Our First Ever Virtual Book Tour…
In the spirit of the fine work done at So New Media and my interest in the web as a useful tool to connect readers with great books, I present The Virtual Book Tour, where a selected author appears at 10 weblogs over a two week period to raise awareness of their book and promote a quality work of contemporary literature without leaving their living room.
Our first touring author is Mary Roach, author of the new book Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (W.W. Norton, 224 pp.). Mary is a columnist for Reader’s Digest and a contributing editor to Discover. Her work has appeared in Salon.com, GQ, Vogue and The New York Times Magazine.
Mary will be appearing at a different weblog each working day this week and next week either in the form of an excerpt from the book, a review by the resident blogger, an interivew or Mary taking over that weblog for a day. You can follow the tour on this map.
I’m really excited about the possibilities of this. I’ve outlined my goals for the tour on my new professional site and you can follow the tour on this map put together by tour member and mad talent, Erik Benson and here as well.
First up: Mike Cavalho’s Barking Moose.com. I know Mike from the last two years at SXSWi and have been looking for a project to include him in.
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This is such a brilliant idea, that I am moved to comment.
This is such a brilliant idea, that I am moved to comment.
Thanks dude!
Thanks dude!
Greg Knauss and So New Media: Years ahead of the new cool thing. 😉
Greg Knauss and So New Media: Years ahead of the new cool thing. 😉
Totally, Ben. I’ve credited you in the description and will do so here.
Totally, Ben. I’ve credited you in the description and will do so here.