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Announcing New Client: Gary Grossman, author of ‘Executive Command’

I have a truly fantastic author touring January 2 – February 13. If you love political fiction, this book tops the charts! Gary will be giving away a $100 Amazon Gift Certificate or payable by Paypal. Visit his official tour page here and if you want to sign up for the blog tour, find out the details here.

More about Gary:

Gary Grossman is an Emmy Award-winning network television producer, a print and television journalist, a novelist and a film and TV historian. His career has included sti...

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

Hi everyone!

We are recruiting bloggers to participate in Tessa Stockton’s Christian suspense/thriller The Unspeakable Book Blast! This event will take place January 14 – February 15. Tessa will be giving away a $25 Gift Certificate (payable by Amazon or Paypal), one autographed copy of her book, The Unforgiveable and one autographed paperback, The Unspeakable. All bloggers who sign up are eligible to win!

There will be no interviews, guest posts or reviews with this Book Blast. Just book s...

Simon & Schuster goes self-published?

According to the Christian Science Monitor yesterday, Simon and Schuster is teaming up with Author Solutions Inc. to create Archway Publishing, a publishing house which will focus on self-published books. At first glance, I’m thinking wait a minute, how can a publishing giant who is definitely not a self-publishing company cash in on the self-publishing craze? It just didn’t make any sense to me until I read further. And still it doesn’t really make any sense but I’m sure they have their...

Announcing New Client: Ingrid King, Author of ‘Purrs of Wisdom: Conscious Living Feline Style’

I have a truly fantastic author touring December 3 – January 11. Ingrid toured with us last year at this same time with her book, Dear Sparkle: Cat-to-Cat Advice from the World’s Foremost Feline Columnist. Loved loved loved the book. Cute cover! I had a cat who looked just like the cat on the cover. It’s been so long, I’m forgetting the cat’s name but hopefully it’ll come to me. Dang, don’t you hate that. I want to say Morris, but not that’s not it. Dang. Anyway, Ingrid will be doing some...

Pump Up Your Book Announces Lucas Trent 3: Grand Theft Magic Virtual Book Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to announce Richard Blunt’s Lucas Trent 3: Grand Theft Magic Virtual Book Publicity Tour beginning December 3, 2012 and ending on March 15, 2013. Richard will be on hand during his worldwide tour talking about his book in candid interviews and guest posts! As an added bonus, Susan’s tour is also part of a Kindle Fire HD Giveaway! To find out more details visit his official tour page here.

Publishing under a pen name to keep his personal life separate from his w...

Pump Up Your Book Announces Susan DiPlacido’s Shuffle Up and Deal Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to announce Susan DiPlacido’s Shuffle Up and Deal Virtual Book Publicity Tour beginning December 3, 2012 and ending on March 15, 2013. Susan will be on hand during her nationwide tour talking about her book in candid interviews and guest posts! As an added bonus, Susan’s tour is also part of a Kindle Fire HD Giveaway! To find out more details visit her official tour page here.

Susan DiPlacido is the author of 24/7, Trattoria, Mutual Holdings, House Money, Lady...

Does your book have a cliff-hanging first chapter moment?

I was just talking to one of my tour coordinators, Cheryl Malandrinos, about a new feature (she was the one who gave me the idea) at Literarily Speaking called First Chapter Reviews. It’s simple. Instead of reading the whole book, you read the first chapter and give a quick review, then mention whether you would keep reading or not. Sure it’s not a full-fledged review but I feel these first chapter reviews really tell you something about a book and that’s why I like doing them.

One thing I...

Fictionwise is Closing Shop

Much like what’s happened to many bookstores in the last few years, the world’s first ebook retailer has finally called it quits. Here’s the press release:

November 15, 2012

Dear Fictionwise Publisher/Author,

As you may know, Barnes & Noble acquired Fictionwise, Inc. (Fictionwise) on March 3, 2009. Fictionwise runs several eBook websites, including Fictionwise.com, eReader.com and eBookwise.com. Over the past few years there has been a significant decrease in demand for many of the eBook for...

Calling all bloggers to participate in Ingrid King’s Purrs of Wisdom Book Blast!

We are recruiting bloggers to participate in Ingrid King’s Purrs of Wisdom Book Blast! This event will take place between December 3 – 14, then January 2 – 11. We need at least 30 bloggers but are aiming at 50 or more. Ingrid will be giving away a $25 Gift Certificate (payable by Amazon or Paypal), one autographed paperback and 3 electronic copies of her book, Purrs of Wisdom: Conscious Living, Feline Style. The top prize winner will receive a $25 Gift Certificate and a paperback copy of...

Making your virtual book tour stops count

Today is the first day of November 2012 tours! It’s crazy, it’s insane and it sets the fire roaring through your veins. I started going through the stops and as I’m doing this I’m wondering if anyone heeded my plea to leave comments on these stops and thank the blog host. I’ve only started so I’m not sure if they did or didn’t but something has to be said about the importance of this.

I had a blogger tell one of my blogging groups that when the author never leaves a comment, it looks like...