Not the person you want to
send on a book tour.
His print only deal with Simon & Schuster also
sent him on a book tour around the country, where he continued to directly reach out to his current readers.
«When I was first starting out, I dreamed of being
sent on a book tour.
Traditionally published authors are expected to do more and more of their own marketing these days, and fewer of them are being
sent on book tours.
Not exact matches
He was doing a
book tour, and we were hanging out and talking about his graphic novels, and I had told him that I was interesting in maybe collaborating with him
on something if he had any pages he didn't know what to do with to
send them over to me, and I would try to write some songs or something.
The post would explain why Christians should spend their time
on more important things, like helping the poor, and it would make everyone feel really guilty for tweeting about their breakfast or
sending their
books on blog
tours or having opinions about the new Facebook layout.
During the dining, publicity director Ron Longe promised that they were
sending me
on a media
tour to promote the
book.
In his classic 1926 novel, Moravagine, Cendrars draws
on the picaresque form to
send his titular hero — a crippled brute given to raping and murdering women — and his psychiatrist, the ironically titled Raymond Science (the
book's narrator)
on a world
tour in the years leading up to the Great War, taking them from Europe to America and back in a darkly comedic odyssey of destruction and non-enlightenment.
The indie writers who are now wanting to go with a traditional publisher because — duh — they will get this huge advance and will be
sent on tours to sign their
books and will soon be playing poker with other best selling authors ala Castle.
Arranging a blog
tour isn't as easy as, say, buying a media list, and
sending out your media kit and
book to everyone
on it.
That being said, our publisher Workman,
sent us
on a 25 city
tour, which they paid for in its entirety — hotels, airfare, escorts (don't get the wrong idea, these are
book escorts, not industrial pleasure technician escorts).
If the
book proved to be a success, the lucky author might be
sent on a promotional
tour of the
book.
We continue to
send our high profile authors
on more traditional publicity
tours so long as those venues are capable of selling
books, and we will continue to advertise in print media.
Back in the old days, publishers would
send authors out
on book tours, spending large amounts of money to promote
books.
In the traditional publishing world, it's normal to
send an author
on a
book tour, where they hop from bookstore to bookstore, signing copies, reading aloud, or speak to the audience.
A «real» publisher isn't going to
send you
on a cross-country
book tour,
on their dime, unless you are the next Stephen King or Nora Roberts.
We will also contact all
tour hosts we have
on list who enjoy reading
books in your genre (e.g. if you're submitting a thriller, we'll contact our
tour hosts who signed up for the thriller mailing list) and
send them a synopsis of your
book, and a request for review.
You are required to
send us the appropriate deposit per person (as detailed
on the relevant
tour page) or full payment if
booking within 60 days of departure (90 days for cruise and private train holidays) and all applicable insurance premiums (if our insurance is required) at the time of
booking.