Well, I'm at it again with another tour for Walking Through Walls, but this time I'm not doing it on my own, I'm going with World of Ink Tours.
And, the tour begins TODAY!
You might be wondering why I'm having another virtual tour for Walking Through Walls, and the answer is two-fold:
1. I have tremendous belief in my middle-grade fantasy adventure story,
Walking Through Walls, and want to give another opportunity to attract new readers, and I'm also promoting my first book, Day's End Lullaby.
Day's End Lullaby is a soothing, lyrical, and rhyming children's bedtime picture book with the sheet music to the lullaby included in the back of the book. To learn more about Day's End Lullaby and read some great reviews, and even a singing video review, go to:
http://daysendlullaby.blogspot.comTo learn more about Walking Through Walls and read some great reviews, and check out a couple of interior illustrations, go to:
http://walkingthroughwalls-kcioffi.blogspot.com2. These books are great holiday gifts and wanted to share them with readers.
Now on to the schedule for the World of Ink Karen Cioffi Book Tour:November 1stFamilies Matter Blog - Interview
http://familiesmatter2us.blogspot.comNovember 2ndWorld of Ink Network – Spotlight/Guest Post
http://worldofinknetwork.blogspot.comNovember 3rdAmerican Chronicle – Interview/Spotlight
http://www.americanchronicle.com/November 4thThe Writing Mama – Interview
http://thewritingmama.blogspot.comNovember 6thUtah Children's Writer Blog – Guest Post: Tips for Writing eBooks
http://utahchildrenswriters.blogspot.com/ November 7thThe Maggie Project – Guest Post: Writing in Rhyme
www.themaggieproject.blogspot.comNovember 8thWriting to the Hearts of Children- Spotlight
http://terri-forehand.blogspot.comNovember 9thMomnBaby Network – Spotlight
http://momnbaby.com/blogsNovember 10thRoth’s Inspiring Books & Products – Interview
http://rothsinspiringbooksandproducts.wordpress.comNovember 11th
My July book tour for Walking Through Walls went very well. In the process, I learned a thing or two about long tours - it’s not the best strategy to use. But, I’ll be writing about that at a later date.
Today, I want to thank each of my tour stop hosts and all those who visited and commented during the tour.As promised, I have the list of winners.
I also added 4 extra prizes for those who commented 5 or more times during the tour.
The Contest breakdown:Prizes 1 and 2: $10 Amazon Gift Card
Prizes 3 to 5: The newly revised
How to Write Books for Children: Writing, Publishing, and Marketing Children’s BooksPrizes 6 to 9: Writing, Publishing, and Marketing – You Can Do ItExtra Prizes 10 to 13: How to Attract Customers With Informational MarketingAnd, now on to the WINNERS:1. Deana Barnhart
2. Beverly McClure
3. Alex C
4. Cheryl Malandrinos
5. Beth Reinke
6. Mary Trimble
7. Rachna C
8. Barbara Bockman
9. Terri Forehand
10. Margot Finke
11. Vanessa Leavitt
12. Carolyn Howard-Johnson
13. Kathy Stemke
I have been emailing the winners and getting their gifts off to them this week. I should have it all done by the end of the week (hopefully). If you see this post and I haven’t contacted you yet, please email me at karencioffi – at [ymail] – dot c o m
Contest drawing information: I prepared a spreadsheet and listed the names of each commenter – the commenter’s name was included the number of times he/she commented during the tour - the list was numbered. This gave me a total number of comments; then I used that total number at
http://random.org to get the winning numbers for the promised prizes one to nine.
If any of my hosts would like any one of the e-book prizes let me know – I’ll be happy to email it to you!You can learn about the e-books I’m offering at:Writing for Children One Step at a Time, Newly Revised Into:
How to Write Books for Children: Writing, Publishing and Marketing Children’s BooksWriting, Marketing, and Publishing – You Can Do It!How to Attract Customers With Informational Marketing~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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It's a long road, as most authors can probably tell you, from first starting your story to the day it's actually available for sale. A road filled with writing, outlines, revisions, critiquing, self-editing, some doubts and frustration (maybe a lot of doubts and frustration), more revisions, critiquing, and editing, and so on.
That road can take you one to two years to travel, but then . . . you reach your destination . . . your goal. All your doubts, impatience, and frustration disappears. Your book is now available for sale at retailers and bookstores! Now you can relax and take a breather before you start on your next book.
Uh, but, wait a minute. You thought writing the book and having to be patient through the submissions and publishing journey was tough? Well, roll up your sleeves and dig in, because now comes the hard part - selling your book.
Okay, all this is a lead-up to my big announcement: Walking Through Walls is now available for sale. :)Amazon doesn't have the book's cover on the sales page yet, but click on the blank image - I uploaded the cover to it. Hopefully, they'll get the cover up in 4-8 weeks.Get your copy today at:AMAZONBARNES & NOBLE4RV PUBLISHINGFor those who haven't heard of
Walking Through Walls, it is a middle grade fantasy adventure based on an ancient Chinese tale. You can read a number of reviews, check out a couple of interior illustrations, and find out more about my book at:
http://walkingthroughwalls-kcioffi.blogspot.comDon't forget to check out the book trailer:Walking Through Walls Book TrailerAnd, for anyone who has read Walking Through Walls it'd be greatly appreciated if you'd write a review, however small or large, and post it to Amazon, Barnes&Noble, Goodreads, Shelfari, LibraryThing . . .whichever and where ever you have the time to go to.For those who have already written a review, please post it to any or all of the sites mentioned above!
Reviews are a powerful selling tool.I take the time to post my reviews to the usual places, and I always make them long enough to post to the article directories, particularly EzineArticles.
This strategy produces a couple of benefits:1. The author gets free effective promotion to a broader audience.
2. The reviewer gets the satisfaction of helping out a fellow author, plus increased visibility from the review posting sites and article directories. And, remember, you never know who will end up reading your work online, whether a review, an article, an e-book, or other content.
On Friday, July 1st, I will begin my Walking Through Walls Virtual Book Tour. I'd like everyone to know though, that there will be some informational articles on writing and marketing along with an interview and book reviews,
please follow along and leave comments to be entered in the contest/drawing.So, here's the information that will be included in the Press Release to be prepared and published by Donna McDine.
Author: Karen Cioffi
Illustrator: Aidana WillowRaven
Publisher: 4RV Publishing
ISBN: 978-0-9826594-7-2
Genre: MG/Tween/YA
Book Synopsis:Longing to be rich and powerful, twelve-year-old Wang studies the legend of the mystical Eternals. Certain they are real, he journeys to their temple and begins an apprenticeship with the Eternal Master. There he enters a world of magic where not everything is as it seems, and where he learns the magic formula to ‘walking through walls.’
CONTEST/DRAWINGThere will be drawings at the end of the tour from those who comment on any of the tour stops. Please include your email address in a safe format within the comment to be eligible, such as karencioffi(at)ymail(dot)com.
Prizes that will be awarded at the end of the tour are:• TWO: $10 Amazon Gift Certificates
• THREE: Writing for Children One Step at a Time (a 100+ page ebook)
• FOUR: Writing, Publishing, and Marketing – You Can Do It (a 35 page ebook)
Winners will be notified by email and prizes will be sent within a week after the tour. ~~~~~~~~~~
JULY TOUR SCHEDULEJuly 1st Kelly McClymer http://kellymcclymer.com/wordpress Book ReviewJuly 2nd Renee Hand http://thecryptocapersseries.blogspot.comBook ReviewJuly 5th Deb Hockenberry http://thebumpyroadtopublishing.blogspot.comBook Review and InterviewJuly 7th Kathy Stemke http://educationtipster.blogspot.comBook ReviewJuly 8th Donna McDinehttp://www.donna-mcdine.blogspot.comAn Effective Book Marketing Strategy: Joint Ventures July 9th Dianne Sagan http://www.diannesagan.wordpress.comWriting for Children: Finding Age Appropriate WordsJuly 11th Stephen Tremp http://www.stephentremp.blogspot.comRewriting a Folktale
11 Comments on Walking Through Walls Final Tour Schedule, last added: 6/30/2011
I'm glad to see you using tours so effectively, Karen. Those interested in learning more about a variety of different tours (all the professional secrets!) will find tons on them in the new edition of The Frugal Book Promoter (www.budurl.com/FrugalBkPromo).
Best,
Carolyn
This is my first chance to follow a book round the whole tour and I am looking forward to watching and learning what happens.
Annie
Carolyn, I read your First edition of the Frugal Book Promoter and it's full of great information. I have the Second edition and can't wait to read it.
Thanks for stopping by!
Annie, Thanks so much for stopping by! Following along will give you a good sense of how these tours work.
Hi Karin:
Best wishes on your latest virtual book tour. Book promotion is a constant and your schedule is a terrific one!
Warm regards,
Donna
Donna, thank you for your ongoing support.
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Looks like a great tour and a good example for others to follow on how to do a virtual blog tour. Be interested in your thoughts on how it works out for you (maybe another blog!) Thanks for sharing this.
Hey, Maggie, Thanks for stopping by.
LOL I've already started a 'how to' for virtual tours. After this 'paid for' one I'll wrap it up.
Best wishes on your tour, this is a noteworthy book with classic overtones,all who read it will be enriched by it.
Tony, thank you so much for your kind words!