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Your book blurb, book cover, buy links, and author information posted on minimum of two blogs per day. Blog stops are promoted via our social media channels. The novel had garnered wellearned advance praise, and bartz was ready to celebrate. The skinny on virtual book tours curiosity never killed the writer. With no backing from his publisher, hensley paid for the 28city tour himself.
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