Every day hundreds of young men and women enlist to serve in the United States military. These brave men and women proudly protect us, our country, and the freedoms that we possess. While their service does not go unnoticed, it’s important that we continue to support them as much as we can, in any way possible.
Did you know that books are
the most requested item by troops serving overseas and returning veterans? This
may come as a surprise, but it’s very true, and a really big deal, considering if
you’re reading this, you are probably an author or know someone who is.
The Indie Book Collective and
a host of other independent authors go above and beyond to help get our troops
the books that they want…for free!
Because it is their work that allows us to continue to do what we do and
to grow in world of indie authorship.
In 2011 on Memorial Day, Blog
Tour de Troops was born. With over
thirty participating authors and hundreds of readers, it was a huge
success! Like many of our blog tours,
readers hopped from blog to blog, left comments, and earned the chance to win
many great prizes. 
The fabulous Indie Authors
that participated donated one book per comment left from readers to the troops
for FREE! Many authors even donate an
unlimited number of books to the troops.
Any service man or woman who wanted a book got one.
Due to overwhelming success
of the Memorial Day event, the Indie Book Collective decided to do it again on
Veterans Day Weekend. This time over
seventy-five authors participated and hundreds of books were once again donated
to the troops.
And these are some pretty
great books brought to the authors by over seventy-five great authors. We’re talking about up and coming titles,
award-winning titles, and bestsellers!
Giving back to the men and
women who are currently serving our country and the ones who have done it
before is what Blog Tour de Troops is all about. We also take that opportunity to gift brand
new Kindles to service members.
Recently, we received an
email from a very lucky service woman is serving overseas. She was lucky enough to be gifted one of the
Kindles and wrote us to express her gratitude.
Receiving a Kindle was a huge deal for her since she is constantly on
the move and books take up a lot of space and are hard to travel with. Her Kindle offers her more than just
convenience. The small gesture showed
her that there are many people here that care and support what she’s doing for
her country and always will.
Please spread the word and
shout it from the roof tops about Blog Tour de Troops because it will be here
faster than you know it. Join us for the
annual Veterans Day Blog Tour de Troops blog hop this November. It will be a spectacular event and will
continue to get better every year.
Hope to see you there!
5 comments:
This is a great program. Depending upon the definition of "indie" author, I may or may not qualify as my book is traditionally published by a small press. That makes it impractical for me to give away unlimited numbers of books, but I'd be happy to participate.
My heroine Marley Clark is a retired military intelligence officer. I'm writing an article about heroines in fiction with military backgrounds. If you have any nominees would love to hear about them.
We are delighted to spread the word about this innovative program! thank you for guesting with us again, Amber!
You can read anywhere on an e-reader; much easier than 'real' books when in small places and under difficult situations. Thank you for seeing this need and responding!
And, hope you come back and guest with us again in November!
This sounds like a great program. Every year at Malice Domestic they collect books for the military.
What a wonderful program!
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