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The odds of getting a book published by a NY publisher are astronomical for a new author. Even for the seasoned author or one who already has NY contracts, it’s much the same. For the lucky ones who make it, they’ll tell you it’s a battle to keep their slots on these publishers’ wish lists, but for the new author,…

From New York to California, from China to the slums of Rio de Janerio, and into the Amazon, the search for the mysterious source of this rare molecule will take you into the heart of the unknown and unseen forces of nature. Read the backstory of Marvin L. Zimmerman's fantastic book, THE OVUM FACTORY at The Story Behind the Book at www.thestorybehindthebook.wordpress.com!

If you are an…

Virtual book tours with Pump Up Your Book Promotion continues! All authors on tour in February will be giving away FREE copies of their books to a few lucky people who comment on their blog stops. Winners will be announced at www.virtualbooktoursforauthors.blogspot.com on Feb. 29!

The following authors on tour and their tour stops today are:…

Camille Marchetta, author of The River, By Moonlight, pays a visit to The Story Behind the Book to let us all in on why she wrote the book after an illustrious career as a television writer with such hits behind…

Today begins a new set of talented authors on virtual book tours at Pump Up Your Book Promotion! Visit their stops, leave a comment and you can win free books!

Rachel Greene Baldino and Judy Ford, authors of the self-help book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Enhancing Sexual Desire (Penguin, Dec. ‘07) will be stopping off at The Writer’s Life!…

I'm conducting a survey over at Book Marketing Buzz over whether you sell more books online or offline. The reasoning behind this is because I believe it will help other authors learn just where those sales are. Granted, it takes both...but...if you had to add it up, which method has been selling your book more than the other if you had to choose? Leave a comment please at www.bookmarketingbuzz.wordpress.com.

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Pump Up Your Book Promotion, an innovative public relations agency specializing in online book promotion has named Tristi Pinkston Blog Host of the Month for the month of January!

Tristi Pinkston has been a blogger for Families.com since August of 2006. She’s a stay-at-home mom, LDS historical fiction author of two published novels, and the mother of four (wife of one). She enjoys scrapbooking, watching good movies, and taking naps. She homeschools her children and…

This guy just never ceases to amaze me. Aaron Shepherd has devised yet another way we can keep track of our sales rankings at Amazon. He's calling it the S.R.E. Web Widget which when adding the code for it on your blog, you and your viewers can see at an easy glance what your sales rankings are on a daily basis at…

Holly Fretwell, author of the new controversial children's nonfiction book, THE SKY'S NOT FALLING (Kid's Ahead Publishing), has a different perspective on global warming. Holly, a PERC Research Fellow and an adjunct professor at Montana State University says, "Sure, our planet is changing, but it has before and will again. There's lots more to the climate change story than you may have heard!"

Beyond the Books interviewed Holly to find out what steps she took to publish her…

Virtual book tours with Pump Up Your Book Promotion continues! All authors on tour in December will be giving away FREE copies of their books to a few lucky people who comment on their blog stops. Winners will be announced at www.virtualbooktoursforauthors.blogspot.com on December 1!

The following authors on tour and their tour stops today…