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Blog Tours, Virtual Author Tours,
Book Trailers, and Online PR Promos

This page features blog tours, virtual author tours, and other online PR promo services, etc. Please note that this is a work in progress. If you'd like to nominate a site for this page, email John Kremer. I know that I have missed some sites I truly would like to add to this list. Your site might be one of those. Thanks for your support. — John Kremer, author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books and editor of the Book Marketing Tip of the Week newsletter

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Blog Tours, Book Trailers, & Virtual Author Tours

For online PR press release services, go here: http://www.bookmarket.com/onlinepr.htm

Bestseller Trailers: http://www.bestsellertrailers.com — Corey Burkes, Production Administrator, 307 E Clinton Avenue, Roosevelt NY 11575. Email: film@bestsellertrailers.com. $1,497 for up to 90 minutes.

Best Selling Author Television: http://www.bestsellingauthortv.blogspot.com — Rey Ybarra, 818-464-3726. Email: rybarra106@aol.com. For $99, they will interview you live, provide you with a 3-minute master DVD, post the video to Veoh and some other social video sites, plus provide you with a handout explaining how to maximize the exposure your video receives.

Blue Rectangle Video Book Reviews: http://bluerectangle.com/book_reviews/view_one_category/today — Offers a variety of video book reviews, many produced by ordinary readers.

Book-Byte by Plus Media: http://www.book-byte.com — Shirley Kelly, 20 West 23rd Street #3, New York NY 10010; 212-206-8160, ext. 31. Email: skelly@plusmedia.com. An online marketing tool for writers. It is designed to do for books and authors what music videos have done for albums and recording artists. Their video interviews with authors are apparently free of charge.

Book Festivals: http://www.bookfestivals.com — JM Northern Media; 323-665-8080. Email: newyorkbookfest@aol.com. Features live literary events, including readings, book signings, workshops, book fairs, and industry conventions. Listings are free to authors and publishers.

Book Radio: http://www.bookradio.com — 1142 Abbott Kinney Boulevard, Venice CA 90291; 310-314-8420. Email: info@bookradio.com. Features online author readings, book review shows, streaming author interviews, audiobook excerpts, and the BookRadio Minute.

BookTour.com: http://www.booktour.com — Begun in early July, this is a free online service connecting authors with their audiences. You can add your real-world book tour dates here free. Chris Anderson, author of The Long Tail, is chairman. Kevin Smokler, creator of the Virtual Book Tour, is chief evangelist. It's a really neat service that is thus far free, so why not add your speaking engagements, bookstore appearances, and other live appearances to your book tour page.

Book Trailers at Ning: http://booktrailers.ning.com — A social network to feature book trailers. Started up by COS Productions, creators of book trailers.

Book Videos: http://www.bookvideos.tv — TurnHere, Emeryville CA. Creates and runs book trailers from major publishers like Simon & Schuster, Random House, Chronicle, Norton, etc. They offer three book video options:
1. BookVideo Profile: A video meet-and-greet that gives readers the most compelling and interesting information about a new title, resulting in a 60- to 90-second virtual sit-down with the author. Cost is $800 per video.
2. BookVideo Snapshots: A fast-paced, 30-second promotional trailer driven by still images, graphics and book jacket art. Cost is $500 per video.
3. BookVideo Stories: A premium product of in-depth storytelling in a two- to four-minute video. Cost is $2,500 per video.

The Cadence Group: http://www.thecadencegrp.com — Amy Collins, 3906 Oak Street, Cincinnati OH 45227; 513-342-1952; Fax: 513-672-0060. Email: acollins@thecadencegrp.com. A sales and marketing team that sells to the national chains and can also create a plan to reach independent bookstores, libraries, and specialty retail markets. They also book author and event tours, both online and offline. For example, they created a national costume character tour for a children's book.

A Chapter a Day: http://www.achapteraday.com — Genesis Podcasting Studios, Brad Leggett, President, 8490 S. Power Road, Gilbert AZ 85297; 800-823-6097. Email: brad@genesispodcasting.com. Readers can subscribe to a RSS feed and download an audio chapter from a featured book in the category of their choice (novel, business, sports, biography, etc.).

Daily Lit: http://www.dailylit.com — Mamaroneck NY. This online service delivers books via email or RSS in short daily installments designed to be read in 5 minutes or less. They currently have deals with 20 book publishers featuring 850 books available for free or on a pay-per-read.

FSB Associates: http://www.fsbassociates.com — Fauzia Burke, President, 65 S Maple Avenue, Basking Ridge NJ 07920; 908-204-9340; Fax: 908-204-9341. Email: solutions@fsbassociates.com. Offers online book promotion, website development, and more since 1995. Sample book trailers: http://www.fsbassociates.com/video.htm.

Ghostwriter Extraordinaire. Email: Info@GWExtra.com. Web: http://www.GWExtra.com. Book trailers for only $150. Includes automatic submission to 20 video-sharing websites, including YouTube, Google Video, Yahoo Video, AOL Video, Veoh, and Daily Motion. You also get a copy of your trailer on DVD for use at book signings, conventions, and other networking events.

Impact Movies: http://www.impactmovies.com — Lindsey Lischka, Manager of Client Services, AngelVision Technologies; 503-620-3377. Email: lindseyl@impactmovies.com. Creates and hosts Internet videos and other online advertising programs.

Mantra Media Design: http://www.mantramediadesign.com — Harry Seldom, Washington DC; 202-290-3587; Cell: 347-239-3585. Email: info@mantramediadesign.com. Also an office in New York City. Offers Book Previews videos. “Optimized encoding allows book preview videos to appear not just on an author's website, but also may be included in an electronic press kit, linked to in ads, emails, promotional material and directly at the point-of-purchase, e-mailed to a mailing list, shared on video-sharing websites like YouTube, embedded in book, writing, and target-audience blogs, and placed with a link to your website as a banner ad in online newspapers, journals, and blogs.”

Mother Talk: http://www.mother-talk.com — Marjorie Osterhout, Director; 206-419-6642. Email: info@mother-talk.com. They produce blog tours and social media outreach for books appealing to women. They also host an online book club, online advertising program, and newsletters that go to 18,000 influential moms and bloggers.

Net Connect Publicity: http://www.netconnectpublicity.com — Anne Leedom, President, 3265 Stonehurst Drive, El Dorado Hills CA 95762; 916-939-8246. Email: anne@netconnectpublicity.com. One service costs $4,800 for threemonths. They offer three major services:

Content Parade — They present your article or excerpt to a minimum of 200 online destinations. They also reach out to prominent online book reviewers. They produce a 20-minute Celebrated Voices podcast. They send out a e-release to 250 to 750 targeted media. They post a promotional message to 20 online discussion groups. They create a blog comment and post it to ten top blogs matching your target audience. They prepare an easy-access media press kit.

Content Showcase Tour — They offer 2 to 4 article placements on a minimum of 15 websites matching your target audience. Their partner websites provide exposure to hundreds of thousands of visitors per month. Categories: family, health, fitness, spirituality, inspiration, beauty, fashion, finance, and general interest. Also online chats, Celebrated Voices podcasts, editorial support, website consultation, and marketing support.

Expert Showcase Tour — You receive prominent expert placement on leading websites in your targeted genre. Also include online columnist positioning, the Content Showcase Tour, expert blog series, feature content series, online chats, and more.

Patron Saint Productions: http://www.patronsaintpr.com — Steve O'Keefe, Executive Director, Bywater Tech Center, 538 Louisa Street, New Orleans LA 70117; 504-342-4806; Fax: 504-342-4157. Email: steve.okeefe@patronsaintpr.com. Online and Internet PR experts. Also offers streaming video for authors.

Post 2 Post Virtual Book Tour: http://idea-sandbox.com/blog/post2post — Paul Williams, Idea Sandbox, 1752 NW Market Street #224, Seattle WA 98107; +31-6-5088-4777. Email: paul@idea-sandbox.com.

Precision Talent: http://www.precisiontalent.com — Cheryllynn Carter. Email: precisiontalent@mac.com. Produce audiobooks and create audiobook promos just like movie promos.

Pump Up Your Book Promotion Virtual Blog Tour: http://www.pumpupyourbookpromotion.com — Dorothy Thompson, P O Box 313, Temperanceville VA 23442; 757-824-0378. Email: thewriterslife@yahoo.com. Offers virtual blog tours and book trailers. Gold: $249 for a month-long blog tour to 15 to 20 blogs, a professionally written news release, article syndication to hundreds of directories, author banner, a free promotional ebook of your tour, and website/blog suggestions to position you at #1 in the search engines. Bronze: $149 without the article syndication and website/blog suggestions. Book trailer: $75 complete with pictures, artwork, and music.

Red Hot Blog Tour: http://www.redhotinternetpublicity.com/buzz.html — Penny Sansevieri, Author Marketing Experts, P O Box 421156, San Diego CA 92142; 866-713-2318. Email: info@amarketingexpert.com. They promise to put your book on 20 to 30 high-traffic blogs with links back to your website. If you want to move your book sales up to the penthouse suite, now is the time to access this secret sauce to market to your niche and put money in your pocket. Red Hot Internet Publicity can take you there.

When you click on the link above to sign up for your Personalized Tour and mention me (John Kremer), you'll also get a free bonus podcast edition on the Fascinating Authors Radio Show. Click here today!

Standout Author Promotion Services: http://www.standoutauthorpromotion.com — Email: rebecca@standoutauthorpromotion.com. Book trailers: $35 without sound, $50 with sound.

The Tenagra Corporation: http://www.tenagra.com — Chris Lenois, Director of Internet Publicity Services, 530 Natchez Street #100, New Orleans LA 70130; 504-529-4344; Fax: 504-529-4926. Email: chris.lenois@tenagra.com. Jeremy L. Hart, Senior Publicist, The Tenagra Corporation, 1100 Hercules #120, Houston TX 77005; 281-480-6300; Fax: 281-480-7715. Email: jhart@tenagra.com. Besides book publicity, they also do Internet PR for websites and other commercial endeavors. They set up online chats and seminars, optimize search engine placements, etc.

Traffic Geyser: http://www.videotrafficguys.com — A service for doing multiple submissions of videos to video-sharing sites, social networks, blogs, and more with the intent of optimizing for search engines. A single click does it all once you are set up and ready to go. You can submit hundreds of videos a month if you want. Or just one or two a month. Whatever works best for your promotional strategy. But instead of taking hours to do the submissions, they can be done in minutes. A fantastic resource. Plus, the cost of joining includes some wonderful resources for creating and posting videos. Very well explained and easy to use. It got my juices flowing really fast. Cost: From $47 to $147 per month.

Watch this video right now: http://www.TrafficGeyser.com/ cmd.php?af=710393&u=www.trafficgeyser.com/tg. If you don't see the possibilities for book promotion that I see, then I apologize. But this system offers something that should knock your book sales right out the window and into the stratosphere and beyond. Very soon, it might do even more than that, if I have anything to say about it.

The VBT System Flow Chart: http://www.wordstoprofit.com/VBTflow chart.html — Words to Profit, Diane Eble, 0S430 Jefferson, Winfield IL 60190; 630-665-0843; Fax: 630-665-1338. Email: diane@wordstoprofit.com.

Virtual Author Tour: http://www.amarketingexpert.com/vat.html — Author Marketing Experts, P O Box 421156, San Diego CA 92142; 866-713-2318. Email: info@amarketingexpert.com. “Depending on your topic, we'll tour you on blogs, discussion groups, chat rooms, and Websites in your field. As an added bonus we also submit articles you’ve written to online syndication services that will keep your articles on file until an ezine editor needs them for a featured piece.”

If you want to move your book sales up to the penthouse suite, now is the time to access this secret sauce to market to your niche and put money in your pocket. Red Hot Internet Publicity can take you there. When you click here to sign up for your Personalized Tour and mention me (John Kremer), you'll also get a free bonus premier podcast edition on the Fascinating Authors Radio Show. Click here today!

Virtual Book Tour: http://www.plannedTVarts.com — Planned Television Arts, Rick Frishman, 1110 Second Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York NY 10022; 212-593-5820; Fax: 212-715-1664. Email: Frishmanr@ruderfinn.com. Includes the Ask survey, live teleconference call, and promotion via websites and blogs. Fee: $3,500. Case studies: http://www.AskMarkAndBob.com and http://www.JustAskHarvey.com.

The Virtual Book Tour: http://vbt.typepad.com/virtual_book_tour — Kevin Smokler, 798 Stanyan Street #6, San Francisco CA 94117. “In a nutshell, a Virtual Book Tour consists of an author stopping at a given number of websites in a given about of time, the same as they would do at bookstores during a real world tour. At these stops, the author may be interviewed, may take over the site for a day and blog themselves, may answer questions from readers, get their book reviewed or do all four.” It does not accept self-published authors. It focuses on literary fiction and narrative nonfiction. No self-help, how-to, political, genre fiction, children's, or technical books. One-day tour: $1,500. Three-day intensive: $3,000. Writer's budget special: $75 per blog, with a minimum of 3 blogs on the tour.

Virtual Book Tours FAQ: http://www.wordstoprofit.com/VBT-FAQ.html — Words to Profit, Diane Eble, 0S430 Jefferson, Winfield IL 60190; 630-665-0843; Fax: 630-665-1338. Email: diane@wordstoprofit.com. Diane also helps people do virtual book tours and hosts them for people.

Virtual Book Tour System: http://www.vbtsystem.com — Alex Mandossian. Cost: $1,297.

Webiob Publishing 2.0: http://www.webiob.com — Lee Fredrickson and Packy Savvenas, 1038 Butterfield Drive, Nixa MO 65714; 800-658-0284. Create book trailers and interactive online books.

WriterInterviews — This web site converts author videos to streaming video files and hosts them on its server. The streaming video is linked directly from the writers' web site. Also offers tips for photographer and subject on videotaping on-camera interviews.

For online PR press release services, go here: http://www.bookmarket.com/onlinepr.htm

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