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The authorpublisher agrees to ship copies of their book to the tour hosts, to arrive at least 4 weeks prior to their tour dates. Your expert local guides are natural historians, adding cultural insight and global perspective on your sightseeing tours. We regularly welcome authors into our school, but years of visits did nothing to prepare me for the amazing visit that we had with lisa yee. Teach your students about the lives and inspiration behind countless works of amazing american literature through tour sites in key cities across the country. Meeting authors is a complete joy in itself, but getting copies of books well in advanced before their releases is an absolute necessity. How to participate in blog tours nose graze nose graze.
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Mar 01, 2017 a virtual book tour is a promotion where you set a specified time, usually two to four weeks, and you put yourself on tour. What could be better than talking about your book to interested readers, traveling the country and hopefully making a little money. Book tours your first 15 pages your first fifteen pages. Nine writers and publicists tell all about readings and. So here are some book tour best practices and mustdos ive picked up and stole from veteran authors that you might find helpful if youre a.
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Lydia is a loving mother and wife, who wants nothing more than the best for her loved ones. Netgalley is an excellent resource for authors and publisher, however it can be an overwhelming cost for a new or selfpublished author to take on by themselves. John scalzi reveals whats really happening behind the scenes when authors go on book tour and come to the festival of books. The idea is to get other blogs to feature you each day during your tour stops.