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March 12th: To Tour or Not to Tour? Do you participate in book tours? Why or why not?
I took a little tsmt holiday, my mind was blank! But now I am back :)
It depends. I would happily, and is happily, apart of book tours if they give me something.
I do not do book tours that give me a cover release
An excerpt only
A spotlight.
You can see the picture. I will take part with a review, a guest post or something like that. I want real content, not just something that 10 other bloggers have.
March 12th: To Tour or Not to Tour? Do you participate in book tours? Why or why not?
I took a little tsmt holiday, my mind was blank! But now I am back :)
It depends. I would happily, and is happily, apart of book tours if they give me something.
I do not do book tours that give me a cover release
An excerpt only
A spotlight.
You can see the picture. I will take part with a review, a guest post or something like that. I want real content, not just something that 10 other bloggers have.
I rarely do book tours anymore but will sometimes do one for a publisher or an author. I don't do them for tour companies that make money for my work.
ReplyDeleteMy work, they get paid...no
Deleteit's nice to discover new books or to promote authors I love
ReplyDeleteOh you are right there! I do give them a chance sometimes, but I often get burned
DeleteI am with you on the spotlight, excerpt thing. I will only vouch for what I've read or will read. I only do tours for books I want to read anyway or an author I enjoy reading.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I can give one a go for the fun of it, but they need to give me something extra to publish
DeleteI used to do a few of them but I don't anymore.
ReplyDeleteI have noticed that people do less and less
DeleteWelcome back to TMST world! ;)
ReplyDeleteI actually love cover reveals. hahaha
I do not ;)
DeleteI used to, I don't anymore. I'm not good with keeping up to dates
ReplyDeleteI think it would be fine if they got things to me in time. And still, eh, I want original and not the same as 10 others
DeleteI prefer spotlights and I do a lot of tours with Partners In Crime tours. Welcome back to TMST
ReplyDeleteI got burned out, you know, them sending it the day before, but it was too late since I am ahead and had gone to bed. So then I was supposed to fix that in the morning, no way
DeleteYeah I stopped dealing with a few tours who did that but if you like mystery/thrillers etc PIC tours is a good one-http://www.partnersincrimetours.net/
DeleteI used to do a ton of book tours. Now, I will only do tours when I want to review the book. I feel the same way you do about wanting original content.
ReplyDeleteReview is fine, if I can do it my way :)
DeleteI don't mind book tours, but these days I'm so busy that the only feature I can't really commit to are interviews. I am also cool with writing a review as part of a tour, as long as my content won't be dictated by anyone else (I've heard horror stories where a blogger has been asked to edit their review from the tour company, which is just not cool).
ReplyDelete~Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum
Ugh, no. My way or the highway! I still remember when the author got pissed cos I gave her a 3 and went after me. I never heard from the tour company again either
DeleteYes, I require original content as well when we agree to a tour even if the original part is my review. We do less of them as a result, but sometimes less is better. :)
ReplyDeleteLess is better for sure :)
DeleteYes, totally agree, I don’t do the blitz, spotlights whatever posts, those are nothing but ads to me. You did forget though the pressure to like the book and write a positive review, that makes it hard.
ReplyDeleteRight! I did not think of that! Maybe cos I do so few ;) But yes it is one thing with a publisher but with those tours the pressure is on
DeleteAgreed. I don't want to post the same thing as everyone else.
ReplyDeleteMelanie @ Hot Listens & Books of My Heart
It gets so dull
DeleteI tend not to tour unless it's for an author I adore. Wait, I take that back... I have done a few tours with one publisher... oh well.
ReplyDeleteHa, well I mean I do take chances now and then
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