Today, I have a business and entrepreneurship book in our book blitz spotlight! Learn about Climb Greater Heights and author Tony Jeton Selimi. 

Nonfiction - Business & Entrepreneurship

Date Published: June 30, 2025

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Climb Greater Heights isn't just about building a business—it's about creating the business and legacy you were meant to build. 

Whether you're an ambitious entrepreneur, a seasoned business owner, or a leader hungry for the next level, this book is your strategic blueprint for breaking through plateaus and scaling with purpose. Inside, you'll discover proven strategies to strengthen your credibility, expand your influence, and think boldly in an ever-changing market. With a detailed, step-by-step growth plan, you'll learn how to work smarter, lead with confidence, and create momentum that doesn't burn out.

Packed with real-world insights, actionable tactics, and mindset shifts used by top performers, Climb Greater Heights will help you: 

Build unshakable credibility that attracts opportunities and partnerships. 

Grow your influence to inspire teams, customers, and stakeholders.

Implement bold, innovative strategies to stand out in your industry.

Follow a clear, actionable roadmap for sustainable business scaling.

Develop the resilience to thrive in challenges and lead with vision.

Leave a legacy of significance that outlives your career.

If you're ready to rise above the ordinary, overcome growth barriers, and take your business to new summits, Climb Greater Heights will show you how to climb with clarity, purpose, and unstoppable momentum.

 Tony J. Selimi is a globally recognised transformational life strategist specialising in human behaviour, a business growth expert, and an award-winning author of multiple international bestsellers, including Climb Greater Heights, The Unfakeable Code®, A Path to Wisdom, #Loneliness: The Virus of the Modern Age, and A Path to Excellence. 

From surviving war and homelessness to graduating with honours from one of the UK's top universities—University College London—Tony built a successful technology career before dedicating his life to coaching individuals from all walks of life, including A-list celebrities, politicians, lawyers, tech billionaires, Fortune 500 CEOs, and leaders across industries. His journey is nothing short of inspirational.

A TEDx speaker, co-creator of the award-winning documentary Living My Illusion, and executive producer of The Truth About Reading, Tony's work has been featured on ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, and over 1,000 media outlets worldwide, reaching more than 100 million people. 

Through his signature methodologies, Tony helps people break through addictions, anxiety, fears, depression, impostor syndrome, and other emotionally induced conditions, while empowering them to grow their professions or scale their businesses, monetise their wisdom, do what they love, and build lasting legacies of significance. 

He is often referred to as the “DIOR” of personal and professional development, leaving people feeling peaceful, inspired, and worthy of love and all that life has to offer them.

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Date Published: 08-12-2024

Publisher: Talk+Tell

This Checklist includes:

+How to turn your manuscript into a published book

+Unlock the secrets to publishing a book that sells

+How to get your book into libraries and bookstores

 About the Author

Meet Lyda McLallen, the dynamic owner of Talk+Tell, a book publishing company and renowned hub for authors looking to bring their stories to life. Lyda and her team are on a mission to empower individuals to craft books that readers fall in love with. 

With over 7 years of ownership, Talk+Tell has guided more than 200 authors through publishing and promoting their books. What sets Talk+Tell apart is its unique approach: it champions self-publishing, allowing authors to retain full ownership of their creations without taking royalties. 

Lyda's passion lies in turning writers into authors, tailoring her support to meet individual needs. She's committed to seeing authors succeed beyond publishing, helping them get their books into indie shops in vibrant cities like NYC, LA, Portland, Vancouver, and Toronto, as well as major chains like Indigo and Barnes & Noble. Her authors have also gained viral attention across social media and PR platforms, appearing in notable publications such as HuffPost, Vogue, Forbes, CBC, and more. 

But it's not just about business for Lyda and her team—they become friends with their authors, offering support and guidance through every stage of the publishing journey. With Talk+Tell, authors find not just a service provider, but a trusted partner dedicated to their success.

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Date Published: 06-05-2025

Publisher: Talk+Tell

Perfect for fans of Scorpion, Utopia, and The Terminal List, Canadian Smoke is a smart, darkly funny, high-octane techno-thriller that explores what happens when genius meets corruption—and the cost of knowing too much.  

A buried secret. A criminal empire. A genius on the edge. 

Whatever Jack saw… someone will do anything to keep it hidden.

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P.D. Hillman writes darkly funny thrillers about genius minds, broken systems, and the occasional psychic meltdown. With a background in economics, cannabis tech, and startup absurdity, he’s witnessed more backroom deals, biometric scams, and VC ring-kissing than he can legally confirm. He once tried to sell machine-learning sensors to weed farmers—who stored them in paint buckets. When he’s not writing, he’s mentoring his grown sons, recording blues in his garage, or sitting on a beach with a sand-filled truck and a strong opinion about data, death, and denim.

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This morning, I have a nonfiction book in our book blitz spotlight! Learn about The Archaic Thesaurus by author Nina Spinello! 

Rediscover the Poetry of Forgotten Words

Date Published: July 18, 2025

Publisher: ‎MindStir Media

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From “abstruse” to “zealous,” each entry is meticulously presented with: 

● The word’s pronunciation

This A-to-Z compendium invites readers to embrace words like anathema, bellicose, laconic, and quixotic—expressions steeped in literary tradition and capable of transforming any piece of writing into something timeless. 

Whether you’re an author in search of the perfect word, a language enthusiast craving the eloquence of yesteryear, or a student eager to expand your vocabulary, The Archaic Thesaurus opens the door to a more expressive, poetic, and nuanced way of communicating. 

Bring history into your vocabulary. Let these powerful words rekindle your imagination and elevate your expression. 

 Rediscover the art of language—one magnificent word at a time.

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This morning, I have a coming-of-age novel in our literary fiction book blitz spotlight! Learn about The Smallest of Miracles and author Douglas Carpenter. 

Literary Fiction

Date Published: March 6, 2025

Publisher: Seacoast Press

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In The Smallest of Miracles, Douglas Carpenter crafts a masterful literary debut that merges gripping storytelling with profound life lessons. The novel follows Ted Carrington, a wealthy, brilliant, and emotionally distant man on the autism spectrum, who returns to the private elementary school that shaped him—for better and worse. He intends to make a large donation, but what begins as a business transaction slowly becomes a reckoning with his past. 

As the story transitions between Ted’s present and his childhood, readers meet the deeply flawed, often cruel boy he once was—especially to a vulnerable new classmate named Anna. But life, in its quiet way, begins to turn his world upside down. 

What emerges is not only Ted’s transformation, but an invitation to the reader: to reflect, to slow down, and to reconsider how the smallest decisions—the ones we barely notice—can lead to the greatest changes. 

This is not just a novel. It’s a call to awareness. A self-improvement guide disguised as a coming-of-age story. 

Read it once for the story. Read it again for the insight.

His debut novel, The Smallest of Miracles, took ten years to write—a deeply personal and intricately crafted journey of self-discovery and transformation. Drawing on his keen eye for detail and analysis, Douglas poured over every word, shaping a literary fiction novel that functions as both an engaging story and a guide to personal growth. 

The book explores how tiny, seemingly insignificant choices shape our lives far more than major events. Readers are invited to slow down, reflect, and discover truths hidden in the smallest details—just as Douglas has done through his writing. 

Douglas hopes his novel will find a place in high school curricula and on the bookshelves of thoughtful readers young and old. His message is clear: "The truth is always hidden behind things that are out of place." 

Connect with Douglas Carpenter to discover a new perspective on life, character, and the miraculous power of small decisions.

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This morning, I have a historical fiction novel in our book teaser spotlight! Check out The Well-Tempered Violinist and learn about author Barbara T. Carlton. 

Book 1 of The Gift 

Historical Fiction

Date to be Published: November 5, 2025

Publisher: Acorn Publishing

But the violin Marthe’s father left her is a constant reminder of the profound bond between them, and it gives her the strength to begin healing. When the Köln Conservatory offers her an unexpected scholarship, she seizes her chance to reach for excellence. 

Under the rigorous tutelage of Professorin Wolff, and subjected to predatory harassment by a fellow student determined to destroy both her self-worth and her chances of success, Marthe quickly learns she will need more than motivation and talent to rise to the top. 

Filled with heart, wit, and music, The Well-Tempered Violinist is an enduring coming-of-age tale about an artist striving for greatness against enormous odds.

FEBRUARY 1949, HEIDELBERG

In the very beginning was the sound, bright and rich, with an edge of darkness. 

I knew it before birth, my mother said, for whenever my father played, I became still in her womb, as if I were mesmerized. 

In the sitting room of our house in Eberlinstrasse, I became the audience, propped with pillows before I could sit up, listening to my father and his friends play string quartets on Saturday nights—for love, he said, not money, for he was a banker, though as a young man he had studied with the famous Schradieck in Hamburg. Later, he told me I never fussed, never had to be removed, but remained transfixed, no matter how rough the music nor how often they repeated it. So perhaps my mother was right. 

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The second beginning was my fourth birthday, when my baby sister Anni stuck her fist into my birthday cake when no one was looking and my grandparents gave me a music box that played “Papageno’s Magic Bells” from The Magic Flute, which I listened to until everyone but me was sick of it. Best of all, my father gave me my own small violin and began to teach me its mysteries. First, the names of the strings and their personalities: A, sensible and even-tempered; D, cheerful and impetuous; down to G, serious and thoughtful; up to E, nervous and temperamental, with a tendency to squeak. How to tune them, how to find the notes and make them pure instead of scratchy. He turned exercises and drills into games and improvised harmony to my children’s songs, something different every time. Alle Meine Entchen, All My Ducklings. Bruder Jakob, a round. Kleines Mädchen, Little Girl—my favorite, because it was about me. 

I practiced every afternoon for my evening lesson. Occasionally, with nerves like caterpillars in my stomach, I played for the applause and praise of my father’s friends. I might have thought all children were as docile as myself, if not for Anni. Anni’s temper tantrums, Anni thundering up and down the stairs, Anni meddling with my toys and often breaking them. I couldn’t imagine where my parents had found her, or why. Someday, I thought—preferably soon—she would run off to become a pirate and leave us in peace. 

The pirate would surely come to no good. But I dreamed I would become a famous violinist and lead an exotic and sophisticated life on the concert stages of the world.

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When I outgrew my first violin, Anni inherited it and my father began to teach her—at least, he tried. Anni never practiced and she hated lessons of all kinds. The experiment was short-lived and a spectacular failure. 

I felt horribly smug for weeks.

My father and I shared a secret language, a world full of treasures where Anni couldn’t stick in her fat little fist and grab anything and where my mother didn’t care to go. A bond grew between us as between two fibers of the same tree, pure and deep. . . 

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MARCH 1906, KÖLN

Both of these beginnings came before the real one, like the prologue in fiction. 

The third beginning, the real one, is now: a cold March morning a month past my eighteenth birthday, before the grand front door of one of the grandest houses in Köln. Herr Dietrich keeps a firm grip on my elbow, probably to keep me from running away. In my other hand, I carry my violin in its case. This house, on Leopoldstrasse in the heart of the Lindenthal district, belongs to Herr Ferdinand Kurtz, president of the Bank of Köln. My father’s bank. 

Yes. It begins here.

The violin I carry is my father’s, because he is dead.

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The Well-Tempered Violinist, Book 1 of The Gift series, is her first novel.

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Today, I have a women's fiction novel in our book release blitz spotlight! Learn about Love's Harvest and author Judith Keim,  

Women's Fiction with Romantic Elements

Date Published: August 18, 2025

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Aaron Collister was Sarah’s high school boyfriend. They connected with their sensitivity to nature and poetry, which might have seemed strange unless you knew that big, tough, Aaron was part Abenake Indian and had been given many life lessons by his mother. They renew their friendship, but neither is ready to commit to more until a crisis leads them to their answer. 

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She enjoyed her childhood and young-adult years in Elmira, New York, and now makes her home in Boise, Idaho, with her husband and their adorable dachshunds, Wally and Kacy, and other members of her family. 

 While growing up, she loved the idea of writing stories from a young age. Books were always present, being read, ready to go back to the library, or about to be discovered. All in her family shared information from the books in general conversation, giving them a wealth of knowledge and vivid imaginations. 

 Ms. Keim loves to hear from her readers and appreciates their enthusiasm for her stories.

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