Posts Tagged ‘online book promotion’

Sea Turtle Summer Virtual Book Publicity Tour December 2011

 Join Nancy Stewart, bestselling author of the children’s picture book, Sea Turtle Summer (Guardian Angel Publishing, November 2011) as she virtually tours the blogosphere from December 5 – 16, 2011 on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Nancy Stewart After having been both an elementary school teacher, a university professor of education and a consultant for New Options, Inc. in New York City, Nancy Stewart writes children’s books full time.   She, her husband and three sons, lived in London for eight years, where she was a consultant to several universities, including Cambridge.   Her travels take her extensively throughout the world, most particularly Africa. Nancy is US chair of a charity
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Zaftan Miscreants Virtual Book Publicity Tour December 2011

Join Hank Quense, author of the humorous/satirical science-fiction novel, Zaftan Miscreants: Book 2 in the Zaftan Trilogy (CreateSpace/Smashwords, October 2011), as he virtually tours the blogosphere from December 5 – 16, 2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Hank Quense Award-winning author Hank Quense lives in Bergenfield, NJ with his wife Pat.  They have two daughters and five grandchildren.  He writes humorous fantasy and sci-fi stories.  On occasion, he also writes an article on fiction writing or book marketing but says that writing nonfiction is like work while writing fiction is fun.  He refuses to write serious genre fiction saying there is enough of that on the front page
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Blue by Lou Aronica Virtual Book Publicity Tour March 2012

Join Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue (The Fiction Studio), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in March ’12 on his second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Lou Aronica Lou Aronica is the author of several novels and works of nonfiction, including the New York Times bestseller, The Element (written with Ken Robinson) and the national bestseller, The Culture Code (written with Clotaire Rapaille). He lives in Southern Connecticut with his wife and four children. To find out more about Lou or to learn more about Blue visit The Fiction Studio About Blue Chris Astor is a man in his early forties who
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Murder on the Down Low Virtual Book Publicity Tour January & February 2012

Join Pamela Samuels Young, author of the legal thriller, Murder on the Down Low (Goldman House Publishing), as she virtually tours the blogosphere in January and February on her 13th virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Pamela Samuels Young Corporate attorney Pamela Samuels Young has always abided by the philosophy that you create the change you want to see. Fed up with never seeing women or people of color depicted as savvy, hot shot attorneys in the legal thrillers she read, Pamela decided to create her own characters. Despite the demands of a busy legal career, Pamela accomplished her ambitious goal by rising at four in
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Traegonia: The Ember Rune Virtual Publicity Book Tour December 2011

Join K.S. Krueger, author of the middle grade fantasy novel, Traegonia: The Ember Rune (Outskirts Press, August 2011 ), as she virtually tours the blogosphere from December 19 – 30, 2011 on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About K.S. Krueger Although her background has been in business, K.S. Krueger has always loved to write. She has written poetry and several children’s stories originally for her eldest daughter. Kim enjoys the idea of seeing the world through the eyes of her imagination and finds herself submerged in the worlds she creates. Imagination has never been in short supply ever since she was a child.  Because her Traegonia series rides a fine
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Traegonia: The Sunbow Prophecy Virtual Book Publicity Tour December 2011

Join K.S. Krueger, author of the middle grade fantasy novel, Traegonia: The Sunbow Prophecy (Outskirts Press, August 2011 ), as she virtually tours the blogosphere from December 5 – 16, 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About K.S. Krueger Although her background has been in business, K.S. Krueger has always loved to write. She has written poetry and several children’s stories originally for her eldest daughter. Kim enjoys the idea of seeing the world through the eyes of her imagination and finds herself submerged in the worlds she creates. Imagination has never been in short supply ever since she was a child.  Because her Traegonia series rides a fine line
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Empty Time Virtual Book Publicity Tour December 2011

Join Frank Scully, author of the thriller/mystery novel, Empty Time  (MuseItUpPublishing, October 2011), as he virtually tours the blogosphere from December 5 – 16, 2011 on his second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Frank Scully Frank Scully was born and raised in a small town in North Dakota and received a Bachelor’s degree in History with Phi Beta Kappa Honors and a Juris Doctor degree in Law from the University of North Dakota.  He then served more than five years as a Judge Advocate General Corps Officer in the U.S. Army in the U.S., Vietnam, and Thailand. After that he attended the prestigious Thunderbird School and received a Masters in
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Tumbleweed Christmas Virtual Book Publicity Tour December 2011

Join Beverly Stowe McClure, author of the early reader holiday book, Tumbleweed Christmas (4Rv Publishing, August 2011), as she virtually tours the blogosphere from December 5 – 16, 2011 on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Beverly Stowe McClure When Beverly was a kid she hated to read. Even though her eighth  grade  teacher sent her poem “Stars” to the National High School Poetry Association, and it was published in Young America Sings, an anthology of Texas high school poetry, she hated to write.  In spite of her rocky relationship with the written word, she attended Midwestern University where she read too many books to count, graduated, and became a
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Dax Rigby, War Correspondent Virtual Book Publicity Tour December 2011

Join John Rosenman, author of the sci-fi romantic adventure novel, Dax Rigby, War Correspondent (MuseItUpPublishing, September 2011), as he virtually tours the blogosphere from December 5 – 16, 2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About John Rosenman John recently retired as an English professor at Norfolk State University where he designed and taught a course in how to write Science fiction and Fantasy. He is a former Chairman of the Board of the Horror Writers Association and has published approximately 350 stories in places such as Weird Tales, Whitley Strieber’s Aliens, Fangoria, Galaxy, The Age of Wonders, and the Hot Blood anthology series. John has published
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Marta Perry, author of “Katie’s Way”

A lifetime spent in rural Pennsylvania, where she still lives, and her own Pennsylvania Dutch roots led Marta Perry to write about the Plain People and their rich heritage in her current novels. The author of more than forty novels, with over five million copies of her books in print, Marta is active in her church and community. She is a member of Romance Writers of America, American Christian Fiction Writers, and Pennwriters. When she’s not writing, she and her husband enjoy traveling, gardening, and visiting their six beautiful grandchildren. For more information, visit Marta on the web at www.martaperry.com, on Facebook at Marta Perry Books, and check out
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Pump Up Chats with Robert Nelson, author of “Realize Real Eyez Real Liez”

Robert Nelson was born and raised in Garner, North Carolina where he earned the connections and street credibility needed to bring a sense of authenticity to his work. Consequentially, this lead to his stay in the luxurious NC-DOC where through a lot of retrospection he developed a strategy to defeat what he had become. Through the guidance of the Aryan Brotherhood and the variety of other hardened criminals he  played cards with he focused his energy into developing his skills as a writer to keep the youth from making the same mistakes he did. If he can open just one pair of eyes through his writing, everything he’s put
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The Star-Crossed Saga: Protostar Virtual Book Publicity Tour December 2011/January 2012

Join Braxton A. Cosby, author of the young adult science fiction novel, The Star-Crossed Saga: Protostar (Firefly Publishing & Ent,LLC), as he virtually tours the blogosphere December 5 – January 23 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Braxton A. Cosby Braxton A. Cosby is a dreamer with a vision of continuously evolving and maximizing the untapped potential of the human spirit. Braxton received a lot of his inspiration from watching the accomplishments and exploits of his famous uncle, comedic legend Bill Cosby. A physical therapist by background, Braxton received his Bachelors, Masters, and Doctorate from the University of Miami. Braxton’s fascination of
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Pump Up Chats with David Friedman, Author of “Fundamentally Different”

David Friedman, author of Fundamentally Different, is the former President of RSI, an award-winning employee benefits brokerage and consulting firm in the Philadelphia area.  He is a frequent guest speaker and seminar leader on organizational culture, leadership and values.  A graduate of the College of William & Mary with a degree in Philosophy, Friedman currently lives in Moorestown, NJ with his wife and 2 college-age children. Website:  http://fundamentally-different.com/ Blog:  http://djfriedman.com/blog/ Twitter:  http://twitter.com/#!/DavidFriedman4 Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/FundamentallyDifferentBook  Thank you for this interview, David. Do you remember writing stories as a child or did the writing bug come later?  Do you remember your first published piece? I’ve always enjoyed writing, but mostly non-fiction. 
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Farsighted Virtual Book Publicity Tour December 2011

Join Emlyn Chand, author of the YA paranormal novel, Farsighted (Blue Crown Press), as she virtually tours the blogosphere December 5 – 16 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Emlyn Chand Emlyn Chand has always loved to hear and tell stories, having emerged from the womb with a fountain pen grasped firmly in her left hand (true story). When she’s not writing, she runs a large book club in Ann Arbor and is the president of author PR firm, Novel Publicity. Emlyn loves to connect with readers and is available throughout the social media interweb. Visit www.emlynchand.com for more info. Don’t forget
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Pump Up Chats with Paranormal Romance Author Jaime McDougall

Jaime McDougall is a citizen of the world, currently loving life in beautiful country Victoria in Australia. She loves eating sushi, kidnapping her husband and naming her pets in honour of science fiction authors. She has been published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: High School: The Real Deal and Chicken Soup for the Soul: Campus Chronicles. So You Want to Write a Guest Post: An Author’s Guide to Promoting with Guest Blogging is her most recent non-fiction ebook. She has also enjoyed writing a column called ‘The New Australian’ in local newspapers as well as various articles online. Echo Falls is her first paranormal romance novel. You can
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Nor’Easter Leaves Many Without Power

You might be asking yourself right now, why this is appearing at the Pump Up Your Book! website? Well, for those of you who don’t know, I live in one of the areas impacted by the freak October snowstorm that pummeled the Northeast this weekend. That means I have no power at home and will be without power until Friday. What that means to our tour hosts is I don’t have access to any of your contact information, because it is on my server at home that will remain out of service until electricity is restored. If you requested to be a tour host for any of the book tours
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Humor Author Noah Baird

Noah Baird wanted to attend the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College, but his grades weren’t good enough (who knew?).  However, his grades were good enough to fly for the U.S. Navy (again, who knew?), where he spent 14 years until the government figured out surfers don’t make the best military aviators. He has also tried to be a stand-up comedian in Hawaii for Japanese tourists where the language barrier really screwed up some great jokes. On the bright side, a sailboat was named after the punchline of one of his jokes. He has several political satire pieces published on The Spoof under the pen name orioncrew. 
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Rise of the Vampire Virtual Book Publicity Tour December ’11 and January ’12

Join Joann Harris, author of the horror novel Rise of the Vampire (Esquire Publications), as she virtually tours the blogosphere December 5 -16, 2011 and January 2-13, 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Joann Harris Joann was born in Durham, North Carolina. She has three wonderful children. She started writing at the age of nine years old, just little stories, and really got into horror at the age of nineteen. It was at that point that she knew she was meant to be a horror writer, even though she tried to write other genres. Rise of the Vampire is her first book.
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New Book for Review for December 2011: ‘Empty Time’ by Frank Scully

Frank Scully is touring from December 5th – 16th with the third book in his Decade Mystery Series, Empty Time. Jim Lang’s life sputtered into a workaholic rut on a middle rung of the corporate ladder while his colleagues, using his business plan, became the international business titans he once aspired to be. Bad memories of busted marriages and broken promises are all that keep him company in his personal hours so he is more than willing to sacrifice that empty time to his job to make the corporation grow.  His bosses have one more sacrifice in mind for him.  To die for them. Deceived, betrayed and framed for murder
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New Book for Review: Light Under the House

Aaron L will be touring December 5 – 16 with his Christian fantasy historical suspense novel Light Under the House. Light Under the House is the saga of an American family—the Levis, a family of secrets. None greater than the secret of what lies under their house, a secret that could destroy them. A secret that an ancient evil will stop at nothing to uncover. The novel follows the Levi family line for a generation, creating a story that explores lives lived in the aftermath of the cultural rebellion of the late 1960’s. It is a historical fiction novel that shows the power of consequence and the hope of
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New Book for Review: CyberLife

W.H. Buxton will be touring December 5, 2011-February 17, 2012 with his fantasy science fiction novel CyberLife. The year is 2069 and Jim Murphy thinks he has the world pretty much figured out, as a Knowledge Management Consultant (whatever that is!) muddling through various technology consulting jobs. That is, until his company, SciPop Inc., assigns him to work a particularly unusual project involving the acquisition of a small backpacking and hiking services business owned by techno-hater Laura Meyers. Jim, however, never works alone. He, like everyone else in the world, is armed with the ultimate technology super-support tool: a personalized, artificially intelligent, holographic Virtual Life form, more commonly known
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Light Under the House Virtual Book Publicity Tour December 2011

Join Aaron L, author of the Christian fantasy historical suspense novel Light Under the House (Ravensbrook Press), as he virtually tours the blogosphere December 5 -16 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Aaron L Aaron L might be a newcomer to the creation of Christian fiction but is not one when it comes to the arts and all things creative. He spent a lot of his time drawing as a kid, growing up in many places, from Seattle to South Africa. Aaron always knew that his future lay in this field. In 2010, he graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree
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CyberLife Virtual Book Publicity Tour December, January and February

Join W.H. Buxton, author of the fantasy science fiction novel CyberLife (Bennett and Hastings Publishing), as he virtually tours the blogosphere December 5, 2011 – February 14, 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About W.H. Buxton Winslow Buxton is a retired Navy Commander and helicopter pilot who received his Masters of Science in Information Technology and Management from the Navy Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. After retiring from the Navy, he worked as a Knowledge Systems Architect Consultant, helping multiple Navy and Air Force Commands initiate and develop their Knowledge Management Programs. He currently resides in Gulf Breeze, Florida with his wife, Bonnie.
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New Book for Review: Monsters of L.A.

Lisa Morton will be touring December 5-16 with her horror fiction collection Monsters of L.A. Frankenstein, Dracula, Mr. Hyde, the Phantom, the Hunchback…they’re all here, the ones you grew up watching on the silver screen. But these monsters aren’t lumbering across a fog-shrouded moor or clambering along the ramparts of a Gothic castle; no, they’re here, in sunny modern-day Southern California, in places you know and may have visited. That homeless vet with the rebuilt leg lounging before the liquor store in Santa Monica – could that be Frankenstein’s monster? The eerie host making promises at the end of an Orange County amusement park ride – is he really
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Monsters of L.A. Virtual Book Publicity Tour December 2011

Join Lisa Morton, author of the horror fiction collection Monsters of L.A. (Bad Moon Books), as she virtually tours the blogosphere December 5 – 16 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Lisa Morton Lisa Morton is the screenwriter of cult favorites Meet the Hollowheads and Blood Angels, and has also written numerous episodes of children’s animated series. She is a four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award (including Superior Achievement in a First Novel for The Castle of Los Angeles), and her short fiction has appeared in such books and magazines as Dark Delicacies, The Living Dead, Cemetery Dance, The Mammoth Book
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New Book for Review: Closet

Eric Swanson will be touring December 5-16with his Christian Fiction novel, Closet. Derek is a struggling seminary graduate and turns to the occult after receiving multiple rejections from various churches. But this opens a portal to a demonic dimension that a local witch uses to take his mentally disabled son and wife into. Now Derek must enter a demonic world to save the ones he loves with the aid of the Holy Spirit, who shows up in seven different human forms depending on the situation. Along the way Derek finds out what really matters in life after coming to terms with his own weaknesses. But will he do this
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Closet Virtual Book Publicity Tour December 2011

Join Eric Swanson, author of the Christian fiction novel Closet (Faith Books and More), as he virtually tours the blogosphere December 5 – 16 2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Eric Swanson Eric graduated from Moody Bible Institute in Chicago with a MDIV degree. After Eric graduated he went on several short term mission trips and even applied for some long term missionary assignments. Eric also felt lead to seek out a job in a church setting, but the door for both domestic and international long term service was closed. Eric went through a time of wondering what his next step should
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New Book for Review: Savvy Diva’s Take On…:44 Days of Random Thoughts and Observations

Jahzara, the Savvy Diva is touring from December 5 -16 with her women’s fiction short stories novel, Savvy Diva’s Take On…:44 Days of Random Thoughts and Observations. Savvy Diva’s Take On…44 Days of Random Thoughts & Observations is an easy going, up and down, serious but funny, “make my day” type of book that sends a reader on a roller coaster ride. The narrative format will have you laughing, smiling and nodding your head as Jahzara expresses her random thoughts and opinions from a unique perspective. Jahzara peels away layers of her life, dotting each experience with an outlook that is a breath of fresh air, revealing her wacky
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Savvy Diva’s Take On…:44 Days of Random Thoughts and Observations Virtual Book Tour December 2011

Join Jahzara, the Savvy Diva, author of the women’s fiction/short stories novel Savvy Diva’s Take On…:44 Days of Random Thoughts and Observations (Jahphut), as she virtually tours the blogosphere December 5 – 16 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Jahzara, the Savvy Diva Jahzara, the Savvy Diva knew since the moment she received allocates and laughter from her comedic short stories in grade school, that she wanted to be a writer. Passionate about the sweet taste of cake and cupcakes with butter crème frosting, paved a creative yet intuitive journey for Jahzara’s writing as she discovered unique variations to describe her love
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New Book for Review: She Had No Choice

Debbie Burroughs is touring from December 5 -16 with her women’s fiction novel, She Had No Choice. This poignant and gripping drama plays out from 1918 Mexico to 1960 California, and is full of love and heartbreak, prejudice and betrayal, lovers, friends and family. It is inspired by a true story. Follow Sofía’s journey from a perilous midnight crossing into the U.S. as a child to a life of hard labor and bad relationships with the wrong men. Hungry for love, her first lover leads to a daughter, Eva, born out of wedlock. When he abandons her and their baby, another unsavory man is quick to come to her
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