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The Bone Trail Virtual Book Tour April 2011

Join Nell Walton, author of the mystery thriller The Bone Trail as she virtually tours the blogosphere in April 2011 on her first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Nell Walton Nell Walton is an avid horsewoman and also owns two wild horses, both of which came from a herd near Elko, NV. She is also the founder and managing editor of the online equestrian news magazine, The AllHorses Post (www.allpetspost.org/allhorsespost). She has degrees in journalism and biology from the University of Arkansas, spent many years as a professional journalist and worked as an intern for former President Bill Clinton when he was governor of Arkansas. She lives
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Pump Up Your Book’s March 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 11

Welcome to Day Eleven of Pump Up Your Book’s March 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 March 25 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before March 25, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150097454282449 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what
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The Chimp Who Loved Me Virtual Book Tour April 2011

Join Tim Vandehey & Annie Greer, authors of the humor book, The Chimp Who Loved Me, as they virtually tour the blogosphere April 4 – 29  2011 on their first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Tim Vandehey & Annie Greer Annie Greer is a certified veterinary chiropractioner, radio host, animal behaviorist, farmer’s wife and AKC Canine Good Citizen evaluator who, with her veterinarian husband, Kent, runs three animal clinics and a 40-acre farm in Apopka, Florida. Tim Vandehey is a journalist, ghostwriter and book collaborator who has written more than 35 books since 2004 in the sports, self-help, memoir, spiritual, financial, business, and healthcare genres.
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Pump Up Your Book’s March 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 10

Welcome to Day Ten of Pump Up Your Book’s March 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 March 25 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before March 25, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150097454282449 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what prizes
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Pump Up Your Book’s March 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 9

Welcome to Day Nine of Pump Up Your Book’s March 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 March 25 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before March 25, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150097454282449 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what prizes
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The Face of God Virtual Book Tour April 2011

Join Bill Myers, author of the supernatural/suspense/Christian novel, The Face of God, as he virtually tours the blogosphere April 4 – 29 2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Bill Myers Writer/director Bill Myers’s first major success was as co-creator/writer/co-producer of Focus on the Family’s children’s video series, McGee and Me (40 awards, broadcast in 80 countries, 4.5 million books and videos sold). On its heels he wrote the My Life as… series (over 2.1 million books sold). Other successes include his teen series, Forbidden Doors (winner of the C.S. Lewis Honor Award), and his best selling adult novels, Blood of Heaven, Fire
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Children’s Book Author Hayley Rose

Hayley Rose grew up in the beach side town of Pacific Palisades , California, to a family of visual artists.  In the early 1990’s she traveled the U.S. with her band Crush Violet.  In 1994, after a family reunion, she was inspired to write a children’s book.  Looking for a cute and catchy name for a main character, she kept hearing “first in, first out”.  Hence, the name Fifo was born.  Hayley’s mother would often ask her what she wanted to be when she grew up, so Hayley decided to start her series of “Fifo” books with that very question.  Her first book, Fifo “When I Grow Up” was
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Pump Up Your Book’s March 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 7

Welcome to Day Seven of Pump Up Your Book’s March 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 March 25 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before March 25, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150097454282449 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what
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The Treasure Hunters Club: The Secrets of the Magical Medallions Virtual Book Tour April 2011

Join Sean McCartney, author of the middle grade/YA novel, The Treasure Hunters Club: The Secrets of the Magical Medallions, as he virtually tours the blogosphere April 4 – 29  2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Sean McCartney Sean Paul McCartney (he’s not related to the Beatle) was born in 1971. He graduated from Alfred University in upstate New York with a Bachelor’s in Communications in 1993. From there he played two exciting season traveling around the world with the Washington Generals playing against the world famous Harlem Globetrotters. In 1996 Sean earned his Masters in Education and embarked on a career as
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The Social Media Revolution: How the World is Changing the Way You Sell Your Book

Did you know? Facebook gets more traffic on a weekly basis in the U.S. than Google Social media has taken over pornography as the #1 activity on the web YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine in the world Kindle ebooks outsold paperbacks at Amazon last Christmas Pump Up Your Book’s authors ARE selling their books through social media via virtual book tours Our company BELIEVES social media is not the wave of the future… THE FUTURE IS NOW Watch this Video!


  • March 8, 2011
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Pump Up Your Book’s March 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 6

Welcome to Day Six of Pump Up Your Book’s March 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 March 25 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before March 25, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150097454282449 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what prizes
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Pump Up Your Book’s March 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 5

Welcome to Day Five of Pump Up Your Book’s March 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 March 25 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before March 25, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150097454282449 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what prizes
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Pump Up Chats with Borneo Tom McLaughlin

An award winning science teacher, Tom McLaughlin battled a rare neurological disease to a standstill, packed up and moved to Malaysian Borneo. He traveled extensively on the local discount airline, re married and is now the father of a vasectomy failed son. His adventures are shared in his book, Borneo Tom. He teaches English and English Literature at a local international school. He shares his life on his blog at www.borneotom.com and Face Book at Borneo Tom. Thank you for this interview, TOM.  Do you remember writing stories as a child or did the writing bug come later?  Do you remember your first published piece? A: In college, I
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Pump Up Your Book’s March 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 4

Welcome to Day Four of Pump Up Your Book’s March 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 March 25 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before March 25, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150097454282449 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what prizes
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Pump Up Your Book’s March 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 3

Welcome to Day Three of Pump Up Your Book’s March 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 March 25 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before March 25, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150097454282449 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what prizes
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Pump Up Your Book’s March 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 2

Welcome to Day Two of Pump Up Your Book’s March 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 March 25 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before March 25, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150097454282449 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what prizes
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with ‘Chasing Zebras’ Barbara Barnett

Barbara Barnett is Co-Executive Editor of Blogcritics, an Internet magazine of pop culture, politics and more owned by Technorati Media. Always a pop-culture geek, Barbara was raised on a steady diet of TV (and TV dinners), but she always found her way to TV’s antiheroes and misunderstood champions, whether on TV, in the movies or in literature. Barnett’s regular column, “Welcome to the End of the Thought Process: An Introspective Look at House, M.D.” features insightful episode commentaries and interviews with the House cast and creative team. It is the place for intelligent discussion of the hit television series starring Hugh Laurie. Barbara has had an eclectic career. With
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Pump Up Your Book’s March 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 1

Welcome to Day One of Pump Up Your Book’s March 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 March 25 where you can win lots of valuable prizes.  “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before March 25, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150097454282449 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 February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 19

Welcome to Day Nineteen of Pump Up Your Book’s February 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. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting Situations Where You May Need It!
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  • February 24, 2011
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Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 18

Welcome to Day Eighteen of Pump Up Your Book’s February 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. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting Booknoise and Curling Up By The
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Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 17

Welcome to Day Seventeen of Pump Up Your Book’s February 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. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting A Few More Pages! Chris Astor
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Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 16

Welcome to Day Sixteen of Pump Up Your Book’s February 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. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting Niki’s Book Reviews! Chris Astor is
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Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 15

Welcome to Day Fifteen of Pump Up Your Book’s February 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. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting Review From Here, Snowdrop Dreams and
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Borneo Tom Online Book Tour March ’11 – February ’12

Join Borneo Tom McLaughlin, author of the travel journal Borneo Tom: Stories and Sketches of Love, Travel and Jungle Family in Tropical Asia as he virtually tours the blogosphere from MArch 2011 to February 2012 on his first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Borneo Tom Science teacher Tom McLaughlin battled a rare neurological disease to a stand still, packed up his life and moved to Malaysian Borneo from a Washington D.C. suburb. Landing in Kuching, he quickly learned the Malay language and involved himself in projects which includes orangutan rehabilitation and research about the famed naturalist, Alfred Wallace, whose thunder was stolen by Charles Darwin. The advent
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Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 14

Welcome to Day Fourteen of Pump Up Your Book’s February 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. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting Brooke’s Box of Books and Snowdrop Dreams!
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Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 13

Welcome to Day Thirteen of Pump Up Your Book’s February 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. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting Brooke’s Box of Books and A Fanatic’s
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Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 12

Welcome to Day Twelve of Pump Up Your Book’s February 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. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting Paper Cut Reviews! Chris Astor is a
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Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 11

Welcome to Day Eleven of Pump Up Your Book’s February 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. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting Avery’s Book Nook! Chris Astor is a
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Pump Up Chats with Erin Bassett – Author of Online Series ‘Clock Work’

Erin Bassett is author of the online serial Clock Work, published in several magazines and has a Chapbook published. She is a member of NTSFWW and Senior Editor for CW Productions. Erin enjoys off beat, out the ordinary writing of the urban fantasy persuasion, but also revels in classic fantasy stories with gripping battles, wizards, dragons or monsters, and epic fight scenes set in far off, mythical or fantastic places. Her book shelves are packed with everything from Holly Black, Martin Miller and Terry Pratchett to Christy Lijewski, Dean Koontz and Hal Duncan. Thank you for this interview, Erin Bassett. Do you remember writing stories as a child or
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Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 9

Welcome to Day Nine of Pump Up Your Book’s February 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. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting The Mortal’s Library, Booksnob and Frazzled Book
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