Feature Update 7/23/08
Over the past few weeks we've migrated our entire server setup to new web services (Amazon S3 and EC2). In general, you'll find the site to be much faster, although you shouldn't notice too much...
View ArticleBook tours suck! (unless you, ahem, use a certain service)
The Atlantic has an essay by author Ann Patchett about the lonely life of book touring. It's a lovely piece and well worth reading. "...I covered about 25 cities and kept my expenses under $3,000. With...
View ArticleCalifornia, Here we Are!
BookTour.com is based in San Francisco, California, which we've mentioned way too many times has the largest amount per capita book and alcohol purchasing in the nation. And even though that statistic...
View ArticleBooktour and IndieBound. We're dating.
The three of us who founded BookTour were all authors before this here idea came to us. And anyone who publishes a book and goes on tour knows that there's no touring, no stops along that lonely road,...
View ArticleAwww thanks, you.
The simply awesome Future Perfect Publishing blog, which covers new trends and dimensions in book publishing, had some real nice things to say about Booktour last week including... Booktour.com is one...
View ArticleSpotted: Chris Anderson in Writer's Digest
This past week, Booktour received a warm hug from Writer's Digest in the form of this profile of our CEO Chris Anderson. Article's predominantly about his new book "Free" and what its implication for...
View ArticleNew Products, New Relationship and Other Great News...
Dear friends, We're really excited. We've got a bunch of stuff to tell you. First, I’m thrilled to let you know that BookTour’s event data will now be displayed on Amazon Author Pages, a new program at...
View ArticleBookTour at BEA 2010:
Yes, thank you for asking. The boys from BookTour will be at Book Expo America this coming week. We'll be meeting users, partners and friends as well as talking, just a little, about our upcoming plans...
View ArticleBookTour is looking for Summer Interns:
BookTour HQ is fast on the lookout for 2 summer interns. The internship is technically unpaid but we fully intend to shower said interns with free books, gift baskets, good will and career...
View ArticleReport from BEA 2010: "Think Outside the Shop"
Book Expo America 2010 this past week in New York marked my seventh time at the publishing industry's annual get-together and my first feeling like a grown-up. I wasn't there to grab armfuls of free...
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