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Book blog tours vary wildly in their costs and readership reach. If you have a blog and are willing to host christian authors on your site, please submit your information here. We blog the world wbtw was founded by renee blodgett whose initial goal was to cross pollinate ideas and stories across the globe with the hope of providing a deeper understanding of cultures foreign to our own. As a privatelyheld, family business, we have been gratefully serving clients since operating our first tour in 1965. Keeping that in mind during this frantic holiday shopping season, i compiled a list of creative advertising ideas with examples to make your brand stand out. There are countless fiction and nonfiction blogs that have emerged in the past few years, all written by. How to organize a truly successful blog tour reedsy. It has morphed from its earliest days and is today dedicated to transformative travel, at the crossroads of where adventure, wellness and luxury meet. Im guessing that they dont go and research new blog stops much. May 11, 2014 book blog tours vary wildly in their costs and readership reach. At the very bottom of the page there will be a form where you can fill in your information.

Why writers should work with book bloggers, how to find the best. They read my book, understood everything i was going for with it, and worked hard to line up exactly the right placements and events around it. Blog tours can be a great way to drum up early excitement about your books release. We work closely with authors to determine their target market and rely on their input. Sanddriana travels ltd travel and tours tourism company. I posted this blog post about how to set up a blog tour years ago, on the release of mistress of the sun, but much of it holds true today.

Blog tour hosts for christian authors body and soul publishing. About the author rachel churcher was born between the last manned moon landing, and the first orbital space shuttle mission. We specialize in romance fiction in all its subgenres. We will book you as early as possible, but do not guarantee a start date eight weeks from submission and payment. Today we serve major markets with a dedicated, experienced and caring team. Anna belfrage on blog tour for a torch in his heart, october 9november 16. Ive been asked about my blog tour twice in two days. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading virtual book tour magic. We will contact our 200 bloggers about your request.

These tours are sometimes called book blog tours or virtual author. Sanddriana travels is a world class, innovative and customer focused travel management company. Innovation excellence the worlds most popular innovation web site. When you write a novel and follow the indie publishing route, youre faced with marketing your work yourself. Terrys book, how to promote your book with a blog tour. Learn all about blog tours, how to participate, and what some of the rulesbest practices are. Through an innovative mix of widely read book blogs and specialty blogs, we seek to reach a targeted audience that would be predisposed to enjoying your book. Part of me wanted to promote the book, the other part the blog, and doing both didnt work. What authors need to know about virtual book tours by dana lynn smith explains different kinds of book tours and how indie authors can use them. I am a repeat offender when it comes to doing blog tours with partners in crime and i plan on returning soon, with my new novel for 2017, no fury like that. Nancy christie is the awardwinning author of peripheral visions and other stories rutbusting book for authors, rutbusting book for writers, traveling left of center and other stories and the gifts of change. Blog tours, virtual author tours, book trailers, and online pr promos. Cheryl and gina are always on top of things, have great followthrough, and produce great results. She remembers watching the launch of sts1, and falling in love with space.

Sydney jamesson on blog tour for the darkest corners, november 1923. How to participate in blog tours nose graze nose graze. This page features blog tours, virtual author tours, and other online pr promo services, etc. Book blog tours an essential marketing tool for authors. Make sure to look at the schedule in the middle of the page to see the currently open dates. I guess they have established relationships with certain bloggers or groups of bloggers, thus having a network to tap into when they book a tour for someone. As with radio and tv tours, blog tours enable a book and author to. The petite book blogger i want to travel the world with my dogs, camera, and a bag of books. A book blog tour is a marketing initiative in which an author instead of physically. The innovative leadership fieldbook provides a straightforward flow for understanding and working with five key elements of ones own leadership your leadership type, your developmental stage, your resilience, your integration of different perspectives of your experience, and your behaviors. Gina and cheryl are fantastic to work with they are prompt with their responses, patient with a constantly befuddle author, kind, supportive and uberorganized. What authors need to know about virtual book tours by dana.

For more information on how to conduct a successful blog tour, we recommend a. Our publicists are here to answer frequently asked questions about blog tours. Contact me if you would like the names of the ones i participated in, or any further information on these tours. We are super excited to announce a blog tour were hosting for a mg fantasy book, aru shah and the tree of wishes by roshani chokshi which releases on april 7, 2020.

Stress free apart from sending in your book information, interview answers, and guest posts, you dont have to lift a finger. Please read the general terms about working with lolas blog tours tours before booking a tour. Xpresso book tours is run by giselle of xpresso reads. Services lolas blog tours organizing book blog tours. She was incorporated under the companies allied matters act 1990 in march 2011 rc 940125. Dec 01, 2011 charie, virtual book tours can work for any type of book the key is to tour in places that match the target audience for your book.

The blog tour doesnt make sales based on my experience. To new bloggers, it is a copy paste post to share the cover of the book in the blogging world and social media. Debra denker on blog tour for weather menders, january 25february 15. Tap into their power and make the most of them with this stepbystep guide. I dont work in book tours, so im just guessing here. I wonder if it would have been more helpful to tour the month before the release, but write all. Im so excited to be a part of the hope nation blog tour because i love this book so much. No images, text andor designs from this site may be copied or reproduced without written permission. A blog tour is a set amount of time, usually a week or two, in which your book will be promoted across various websites and blogs. Bloggers interested in the cover reveal, put in your name in the comments. Her short stories and essays have appeared in numerous print and online publications. I have tried several virtual book tour coordinators and have even set up a book tour on my own, but none of them were as successful as my tours with pump up your book tour, which has the combination of expertise and experience needed to get the author the results they need. Cost effective compared to other blog tour companies rbtl book promotions is an affordable choice. Today its my turn on the blogtour battle ground by rachel churcher.

Your book blurb, book cover, buy links, and author information posted on minimum of two blogs per day. Book blog tours work for both authors and bloggers, albeit for different reasons. Laing, pale fire by vladimir nabokov, the god of small things by arundhati. Pricing will be discussed with the author and spots will be limited. If you are interested in scheduling a tasty tour or becoming a tasty tour host, please go to my blog page. Everything you need to know about organizing a blog tour. Authors are encouraged to build their own blog tour. The authorpublisher agrees to ship copies of their book to the tour hosts, to arrive at least 4 weeks prior to their tour dates. We can set up a virtual book tour for your book, but we also offer publicist services on a monthly basis, as well as social media management and even a custom book marketing campaign tailored to fit all your promotional needs. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Virtual book tours bargain book promotion twitter promotion. As the covid19 outbreak continues to cause challenges to the global tourism industry, its time to think creatively about new and innovative ways of working to bring in revenue for tour and activity. To book an event andor blog tour, please fill out the form here. If you hire a publicist for a blog tour, they will pitch your book to a series of blogs that fit your story.

Blog tour hosts for christian authors body and soul. And we wanted to be able to provide a service that would allow us to promote the authors and books we love. Bewitching book tours is geared towards the new author, the ebook author, the small and independent press author, and the midlist author the author who doesnt have a huge marketing budget but wants the most bang for their promotional buck. The secrets to planning a successful book promotion tour. Marketing and publicity of a book is very important to reach the vast number of readers across the world, and i would love to help you with that. Youve been so helpful, so i thought youd be the best person to direct this question to, and maybe it would help some others out there too. Xpresso book tours promises a stress free, fully organized promotional tour. We decided to start rockstar book tours because we love books, the authors behind the books they are our rockstars and blog tours. Everything you need to know about organizing a blog tour by the author newsletter team february, 2016 blog tours can be a great way to drum up early excitement about your book s release.

We would need a copy of your book to distribute to our bloggers at least 4 weeks in advance. We have worked hard to cultivate an unmatched expertise in the travel industry, working with top airlines, hotel chains on a preferred basis to deliver. Other bloggers may prefer to work directly with publishing houses. My mother use to come to visit rome about 6 times per year from around 2005 to 2014, i figured that a good option for bringing her around rome was by using a small golf cart and so the golf buggy tour was invented. Id have to get creative since the number of active blogs in that niche.

She has been part of the blogging community since september 2011, and launched xpresso book tours in october 2012. Its an innovative ya read based on ongoing modern political changes. Promotion we not only screen and set up tour stops for you, we promote the blog tour itself. After the tour is scheduled and all of the tour materials have been sent out, it is the responsibility of the blogger who signed up for the tour to post materials on their designated day. The petite book blogger i want to travel the world with. Blog tours, virtual author tours, book trailers, and online. Goodreads i am a goodreads librarian so i can help with adding books to goodreads including synopsis, cover art, isbns, release date, etc. Book bloggers are hard working minions who will bend over backward for an author. Of all the ways for a selfpublished author to promote their work, book blog tours remain one of the surest ways to grow interest and awareness. This can be handy, especially if the creative well is bone dry. Authors on tour will be featured at the tlc book tours website for an entire month. Tlc, founded by trish collins the t and lisa munley the l, promises to treat our authors and their books with the tender loving care they deserve. Rabt book tours and pr blog reading addiction blog tours.

I started this journey of blog tours at the behest of an author and a friend to help all authors promote their book on blogs and social media. We arrange book blog tours for christian fiction books. Reach out to your team if youd like to host a blog tour for a book that. Book blog tours can be your key to a successful book launch. On this latest tour, twelve to murder made it up to number three on amazon. Bewitching book tours offers readers the chance to discover new books while getting behind the scenes information about authors, books and characters.

Blog stops are promoted via our social media channels. All materials on this blog were produced andor compiled by xpresso book tours. The only thing it does is to get your book on many different web sites, but be careful dont spend your money on a book blog tour until you check it out. For the tours promos below, you will be able to click on them and be taken directly to their tour page. Blog tours, for the most part, do not sell books, but they do get both an authors name and book out there in front of potentially thousands of pairs of fresh eyes. Many authors that i have worked with have had great opportunities come to. The tour for my latest release, dangerous flaws, was the fourth time ive worked with partners in crime, so that in itself is a kind of endorsement. Xpresso book tours is another of the premier blog tour sites for your ebook or print book it has a reach of over 1,200 bloggers, and that means you could be seen by tens of thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands. When you book a tour with lolas blog tours it means you have read and agreed with the information and terms listed there and will adhere to them.

Virtual book tours are a promotional tool for authors to connect with readers via wellread book blogs and specialty blogs. Blog tours, virtual author tours, book trailers, and. But what are the benefits of a blog tour, and how can you start your own. Learn how to connect with the bloggerati to create an internet event that draws fans like flies, sells books like hotcakes, and builds you and your book into bestselling brands. A blog tour is very much like a traditional book tour, where the author would go from town to town to sign their books and meet new readers. We strongly recommend booking your tour as far in advance as possible. Book blog tours you either love them or dislike them. If youd like to nominate a site for this page, email john kremer. Enchanted book promotions is here to help you promote your book across various platforms. Virtual book tours are a promotional tool for authors to connect with readers via wellread book blogs and specialty. A popular speaker, lauren is also the owner of acorn book service, the umbrella under which falls iread book tours. The secrets to planning a successful book promotion tour kindle edition by dana lynn smith. Tips on using blog tours for book marketing bookbub partners blog.

The links here will take you to blog posts on those books, many dating back years. I know that i have missed some sites i truly would like to add to. Based in michigan, w e develop and produce group tours, custom luxury travel, themed cruises, travel and event management. Digital reads blog tours presents cover reveal of james j cudneys next book in the braxton campus mysteries. Someone told me once that the trick to getting people to like you is to simply get them to talk about themselves.