minute Zillionaire: Achieve Wealth, Fame, and Success in an Instant, Give or Take Hundred Years, as he tours the blogosphere April 1 on his first Book Blast with Pump Up Your Book! Lowell will be giving away a $25 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash to one lucky reader! To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form on the participating blogs below on April 1 and good luck! ABOUT THE ONE-MINUTE ZILLIONAIRE Like any good success book, The One-Minute Zillionaire will get you so crazed with principles, keys, goals, affirmations, and profound and poetic platitudes that you’ll want to dash to Alaska to search
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  • February 19, 2013
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Pump Up Your Book Presents K. Baskett’s No Greater Illusion Book Blast – Win $25 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash!

Join K. Baskett, author of the dystopian, No Greater Illusion, as she tours the blogosphere April 1 – 26 on her first Book Blast with Pump Up Your Book! K. will be giving away a $25 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash, an autographed paperback copy & one ebook copy of her book, No Greater Illusion! To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form below starting April 1 and good luck! ————————————————– ABOUT NO GREATER ILLUSION A number of unacquainted adults, from various walks of life, routinely enjoy the benefits of residing in a nation where liberty and justice are among its chief luxuries. Having different statuses of education, income, and ethnicity, all
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Join ‘Princess April Morning-Glory’ Kelley Smoot Garrett (in Letitia Fairbanks’ memory) at Minding Spot – WIN A KINDLE FIRE HD!

Letitia Fairbanks, author of Princess April Morning-Glory, is stopping off today at Minding Spot, as part of her colossal 3 month virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book where she is giving away a Kindle Fire HD! Visit today’s stop at http://www.mindingspot.blogspot.com/2013/02/princess-april-morning-glory-blog-tour.html. Enter every day at a different blog for more entries! This contest begins February 4 and ends on April 26 2013. If you’d like to visit the authors’ official tour page to gain more entries and find out where else they will be appearing so you won’t miss out on a great opportunity to win the Kindle Fire HD, visit http://www.pumpupyourbook.com/2013/01/26/pump-up-your-book-presents-princess-april-morning-glory-virtual-book-publicity-tour-win-kindle-fire-hd/. Good luck!


  • January 28, 2013
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  • Comments Off on Cheryl Malandrinos Talks Virtual Book Tours on Blog Talk Radio

Cheryl Malandrinos Talks Virtual Book Tours on Blog Talk Radio

Cheryl Malandrinos will be  on Talk Radio Network tonight talking about coordinating virtual book tours.  Here’s the press release information: TODAY on TALK RADIO NETWORK! Special Guest, Cheryl C. Malandrinos, has been coordinating virtual book tours since 2007. In “Coordinating A Virtual Book Tour,” she shares her years of experience in how to reach out to bloggers to host your tour, provides ideas for guest posts (300-500 word articles), teaches how to write a press release, shares tips on how to stay organized and ways to promote your virtual book tour. Cheryl C. Malandrinos has been coordinating virtual book tours through Pump Up Your Book since September 2007. She
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  • January 24, 2013
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Pump Up Your Book Presents 2013 Your New Astrology Horoscopes Book Blast – Win $25 Amazon GC & Free Books!

Join Suzanne  White, author of the horoscope book, 2013 Your New Astrology Horoscopes: Chinese & Western Predictions, as she tours the blogosphere on February 8 on her first Book Blast with Pump Up Your Book. Suzanne will be giving away a $25 Amazon GC, one autographed copy of her book, 2013 Your New Astrology Horoscopes: Chinese & Western Predictions and one ebook edition of her book! If you would like to host Suzanne, email Dorothy at thewriterslife (at) gmail.com or leave a comment with your email address.  This is a one day event! ————————————————– ABOUT 2013 YOUR NEW ASTROLOGY HOROSCOPES: CHINESE & WESTERN PREDICTIONS: Once again, Suzanne White brings
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Merry Christmas & Happy Holiday from Pump Up Your Book!


Calling all bloggers to participate in Tessa Stockton’s The Unspeakable Book Blast!

Hi everyone! We are recruiting bloggers to participate in Tessa Stockton’s Christian suspense/thriller The Unspeakable Book Blast! This event will take place January 14 – February 15. We need at least 30 bloggers but are aiming for 50. Tessa will be giving away a $25 Gift Certificate (payable by Amazon or Paypal) and one autographed paperback, The Unspeakable.  All bloggers who sign up are eligible to win! There will be no interviews, guest posts or reviews with this Book Blast. Just book spotlights in which I will send everything to you ahead of time for you to copy and paste into your blog on the selected day. When requesting
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Happy Thanksgiving!

Dear Friends, Authors and Bloggers, We at Pump Up Your Book want to wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving!  May today bring joy to your heart as you sit around around the table with your friends and loved ones sharing memories and love.  We would like to personally thank the authors who have trusted us to with their books and our kind and hard working tour hosts who take time out from their already hectic day to review these books or host the authors in another way.  Thanksgiving is a time for thankfulness and what better time to let all our friends, co-workers, clients and hosting team know
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Calling all bloggers to participate in Suzanne Jenkins’ The Greeks of Beaubien Street Blog Tour + $100 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway!

We are recruiting bloggers to participate in Suzanne Jenkins’ women’s fiction The Greeks of Beaubien Street Book Tour/$100 Amazon GC Promotional Giveaway! This event will take place between January 2 and March 29. We are looking for at least 10 more bloggers who would be willing to review her book, interview her, have her write a guest post for you, post a book trailer reveal or just a plain and simple book spotlight. All bloggers will be included in the Rafflecopter form which means more Twitter or Facebook fans for you and you also will are eligible to win the $100 Amazon Gift Card as well. To sign up,
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Calling all bloggers to participate in Susan DiPlacido’s Shuffle Up and Deal Blog Tour + Kindle Fire Giveaway!

We are recruiting bloggers to participate in Susan DiPlacido’s erotica romance/romantic comedy Shuffle Up and Deal Book Tour/Kindle Fire Promotional Giveaway! This event will take place between December 3 – March 15.  We are looking for at least 20 more bloggers who would be willing to review her book, interview her, have her write a guest post for you or just a plain and simple book spotlight.  All bloggers will be included in the Rafflecopter form which means more Twitter or Facebook fans for you and you also will are eligible to win the Kindle Fire as well. To sign up, click here. When requesting a spot on her
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Join ‘The Sons of Jude’ Brandt Dodson at Pump Up Your Book! – Win a Kindle Fire HD!

Brandt Dodson, author of The Sons of Jude, is stopping off today at Pump Up Your Book, as part of his colossal 3 month virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book where he will be giving away a new Kindle Fire HD! Visit today’s stop at http://www.pumpupyourbook.com/2012/11/05/pump-up-your-books-book-trailer-of-the-week-the-sons-of-jude-by-brandt-dodson/. Enter every day at a different blog for more entries! This contest begins November 5 and ends on February 15 2013. If you’d like to visit the author’s official tour page to gain more entries and find out where else she will be appearing so you won’t miss out on a great opportunity to win the Kindle Fire HD and/or the
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Watch Sheila Roberts’ new Merry Ex-Mas video where she’s the star!

This is soooo cute, just had to share! A song developed from Sheila Roberts’ new novel, “Merry Ex-Mas” (November 2012). This song was “written” by Jake O’Brien, a main character in the book. In the story, the music video of the song goes viral on YouTube and gets Jake in lots of trouble with his ex mother-in-law and his estranged wife. No mothers-in-law were harmed in the filming of this video. But poor Santa did get a hernia.


Pump Up Your Book Presents Bombshell Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Mike Faricy, author of the crime fiction, Bombshell, as he tours the blogosphere November 5 – January 18 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT MIKE FARICY Mike Faricy is the award winning author of mystery suspense thrillers woven together with a rich strain of humor and even some romance. He and his wife live in Saint Paul, Minnesota and Dublin, Ireland. His entertaining tales are populated with the sort of quirky, oddball characters we’d all like to know more about, but wisely prefer to keep at a distance. They serve not so much as examples as they do warnings to the
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Heartfelt Condolences to the Family of Julie Cannon

We at the staff of Pump Up Your Book would like to extend our heartfelt condolences to the family of Julie Cannon in her recent passing.  Our heart goes out to you in your time of grief and sorrow.  Even though we only knew Julie for a short while, she touched the lives of every person she met including us.  She will truly be missed. Visit Julie’s Facebook page here. Like a bird singing in the rain, let grateful memories survive in time of sorrow. — Robert Louis Stevenson


Join ‘Tales from Earth’s End’ Sandy Nathan at The Book Connection – Win a free Kindle Fire HD!

Sandy Nathan, author of the Tales From Earth’s End series, is stopping off today at The Book Connection, as part of her colossal 3 month virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book where she will be giving away a new Kindle Fire HD! Visit today’s stop at http://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/2012/10/interview-with-sandy-nathan-author-of.html. Enter every day at a different blog for more entries! This contest begins September 4 and ends on November 30 2012. An extra bonus prize: $50 goes to some lucky someone who comments on her blog posts and leaves a comment. If you’d like to visit the author’s official tour page to gain more entries and find out where else
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Pump Up Your Book December 2012 Virtual Book Publicity Holiday Tour Special

Pump Up Your Book is happy to announce a very cost-saving special for December to help you promote your book during the holidays. Because we want to give back to the community and we know how everyone is strapped buying presents and getting ready for the holidays, we are offering a 2 week special only applicable during the month of December. If you are an author with a new release or a book that was published years ago and you want to give it new life, read on! The December 2012 Virtual Book Publicity Holiday Tour Package includes: Full publicity included but not restricted to daily postings about your
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Join ‘Voluspa’ Ray East & Sam D at The Book Hoard – Win a Free Kindle Fire HD!

Ray East and Sam D, authors of Voluspa: A Magical World, are stopping off today at The Book Hoard, as part of their colossal 3 month virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book where they are giving away a Kindle Fire HD! Visit today’s stop at http://www.thebookhoard.com/2012/09/voluspa-a-magical-world-by-sam-d-ray-east/. Enter every day at a different blog for more entries! This contest begins August 6 and ends on October 26 2012. An extra bonus prize: $50 goes to one lucky person who leaves a comment on any of their blog stops.  It could be you! The Kindle Fire HD giveaway is only open to U.S. and Canada but the $50  giveaway
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Join ‘The IRA on Film and Television’ Mark Connelly at Carol’s Notebook – Win a Free Kindle Fire HD!

Mark Connelly is stopping off today at Carol’s Notebook as part of his colossal 3 month virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book where he is giving away a Kindle Fire HD! Enter every day at a different blog for more entries! If you’d like to enter this fantastic giveaway, visit http://www.squirrelqueen2.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-ira-on-film-and-television.html. This contest begins September 4 and ends on November 30 2012. An extra bonus prize: $50 goes one lucky person who leaves a comment on one of his blog stops! This contest is open to everyone. If you’d like to visit the authors’ official tour page to gain more entries and find out where else they
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Join ‘Voluspa’ Ray East & Sam D at Between the Covers – Win a Free Kindle Fire HD!

Ray East and Sam D, authors of Voluspa: A Magical World, are stopping off today at Between the Covers as part of their colossal 3 month virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book where they are giving away a Kindle Fire HD! Visit today’s stop at http://bookexcerpts.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/author-interview-ray-east-voluspa/. Enter every day at a different blog for more entries! This contest begins August 6 and ends on October 26 2012. An extra bonus prize: $50 goes to one lucky person who comments on Ray & Sam’s tour stops. This contest is open to U.S. and Canadian citizens only. Sorry international! If you’d like to visit the authors’ official tour page
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