A representative sampling of the book marketing projects I’ve managed (primarily organizing book tours, influencer outreach, Indie Next campaigns, regional publicity, bookseller relations, and managing social media).

Requiem for Used Ignition Cap: Poems by J. Scott Brownlee (Orison Books)

Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis by Alexis Coe (Zest Books)

  • Regional book tour and publicity (TN)
  • WREG — TV interview
  • Southern Festival of Books panelist
  • “Book Talk” WYPL — radio interview
  • Chapter 16 — interview & review
  • Memphis Flyer — article
  • Deep South Magazine — review

Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America

  • Create all digital assets and manage social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, etc.)
  • Write and edit content for corporate blog
  • Manage email newsletter program
  • Digital publicity for events and book fairs

Toughs by Ed Falco (Unbridled Books)

  • Regional book tour (MD, VA, DC)
  • Decatur Book Festival panelist
  • Fall for the Book Festival panelist

Mercy 6 by David Bajo (Unbridled Books)

  • Regional book tour (CA)

River of Dust by Virginia Pye (Unbridled Books)

  • Indie Next Pick, May 2013
  • Regional book tour
  • Virginia Festival of the Book panelist
  • Fall for the Book Festival panelist

The Lighthouse Road by Peter Geye (Unbridled Books)

  • Indie Next Pick, October 2012
  • Midwest Connections Pick
  • Regional book tour (MN, IL, WI, MI)

The Bird Saviors by William J. Cobb (Unbridled Books)

  • Indie Next Pick, June 2012
  • Extensive book tour (CO, UT, NM, TX)
  • Texas Book Festival

The Afterlives of the Saints by Colin Dickey (Unbridled Books)

  • East & West Coast book tours (summer 2012)
  • Wordstock Book Festival

The Lola Quartet by Emily St. John Mandel (Unbridled Books)

  • #1 Indie Next Pick, May 2012
  • National book tour (hardcover)
  • Regional events (paperback)
  • Multiple book festivals

The Coffins of Little Hope by Timothy Schaffert (Unbridled Books)

  • Indie Next Pick, May 2011
  • Midwest Connections Pick
  • Regional book tours for hardcover and paperback

Jan Collins, author of Next Steps: A Practical Guide to Planning for the Best Half of Your Life (Quill Driver Books)

You Believers by Jane Bradley (Unbridled Books)

  • Indie Next Pick, May 2011
  • Regional book tour (Midwest & South)
  • Southern Festival of Books
  • SC Book Festival

Reading Lips: A Memoir of Kisses by Claudia Sternbach (Unbridled Books)

  • Indie Next Pick, April 2011
  • Regional events (CA, AZ)

Safe from the Sea by Peter Geye (Unbridled Books)

  • Indie Next Pick, Oct 2010
  • Midwest Connections Pick
  • Great Lakes Great Reads Pick
  • Indie Lit Award Winner
  • Indie Next Reading Group Pick (Fall 12)
  • Extensive regional book tour

An Unfinished Score by Elise Blackwell (Unbridled Books)

  • Indie Next Notable Book, May 2010
  • SIBA Okra Pick
  • Regional events
  • SC Book Festival

The Singer’s Gun by Emily St. John Mandel (Unbridled Books)

  • #1 Indie Next Pick, May 2010
  • Indie Bookseller’s Choice Award Winner
  • National book tour for hardcover (Midwest, CA, South & New York)
  • Regional events for paperback
  • Multiple book festival appearances