>BookTour.com calls it quits

>Maybe you didn’t even know about BookTour.com, but I found it useful. I regularly listed my events there and also subscribed so that I would be alerted about listed events that were happening in my area. But now, as of September 1, it’s going away, according to an email subscribers received yesterday from Kevin Smokler, the force behind BookTour, who also recently announced that he was becoming the VP of Marketing at Byliner, an interesting new publishing venture.

Supposedly there are alternatives to BookTour.com, including Eventful.com, but I really liked BookTour’s focus. Best of luck to Kevin, et al.

About the author

I am the author of three novels--THE LAST BIRD OF PARADISE, OLIVER'S TRAVELS, and THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY--and three story collections--IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY, HOUSE OF THE ANCIENTS AND OTHER STORIES, and WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW, winner of the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. I am also the co-founder and former editor of Prime Number Magazine and the editor of the award-winning anthology series EVERYWHERE STORIES: SHORT FICTION FROM A SMALL PLANET.

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