Pump Up Your Book Presents If…Lost or Found Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jackie Mae’s IF…LOST OR FOUND virtual book tour March 7 – 11! Inside the Book Title: If…Lost or Found Author: Jackie Mae Publisher: Independent Pages: 72 Genre: New Adult/Contemporary Romance/Paranormal Traveling abroad, Sabrina’s grand adventure is about to change. Needing to go home and rectify the wrongs that are hovering ever constant around her, she finds herself thrust into a whole new set of truths she must confront. What if she had chosen differently? What if she had followed her parents’ guidance? Acceptance, freedom, being a worldly woman, had all seemed so important. Now, however, her path will lead her
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Dark Money Virtual Book Publicity Tour – Win $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Larry D. Thompson’s DARK MONEY virtual book tour March 1 – May 27! Inside the Book Title: DARK MONEY Author: Larry D. Thompson Publisher: Story Merchant Books Pages: 420 Genre: Legal Thriller DARK MONEY is a thriller, a mystery and an expose’ of the corruption of money in politics. Jackson Bryant, the millionaire plaintiff lawyer who turned to pro bono work in Dead Peasants, is caught up in the collision of money and politics when he receives a call from his old army buddy, Walt Frazier. Walt needs his assistance in evaluating security for Texas Governor Rob Lardner at a
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Sojourn Among the Avatars of Wisdom Book Blast

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Dudley Mecum’s A SOJOURN AMONG THE AVATARS OF WISDOM Book Blast February 22 – March 4!   Inside the Book: Title: A Sojourn Among the Avatars of Wisdom Author: Dudley Mecum Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Visionary and Metaphysical Format: Ebook Chris Cole enjoys aiming for the stars. After he rockets into orbit aboard the space shuttle, his mission is cut short when he is the victim of an accident aboard the International Space Station. Whisked back to earth for medical observation, Chris is eventually released. Before his return flight to Kennedy Space Center the next day, Chris decides to attend a nearby medieval
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Young American Traveler Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Albert Park’s A YOUNG AMERICAN TRAVELER Book Blast February 22 – March 4! Inside the Book: Title: A Young American Traveler Author: Albert Park Publisher: Authorhouse Pages: 422 Genre: World Travel Format: Ebook In a journey 11-years in the making, Park takes the reader on an extensive holiday to over 30 countries, friendly and hostile, exotic and metropolitan, all infused with the pleasures of life as well as the dangers of the same. Park sets the scene as a young undergraduate army cadet in southern California in the hopes of becoming an army officer during the Global War on Terrorism in 2003. His
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{Legal Thriller} Dark Money Blog Tour Sign Up

Larry D. Thompson will be touring March 1 – May 27 with his legal thriller, DARK MONEY. We are looking for reviews (paperback U.S./PDFs), interviews, guest posts and book spotlights.  Larry will be giving away a $25 Amazon Gift Card, so don’t forget to leave your Twitter handle or Facebook link on the form below Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: DARK MONEY Author: Larry D. Thompson Publisher: Story Merchant Books Pages: 420 Genre: Legal Thriller DARK MONEY is a thriller, a mystery and an expose’ of the corruption of money in politics. Jackson Bryant, the millionaire plaintiff lawyer who turned to pro bono work in Dead Peasants, is
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Blissful Business Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Gabrielle Pelicci, Ph.D.’s  BLISSFUL BUSINESS: A GORGEOUS GUIDE TO CREATING YOUR DREAM CAREER virtual book tour March 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: Blissful Business: A Gorgeous Guide to Creating Your Dream Career in Health & Wellness Author: Gabrielle Pelicci, Ph.D. Publisher: Independent Pages: 94 Genre: Health/Wellness/Careers You started your health and wellness practice because you love what you do, have a passion for helping others, and you wanted to make a positive impact in the world.  But as good as all that sounds, passion is not enough to make you truly successful. The opportunities for Health and Wellness
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{Business/Self Help} Networking Karma Blog Tour Sign Up

Gail Tostoi-Miller will be touring March 1 – April 29 with the first book in her business/self-help book, NETWORKING KARMA.  We are looking for reviews (paperback U.S./PDFs), interviews, guest posts and book spotlights.  Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: Networking Karma Author: Gail Tolstoi-Miller Publisher: Consultnetworx Pages: 160 Genre: Business/Self-Help Are you Awkward? Uncertain? Even jittery at networking events? Author Gail Tolstoi Miller, an award-winning entrepreneur and successful CEO, feels your pain. In fact, she spent years experiencing the same emotions when networking. An avowed introvert, Gail discovered a powerful and universal law of connecting, she calls Networking Karma. And when she embraced it, Gail put those anxious, apprehensive
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Pump Up Your Book Presents WINGDOG: Soul Pup, A Magical Mutt Memoir Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Janelle Jallbert’s WINDOG: SOUL PUP, A MAGICAL MUTT MEMOIR Cover Reveal!  Please stop at the blogs who will be hosting her on February 16! Inside the Book Title: WINGDOG: SOUL PUP, A MAGICAL MUTT MEMOIR Author: Janelle Jalbert Publisher: Synchron8 Publishing Pages: 359 Genre: Memoir It’s love at first sight…for both of them. An abandoned yet tenacious pup with one blue eye and one brown eye beats the odds and is enlisted as one woman’s WINGDOG. It’s a role he takes seriously, but he knows that his human needs more than just another set of eyes and ears. He must
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{Romantic Suspense} Wild Within Blog Tour Sign Up

Christine Hartmann will be touring April 4 – June 30 with the first book in her Wild at Heart series, WILD WITHIN. We are planning a huge launch and are mainly looking for reviews (paperback U.S. and PDFs). The author has asked for as many reviews as possible during the month of April and May.  If you plan on not reviewing, can you choose a May or June date? Thanks! Inside the Book: Title: WILD WITHIN Author: Christine Hartmann Publisher: Limitless Publishing Pages: 274 Genre: Romantic Suspense A year after a family tragedy, Grace Mori embarks on the journey of a lifetime… Two thousand, six hundred miles of blistering
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{Women’s Fiction} Unicorn Blog Tour Sign Up

L.E. Gett will be touring March 1-31 with her women’s fiction, UNICORN: ADDICTION, GUILT AND A DECISION THAT WILL CHANGE HER LIFE. We are looking for reviews (paperback U.S. and PDFs), interviews, guest posts and book spotlights. Inside the Book: Title: Unicorn: Addiction, Guilt, and a Decision That Will Change Her Life Author: L.E. Gett Publisher: Telemachus Press Pages: 240 Genre: Women’s Fiction/Literary Fiction/Drama Scarlet has the life most only dream about—she travels the world, she makes plenty of money and she has the best friend anyone could ask for. But, piece by piece, her world is falling apart because of her damaged family, years of resentment and her
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Crazy Love Cover Reveal

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lee Kilraine’s CRAZY LOVE Cover Reveal February 15! Inside the Book: Title: Crazy Love Author: Lee Kilraine Publisher: Lyrical Shine Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Ecopy Tynan Cates’s military days are over. He’s home among family, friends, and his three-legged rescue dog in Climax, North Carolina—but his new employee is stirring up feelings he thought he’d left behind . . . Pint-size Lulubelle Swan is not Ty’s—or anyone’s—idea of a construction worker. But she’s so eager to join his crew for the Climax library renovation that he gives her a shot . . . and she totally lives down to his expectations.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Within a Captain’s Fate Cover Reveal

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lisa A. Olech ‘s WITHIN A CAPTAIN’S FATE Cover Reveal February 12! Inside the Book: Title: Within a Captain’s Fate Author: Lisa A. Olech Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy Wherever the tides take you . . . Guided by the winds of fate, Henry ‘Ric’ Robbins arrives on a hot June day in Port Royal. But the moment he sets foot on what should be a pirate’s paradise, he’s driven to steal a woman destined for slavery, survives the worst natural disaster to ever hit the isle of Jamaica, and answers the call to be captain of the
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{Chick Lit/Spy Thriller} The Secret Life of Charlotte Dodd Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for Holly Kerr’s chick lit/spy thriller, THE SECRET LIFE OF CHARLOTTE DODD. This is an Amazon review campaign and not a tour. If requesting review copies, we ask that you post your review at Amazon, B&N and Goodreads no later than May 8. When you are ready to submit your review, come back and click the links below to take you directly to THE SECRET LIFE OF CHARLOTTE DODD’s Amazon, B&N and Goodreads pages. Review copies will be sent in PDF format. Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: THE SECRET LIFE OF CHARLOTTE DODD Author: Holly Kerr Publisher: Three Birds Press Pages: 398 Genre:
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Forest of Wolves Cover Reveal

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Chelsea Luna’s A FOREST OF WOLVES Cover Reveal February 11! Inside the Book: Title: A Forest of Wolves Author: Chelsea Luna Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy Prague, 1610 In a few short weeks seventeen-year-old Mila has gone from being Ludmila Novakova, pampered daughter of the High Chancellor of Bohemia, to becoming a traitor escaping the palace at midnight in her wedding nightgown. Her country is in chaos, an army is marching from Austria, and revolution is a breath away. Mila is caught in the middle, between the man she loves—Marc, the son of a blacksmith and a leader
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Practice Makes Perfect Cover Reveal

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Sarah Title’s PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT Cover Reveal February 8! Inside the Book: Title: Practice Makes Perfect Author: Sarah Title Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Ecopy Sometimes the best surprises come wrapped in a bow-tie… Helen Lee has a top-secret dream: to publish a romance novel. There’s just one problem, and her most recent rejection letter doesn’t mince words: Helen can’t write a love scene to save her life. As Head of Reference at Willow Springs, Kentucky’s Pembroke College, Helen is hoping her library research skills will do the trick. But she may have to resort to a far more
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Star Struck Cover Reveal

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Meredith Michelle’s STAR STRUCK Cover Reveal February 9! Inside the Book: Title: Star Struck Author: Meredith Michelle Publisher: Lyrical Shine Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Ecopy Sometimes the best surprises come wrapped in a bow-tie… Helen Lee has a top-secret dream: to publish a romance novel. There’s just one problem, and her most recent rejection letter doesn’t mince words: Helen can’t write a love scene to save her life. As Head of Reference at Willow Springs, Kentucky’s Pembroke College, Helen is hoping her library research skills will do the trick. But she may have to resort to a far more “hands-on” course
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Chosen Soldiers Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you R.H. Scott’s novel CHOSEN SOLDIERS on tour February 8 – March 4, 2016!   Inside the Book: Title: Chosen Soldiers Author: R.H. Scott Release Date: February 9, 2016 Publisher: Harper Voyager Genre: YA Dystopian/Thriller Format: Ebook/Paperback After the missiles tore up the Earth, societies crumbled, leaving scattered patches of humanity struggling to survive. Slowly, a group came together, helping each other regrow a world worth living in. And then the Others attacked. Realizing the need to truly protect themselves, they formed the Academy: a place where young people could be built into an elite military force. The training is intense…and so are the consequences
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Book Marketing Videos: Why I Turned Down A Book Publishing House To Self Publish My Book!

I simply loved this video on several points and I knew I had to include it in my Book Marketing Video Showcase today.  This guy makes a very strong point(s) on why he decided to self-pub.  If you watch the video and have been down this road before, I’ll probably see you nodding as you’re watching.  One strong point I got out of this video is that in order to sell your book, it really helps if you already have an audience.  If you’re just starting out and haven’t gotten that far yet to achieve a substantial amount of an audience, then you’re going to have a rougher time
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{Memoir} WINGDOG: Soul Pup, A Magical Mutt Memoir Cover Reveal Sign Up

We are seeking blog hosts for Janelle Jalbert’s newly redesigned memoir, WINGDOG: SOUL PUP, A MAGICAL MUTT MEMOIR for a cover reveal on February 16.  We would love for you to sign up to announce her brand new cover! Inside the Book: Title: WINGDOG: SOUL PUP, A MAGICAL MUTT MEMOIR Author: Janelle Jalbert Publisher: Synchron8 Publishing Pages: 359 Genre: Memoir It’s love at first sight…for both of them. An abandoned yet tenacious pup with one blue eye and one brown eye beats the odds and is enlisted as one woman’s WINGDOG. It’s a role he takes seriously, but he knows that his human needs more than just another set
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{New Adult/Contemporary Romance/Paranormal} If…Lost or Found Blog Tour Sign Up

Jackie Mae will be touring March 7 – 11 with her new adult/contemporary romance/paranormal novella, IF…LOST OR FOUND.  We are looking for reviews only.  Review copies will be sent to the blogger from the Kindle store. Inside the Book: Title: If…Lost or Found Author: Jackie Mae Publisher: Independent Pages: 72 Genre: New Adult/Contemporary Romance/Paranormal Traveling abroad, Sabrina’s grand adventure is about to change. Needing to go home and rectify the wrongs that are hovering ever constant around her, she finds herself thrust into a whole new set of truths she must confront. What if she had chosen differently? What if she had followed her parents’ guidance? Acceptance, freedom, being
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Pump Up your Book Presents Candlelight in a Storm Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Naveen Sridhar’s CANDLELIGHT IN A STORM Book Blast February 22 – March 4! Inside the Book: Title: Candlelight in a Storm Author: Naveen Sridhar Publisher: Authorhouse Pages: 280 Genre: Biography Format: Ebook “Candlelight in a Storm by Naveen Sridhar is the historical biography of his wife. Born during World War II and fleeing the violence there, later fleeing communist regimes as a teenager, and traveling the world, her story is at once colorful and harrowing. John F. Kennedy came to Germany and said ‘Ich bin ein Berliner,’ signifying that Germany did not need to be forever tarnished with the legacy of the Nazi
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Conquering William Cover Reveal

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Sarah Hegger’s CONQUERING WILLIAM Cover Reveal February 10! Inside the Book: Title: Conquering William Author: Sarah Hegger Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy “Sarah Hegger has a gift for storytelling that is not to be missed. She’s a personal favorite of mine.” —Kathryn Le Veque, USA Today bestselling author A practical marriage… He married for convenience, but William of Anglesea had hoped for more than piety from his new bride. Raised in a convent and thrice widowed, prim Lady Alice of Tarnwych seems like an innocent when it comes to the marriage bed—except for the tentative passion he senses
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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 Release Your Vision Torch Virtual Book Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Dr. Princess Fumi Hancock’s novel RELEASE YOUR VISION TORCH on tour February 22 – April 15, 2016!   Inside the Book: Title: Release Your Vision Torch Author: Dr. Princess Fumi Hancock Release Date: January 8, 2016 Pages: 346 Publisher: Princess of Suburbia Genre: Motivational/Inspirational Format: Ebook/Hardcover/Paperback Release Your Vision Torch will take you on a life journey. The exercises ushers you into a place where you have to be brutally truthful, for restored strength and rejuvenation to occur. Reading Release Your Vision Torch made me get real with myself about my life, relationships, pass failures and aspirations. This book should be used as a
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Asset Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Anna Del Mar’s novel THE ASSET on tour February 22 – April 15, 2016!   Inside the Book: Title: The Asset Author: Anna Del Mar Release Date: February 22, 2016 Publisher: Carina Press Genre: Mystery/Suspense Format: Ebook Anna del Mar’s explosive, sexy debut novel in the Wounded Warrior series, perfect for fans of Lisa Marie Rice and Lora Leigh—the story of a woman desperate to escape her dangerous past and the navy SEAL who would lay down his life to save her Ash Hunter knows what it is to run. A SEAL gravely injured in Afghanistan, he’s gone AWOL from the military hospital. Physically
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{Memoir} The Bipolar Millionaire Blog Tour Sign Up

John E. Wade II will be touring March 1 – May 27 with his memoir, The Bipolar Millionaire.  There will also be a giveaway so please leave your Twitter handle or Facebook link when signing up and we’ll include you in the Rafflecopter.  Thanks! We are looking for: Reviews (Paperback) Interviews Guest Posts Book Spotlights Inside the Book: Title: The Bipolar Millionaire Author: John E. Wade Publisher: Sunbury Press Pages: 164 Genre: Memoir John E. Wade II, retired CPA, author, investor, television producer, and philanthropist, reveals in his memoir, The Bipolar Millionaire, his personal struggle with bipolar disorder and how he has succeeded in living a balanced and blessed
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Ecowarriors Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Sandra Dreis’ ECOWARRIORS Book Blast February 22 – March 4! Inside the Book: Title: The Ecowarriors Author: Sandra Dreis Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 190 Genre: Action Adventure Format: Ebook On rare occasions, a writer makes a first appearance on the literature scene and the reader feels the excitement of meeting a new friend. In her debut novel, The Ecowarriors, Sandra Dreis creates young characters with voices that ring true and a story that is perfectly timed to entertain. Setting the fantasy against the background of the all-too-real problem of fracking is nothing short of brilliant. —Leigh Somerville, Author, It All Started with a Dog
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Reel Rebels Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Joy I. Payne’s REEL REBELS: THE LONDON FILM-MAKERS’ CO-OPERATIVE 1966 to 1996 Book Blast February 22 – March 4! Inside the Book: Title: Reel Rebels Author: Joy I. Payne Publisher: Authorhouse Pages: 294 Genre: Performing Art Format: Ebook The London FilmMakers’ Cooperative was founded in 1966 by a group of artists who sought to explore the possibilities of the moving image whilst maintaining autonomy over the production, distribution, and exhibition of their work. Although their films were not overtly political, artists nevertheless expressed their political attitudes by creating nonnarrative films, thereby rejecting conventional narrative structures associated with mainstream, commercial cinema, which they perceived
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Risen Virtual Book Publicity Tour

    Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Thomas Barr Jr.’s novel, Risen (Urban Fiction) from February 15 – March 31, 2016.   Inside the Book:     Title: Risen Author: Thomas Barr Jr. Publisher: Printhouse Books Publication Date: January 15, 2016 Pages: 188 Genre: Urban Fiction   The growth of “Mega churches” has risen considerably in the 21st century as compared to the past. Miami Urban Chronicles Volume I: Risen, seeks to set forth a fictional biopic of the rise of spiritual leader Yahweh Ben Yahweh of the Liberty City based movement the Nation of Yahweh, “Ben Yahweh’s.” Chauncey Miller, the main character in the story is determined to be a success.
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{Thriller/Espionage} The CIA International Thriller Series Blog Tour Sign Up

R. Lawson will be touring March 1 – 31 with his thriller/espionage novels, Existential Threats and The Carrington Prophecy, Books 1 & 2 of The CIA International Thriller series!  Reviewers: Both books can act as standalones. We are looking for: Reviews (Paperback & PDF) Interviews Guest Posts Book Spotlights Inside the Book: Title: Existential Threats (Book 4 of The CIA International Thriller Series) Author: R. Lawson Publisher: Independent Pages: 345 Genre:  Thriller/Espionage The CIA’s incoming Director of Counter Terrorism, Biff Roberts, is inheriting a multitude of challenges. For starters, there is the existential threat of a nuclear Iran. Added to that, the Middle East has become enmeshed in a
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