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Today's review showcase is for Virtual Book Tours: Effective Online Book Promotion From the Comfort of Your Own Home

Here's just some of the fantastic reviews received:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jo Linsdell Makes Virtual Book Tours Easy!

"Nobody ever made money writing a book - only by selling it." -Brian Jud

From the start of that quote to the end of the book, I was caught like a fish on the end of the line, being drawn in to the fisherman.

When I began reading, I knew nothing about virtual book tours. Nada. Absolutely nothing.

Now, not only do I understand them better, but I feel that I might be able to attempt one myself closer to the time I publish my own work. Jo uses simple, clear vocabulary to discuss book tours and everything needed to complete one of your own as well as gives information about what kind of tours there are, and how to go about setting one up.

From the full definition and description of virtual book tours to discussions about what to include in a "media kit" - something I have never heard about before reading this book - Jo shows how easy and (most importantly) how rewarding a virtual book tour can be.

If you're interested in doing or hosting a virtual book tour or, like me, need to discover what it actually is, pick up a copy of this book. You'll be glad you did!

5.0 out of 5 stars amazing step by step ebook!

By Kittykatbookreviews

This step by step how to host a virtual book tour is very well written and easy to follow. I am using Jo's ebook to help me launch my first children's book. thank you Jo!

A Must Have Guide!!

By Stacie

Virtual Book Tour is a must have book for any author or poet that has published a book in the past or plans on publishing one in the future and is wanting information, tips and links that help plan their next Virtual Book Tour…

Jo Linsdell has written some of the greatest ideas, tips and information on how to hold a winning book tour.

I would recommend this book to all my author and poet friends…

Great resource

By Alina Popescu

Virtual Book Tours is well structured, easy to read, and it makes learning about blog tours seamless. You will understand what a tour is, how to determine your target audience, how to set your goals, how to find hosts, schedule stops, promote your tour, and, extremely important, how to measure results.

If you haven’t been on a tour and have no idea where to start, this book will definitely explain it all for you. If you have some idea about what’s what, Virtual Book Tours will clarify everything for you and give you the resources you need. If you’ve even organized tours, this book will help you do it better the next time around.

I highly recommend you try it, regardless of your experience with virtual blog tours for books of any kind.

Packed with useful information

By Sheila Allee

I love books like this that tell you exactly how to do things and then give you tons of resources at the end to put everything into motion. This is a must-read for authors who want to use this relatively new method of promoting their books. It is simple and straightforward, with step-by-step instructions. I will refer to it many times as I promote my own books and those of my clients.

Grab your copy of Virtual Book Tours here

If you've read the book please take a moment to post a quick review of your own. I love reading your feedback ;)

Before I start today's blog post I'd like to wish you all a happy 2014! A bit late I know but I was ill at New Years and so my year started a bit late. Back to normal now though and busy catching up with various projects.

2013 was a busy year but I have even bigger plans for 2014. My new years resolution for this year is simple, to be more awesome than last year.

New release

The Jasmine at Work Coloring book is now with author Maria Rochelle and will be released on Amazon in the very near future. Here's the cover so you know what to look for ;)

BTW... Jasmine At Work was a best seller (print version) over Christmas, and a best seller (kindle version) this month on Amazon.

VBT review campaign

Over this week I'm doing a review campaign for Virtual Book Tours: Effective Online Book Promotion From the Comfort of Your Own Home. This is the first one to be posted to Goodreads:

Jan 11, 2014

Alberta Ross rated it 4 of 5 stars

I was given this book for review always a chancy business what does one say if it is a terrible read? I have read Jo Linsdell before so I felt fairly safe :)

When I first wandered up into cyberspace with my first publication I tried a virtual book tour - it was hard hard work. With little knowledge of the web and insufficient know how it wasn't an overwhelming success, but I learnt a few things from it, I also lost confidence in doing another!

How I wish I had had a book such as this back then. For those of you who, like me, need a little helping hand, read Jo's book. She writes in clear, concise language, has laid out each point without clutter. She takes us step by step through the process gently and firmly.

A book tour is not the easy option without a great deal of work organization and it will fail - but anything worthwhile requires that.

Not only has she laid out the steps succinctly, Jo is also generous with links and suggestions of other sites, which will prove useful to the reader. I have read it through cover to cover and now I will go back over it slowly, notebook in hand. Obviously not everything mentioned needs to be done, it is a matter, as Jo says, of working out what will work for each individual. I am pleased to say I have no hesitation in recommending this book.

Work in progress

I'm currently working on a new children's picture story book, a non-fiction book about Twitter, and doing revisions of my romance/thriller novel Vengeance.

I'm also working on a guest chapter for a marketing book I'm collaborating on. My topic; Virtual book tours.

Other stuff

As if all that wasn't enough, I'm also working on a series of e-courses that will be available later this year.

Re-organising

Given the work load I've set up for myself I'm doing some serious thinking about what current tasks I do that could be cut and basically organising my time better. One thing I'm going to be changing is stopping the Writers and Authors TV channel on YouTube and running all my video's through my Jo Linsdell channel.

I also want to make more time for illustrating and hope to work with new clients this year as well as work on new projects with current clients. If you'd like a quote for your book email me at webmaster@jolinsdell.com

How are you going to be more awesome than last year in 2014?