Summer Beach Reading Giveaway!

Heading to the beach with nothing to read? Now you can head out in style with a book from one (or more!) of your favorite authors!

Pump Up Your Book Promotion is hosting our very first Summer Beach Reading Giveaway. Four great authors with 4 chances to win!

All you have to do is head on out to one of the blogs listed below and follow directions to win. It's that easy!


As the Pages Turn is giving away a copy of Dorothea Hover-Kramer's Second Chance at Your Dream!

This is the first book to apply the breakthrough insights of Energy Psychology to healthy aging. Energy Psychology is an exciting new healing method that changes the vibrational patterns in the energy fields to produce rapid emotional healing and a sense of well-being. With the help of the over fifty exercises for rebalancing yourself offered in this book, you can face the challenges and opportunities of later life to create a time of energy, abundance and joy. You can visit Dorothea online at www.secondchancedream.com.

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Fiction Scribe is giving away a copy of DCS' Synarchy!

Thirteen bloodlines, The Brotherhood, fanatically loyal to their gods, the Anunnaki, have controlled the planet since his-story was written. In 1925 Stefano Vasco Terenzio, head of the Terenzio crime family makes a deal with the Anunnaki to solidify his control over the American Mafia. Clever and manipulative, Stefano’s true goal was to put his family in a position so one day they would be able to turn on their masters. Two generations later, the shockwave he ignited was still being felt. Now, as the world inches closer to 2012, time is running out. The only thing in the Brotherhoods way is Terenzio, a family now divided as a truly epic battle begins that will determine whether mankind continues existing in a world of lies, or shatters the chains that have held it prisoner since his-story was written. Shocking yet hopeful, Synarchy slowly unravels the tightly laced reality we have created for ourselves. Blending the metaphysical with conspiracy, fact with fiction, debut author DCS has opened up a world that will force you to rethink everything you believe about your own. The knowledge within provokes the question; do you really want to know? You can visit DCS on the web at www.synarchynovel.com.

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The Book Stacks is giving away a copy of Dr. Ronald J. Frederick's Living Like You Mean It!

So many of us long to feel more alive, connected, and secure in our lives, particularly now, in these challenging and difficult times. Why is it so hard? Part of the problem, says Dr. Ronald J. Frederick, has to do with a fear of our feelings—a feelings‐phobia—and the consequences of expressing our feelings to others. It’s this fear that keeps us stuck, detached from the wisdom inside us and distanced from the people around us. And yet positive emotional experiences can actually “rewire” our brain and free us up to experience ourselves and our lives more fully. LIVING LIKE YOU MEAN IT: Use the Wisdom and Power of Your Emotions to Get the Life You Really Want by Ronald J. Frederick, shows how we can overcome our feelings phobia in order to enjoy more satisfying lives.

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Zensanity is giving away a copy of Richard Aaron's Gauntlet!

Six hundre d six ty tons of Semtex is detonated in a massive explosion in Libya – the last of a deadly st ockpile. The operation seems to have gone smoothly, but within minutes of the explosion, CIA agent Richard Lawrence discovers that one shipment of the explosive was hijacked en route to the destruction point. Days later, a glory-seeking “Emir” broadcasts to the world that he is planning a massive terrorist strike against a major U.S. landmark. And he gives a timeline of one month. You can visit Richard online at www.richardaaron.com.

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Four great authors, four chances to win! Hurry before contests end!

A SECOND CHANCE AT YOUR DREAM BOOK GIVEAWAY

I've got a book review by moi and a book giveaway by author Dorothea Hover-Kramer up today at As the Pages Turn! Here are the details:

BOOK GIVEAWAY!

We’re offering a book giveaway! If you would like to win a copy of Dorothea Hover-Kramer’s A Second Chance to Your Dreams, here are the details:

Dorothea says, “No one should wait until a terminal diagnosis to start living more fully. Make a list now of the things you want to do, the people you want to see, the actions you can contribute to make the world around you better.”

Give us ONE thing on your own list of things you want to do, people you want to see, the actions you want to contribute to make the world around you better and leave it in the comment section. Be sure to include your email address or your entry will be void. Contests ends on August 1, 2009 and the winner will be hand selected by Dorothea herself. Your entry should not run over one or two sentences, so please be brief. Good luck!

Hop over and tell us what's on your list and you could win a free copy! You are welcome to comment but leave your "one thing" at As the Pages Turn, please, so you will get an entry into the contest! Have fun and good luck!

Win a copy of Irene Watson's personal memoirThe Sitting Swing!

Irene Watson, as part of her virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book Promotion, is giving away a FREE copy of her newest book, The Sitting Swing! You heard it right, folks. Absolutely free! Ahhh...but there's a catch. You must be the first person who can tell us where she was born. And no high tailing it down to the court house!

Whoever is able to guess where Irene Watson was born wins a free copy of her wonderful new memoir, The Sitting Swing. Contest ends at midnight on August 1 and good luck!

Click here to guess where she was born and win a free copy of The Sitting Swing!

Interview with Irene Watson, Author of The Sitting Swing

Irene Watson, author of award winning The Sitting Swing, was born and raised in a tiny hamlet of Reno in the northern area of the province of Alberta in Canada. It was a farming community, mostly settled by immigrants from Russia, Ukraine and Poland during the early 1900s.

Two books that had the deepest impact were Change me into Zeus’s Daughter by Barbara Robinette Moss, and, Lost and Found by Babette Hughes. Reading both books inspired Irene to write about her own life’s journey, from growing up in a semi-abusive home to finally accepting that experience as a path to a spiritual understanding of life. She now shares her story in The Sitting Swing.

Irene is the Managing Editor of Reader Views, where avid readers can find reviews of recently published books as well as read interviews with authors. Her team also provides author publicity and a variety of other services specific to writing and publishing books.

Irene received her Bachelor of Liberal Studies, Summa Cum Laude, in Psychology from Saint Edward's University in Austin and her Master of Arts, with honors, in Liberal Studies: Psychology, from Regis University in Denver.

Today, Irene lives beside Barton Creek in Austin, Texas with her husband Robert of 43 years, and their Pomeranian, Tafton; their calico cat from a rescue shelter, Patches; and their rescued cockatiels, Clement and Elgin.

You can visit her website at www.irenewatson.com or her blog at www.irenewatson.typepad.com/irenes_weblog.

Welcome to Pump Up Your Online Book Promotion, Irene. Can we begin by having you tell us what The Sitting Swing: Finding Wisdom to Know the Difference is about and why you wrote it?

The Sitting Swing: Finding Wisdom to Know the Difference is basically a memoir, however, it’s also a self-help book.

Why did you choose this genre to write? Did you choose it or did it choose you?

[Laughs] It’s both. I had a story to tell, but also, people needed to know it’s okay to have an abused past, there is hope, and healing is possible.

In regards to promotion, what have you been doing to promote your book online?

This is my second blog tour. Aside from tours, I blog myself, and I’ve used promotional sites for interviews and features. I’ve sent out press releases, and I connect with potential readers and sellers. I also connect with therapists that use my book as a tool for their clients.

Of all the promotional items (bookmarks, press kits, etc…) you have used to promote your book, which one was used most effectively?

Personal connection usually works best. I connect with the therapists, get on the same page as they are, and promote my book to them.

Do you feel that the Internet has opened doors for authors who never dreamed they’d ever see a publishing contract and how has it influenced you in regards to your own publishing journey?

Yes, I believe so. The Internet is a powerful tool to connect with people. At one time what we considered was a large community, specifically one we lived in, is very small compared to the global community the Internet has provided for us.

If you were in the middle of Manhattan (or any busy thoroughfare) and you wanted to call attention to your book, what would you do and what would you say?

First of all I would get to know the person; find out if they are open to concepts presented in my book. My book is about recovery so this type of topic doesn’t appeal to everyone. Because of the nature and content of The Sitting Swing: Finding the Wisdom to Know the Difference, not everyone will resonate with it. There is no point wasting time and energy to promote a book to someone that has no interest in it at all.

If you could trade places with any author just for a day, who would it be and why?

Wow, what an interesting question. I’ve never thought about this before but off the top of my head I’d like to trade places with Michael Bernard Beckwith. He’s not only an author, but foremost he’s a spiritual teacher.

Lastly, how do you determine your book’s success?

When the readers tell me their lives were transformed after reading my book. I’m not into selling books, I’m into transforming lives.

Thank you for coming, Irene. Can you tell us where everyone can pick up a copy of your book?

The Sitting Swing: Finding Wisdom to Know the Difference can be purchased on my website (autographed and postage paid) or any online bookstore. Also, it can be purchased through an local bookstore.

Attention! Irene is hosting a huge giveaway! Comment on any of Irene's tour stops and you can win:

2 copies of “Authors Access: 30 Success Secrets for Authors and Publishers” (to author or aspiring author)

2 autographed copies of “The Sitting Swing: Finding Wisdom to Know the Difference”

1 package of 3 fiction books

1 package of 3 nonfiction books

3 copies of “Journey from Head to Heart“ by Nancy Oelklaus from Loving Healing Press
3 copies of “Gifts from the Child Within, 2nd Ed” by Barbara Sinor from Loving Healing Press

1 autographed copy of “Saffron Dreams” from Shaila Abdulla

1 website/blog evaluation

1 Swarovski crystal bracelet from Belle Paris

1 hand made bracelet

Everyone that signs up on my mailing list on www.irenewatson.com will receive an ebook: A Story That Must Be Told: True Tales of Transformation