Posts Tagged ‘book promotions’

New Book for Review: Class Struggle: Journal of a Teacher In Up to His Ears by Steven Verrier

Steven Verrier is touring in July with his nonfiction book Class Struggle: Journal of a Teacher In Up to His Ears. Class Struggle: Journal of a Teacher In Up to His Ears takes readers deep into the heart of San Antonio’s “Webster High School” (fictional name), an institution that seems to revel in dysfunction. Told from the point of view of a bemused teacher, Class Struggle is a guided tour through the landscapes and minefields of modern urban education. Readers will meet intriguing characters – the brilliant student “on a quest to kill,” the barking boy, the substitute teacher who won’t shut up, and many others – who’ll make
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New Book for Review: Goddess Mother Speaks by Blanca Beyar

Blanca Beyar is touring in July with her Mind/Body/Spirit book Goddess Mother Speaks. The Goddess Mother is speaking to us in a way she has never done so before! The Omega aspect of the GodHead shares with us vital information about the changing times we are living in, the future creation, the Children of the Light, Sacred Relationships and so many other vital areas of our lives. In this incredible and divine dialogue from the Goddess Mother, she reaches out to all the children of the world with a spark of hope, of healing and renewal. In this epic time of change and transformation, our beloved Goddess provides vital
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Susan Kronick

Susan Kronick’s background is the perfect backdrop leading up to her latest paranormal novel, Sarah, They’re Coming for You.  She has a Master of Science in Psychology from Nova Southeastern University and a Ph.D. in Paranormal Studies/Psychology from Union Institute and Graduate School, as well as being an adjunct psychology professor at Barry University and Palm Beach State College.  A psychic and a medium, she has the gift of seeing the dead since she was a child.  She also has taught parapsychology classes through the Palm Beach County School Board, as well as at Palm Beach State College.  Susan has extensive experience in the area of investigations of haunting
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Julius Katz and Archie Virtual Book Tour June 2011

Join Dave Zeltserman, author of the thriller novel, Julius Katz and Archie (Top Suspense), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in June 2011 on his second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Dave Zeltserman Dave Zeltserman won the 2010 Shamus Award for Julius Katz, Ellery Queen’s Readers Choice Award for Archie’s Been Framed, and is the acclaimed author of the ‘man out of prison’ crime trilogy: Small Crimes, Pariah and Killer, where Small Crimes was named by NPR as one of the five best crime and mystery novels of 2008, and Small Crimes and Pariah (2009) were picked by the Washington Post as best books of
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Pump Up Your Book’s May 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 15

Welcome to Day Fifteen of Pump Up Your Book’s May 2011 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. Pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Don’t forget our Facebook party on May 27 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before May 27, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150120034742449 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what
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A New Prospect Virtual Book Tour June & July 2011

Join Wayne Zurl, author of the police mystery novel, A New Prospect (Black Rose Writing), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in June & July 2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Wayne Zurl Wayne Zurl grew up on Long Island and retired after working for twenty years with the Suffolk County Police Department, one of the largest municipal law enforcement agencies in New York and the nation. For thirteen of those years he served as a section commander supervising investigators. Prior to his police career, Zurl served on active duty in the US Army during the Vietnam War and later in the
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Pump Up Your Book’s May 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 14

Welcome to Day Fourteen of Pump Up Your Book’s May 2011 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. Pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Don’t forget our Facebook party on May 27 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before May 27, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150120034742449 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what
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Pump Up Your Book’s May 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 13

Welcome to Day Thirteen of Pump Up Your Book’s May 2011 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. Pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Don’t forget our Facebook party on May 27 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before May 27, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150120034742449 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Carla Malden

Carla Malden grew up in Los Angeles, California. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from U.C.L.A. with a Bachelor of Arts in English and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society for her academic achievement. She worked extensively in the film business, both in production and development. With her husband, filmmaker Laurence Starkman, she wrote twelve feature screenplays; they also served as rewrite guns-for-hire. The team of Malden & Starkman wrote and produced the short romantic comedy Whit & Charm, which screened at eight major film festivals, including The Hamptons, and won several awards. They also wrote and created a series of Cine Golden Eagle Award-winning Art History films
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Pump Up Your Book’s May 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 12

Welcome to Day Twelve of Pump Up Your Book’s May 2011 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. Pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Don’t forget our Facebook party on May 27 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before May 27, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150120034742449 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what
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Frederico, the Mouse Violinist Virtual Book Tour June 2011

Join Mayra Calvani, author of the children’s picture book, Frederico, the Mouse Violinist (Guardian Angel Publishing), as she virtually tours the blogosphere on June 6 – 17 2011 on her third virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Mayra Calvani Mayra Calvani writes fiction and nonfiction for children and adults.  Her nonfiction work, The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing was a ForeWord Best Book of the Year Award winner. She’s had over 300 stories, articles, interviews and reviews published. Frederico, the Mouse Violinist is her fifth and latest children’s picture book. Mayra reviews for SimplySharly.com and is co-editor of Voice in the Dark Ezine. She also offers
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Ghost Hunter Susan Kronick on Blog Talk Radio A Book and a Chat May 17

Pump Up Your Book would like to extend an invitation to all our readers to join Susan Kronick as she rounds off the second half of her virtual book tour during May with her 32nd stop at A Book and a Chat with the wonderful and talented talk show host Barry “Storyheart” Eva on Thursday, May 19! If you’d like to find out more about Susan and her publishing journey, tune into the show by visiting this link at these times: 4:30 Pacific 5:30 Central 6:30 Eastern (If you miss the show, you can listen to the interview by visiting their archives soon afterward.) About Susan: Susan Kronick’s background
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Romantic Suspense Author Alexandrea Weis on Blog Talk Radio A Book and a Chat May 19

Pump Up Your Book would like to extend an invitation to all our readers to join Alexandrea Weis as she kicks off the first half of her virtual book tour during May with her 14th stop at A Book and a Chat with the wonderful and talented talk show host Barry “Storyheart” Eva on Thursday, May 19! If you’d like to find out more about Alexandrea and her publishing journey, tune into the show by visiting this link at these times: 4:30 Pacific 5:30 Central 6:30 Eastern (If you miss the show, you can listen to the interview by visiting their archives soon afterward.) About Alexandrea: Alexandrea Weis began
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Pump Up Your Book’s May 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 11

Welcome to Day Eleven of Pump Up Your Book’s May 2011 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. Pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Don’t forget our Facebook party on May 27 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before May 27, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150120034742449 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what
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Halith Virtual Book Tour July 2011

Join Kirsten Kelly, author of the young adult science fiction/fantasy book, Halith (PCW Books), as she virtually tours the blogosphere in July on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Kirsten Kelly Kirsten Kelly lives in Miami, Florida where she enjoys kayaking, fishing, and travel. Like her characters, she lives for good friends, good food, and the next adventure. You can visit Kirsten Kelly’s website at www.pcwbooks.com To find out more about Kirsten visit www.pcwbooks.com About Halith Can one ever recall the very moment when the first step of destiny was taken? Retrospect can make this possible; or in 462 BC, the aid of a
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The Bronze and the Brimstone Virtual Book Tour June and July 2011

Join Lory Kaufman, author of the Young Adult Fantasy book, The Bronze and the Brimstone (The Fiction Studio), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in June and July on his second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Lory Kaufman “I write Post-Dystopian fiction. After society’s collapse, which is imagined in so many great dystopian stories, humans will either fade into history, with the dinosaurs, or, if it learns the right lessons, society will go on to construct a civilization to last tens of thousands of years. History Camp stories are the exciting adventures of young people doing the latter.” -Lory Kaufman On the artistic side of
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The Lowlands of Heaven Virtual Book Tour June, July and August 2011

Join F.J. Dagg, author of the inspirational fantasy fiction novel and San Diego Book Awards Finalist, The Lowlands of Heaven, as he virtually tours the blogosphere in June, July and August on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About F.J. Dagg F.J. Dagg grew up in Michigan, where for a time he was a musician in a variety of rock and blues bands. He graduated with honors from the University of Michigan with a degree in Philosophy and an additional concentration in Music Theory and History. After moving to California, his focus turned from music to the writing of fiction, which he pursued as various
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Pump Up Your Book’s May 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 10

Welcome to Day Ten of Pump Up Your Book’s May 2011 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. Pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Don’t forget our Facebook party on May 27 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before May 27, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150120034742449 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what
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Pump Up Your Book’s May 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 9

Welcome to Day Nine of Pump Up Your Book’s May 2011 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. Pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Don’t forget our Facebook party on May 27 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before May 27, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150120034742449 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what
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Pump Up Chats with Sci-Fi Mystery Author B.A. Chepaitis

Barbara Chepaitis is the author of 8 published books, including The Fear Principle featuring Jaguar Addams, and the critically acclaimed Feeding Christine and These Dreams. Her first nonfiction book, Feathers of Hope, is about Berkshire Bird Paradise and the human connection with birds.   She’s writing a sequel about Eagle Mitch, a bird she helped our US troops rescue from Afghanistan.  Barbara is founder of the storytelling trio The Snickering Witches, and faculty coordinator for the fiction component of Western Colorado’s MFA program in creative writing. Facebook site for Barbara – http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=615302442 Facebook site for Jaguar – http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jaguar-Addams-and-the-Fear-Series/135879429815445 Barbara’s website:   http://www.wildreads.com Thank you for this interview, Barbara.  Do you remember
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Pump Up Your Book’s May 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 8

Welcome to Day Eight of Pump Up Your Book’s May 2011 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. Pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Don’t forget our Facebook party on May 27 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before May 27, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150120034742449 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what
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From Mason to Minister: Through the Lattice Online Book Tour June 2011

Join Neil Cullan McKinlay, author of the Christian memoir, From Mason to Minister: Through the Lattice as he virtually tours the blogosphere in June 2011 on his first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Neil Cullan McKinlay I was born in Ontario, Canada when the leaves turned a beautiful red and gold in the fall. With mum and dad and my two older brothers we sailed across the Atlantic to my parent’s native Scotland when I was two. As my brother Stuart remembers it, “we sailed from the St. Lawrence in November 1958 in the bowels of the Royal Mail ship, Carinthia, taking a week to cross the
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‘Through The Fire: One Woman’s Experiences in Surviving Domestic Violence’ Online Book Tour June 2011

Join Harriet Cammock, author of the inspirational non-fiction Through The Fire: One Woman’s Experiences in Surviving Domestic Violence as she virtually tours the blogosphere in June 2011 on her first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Harriet Cammock It doesn’t matter how you start, it matters how you finish. This can be said of Harriet Cammock’s life. Born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, Harriet’s journey is one marked by a strong faith in the belief that you can overcome, if you try hard enough. Through childhood, her grandmother instilled in her a drive to succeed. After an abusive marriage, Harriet determined she would use her own experiences in overcoming
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Pump Up Your Book’s May 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 7

Welcome to Day Seven of Pump Up Your Book’s May 2011 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. Pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Don’t forget our Facebook party on May 27 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before May 27, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150120034742449 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what
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Pump Up Your Book’s May 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 6

Welcome to Day Six of Pump Up Your Book’s May 2011 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. Pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Don’t forget our Facebook party on May 27 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before May 27, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150120034742449 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what
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New Book For Review: Hard Boiled Crime Fiction ‘Flesh and Bones’ by Paul Levine

Paul Levine is touring in June and July with his hard boiled crime fiction novel, Flesh and Bones ( William Morrow and Company). “I was sitting at the end of the bar sipping single-malt Scotch when I spotted the tall blond woman with the large green eyes and the small gray gun.” The next thing Jake Lassiter knows, the woman pumps three bullets into the man on the next barstool. And Jake, the linebacker-turned-lawyer, has a new client. She’s stunning model Chrissy Bernhardt, and the dead man is her wealthy father. The defense? Chrissy claims that she’s recently recovered repressed memories of having been sexually abused by her father.
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Flesh and Bones Virtual Book Tour June and July 2011

Join Paul Levine, author of the hardboiled crime fiction novel, Flesh and Bones (William Morrow and Company), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in June and July on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Paul Levine The author of 14 novels, Paul Levine won the John D. MacDonald fiction award and has been nominated for the Edgar, Macavity, International Thriller, and James Thurber prizes. His critically acclaimed and bestselling “Jake Lassiter” novels have been published in 21 countries. The first of the series, “To Speak for the Dead,” was named one of the top ten thrillers of the year by the Los Angeles Times,
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The Tapestry Baby Virtual Book Tour June 2011

Join Carole Waterhouse, author of the literary fiction novel, The Tapestry Baby, as she virtually tours the blogosphere June 6 – 30 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Carole Waterhouse A creative writing professor at California University of Pennsylvania, Carole Waterhouse is the author of two novels, The Tapestry Baby and Without Wings, and a collection of short stories, The Paradise Ranch. Her fiction has appeared in Arnazella, Artful Dodge, Baybury Review, Ceilidh, Eureka Literary Magazine, Forum, Half Tones to Jubilee, Massachusetts Review, Minnetonka Review, Oracle: The Brewton-Parker College Review, Parting Gifts, Pointed Circle, Potpourri, Seems, Spout, The Armchair Aesthete, The Griffin,
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The Memoir of Marilyn Monroe Virtual Book Tour May and June 2011

Join Sandi Gelles-Cole, author of the fictionalized memoir, The Memoir of Marilyn Monroe (Gelles-Cole Literary Enterprises), as she virtually tours the blogosphere in May and June on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Sandi Gelles-Cole The Memoir of Marilyn Monroe is Sandi Gelles-Cole’s latest foray into fiction, building on her more than 35 years’ as a book editor, ghostwriter, and book doctor. She began her publishing career in 1973 with the David McKay Company and later held editorial positions with Dutton/NAL, Rawson Associates, and Dell. In 1983, she founded her editorial agency, Gelles-Cole Literary Enterprises, which continues to provide editorial services to agents, publishers,
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Pump Up Your Book’s May 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 5

Welcome to Day Five of Pump Up Your Book’s May 2011 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. Pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Don’t forget our Facebook party on May 27 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before May 27, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150120034742449 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what
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