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Image showing screenshots of virtual book tour schedule and reviews on Instagram for blog post, What Can a Virtual Book Tour Do for Indie Authors?, by Tom Collins

What Can a Virtual Book Tour Do for Indie Authors?

Check out the sampling of reviews from a virtual book tour and find out how we help clients run them.

By Tom Collins February 26, 2026 Book Reviews, Marketing your book
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Book reviews are manna from heaven if you can get them

Book Reviews are Manna from Heaven if You Can Get Them

Welcome to 2026 at Master Book Builders! Let’s start the year with something important: book reviews. Book reviews, as the title of this post says, […]

By Yvonne DiVita January 8, 2026 Book Reviews
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[TfTi] Will the AI Overlords Be Reviewing Your Book?

See what an AI reviewer did with a piece I wrote decades ago and learn why you don’t want that for your book.

By Tom Collins July 31, 2025 AI Tools & Tips, Book Reviews, Marketing your book, Tips from Tom's inbox
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The Almighty Book Review – How to Get Them and How to Give Them

Writing a book review is one of the best ways to support your favorite authors. And, as an author yourself, you understand the value of […]

By Yvonne DiVita February 20, 2025 Book Reviews, Books
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Using AI to Help Write a Press Release for Your Book

A step-by-step review of using AI to draft a press release for our book.

By Tom Collins July 25, 2024 AI Tools & Tips, Book Reviews, Books, Indie Publishing, Marketing your book
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image showing book covers and asking 'Have your read these books ... yet?' for blog post entitled Summer Nonfiction Reading and the Power of Yet, by Tom Collins

Summer Nonfiction Reading and the Power of Yet

Have you tried adding ‘yet’ to your self-talk? Small changes to the chatter inside your head, along with reading, can pay big dividends.

By Tom Collins July 11, 2024 Book Reviews, Books, ebooks, Reading
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[TfTi] Your Book Will Not Be Perfect

Lessons from Chip Conley, Maria Popova, and Seth Godin combine to help your book be flawsome!

By Tom Collins May 23, 2024 Book Reviews, Books, Flawsomism, Indie Publishing, Tips from Tom's inbox, Writing
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Greg Davis interview. Author of Checkmate.

Learn how to be Happier with Greg Davis’s Book: Checkmate: Tips & Lessons to Help You Make the Right Moves to Achieve Happiness! 🙂

“After crying in my hotel room and wondering whether I may have made a huge mistake in leaving HE&R and changing professions at age fifty-three, I decided someday to write a book about my life experiences. I was hopeful my book would encourage others to achieve their dreams and increase their happiness.”

By Yvonne DiVita May 20, 2024 Book Reviews, Smart Conversations with Yvonne
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Interview with Deborah Brown Volkman author of Childhood Trauma Some Rise Some Fall

Childhood Trauma: Some Rise, Some Fall – a Book Worth Reading Right Now

What if that promotion you’ve been waiting for doesn’t come because of something that happened when you were a child? What if your team feels […]

By Yvonne DiVita May 6, 2024 Book Reviews, Books, Smart Conversations with Yvonne, Writing
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Marginalia: The Power of Paradox and Fiction as Truth

A paradox mindset helps creativity, teamwork, leadership, self-efficacy, perspective, and resilience; and how fiction shows us truth.

By Tom Collins April 10, 2024 Book Reviews, Books, Creativity, Flawsomism, Marginalia
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